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Author:

Chen, Guanzhou

Title:

Sand Screen Performance Prediction Using Numerical Analysis

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

sand screen
CFD-DEM
sand screen performance prediction
numerical simulation
permeability change prediction
gravel pack

File:

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sheikh, Bahman

Title:

The Behavior of a Granular Flow from Collapsing, to Spreading and Sliding Down a Frictional Incline

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
Soil-structure interaction
frictional Boundary condition
Granular material
Granular flow
Impact force
Landslide
Landslide runout
High performance computing
Statistics
SPH
LBM
Drag force

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Major Field Member
Tong Qiu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hai Huang, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Ang

Title:

Multi-mechanistic Transport Behavior of Multi-phase Fluids in Unsaturated Reservoir Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Sorption; Diffusion; Matrix swelling; Permeability; Time-Dependent Rock-Fluid-Geomechanics Model; Gas-water two phase flow

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_Ang_Liu_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Shear related reactivation of fractures/faults and the effects on permeability evolution and induced seismicity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Induced seismicity
Unconventional shale reservoir
Fracture-proppant conductivity evolution

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member

Author:

Gonzalez Santana, Judit

Title:

Remote Sensing Observations and Modeling of Volcano Flank Instability

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

InSAR
Time-series analysis
Numerical modeling
Volcano deformation
Flank instability
Satellite remote sensing

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Christelle Wauthier, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Homman, Kyle A

Title:

Crustal Structure and Stress Regime of the Appalachian Basin and Surrounding Areas

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Crustal Structure
Receiver Functions
Seismology
Geophysics
Precambrian Structure
Appalachian Basin

File:

Download Homman_CrustalStructureAndStressRegimeAcrosstheAppBasinandSurroundingRegions_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nyblade, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Major Field Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sang, Guijie

Title:

Experimental Investigation and Modeling of Water Vapor Sorption and Transport in Nano-Porous Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Shale-water interaction
Nanopore structure
Condensation
Diffusion
Relative humidity

File:

Download Dissertation_Sang_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Saucier, Emilie

Title:

Observations and Modeling of the Transition from an Open to Closed System at Telica Volcano, Nicaragua

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

Volcano
Volcanology
Geoscience
Geology
Sealing
Phreatic Eruptions
Phreatic
Telica
Nicaragua
Deformation
Modeling
Machine Learning
Geodesy
Remote Sensing
Gas Flux
Hydrothermal Mineralisation
Magmatic Plug
Seal

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Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Peter LaFemina, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Al Balushi, Faras

Title:

Using Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Flow Properties of Stress-Sensitive Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Stress-dependent permeability
Absolute permeability
Digital rock analysis
Finite Element Analysis
Lattice Boltzmann Methods

File:

Download Faras_Al_Balushi_s_M.S._Thesis-Final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhicheng William

Title:

PORE-SCALE STUDY ON PARTIALLY MISCIBLE MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS USING THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Multiphase Flow Behaviors
Pseudopotential Lattice Boltzmann Method
Simulation Framwork
Partially Miscible Multi-component Fluids

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Committee Members:

Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Orlando M. Ayala, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member

Author:

Cipar, Jacob

Title:

Thermal evolution of the Rio Grande Rift and Basin and Range lithosphere: a petrochronologic investigation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

Geology
Geosciences
petrology
metamorphic petrology
tectonics
rio grande rift
geochronology
petrochronology
zircon
u-pb

File:

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Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jesse Reimink, Major Field Member

Author:

Chen, Tsai Wei

Title:

The Record of Mass Transfer in Ancient Accretionary Prisms and Its Role in Fault Behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

mélange
seismogenic zone
scaly fabric
mass transfer
ancient accretionary complex

File:

Download TChen_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Fisher, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Major Field Member
Andrew Smye, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donald Fisher, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Conductivity Evolution in Propped Fractures During Reservoir Drawdown

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant; Propped fracture conductivity; Proppant embedment; Proppant crushing

File:

Download Jiayi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Yiming

Title:

ANALYSIS OF ORIFICE METERING AND PERFORATION EROSION FOR SHALE GAS WELLS VIA COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) MODELING

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

CFD
EROSION
PERFORATION EROSION
GAS METERING
ORIFICE METER

File:

Download Zhang_Yiming_PHD_Dissertation_Final_Updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Xiang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Xing, Guangchi

Title:

Deciphering seismic attenuation: fractal description, wavefield modeling and Q full waveform inversion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

seismic attenuation
rock physics
fractal
forward modeling
wave propagation
full waveform inversion
critical zone

File:

Download GX_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Andrew Nyblade, Major Field Member

Author:

Lee, Lu

Title:

Numerical Study on Fracture Sealing Capability of Lost Circulation Materials

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lost Circulation
Drilling
Particulate Flow
Numerical Simulation
Fracture Sealing

File:

Download Lu_LEE_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cai, Yuzhe

Title:

ON COUPLED FLUID FLOW AND GEOMECHANICS MODELING FOR UNCONVENTIONAL WELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Flowback
dfit
diagonostic fracture injection test
infill well
parent well
Fracture driven interaction
FDI
Fracture closure

File:

Download Thesis_0810.pdf

Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Ali Borhan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major & Minor Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Rui

Title:

Coupled processes in wellbore stimulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Wellbore stimulation
Coupled processes
Flowback rate
Pump-in/flowback test
Fracture closure
Sandstone acidizing
Post-flush period
Breakdown pressure
High-porosity channels

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Li, Ziyan

Title:

Predicting Induced Seismicity and Permeability Evolution through Laboratory Experiments and Machine Learning Methods

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

induced seismicity
permeability evolution
machine learning method
frictional behavior of fractures

File:

Download Ziyan-Dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Sai

Title:

Challenges for Designing Closed-loop Geothermal Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Closed-loop geothermal system
Heat extraction
Dimensionless numbers
Polymer composites
Sealing material

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
John Wang, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member