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Author:

Mulibo, Gabriel Daudi

Title:

Investigation of Mantle Structure beneath Eastern Africa: Implications for the Origin Of the Cenozoic tectonism and propagation of the Rift System

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Tomography
Receiver function
Superplume
East African Rift System
Cenozoic Tectonism

File:

Download Mulibo_Gabriel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Chen, Wei

Title:

Numerical Studies of Seismically Induced Slope Deformation Using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Method; Large Deformation; Dynam

File:

Download Dissertation_WC_final.pdfDownload Copyright_Permission.pdf

Committee Members:

Tong Qiu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tong Qiu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniel G Linzell, Committee Member
Prasenjit Basu, Committee Member
Shelley Marie Stoffels, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Ahn, Chong Hyun

Title:

Modeling Of Hydraulic Fracture Network Propagation In Shale Gas Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic fracture
shale gas reservoir
fracture network
naturally fractured reservoir

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_12052012.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
R Larry Grayson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Izadi, Ghazal

Title:

Evolution of Permeability and Induced Seismicity within Fractured Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

permeability Evolution
Induced Seismicity

File:

Download Ghazal_Izadi_PhD_Dissertation_Final5.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Li Li, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Beck, Justin Richard

Title:

Electrochemical measurements of corrosion in supercritical CO2 environments

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical measurements
supercritical CO2
corrosion
ion conductive membrane

File:

Download Justin_Beck_-_Dissertation_12-2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Hemant

Title:

Poromechanical Response of Naturally Fractured Sorbing Media

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
Shale
Permeability
Proppant
Modeling
Simulation

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Kumar.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Denis Pone, Special Member

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

Author:

Kaproth, Bryan Michael

Title:

The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic

File:

Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Soohyun

Title:

Membrane Transport in Cucl/hcl Electrolyzer

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic Transport
CuCl/HCl electrolyzer
Hydrogen
Membrane
CuCl thermochemical cycle
hot-pressing
Phenomenological coefficient

File:

Download Dissertation_SoohyunKim_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Alexis, Dennis Arun

Title:

Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress

File:

Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Oliver Chih-young

Title:

Modeling of Proppant Transport through Hydraulic Fracture Network

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Proppant
Hydraulic fracture network

File:

Download Oliver_Thesis_May_2014__corrected.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lauer, Rachel Mollie

Title:

Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics

File:

Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Cleveland, Kenneth Michael

Title:

Fault Rupture Segmentation

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

seismology
surface waves
earthquake location
oceanic transform faults

File:

Download 1-KMCleveland-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Aniemena, Chigozie C

Title:

Hybrid Semi-mechanistic Well Performance Modeling and Prediction

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Well Performance Prediction
Production Forecasting
Reserves Assessment
Hydraulic Fracture Design Optimization.

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_-_Chigozie_Aniemena.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
James Terry Engelder, Committee Member

Author:

Gibson, La

Title:

Measurement and modeling the coefficient of restitution of char particles under simulated entrained flow gasifier conditions

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coefficient of Restitution
Gasification
Critical Velocity
Population Model
Ash Deposition
Sticking Probability

File:

Download Gibson_Dissertation__Final___1__.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Yaw Yeboah, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr Lawrence Shadle, Special Member

Author:

Sircar, Sarmishtha

Title:

Studies of Gas Adsorption in Flexible Metal-organic Frameworks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Adsorption
Gate-Opening
Metal-Organic Frameworks

File:

Download Final_Thesis._Sircar.pdf

Committee Members:

Angela Lueking, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Angela Lueking, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Adri van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Salehikhoo, Fatemeh

Title:

Effect of Chemical Spatial Distribution of Magnesite on its dissolution Rate

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Magnesite
Dissolution
Rate
Spatial Dirtibution

File:

Download Fatemeh_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

Author:

Culp, Brian Michael

Title:

Impact Of Co2 On Fracture Complexity When Used As A Fracture Fluid In Rock

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rock Mechanics
Fracturing
Unconventional
Bluestone
PMMA
hydraulic fracture
hydrocarbon
geology

File:

Download MSThesis_BrianCulp.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Scuderi, Marco Maria

Title:

Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

earthquakes
friction
granular physics

File:

Download Scuderi_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Geirsson, Halldor

Title:

Crustal deformation and volcanism at active plate boundaries

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

crustal deformation
GPS
magma movements
eruption
volcanoes
earthquakes
hydrothermal systems
fault mechanics

File:

Download HalldorGeirsson_DissertationAug2014_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter Christopher Lafemina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member