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Author:: Garcia, Ismael
Title:: SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: water
WECC
vulnerability
drought
optimization
power system
high temperature
sensitivity
electricity
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File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

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Author:: Torrealba, Victor Antonio
Title:: Thermodynamics of Microemulsion Systems: Partitioning Relationships, Phase Behavior and Interfacial Tensions
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Surfactant
Enhanced Oil Recovery
Microemulsion Phase Behavior
Partitioning Coefficients
Interfacial Tensions
File:: Download VT_092517.pdf
Committee Members:: Russell T. Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell T. Johns, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Themistoklis Matsoukas, Outside Member

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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

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Author:: Yang, Yun
Title:: MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FLOWBACK RATE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Flowback Analysis
Rate Transient Analysis (RTA)
Production Data Analysis (PDA)
Fracture Characterization
Two-phase Flowback Model
Single-phase Flowback Model
Shale Gas
Tight Sand Gas
File:: Download Yun_YangMaster_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

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Author:: Fang, Yi
Title:: Induced Microearthquakes and Seismicity-Permeability Relationships in Fractures
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Induced microearthquakes
Frictional parameters
Permeability evolutions
Preexisting fractures
Fracture minerals
Fracture surface roughness
Enhanced Geothermal System
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide
File:: Download Fang_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

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Author:: Putcha, Venkataramana B
Title:: INTEGRATION OF NUMERICAL AND MACHINE LEARNING PROTOCOLS FOR COUPLED RESERVOIR-WELLBORE MODELS: A STUDY FOR GAS LIFT OPTIMIZATION
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: numerical simulation
machine learning
gas lift
neural networks
petroleum
production
optimization
File:: Download Venkat_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Kamesh Madduri, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

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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

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Author:: Quan, Wenying
Title:: Selective Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Biogas on Nitrogen-Modified Adsorbents
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: H2S Removal
Biogas Purification
Selective Adsorption
Nitrogen-Modified
Porous Materials
File:: Download Dissertation_Wenying_Quan.pdf
Committee Members:: Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Wang, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

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Author:: Sun, Qian
Title:: The Development of an Artificial-Neural-Network-Based Toolbox for Screening and Optimization of Enhanced Oil Recovery Projects
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Artificial neural network
Enhanced oil recovery
Proxy models
Particle swarm optimization
Graphical user interface
Artificial neural network
Enhanced oil recovery
Proxy models
Particle swarm optimization
Graphical user interface
File:: Download SunQian_Dissertation_ETD.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F. Ayala H., Committee Member
Eugene Morgan, Committee Member
C. Lee Giles, Outside Member

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Author:: Purswani, Prakash
Title:: EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHT INTO CHEMICALLY TUNED WATERFLOODING IN OIL-WET CARBONATE RESERVOIRS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: potential determining ions
zeta potential
trace element analysis
wettability alteration
chemically tuned waterflooding
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Final_Draft_Prakash_Purswani_10-24-17.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T. Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Russell T. Johns, Committee Member
Dr. Randy Vander Wal, Committee Member
Dr. Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Dr. Serguei Lvov, Committee Member

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