Name Richard Passamaneck | ||
Education University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California | ||
Dr. Richard Passamaneck is a Mechanical engineering senior lecturer at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado. He is also a well known engineering consultant and is the founder and owner of Propellant Fracturing & Stimulation, LLC.
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Early life and education
Dr. Passamaneck received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from University of California, Los Angeles and his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Career
After graduating from USC, Dr. Passamaneck joined NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory performing research into solid rocket propellants. In 1982, Dr. Passamaneck joined the faculty of the Colorado School of Mines as a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Over the past 18 years, Dr. Passamaneck has become one of only a small number of experts in the field of oil and gas well stimulation with propellants. His work in the area of solid rocket propellant systems led to the patented PFS system for fracturing oil and gas well formations, and is the cornerstone of PFS technology. Dr. Passamaneck continues to develop and refine the technology that will establish PFS as the unparalleled leader in propellant fracturing technologies for the oil and gas industry.