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Author:: Mohammad Nejad Gharehlo, Amir
Title:: Development of Artificial Expert Reservoir Characterization Tools for Unconventional Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: neural networks
ann
Reservoir Characterization
well logs
seismic
payzone identification
payzone
net pay
Wolfcamp
File:: Download _thesis_Amir_Nejad2.pdf
Committee Members:: Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis Ayala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Special Member

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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

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Author:: Zhang, Kuangyuan
Title:: Target versus Price: Improving Energy Efficiency of Industrial Enterprises in China
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Energy Saving Policy
Government Target
Energy Price
File:: Download FinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Zhen Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Kinilakodi, Harisha
Title:: Development and Application of the Safe Performance Index as a Risk-based Methodology for Identifying Major Hazard-related Safety Issues in Underground Coal Mines
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Mine Safety
Performance Index
Safety Violation
Safety-Related Risk
Risk Analysis
Risk Index
File:: Download Dissertation_Kinilakodi.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr R Larry Grayson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Samuel A Oyewole, Committee Member
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member

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Author:: Olawoyin, Richard
Title:: Application of Expert Systems in the Characterization and Impact of Petroleum Derivatives on Human Health
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Artificial Neural networks
Expert Systems
Pollutants
Carcinogenic
Mutagenic
Toxicokinetic
Chemometrics
Modeling
Geographic Information Systems
Human Health
Geostatistics
Epidemiology
Toxicology
Risk Map
Petroleum
Hazard Index
Slope Factor
Pollution Index
Composite-Risk Index
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Samuel Oyewole, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Samuel Oyewole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Frank Hardisty, Committee Member
Oladapo Okareh, Special Member

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Author:: Narasimharaju, Anukalp
Title:: A Feasibility Study in Redox Flow Battery Adoption to Augment Sustainable Electricity Grid Expansion in Developing Countries
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Feasibility study
flow battery
sustainable electricity
energy
File:: Download Final_Thesis_Draft_Anukalp_submit.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Farrokh, Ebrahim
Title:: Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: TBM
Hard Rock
Advance Rate
Utilization
Cutter Life
Learning Phase
File:: Download Thesis-rev3.pdf
Committee Members:: Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Special Member

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Author:: Nago, Annick Blanche Christelle Logbochy
Title:: Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Natural gas hydrates
CO2-CH4 exchange in hydrates
numerical modeling
life cycle assessment
CO2 emissions
natural gas production
File:: Download ANNICKNAGO_PHDTHESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

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Author:: Alavi Gharahbagh, Ehsan
Title:: Development of a Soil Abrasion Test and Analysis of Impact of Soil Properties on Tool Wear for Soft-ground Mechanized Tunneling
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Soil Abrasion
Tool wear
Soft-ground mechanized tunneling
EPB and Slurry TBM
Wear Prediction
Soil Conditioning
File:: Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member

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Author:: Bai, Yu
Title:: life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Life cycle assessment
Optimization
Multiple criteria
File:: Download MS_thesis_-_YU_BAI.pdf
Committee Members:: Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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