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Author:: Noda, Yu
Title:: Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Its Molecular Components by Sequential Combination of Organic Acid and Base
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: lignocellulose
biomass
biomass conversion
hydrolysis
acid
base
catalysis
combination
cellulose
hemicellulose
lignin
File:: Download Dissertation_YuNoda_Final_2012.pdf
Committee Members:: Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Prof Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Prof Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member

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Author:: Lilik, Gregory Kenneth
Title:: Advanced Diesel Combustion of High Cetane Number Fuels and the Impacts on the combustion Process
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Advanced Diesel Combustion
Total Hydrocarbons (THC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Ignition Quality
Equivalence Ratio
File:: Download Lilik_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Wagner, Special Member

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Author:: Labarbera, Mark Stephen
Title:: Development of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Utilizing Alternative Fuels
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Liquid Metal Anode
Impedance Spectroscopy
Alternative Fuels
File:: Download LaBarberaDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

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Author:: Wang, Shugang
Title:: Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Gas transport
sorption
desorption
poromechanical
coal
File:: Download Shugang_Wang_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

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Author:: McGuire, Thomas Patrick
Title:: Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: fracture permeability evolution
pressure solution
stress corrosion cracking
carbon dioxide sequestration
fracture strain
fracture dissolution
File:: Download thomas_mcguire_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

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Author:: Alabbad, Mohammed Ali
Title:: Well Testing Using Artificial Expert Systems: applications And Limitations
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: well testing
neural networks
pressure transient
predict
File:: Download Mohammed_AlAbbad_proposal_v4.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Special Member

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Author:: Heidrich, Brenden
Title:: A Citation-Based Assessment Of The Performance Of U.S. Boiling Water Reactors Following Extended Power Up-Rates
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Nuclear Power
Nuclear Safety
Reliability
Failure Analysis
Energy Economics
regulation
File:: Download Heidrich_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Samuel Oyewole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Oyewole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: Alexander, George Wilbur
Title:: The Use of Carbonic Acid in an Ex Situ Mineral Carbonation Process
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Mineral Carbonation
Antigorite
Dissolution
Sequestration
CO2 Storage
File:: Download GWA_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Harold Harris Schobert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sharon Falcone Miller, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member

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Author:: Castro Marcano, Fidel
Title:: Improved generation of large-scale atomistic representations and pyrolysis/combustion simulations of Illinois coal and coal char using the Reaxff reactive force field
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: coal structure
coal pyrolysis
char combustion
molecular modeling
ReaxFF
reactive molecular dynamics
File:: Download Fidel_Castro_Doctoral_Dissertation_corrected.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

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Author:: Kinilakodi, Harisha
Title:: Development and Application of the Safe Performance Index as a Risk-based Methodology for Identifying Major Hazard-related Safety Issues in Underground Coal Mines
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Mine Safety
Performance Index
Safety Violation
Safety-Related Risk
Risk Analysis
Risk Index
File:: Download Dissertation_Kinilakodi.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr R Larry Grayson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Samuel A Oyewole, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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