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Author:: Kumar, Hemant
Title:: Poromechanical Response of Naturally Fractured Sorbing Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal
Shale
Permeability
Proppant
Modeling
Simulation
File:: Download PhD_Thesis_Kumar.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Denis Pone, Special Member

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Author:: Srouji, Abdul Kader
Title:: Transport Studies in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells With Porous Metallic Flow Field at Ultra-high Current Density
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fuel Cell
Mass Transport
PEM
Oxygen Reduction
Cathode
Platinum Catalyst
High Current Density
File:: Download AK_Srouji_Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew M Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

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Author:: Gibson, La
Title:: Measurement and modeling the coefficient of restitution of char particles under simulated entrained flow gasifier conditions
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coefficient of Restitution
Gasification
Critical Velocity
Population Model
Ash Deposition
Sticking Probability
File:: Download Gibson_Dissertation__Final___1__.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Yaw Yeboah, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr Lawrence Shadle, Special Member

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Author:: Sircar, Sarmishtha
Title:: Studies of Gas Adsorption in Flexible Metal-organic Frameworks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Adsorption
Gate-Opening
Metal-Organic Frameworks
File:: Download Final_Thesis._Sircar.pdf
Committee Members:: Angela Lueking, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angela Lueking, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Adri van Duin, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Kuangyuan
Title:: Essays on Mining Economics and System Modeling
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Mining Economics
Real Option Evaluation
Mean-reverting of Commodity Price
Material Criticality
Yttrium
China’s Rare Earth P
File:: Download Kuangyuan_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Young, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

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Author:: Cao, Peilin
Title:: Investigation of Cement Alteration and Associated Conductivity Change in Co2-rich Environments relevant to Carbon Sequestration
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: cement integrity
CO2 sequestration
cement alteration
conductivity evolution
reactive transport modeling
CO2-brine dynamic flow
File:: Download Cao_Dissertation_final2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Member

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Author:: Kulga, Ihsan Burak
Title:: ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICACY OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN DEPLETED SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: PSU-SHALECOMP
numerical model
CO2 injection
shale gas
artificial neural network
stimulated reservoir volume
srv
ann
File:: Download Ihsan_Burak_Kulga_Phd.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

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Author:: Bu Khamseen, Nader
Title:: Applications of Artificial Expert Systems in the Diagnosis and Analysis of Unexpected Spatial and Temporal Changes in Reservoir Production Behavior
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Artificial neural network
reservoir simulation
artificial expert systems
history matching
prediction
unexpected behavior.
File:: Download Thesis_def_d2.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Griffin, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

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Author:: Han, Jiahang
Title:: Fracture Damage Analysis in Tight Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fracture Damage
Tight sand gas reservoir
proppant damage
type curve
screening tool
File:: Download 1-Dissertation_Jiahang_Han_final_f.pdf
Committee Members:: Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member

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Author:: Fernandez, Alisha Rachel
Title:: Flexible Reserve Markets for Wind Integration
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: wind integration
electricity markets
hydro power
PJM
ecosystem services
ancillary services
wind forecast
File:: Download Fernandez_Dissertation_v2_RLG_AF.pdf
Committee Members:: Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Jeffery Brownson, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
Patrick M Reed, Special Member

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