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Author:

Su, Xing

Title:

Geomechanics of disturbances in pore fluid pressure of the subsurface rocks with applications in stability analysis of infill wells in depleted reservoirs

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Poromechanics
Analytical solution
Stress path
Wellbore stability
Drilling margin

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Amin Mehrabian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Yu, Jiayi

Title:

Shear related reactivation of fractures/faults and the effects on permeability evolution and induced seismicity

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Induced seismicity
Unconventional shale reservoir
Fracture-proppant conductivity evolution

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Chris Marone, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Major Field Member

Author:

Nguyen, Kien

Title:

LOST CIRCULATION MATERIAL DESIGN FOR DRILL-INDUCED AND NATURAL FRACTURES IN ROCKS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

fracture mechanics
wellbore
lost circulation material
drill-induced fractures
natural fractures
drilling fluid loss
LCM partial compression
wellbore breakdown
fracture width estimation
non-Newtonian drilling fluid
Levenberg-Marquardt
LCM blend design

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Major Field Member
Amin Mehrabian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Agrawal, Sidharth

Title:

Longitudinal Analysis of Safety Performance in the Mining Industry at the intersection of Health and Safety Management System and Financial Performance

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Mining
Health and Safety
Longitudinal analysis
Safety and Financial performance

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Major Field Member
Thomas Loughran, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Thomas Anthony Loughran, IV, Special Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Major Field Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Ashish Kumar, Major Field Member

Author:

Al Balushi, Faras

Title:

Particle-scale Simulations for Geothermal Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Particle-Scale Modeling
Geothermal Energy
Thermal Breakthrough
Closed-Loop Geothermal System

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Unit & Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Russell Johns, Major Field Member

Author:

Soomro, Muzammil

Title:

Pore-scale modeling of multicomponent, multiphase geofluids exhibiting partial miscibility – a fugacity-based lattice Boltzmann approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Lattice Boltzmann Method
Thermodynamics
Phase Behavior
Black Oil
Fugacity
Gibbs Adsorption Isotherm
Adsorption
Multicomponent
Multiphase

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Eric Greenwood, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yashar Mehmani, Major Field Member
Russell Johns, Major Field Member

Author:

Perla, Joseph

Title:

Using Coupled Models to Evaluate Climate Policy and Resilience

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Multisector dynamic model
Coupled model
Power system model
Recursive computable general equilibrium model
Climate change
Natural stressor
Bureaucratic decision-making
Political economy
Clean Power Plan
Emulator
Efficiency and distributional trade-offs

File:

Download JMP_PhD_Dissertation_FINAL-post_format_review.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Major Field Member
Joel Landry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhen Lei, Major Field Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lou, Xuanqing

Title:

Investigation of Rock Properties Governing Gas Storage Capacity in Nanoporous Shales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Unconventional reservoirs
shale gas
storage capacity
X-ray CT
Digital rock analysis

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Zuleima Karpyn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Valqui Ordonez, Brayam D

Title:

Improving Power System Models for the Low-carbon Transition

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Bulk Power Systems
Electricity Markets
Low-carbon Transition
Power system operation and planning
Environmental Regulations
Extreme Weather Events
Generation Expansion Planning
Game-Theory
Complementarity Modeling
Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mort Webster, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Major Field Member
Chiara Lo Prete, Major Field Member

Author:

Hohl, Cody

Title:

Essays on intermittent renewable integration in electricity market design

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Electricity market design
Wind energy
Intraday
Capacity
Energy-only
Experiment
Uplift

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Cody_Hohl.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Mort Webster, Major Field Member
Seth Blumsack, Major Field Member
Chiara Lo Prete, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Anthony Kwasnica, Outside Unit & Field Member