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Author:

Mansor, Muammar

Title:

Isotopic and trace metal geochemistry of calcite, gypsum, and pyrite as proxies for ancient life and environments

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Achromatium
pyrite
Fe isotope
biosignature
sulfur isotope
molybdenum
biofilms
reactive transport modeling
gypsum
calcite

File:

Download Final_thesis_Muammar_revised_April2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Fantle, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher House, Committee Member
Christopher House, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member

Author:

Yue, Wenting

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A PRODUCTION DATA ANALYSIS MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION IN A PRODUCING OIL RESERVOIR

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

production data analysis
Ensemble Kalman Filter
Whole-field evaluation
Reservoir simulation
history matching

File:

Download Wenting_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Steven Greybush, Outside Member

Author:

Mohebbi, Mina

Title:

ENHANCING THE BENEFICIAL USE OF FLY ASH IN CONCRETE AND IN MINE RECLAMATION: MEASUREMENT OF ORGANIC CARBON AND PREDICTING THE LONG TERM LEACHING OF HARMFUL ELEMENTS

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Fly ash
mine reclamation
concrete
organic carbon
long-term leaching
reactive transport modeling

File:

Download Final_Submission-_PhD_Dissertation-_Mina_Mohebbi.pdf

Committee Members:

Farshad Rajabipour, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Li Li, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Committee Member
Aly Marei Said, Outside Member

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

A record of coupled hlllslope and channel response to Pleistocene periglacial erosion in a sandstone headwater valley, central Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geomorphology
periglacial
cosmogenic nuclides
paleoclimate
critical zone

File:

Download Del_Vecchio_MS_thesis_final_August_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman A. DiBiase, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member

Author:

Alsaffar, Mohammed Ahmed

Title:

IMPACT OF MICROBIAL IRON REDUCTION ON RESERVOIR SOURING DURING WATERFLOODING

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reservoir Souring
SRB
FeRB
Iron Reduction
Sulfate Reduction

File:

Download PSU-Thesis-Mohammed-AlSaffar_Proofread_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Russell T. Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Jian

Title:

Development of Automated Neuro-Simulation Protocols for Pressure and Rate Transient Analysis Applications

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Neuro-Simulation
Machine Learning
Neural Network
Numerical Reservoir Simulation
Pressure Transient Analysis
Rate Transient Analysis

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Outside Member

Author:

Wen, Hang

Title:

CARBONATE DISSOLUTION IN POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Upscaling
Mineral dissolution kinetics
Chemical weathering
Heterogeneous media
Reactive transport
Carbonate

File:

Download PhDdissertation_HangWen.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Jeffrey R. S. Brownson, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Outside Member