Research Consultant, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Practice, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Saleh received a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991. He joined Shell Development Company in Houston in 1991 and served as a research engineer until 2003 focusing on research in seismic data processing and interpretation. From 2004 to 2008, Dr. Saleh led the New Detection Methods R&D team in Shell International E&P Inc. with responsibility for research on controlled-source electromagnetics, remote sensing systems, and high-resolution gravimetric and magnetic capabilities. From 2009 to 2018, Dr. Saleh was General Manager of Shell’s Integrated Geoscience R&D program, focused on the application of computational science and machine learning methods to integrate advances in geology, geophysics, and petrophysics. From 2019 to 2021, Dr. Saleh was Professor in the Practice at Rice University in Houston. Since 2021, he has been a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin where he holds the positions of Research Consultant at the Bureau of Economic Geology, and Professor of Practice at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.