Todd Hoffman

Todd Hoffman serves as Associate Professor and Department Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering at Montana Technological University within the Lance College of Mines & Engineering. With over 15 years of combined academia and industry experience including reservoir engineering consulting and prior faculty roles at Colorado School of Mines, he teaches core courses like Reservoir Simulation and Enhanced Oil Recovery.

Education:

• B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech
• M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University
• Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University

Research Focus: Dr. Hoffman's work centers on improving recovery for unconventional reservoirs (Bakken, Niobrara) through numerical modeling and experimental studies. His expertise spans hydraulic fracture representation, history matching consistency, and conventional EOR methods like gas injection and thermal recovery, with emphasis on practical field applications.

Publication Trends: His 40+ technical papers demonstrate consistent innovation in reservoir engineering challenges, particularly advancing CO2 flooding techniques for unconventional plays, fracture network quantification using production data, and discrete fracture modeling in tight gas formations. This body of work bridges theoretical simulation with real-world reservoir management across six continents.