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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:: Download Thesis_Guanzhou_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:: Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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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:: Download Dissertation_BahmanSheikh_AfterDefense4.pdf
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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:: Download Cipar_Jacob_Dissertation_resubmit_11292022.pdf
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

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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

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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

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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

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