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Author:

Alajmi, Abdullah Fahad Faleh

Title:

The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

experimental work.
Fracture
dispalcement
porous media
simulation

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

Author:

Sitchler, Alexis K

Title:

Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds

File:

Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Aubreya Nicole

Title:

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Zagros Mountains
tomography
surface waves
plume
African Superplume
Africa
seismology
southern Africa
East Africa

File:

Download aadams_dissertation_finalsmall.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Rathbun, Andrew Paul

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction

File:

Download ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

LeVay, Brian James

Title:

Pre-anatectic and anatectic processes in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge, Southeastern Germany: Implications for arc magmatism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

eclogite
anatexis
melting
migmatite
Erzgebirge
Saidenbach
adakite

File:

Download Thesis_BLeVay_714U.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Chung-Hao

Title:

PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Imbibition
Computed Tomography
Fractures
Capillarity

File:

Download dissertation0208.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chunmei

Title:

INORGANIC-BASED PROTON CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND REDUCED RELATIVE HUMIDITY PEM FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membrane fuel cell
composite membrane
proton conductivity
high temperature
low relative humidity
proton transport mechanism

File:

Download Thesis_Chunmei_Final_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member

Author:

Vacco, David Alfred

Title:

Modeling glacier-rock-climate interactions: Moraine deposition, stagnation events, and supraglacial debris

Graduate Program:

Earth Sciences

Keywords:

glacier
glacial
moraines
modeling
supraglacial
subglacial
debris
dynamics

File:

Download Dvacco_Dissertation_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Van Essendelft, Dirk Thomas

Title:

KINETICS OF THE ACID DIGESTION OF SERPENTINE WITH CONCURRENT GRINDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Kinetics
Computational Modeling
Serpentine
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Mineral Carbonation
Strong Acid Dissolution

File:

Download Thesis_Master_3.2.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Dae Sung

Title:

DETERMINATION OF FLUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIES FROM CONE PENETROMETER SOUNDING DATA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic conductivity
soil permeability
cone penetration test

File:

Download Final_dissertation_Dae_Sung_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member