"I always wanted to be an engineer because I enjoy making things together with other people."

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Tony Veneruso

Born February 18, 1943

Brooklyn, NY

Bachleor's degree in Engineering

Polytechnic of New York

Doctorate Degree in Engineering

University of New Mexico

I always wanted to be an engineer because I enjoy solving problems and creating things together with other people. My mother says that when I was a baby I played with other children by making inventions with spaghetti tubes and flashlights. Now the tubes I work with are made of special steel alloys and are filled with advanced electronics at Schlumberger's Reservoir Completions Center in Rosharon, Texas. Although the technology and people may be a bit more sophisticated, they are just as much fun and creative.

My parents came to the U.S. from Italy just before World War II and I was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 18, 1943. My education started with excellent teachers in the New York City public school system and especially Brooklyn Technical High School. A scholarship from the New York State enabled me to get my B.S.E.E. at Polytechnic University of New York. I then went on to get a Masters and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of New Mexico under a scholarship from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Although some of my classmates found jobs, I found an adventure with Schlumberger. This adventure has taken me to many parts of the world, including France where I learned the language and lived for eight years and now Texas, where I have lived for nearly 10 years. I am fortunate to work with many interesting people from all over the world in developing new technology for monitoring and controlling oil and gas wells. Some of of this technology required inventing new things. So far I have nine US and International patents; the latest one was just issued May 14, 2002. My latest interest is how to make things more reliable, especially when they are needed for important functions such as producing oil from large and deep reservoirs under the sea.