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4. Climate-regime cospectrum analysis: shortwave solar irradiance with other meteorological parameters for regionally spaced locales

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Author:
Rayl, Jeffrey Edwin
Title:
Climate-regime cospectrum analysis: shortwave solar irradiance with other meteorological parameters for regionally spaced locales
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Solar Energy
Irradiance
Meteorology
Power Spectral Density
Cospectrum
Coherence
Phase
File:
Download Thesis_Rayl_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. GIS-based Spatial Analysis for Large-scale Solar Power Systems with Respect to Transmission, Distribution and Grid Integration: Case Study of Wyoming, U.S.

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Open Access
Author:
Hott, Rebecca Michelle
Title:
GIS-based Spatial Analysis for Large-scale Solar Power Systems with Respect to Transmission, Distribution and Grid Integration: Case Study of Wyoming, U.S.
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
GIS
spatial analysis
solar power
solar electric
transmission
grid integration
PV
CSP
CPV
Wyoming
File:
Download RebeccaHott-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration

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Open Access
Author:
Nago, Annick Blanche Christelle Logbochy
Title:
Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Natural gas hydrates
CO2-CH4 exchange in hydrates
numerical modeling
life cycle assessment
CO2 emissions
natural gas production
File:
Download ANNICKNAGO_PHDTHESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

7. Transport Studies in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells With Porous Metallic Flow Field at Ultra-high Current Density

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Open Access
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

8. influence of met-ocean conditions on the loads analysis of a Floating wind turbine

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Open Access
Author:
Barj, Lucie Helene
Title:
influence of met-ocean conditions on the loads analysis of a Floating wind turbine
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
wind energy
floating offshore wind turbine
structural analysis
loads analysis
met-ocean conditions
renewable energy
File:
Download LB_MS_Thesis_Aug_7th.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem

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Open Access
Author:
Bai, Yu
Title:
life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Life cycle assessment
Optimization
Multiple criteria
File:
Download MS_thesis_-_YU_BAI.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Portfolio Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics: Quantifying the Contribution of Locational Marginal Pricing and Solar Irradiation Power on Overall Revenue and Investment Risk

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Open Access
Author:
Kumpf, Katrina Heidi
Title:
Portfolio Analysis of Solar Photovoltaics: Quantifying the Contribution of Locational Marginal Pricing and Solar Irradiation Power on Overall Revenue and Investment Risk
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
solar photovoltaics
solar irradiation
beta values
locational marginal pricing
investment
portfolio risk
portfolio analysis
File:
Download KatrinaKumpf_-_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. The Impact of Solar Radiation on the Heating and Cooling of Buildings

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Open Access
Author:
Witmer, Lucas Turner
Title:
The Impact of Solar Radiation on the Heating and Cooling of Buildings
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Solar
Building
Energy
Modeling
Solar Energy
Radiation
Irradiance
Irradiation
Energy Modeling
Thermal Comfort
File:
Download Witmer_Lucas-2014-Dissertation.pdfDownload Conditional_Probability_Distributions.gifDownload LucasWitmerPhdDefenseSlides.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Stephen James Treado, Committee Member

13. Estimation of direct normal irradiance with multi-pyranometer arrays and artificial neural networks

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Open Access
Author:
Srikrishnan, Vivek Anand
Title:
Estimation of direct normal irradiance with multi-pyranometer arrays and artificial neural networks
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
direct normal irradiance
multi-pyranometer array
neural networks
machine learning
File:
Download VivekSrikrishnan-Thesis-20150715.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Understanding The Effects Of Mineral Spatial Distributions On Chromium Sorption and Calcite Dissolutoin In Porous Media

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Li
Title:
Understanding The Effects Of Mineral Spatial Distributions On Chromium Sorption and Calcite Dissolutoin In Porous Media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Spatial pattern
Cr(VI) sorption
Dissolution
Heterogeneity
Connectivity
reactive transport
File:
Download Revised_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

15. Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines

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Open Access
Author:
Feng, Ruishu
Title:
Electrochemical Corrosion of Carbon Steels in H2S-containing Brines
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Electrochemical Corrosion
H2S corrosion
High Pressure High Temperature
Arctic Corrosion
EIS
Tafel slope
Surface Analysis.
File:
Download Feng-Dissertation_0314.pdf
Committee Members:
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Margaret Ziomek Moroz, Special Member

16. GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES FOR SOLAR ENERGY: IMPACTS OF PV PENETRATION ON ENERGY DEMAND AND PRICE

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Author:
Bayrakci Boz, Mesude
Title:
GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES FOR SOLAR ENERGY: IMPACTS OF PV PENETRATION ON ENERGY DEMAND AND PRICE
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Solar
Photovoltaics
GIS
Geospatial
Energy Demand
Solar Assesment
PV Penetration
Locational Marginal Prices
Copula
SUR
File:
Download BayrakciBoz_Mesude_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member

17. Markov-Switching Models for Probabilistic Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting

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Open Access
Author:
Srikrishnan, Vivek Anand
Title:
Markov-Switching Models for Probabilistic Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Solar resource assessment
solar forecasting
Bayesian statistics
Markov-switching models
probabilistic modeling
File:
Download Srikrishnan-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Vinayak V Shanbhag, Outside Member

18. Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Renewable Power Generation Portfolios

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Open Access
Author:
Shahriari, Mehdi
Title:
Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Renewable Power Generation Portfolios
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Renewable Energy
Electricity Market
Portfolio Optimization
File:
Download Dissertation_MehdiShahriari_Final_04142018.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Guido Cervone, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Outside Member

19. Catalyzing Community-led Solar Development: Escaping the Prisoner's Dilemma by Enabling Cooperative Behavior

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Author:
Ferster, Bronson P
Title:
Catalyzing Community-led Solar Development: Escaping the Prisoner's Dilemma by Enabling Cooperative Behavior
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
community solar
catalyzing
game theory
cooperative behavior
project development
onboarding
shared solar
Prisoner's dilemma
repeated games
social utility
collective action
solar
photovoltaics
PV
decision
strategy
File:
Download Thesis_Catalyzing_Community-led_Solar_Development__Escapaing_the_Prisoners_Dilemma_by_Enabling_Cooperative_Behavior.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Gretchen Macht, Committee Member

20. To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Daiwei
Title:
To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
File:
Download Daiwei_Li_Thesis_Final_0322.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

21. Risk Preference Amongst Undergraduate Engineering Students - The Effects of Time Pressure, Optimism, Sleep and Available Information

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Open Access
Author:
Isaac-Onwah, Uzoezi
Title:
Risk Preference Amongst Undergraduate Engineering Students - The Effects of Time Pressure, Optimism, Sleep and Available Information
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Risk
Risk aversion
Decision Making
Engineering Decision Making
Risk Seeking
Risk Preference
Time Pressure
Optimism
File:
Download Uzoezi_-_Thesis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

22. Measures and Values of Light: Changing the Energy Field and Adapting to Climates Changed

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Open Access
Author:
Soares, Paulo
Title:
Measures and Values of Light: Changing the Energy Field and Adapting to Climates Changed
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Solar irradiance
Direct normal irradiance
multypiranometer array
Machine learning
Solar Radiometric Systems
GIS
LiDAR
3D view
low-resolution LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
GIS
LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
agrivoltaics
climate change
multi-objective decision-making
trade space exploration
Light
TMY
NSRDB
PV Generation
File:
Download Paulo_Soares_Penn_State_University_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair