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1. Economic Modeling of the Energy Management System for a Battery-solar Building-integrated Microgrid: A Comparison Between Lead-acid and Lithium Ion Battery Systems

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Author:
Udegbe, Egbadon Ajibola
Title:
Economic Modeling of the Energy Management System for a Battery-solar Building-integrated Microgrid: A Comparison Between Lead-acid and Lithium Ion Battery Systems
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
microgrid
solar
energy management system
backup power
smart grid
grid stability
frequency regulation
peak-shaving
File:
Download Udegbe_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Riley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. Reducing the Impact of the Power Sector on Ozone Pollution: An Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Differentiated Prices for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

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Author:
Stines, Zachary O'cain
Title:
Reducing the Impact of the Power Sector on Ozone Pollution: An Evaluation of Spatial and Temporal Differentiated Prices for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Ozone
NOx
Electricity
Differentiated
Emissions
Spatial
File:
Download ZacharyStinesFinalThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. Comparing Costs and Generation Mix Alternatives for the Application of the Clean Power Plan in the PJM Electricity Market: Application of Unit Commitment

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Author:
Dupuis, Alexia Violaine
Title:
Comparing Costs and Generation Mix Alternatives for the Application of the Clean Power Plan in the PJM Electricity Market: Application of Unit Commitment
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Clean Power Plan
Carbon dioxide emissions
Unit commitment
Electricity markets
File:
Download Alexia_Dupuis_-_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES

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Author:
Garcia, Ismael
Title:
SENSITIVITY OF THE WESTERN U.S. ELECTRICITY POWER SYSTEM TO HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
water
WECC
vulnerability
drought
optimization
power system
high temperature
sensitivity
electricity
opf
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

5. ENDOGENOUS ADOPTION DECISIONS OF COAL-BIOMASS CO-FIRING: AN EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK APPROACH

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Author:
Valqui Ordonez, Brayam D
Title:
ENDOGENOUS ADOPTION DECISIONS OF COAL-BIOMASS CO-FIRING: AN EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK APPROACH
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Electricity Market
Biomass co-firing
Nash Equilibrium
Coal Plants
Endogenous decisions
MISO
Renewable Portfolio Standards
File:
Download Thesis_Brayam_Valqui_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member

8. METHANE DISTRIBUTION AND VENTILATION OPTIMIZATION FOR A SCALED LONGWALL MINE WITH BLEEDER

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Author:
Gendrue, Nathan
Title:
METHANE DISTRIBUTION AND VENTILATION OPTIMIZATION FOR A SCALED LONGWALL MINE WITH BLEEDER
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Longwall Mining
Ventilation Effectiveness
Ventilation System Optimization
Methane Gas
CFD
Scaled Model
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Gendrue.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr. Shimin Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Committee Member
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member

9. Analysis of Depletion Factor in the Marcellus Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Author:
Wei, Tianyuan
Title:
Analysis of Depletion Factor in the Marcellus Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
resource policy
hydraulic fracturing in shale reservoirs
Monte Carlo simulation in uncertainty analysis
File:
Download Final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

11. To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

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Author:
Li, Daiwei
Title:
To Invest or Not to Invest: The Exploration of Preferred Investment Strategies in Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Multi-Objective Optimization Problem
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
Single-Objective Optimization Problem
Real Option Valuation
Power Purchase Agreement
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Wholesale Electricity Price
Binomial Lattice Pricing Method
Unit Commitment
Monte Carlo Simulation
File:
Download Daiwei_Li_Thesis_Final_0322.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

12. Study of Petroleum Coke Ash as an Alternative Low-Cost Oxygen Carrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion

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Author:
Wasserman, Ian
Title:
Study of Petroleum Coke Ash as an Alternative Low-Cost Oxygen Carrier for Chemical-Looping Combustion
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Chemical-Looping Combustion
Petroleum coke
Sustainability
Waste resource recovery
Advanced combustion
File:
Download ThesisFinal_IanWasserman_iww5045.pdf
Committee Members:
Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

13. Risk Preference Amongst Undergraduate Engineering Students - The Effects of Time Pressure, Optimism, Sleep and Available Information

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Author:
Isaac-Onwah, Uzoezi
Title:
Risk Preference Amongst Undergraduate Engineering Students - The Effects of Time Pressure, Optimism, Sleep and Available Information
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Risk
Risk aversion
Decision Making
Engineering Decision Making
Risk Seeking
Risk Preference
Time Pressure
Optimism
File:
Download Uzoezi_-_Thesis_.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

14. Application of Data Driven Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Reamining Useful Life of Equipment

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Author:
Ren, Zihan
Title:
Application of Data Driven Machine Learning Methodologies for Predicting Reamining Useful Life of Equipment
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Machine Learning
Remaining useful life estimation
turbofan engine
Oil and gas equipment
File:
Download MS-thesis-ZihanRen.pdf
Committee Members:
Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sanjay Srinivasan, Program Head/Chair

15. TOWARDS ACCURATE EVALUATING THE VALUE OFOPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF COMBINED-CYCLE UNITS

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Author:
Yen, Shao Hsien
Title:
TOWARDS ACCURATE EVALUATING THE VALUE OFOPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY OF COMBINED-CYCLE UNITS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Flexibility
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment
Flexibility
Flexibility
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment
Combined-cycle unit
configuration formulation
configuration formulation
dynamic ramping
unit commitment
File:
Download Jimmy_s_Penn_State_Master_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

16. Numerical Simulation of Proppant Displacement in Scaled Fracture Networks

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Author:
Song, Yibo
Title:
Numerical Simulation of Proppant Displacement in Scaled Fracture Networks
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Proppant transport
hydraulic fracturing
particle laden fluid
discrete element methods
File:
Download Thesis_Yibo_Song.pdf
Committee Members:
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
John Wang, Committee Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

17. Using Digital Rock Analysis to Estimate Flow Properties of Stress-Sensitive Rocks

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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

18. Conductivity Evolution in Propped Fractures During Reservoir Drawdown

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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