Jijun Miao is the Chief Executive Officer at Sim Tech, LLC. He also is a research advisor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include fracture characteristics, reservoir modeling and simulation, EDFM development and application. Dr. Miao has more than 10 years’ hands-on experience in oilfield for oil & gas exploration and development and has led multi-disciplinary research teams undertaking various national R&D programs. Dr. Miao has published more than 35 technical papers and holds one patent. He holds a PhD degree in petroleum exploration from The Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, PetroChina.