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Author:

Alajmi, Abdullah Fahad Faleh

Title:

The Influnence of a Fracture Tip on Two-Phase Flow Displacement Process

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

experimental work.
Fracture
dispalcement
porous media
simulation

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

Author:

Sitchler, Alexis K

Title:

Weathering Advance Rates in Basalt: Prediction and Comparison Across Scales

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

chemical weathering
basalt
porosity
diffusion
scaling
reactive transport modeling
weathering rinds

File:

Download ANS_final_thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Jennifer Macalady, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Aubreya Nicole

Title:

A SEISMIC INVESTIGATION OF CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE STRUCTURE BENEATH THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICAN PLATEAUS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Zagros Mountains
tomography
surface waves
plume
African Superplume
Africa
seismology
southern Africa
East Africa

File:

Download aadams_dissertation_finalsmall.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, Committee Member

Author:

Rathbun, Andrew Paul

Title:

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction

File:

Download ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

LeVay, Brian James

Title:

Pre-anatectic and anatectic processes in an eclogite from the Erzgebirge, Southeastern Germany: Implications for arc magmatism

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

eclogite
anatexis
melting
migmatite
Erzgebirge
Saidenbach
adakite

File:

Download Thesis_BLeVay_714U.pdf

Committee Members:

Maureen Feineman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Maureen Feineman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Chung-Hao

Title:

PARAMETRIC STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING CAPILLARY IMBIBITION IN FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Imbibition
Computed Tomography
Fractures
Capillarity

File:

Download dissertation0208.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chunmei

Title:

INORGANIC-BASED PROTON CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITE MEMBRANES FOR ELEVATED TEMPERATURE AND REDUCED RELATIVE HUMIDITY PEM FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membrane fuel cell
composite membrane
proton conductivity
high temperature
low relative humidity
proton transport mechanism

File:

Download Thesis_Chunmei_Final_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member

Author:

Vacco, David Alfred

Title:

Modeling glacier-rock-climate interactions: Moraine deposition, stagnation events, and supraglacial debris

Graduate Program:

Earth Sciences

Keywords:

glacier
glacial
moraines
modeling
supraglacial
subglacial
debris
dynamics

File:

Download Dvacco_Dissertation_FinalDraft.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Van Essendelft, Dirk Thomas

Title:

KINETICS OF THE ACID DIGESTION OF SERPENTINE WITH CONCURRENT GRINDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Kinetics
Computational Modeling
Serpentine
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Mineral Carbonation
Strong Acid Dissolution

File:

Download Thesis_Master_3.2.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Dae Sung

Title:

DETERMINATION OF FLUID TRANSPORT PROPERTIES FROM CONE PENETROMETER SOUNDING DATA

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic conductivity
soil permeability
cone penetration test

File:

Download Final_dissertation_Dae_Sung_Lee.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Herman, Ellen K

Title:

Quantitative studies of suspended sediment in karst aquifers

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

sediment
springs
karst
time series

File:

Download ekh_thesis_master_submitted.pdf

Committee Members:

Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Blaine White, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

YEH, EN-CHAO

Title:

Structural evolution of slate belts: examples from Tawain and eastern Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Taiwan
tectonics
thermochronology
inclusion
kinematics
fold

File:

Download PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Derrill Maylon Kerrick, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Eunhye

Title:

Investigation of conical bit rotation in full scale cutting tests

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Finite Element Analysis
Full scale cutting test
Rock fragmentation
Conical bit rotation

File:

Download Eunhye_Disser_Nov-19-10_EK-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member

Author:

Alvarado, Freddy

Title:

DETERMINATION OF MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC BEHAVIOR OF TENSILE FRACTURES UNDER MULTIPHASE FLOW USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

fracture aperture
Multiphase flow in fractures
confining stress

File:

Download Alvarado.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Moret, Geoffrey John Maxted

Title:

ANNUAL VARIATIONS IN GROUND-WATER TEMPERATURE AS A TRACER OF RIVER-AQUIFER INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hydrogeology
temperature

File:

Download moretdissertationrevised.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Guobiao

Title:

Physics Based, Integrated Modeling Of Hydrology And Hydraulics At Watershed Scales

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

overland flow
channel flow
Watersheds
integrated models
numerical models
subsurface flow
finite element methods

File:

Download thesis_ghuang0726.pdf

Committee Members:

Gour Tsyh Yeh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Arthur Carl Miller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Gaoming

Title:

History Dependent Modeling of Counter-Current Flow in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

capillary pressure hysteresis
reservoir simulation
porous media
Counter-current flow
fluid bank
history matching
X-ray CT

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member

Author:

Long, Hui

Title:

INTERPRETING PORE PRESSURE IN MARINE MUDSTONES WITH PORE PRESSURE PENTROMETERS, IN SITU DATA, AND LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Overpressure
mudstones
penetrometer
IODP
consolidation
permeability
compression index
URSA

File:

Download Long_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter B Flemings, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
John T Germaine, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hongliang Henry

Title:

SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR IN-SEAM SEISMIC BASED VOID DETECTION TECHNIQUE

Graduate Program:

Mining Engineering

Keywords:

Signal Processing
In-Seam Seismic
Void Detection
Wavelet Transform

File:

Download HongliangWangFinalPhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Maochen Ge, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret Hardy, Committee Member
Vladislav Kecojevic, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member

Author:

Ban, Hoki

Title:

Performance of Buried Concrete Pipe Under Different Environmental Conditions

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

cracking behavior
concrete pipe
soil pressure

File:

Download Dissertation_Hoki_Ban.pdf

Committee Members:

Mian C Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member
Sunil K Sinha, Committee Member

Author:

Brewer, Ian D

Title:

DETRITAL-MINERAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY: INVESTIGATIONS OF OROGENIC DENUDATION IN THE HIMALAYA OF CENTRAL NEPAL

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

geodynamics
geology
tectonics
thermochronology
argon
erosion
orogenic
himalaya
marsyandi
chronology
dating
thermal modeling

File:

Download THESIS_FULL_AUG2005_FINAL_compressed_secure.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas W. Burbank, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Peter B Flemings, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Faoro, Igor

Title:

CONTROL OF THE PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURES IN GEOTHERMAL ROCKS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

TCHM properties of fractures
permeability

File:

Download Igor_Faoro_thesis_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Samuelson, Jon Erik

Title:

LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure

File:

Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

Author:

Lewicki, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

Soil Carbon Dioxide Flow Associated With The San Andreas And Calaveras Faults, California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

unsaturated zone gas transport
faults
Soil gas
Carbon dioxide

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Lee Kump, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Allan Arthur, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Taron, Joshua

Title:

Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Flow and Deformation in Fractured Rock

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

permeability
rock fracture
fractured reservoir simulation
geothermal
volcanic dome
chemical creep

File:

Download Taron_PhD_Thesis_December_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

Author:

Pone, Jean Denis Nda'si

Title:

CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN COAL: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIX DEFORMATION, SORPTION CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC PERMEABILITY AT IN-SITU STRESS CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

carbon dioxide sorption capacity in coal
coalbed methane
Sequestration
coal permeability
stress

File:

Download DPone_PSU_thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Morell, Kristin Diane

Title:

LATE MIOCENE TO RECENT ARC-FOREARC RESPONSE TO PLATE TECTONICS SURROUNDING THE PANAMA TRIPLE JUNCTION, SOUTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Panama Triple Junction
neotectonics

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_MORELL.pdf

Committee Members:

Donald F Isher, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Kirby, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member

Author:

Young, Kirby David

Title:

Deformation, Lava Dome Evolution, and Eruption Cyclicity at Merapi Volcano, Indonesia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

volcano deformation monitoring
Volcanology
lava domes
extrusion rates
EDM
tiltmeters
volcano seismicity

File:

Download Thesis_kdy_finalv2.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Jancin, Mark D.

Title:

Volcano-Tectonic Evolution of Flateyjarskagi, North Central Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Iceland
plate tectonics
spreading history
paleomagnetism
Tjornes Fracture Zone
volcanic stratigraphy

File:

Download Jancin_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member

Author:

Ikari, Matt

Title:

Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones

File:

Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

Author:

Kosarian, Minoo

Title:

Lithospheric Structure of North Africa and Western Eurasia

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Crustal thickness
Shear velocity structure
Surface wave dispersion
Receiver functions
Poisson`s ratio

File:

Download Minoo-Kosarian-Dissertation-2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Fitzgerald, Michael Robert

Title:

Influence of drainage state on direct-push permeability profiling methods

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

soils
hydraulic conductivity
permeability
direct-push

File:

Download Fitzgerald_-_PhD_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

Author:

Maceira, Monica

Title:

SURFACE WAVES, EARTH STRUCTURE, AND SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Rayleigh waves
tomography
Earth structure
joint inversion
seismic discrimination
central Asia

File:

Download Monica-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kevin Patrick Furlong, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member

Author:

Fulton, Patrick Michael

Title:

INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport

File:

Download FultonFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

Author:

Cakir, Recep

Title:

EFFECTS OF SITE RESPONSE ON EARTHQUAKE HAZARD IN THE EASTERN MARMARA REGION OF TURKEY

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Relative Spectral Amplification
Eastern Marmara Region
slowness-frequency method
Turkey
site amplification
site response
Seismic Hazard

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shelton S Alexander, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Richard R Paizek, Committee Member
Todd Smith Bacastow, Committee Member

Author:

Foroozan, Roozbeh

Title:

TRANSPORT AND DEFORMATIONAL SIGNATURES IN COUPLED GEOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: INSIGHTS FROM FOREWARD AND BACKWARD MODELING

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Fluid dynamics
Volcano
Basin
Fault
Geodesy
Back Analysis
GPS

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Al Enezi, Sultan Mohammad

Title:

EFFECS OF CLOSURE STRESS ON FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY AND MULTI-PHASE FLOW IN SHEAR FRACTURED BEREA SANDSTONE

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

shear fracture
fluid flow

File:

Download Microsoft_Word_-_PhD_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Phillip Michael Halleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Innocenti, Sabrina

Title:

LAVAS AND TEPHRAS OF MERAPI VOLCANO, JAVA, INDONESIA:INSIGHTS FROM TEXTURAL ANALYSES AND GEOCHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Merapi Volcano
Crystal Size Distributions
K-affinity
Sunda arc
eruptive styles

File:

Download ThesisMaster_V6.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter J Heaney, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

Author:

Suk, Heejun

Title:

Development of 2- and 3- simulator for three-phase flow with general initial and boundary conditions on the fractional flow approach

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

LEZOOMPC
Phase Configuration change
Fractional flow formulation
Multiple phase flow
Particle tracking
analytical method
linear spatial and temporal velocity variation
semi-analytical method
General boundary conditions
Fractional flow approach
three dimensional multiphase flow

File:

Download thesis_suk.pdf

Committee Members:

Peggy Ann Johnson, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Gour Tsyh Yeh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Silpngarmlert, Suntichai

Title:

Numerical Modeling of Gas Recovery from Methane Hydrate Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

reservoir simulation
production characteristics
methane hydrate
Numerical model
production strategy

File:

Download Silpngarmlert_Suntichai__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Michael Adebola Adewumi, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Dupont, Todd K

Title:

ABRUPT CHANGES IN ICE SHELVES AND ICE STREAMS: MODEL STUDIES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

ice shelf
ice stream
abrupt change
sea level
theoretical glaciology

File:

Download tkd_eTD_phd.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard B Alley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member

Author:

Rooney, Tyrone O.

Title:

CONTINENTAL RIFTING IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA: GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC CONSTRAINTS FROM LAVAS AND XENOLITHS

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Ethiopia
continental rift
Debre Zeyit
Butajira
Wonjii
geochemistry
fault belt
cinder cone
basalt
xenolith
crustal structure

File:

Download Rooney_dissertation_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Rudolph Parizek, Committee Member
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
David H Eggler, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barry B Hanan, Committee Member

Author:

Petchsingto, Tawatchai

Title:

NUMERICAL STUDY OF FRACTURE APERTURE CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON SINGLE-PHASE FLOW AND CAPILLARY-DOMINATED DISPLACEMENT

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Young-Laplace equation
aperture distribution
geostatistical parameter
fractured rock
invasion percolation theory

File:

Download TPetchsingto.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Abraham S Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maira Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Victoria Louise

Title:

Crustal Response to Changes in the Magmatic System at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

locations
earthquake
volcano-tectonic
Montserrat
volcano
Soufrière Hills
focal mechanism
stress
VT-string

File:

Download VictoriaLMiller-PhD-Dissertation-2011.pdfDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsAnimation.movDownload 9596-EarthquakeLocationsTable.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry Voight, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry Voight, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Rodriguez Santiago, Victor

Title:

ELECTROPHORESIS OF NANOPARTICLES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

electrokinetics
zeta potential
high temperature
protonation reactions
nanoelectrophoresis

File:

Download Victor_thesis_final_073109.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member

Author:

Sevilla, Winchelle Ian

Title:

Seismic velocity variations under island arcs: examples from the Philippines and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles)

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

subduction zones
Philippines
Montserrat
tomography
receiver functions
island arcs

File:

Download Sevilla-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles James Ammon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Craddock, William Howard

Title:

Structural and geomorphic evolution of the Gonghe basin complex, northeastern Tibet: Implications for the timing of plateau growth

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

tectonics
geology
geomorphology
geochronology
Tibetan plateau
Gonghe basin complex
Jungong basin
Yellow River
geodynamics
stratigraphy
structural geology

File:

Download WHC_Dissertation_4_8_2011_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Eric Kirby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Kirby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rudy L Slingerland, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Nelson, Wendy Rae

Title:

Two-plume Dynamics beneath the East African Rift System: a Geochemical Perspective

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

HIMU
mantle plume
Afar
East African Rift
basalt

File:

Download Nelson_Dissertation_2009_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Tanya Furman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tanya Furman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Wu, Xinli

Title:

LOAD TRANSFER MECHANISM OF PIER-SUPPORTED-RAFT FOUNDATION SUBJECTED TO VERTICAL LOAD

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

settlement behavior
load transfer mechanism
foundation design
pile-supported-raft foundation
Pier-supported-raft foundation
raft load ratio
pile load ratio

File:

Download DissertationFinal_WU_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Mian C Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mian C Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Yongcheol

Title:

Upper Mantle Seismic Velocity Structure Beneath the Kenya Rift and the Arabian Shield

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

surface wave
body wave
seismic tomography
plume

File:

Download YP_Thesis_final_high2.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Fang, Yilin

Title:

Reactive Chemical Transport under Multiphase System

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Conservative Form
Multiphase System
Reactive Chemical Transport
Matrix Decomposition
Reaction Network
Biogeochemical Modeling
Advective Form

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Gour Tsyh Yeh, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William D Burgos, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andrew Scanlon, Committee Member

Author:

Karpyn, Zuleima Tharays

Title:

Capillary-Driven Flow in Fractured Sandstone

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Capillarity
flow in fractures
imbibition
experiment
fracture aperture

File:

Download eTD_KARPYN_May2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Abraham S Grader, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member

Author:

Carpenter, Brett Matthew

Title:

Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault

File:

Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

Author:

Christianson, Knut Andrew

Title:

Geophysical Exploration of Glacier Basal Processes and Grounding Line Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

glaciers
ice sheets
geophysics
ice-penetrating radar
GPS

File:

Download christianson_knut_thesis_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Derrick J Lampkin, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Yue, Wenting

Title:

Interaction of Fracture Fluid With Formation Rock and Proppant on Fracture Fluid Clean-up and Long-term Gas Recovery in Marcellus Shale Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

fracture damage
formation damage
clay swell
proppant scaling
proppant diagenesis.

File:

Download Wentings_Master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wang, Shugang

Title:

Gas transport, sorption, and mechanical response of fractured coal

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas transport
sorption
desorption
poromechanical
coal

File:

Download Shugang_Wang_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member

Author:

Chandra, Divya

Title:

Mechanical and Transport Characteristics of Coal-Biomass Mixtures for Advanced IGCC Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal-Biomass mixtures
Gasifier
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
Grain Breakage
Permeability Evolution

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Belvalkar, Rohan Anirrudha

Title:

Permeabilities of coal-biomass mixtures for high pressure gasifier feeds

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

permeability
porosity
kozeny-carmen
coal
biomass
gasifier
feed
particle size
stress
strain
isotropic
pulse decay

File:

Download thesis_r.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

McGuire, Thomas Patrick

Title:

Permeability Evolution of Stressed Fractures Permeated by Reactive Fluids

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

fracture permeability evolution
pressure solution
stress corrosion cracking
carbon dioxide sequestration
fracture strain
fracture dissolution

File:

Download thomas_mcguire_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Zoet, Lucas Keith

Title:

A Study of Discrete Glacier Motion

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Glaciology
glacial erosion
glacial sliding
unstable sliding
seismology

File:

Download lzoet-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

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

Author:

Khurana, Sanchit

Title:

In Situ Diagnosis of Electrolytic and Fuel Cells using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel cells
batteries
degradation
CuCl electrolyzer
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

File:

Download Sanchit_Khurana_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Member

Author:

Yildirim, Levent

Title:

Evaluation Of Petrophysical Properties Of Gas Shale And Their Change Due To Interaction With Water

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas shale
petrophysics
methodology
well logs
core analysis

File:

Download THESIS_REPORT_L.T.OZGUR_YILDIRIM.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Husain, Taha Murtuza

Title:

Computational Modeling of Lava Domes using Particle Dynamics to investigate the effect of conduit flow mechanics on flow patterns

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

computational modeling
lava domes

File:

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Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Glen Mattioli, Special Member

Author:

Das, Debanjan

Title:

Electrochemical Degradation, Kinetics & Performance Studies Of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Impedance Spectroscopy
Electrohcemical Degradation
Electrochemical Frequency Modulation
Kinetics

File:

Download Final_Thesis___Debanjan_Das.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Ghasemi Fare, Omid

Title:

Geothermal Energy Harvesting through Pile Foundations – Analysis-based Prediction and Performance Assessment

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering

Keywords:

Heat transfer; geothermal energy; heat exchangers; numerical ana

File:

Download Omid_Ghasemi-Fare_-_Ph.D._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Prasenjit Basu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Dr Swagata Banerjee, Committee Member

Author:

Im, Kyungjae

Title:

Geodetic Imaging of Production and thermal Depletion in Geothermal Reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Keywords:

Geodesy
Geothermal
Fault

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kyungjae_Im.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhi, Sheng

Title:

The Role of gas desorption on gas outbursts in underground mining of coal

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Gas outburst
Permeability evolution
Gas desorption
Energetic failure

File:

Download Thesis_Sheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gan, Quan

Title:

Analysis of induced seismicity and heat transfer in geothermal reservoirs by coupled simulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Geothermal reservoir
thermal front
induced seismicity
permeabiltiy evolution
breakdown pressure

File:

Download Quan_Gan_Analysis_of_induced_seismicity_and_heat_transfer_by_coupled_simulation_in_geothermal_reservoirs.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Special Member

Author:

Hall, Derek M

Title:

Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CuCl HCl Electrolyzer
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
Efficiency

File:

Download Derek_Hall_PHD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Huffman, Katelyn Allison

Title:

Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM

File:

Download Huffman.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Abaa, Kelvin Nder

Title:

Laboratory Investigation of Multiphase Permeability Evolution due to Fracturing Fluid Filtrate in Tight Gas Sandstones

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase
Filtrate
Fracturing
Permeability
Sandstones

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Mku Thaddeus Ityokumbul, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Special Member

Author:

Bao, Chen

Title:

Understanding Hydrological And Geochemical Controls On Solute Concentrations At Large Scale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrologic modeling
reactive transport
watershed geochemistry
concentration discharge relationship

File:

Download Chen_phd_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Louise Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

Author:

Li, Xiang

Title:

Gas Transport, Sorption and Fracture in Shale

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhanced gas recovery
hydraulic fracturing
breakdown pressure
fracture complexity
adsorption
swelling
stress redistribution

File:

Download Xiang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ahn, Chong Hyun

Title:

Development of hydraulic fracture network propagation model in shale gas reservoirs: 2d, single-phase and 3d, multi-phase model development, parametric studies, and verification

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic fracture
Shale
SRV
fracture complexity
fracture surface area

File:

Download PHD_dissertation_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member

Author:

Fang, Zhicheng

Title:

Summer graduation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Pulse-decay experiment
Analytical solution
Numerical simulation
History-matching method
Pressure-dependent gas properties

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chaopeng Shen, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Tugume, Fred Alex

Title:

THE PRECAMBRIAN CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF EAST AFRICA

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Precambrian crustal structure
Receiver functions

File:

Download Tugume_Fred_phdthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew A. Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles J. Ammon, Committee Member
S. Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Sobhbidari, Farnood

Title:

The Role of Mineral Transformation due to CO2 Sequestration on the Shear Behavior of Reservoir Rock

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon Sequestration
DEM Simulation
Mineral Transformation
Shear Behavior

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Farnood_Sobhbidari.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Schwartz, Brandon

Title:

THE EFFECT OF THERMAL CYCLING ON THE PERMEABILITY AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SHALE

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability
Bulk Modulus
Shale
Thermal Cycling

File:

Download Brandon_Schwartz_MASTERS_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Ziyan

Title:

CO2 and N2 injection to enhance shale gas recovery

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

enhance shale gas recovery

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Ziyan_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Leeman, John Robert

Title:

Laboratory Studies of Fault Stability and Slow Earthquakes

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

slow slip
earthquake
fault mechanics
rock mechanics
fault stability
ice stream

File:

Download dissertation_leeman.pdf

Committee Members:

Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Richard Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Outside Member