1. ENDOGENOUS ADOPTION DECISIONS OF COAL-BIOMASS CO-FIRING: AN EQUILIBRIUM FRAMEWORK APPROACH Open Access 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 MarketBiomass co-firingNash EquilibriumCoal PlantsEndogenous decisionsMISORenewable Portfolio Standards File: Download Thesis_Brayam_Valqui_Final_Version.pdf Committee Members: Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorKaren Ann Fisher-Vanden, Committee MemberSeth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
2. STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Open Access Author: Masangu, Joyce Ndala Title: STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR RESOURCE ENDOWED COUNTRIES TO AVERT THE RESOURCE CURSE PHENOMENON: WITH A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: resource curseDemocratic Republic of Congominingmineral resourcesresource-richartisanal miningguidancestrategic considerationsmining sectorministry of minesASMpolitical willgood governanceeconomic disciplinedevelopmentsustainabilityeconomic growthpoverty reductionpoverty alleviationAfrica Mining VisionDutch Disease File: Download FinalThesisJM.pdf Committee Members: Dr.Kohler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
3. THE INTERACTION OF SYNTHETIC PETCOKE SLAGS WITH ALUMINA CRUCIBLES Open Access Author: Karri, Kashyap Title: THE INTERACTION OF SYNTHETIC PETCOKE SLAGS WITH ALUMINA CRUCIBLES Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: petcokeslagsrefractoryrefractory depletionslag interactionhigh-temperature viscometry File: Download Thesis_Kashyap_Final.pdf Committee Members: Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorChiara Lo Prete, Committee MemberSeth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
4. INVESTIGATION OF DISPERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING PROCESS Open Access Author: Galimberti, Evan Barsness Title: INVESTIGATION OF DISPERSION AND ITS EFFECT ON THE SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING PROCESS Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: DispersionSurfactant-polymerUpscalingEnhanced Oil RecoveryIncremental Efficiency File: Download Galimberti_Final_Version.pdf Committee Members: Russell Taylor Johns, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorGregory R King, Committee MemberHamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
5. WIND TUNNEL STUDY AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON PARTICULATE MATTER DISPERSION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STREET CANYON Open Access Author: Li, Mengfan Title: WIND TUNNEL STUDY AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON PARTICULATE MATTER DISPERSION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STREET CANYON Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Particulate Matter DispersionWind TunnelComputational Fluid DynamicsAir QualityStreet Canyon File: Download Draft_Thesis_Submission_Mengfan_Li.pdf Committee Members: Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
6. Co-Evolution of Fracture Permeability and Friction: Roles of Preslip Frictional Healing and Dynamic Stressing, and Implications for Seismicity Open Access Author: Yildirim, Elif Cihan Title: Co-Evolution of Fracture Permeability and Friction: Roles of Preslip Frictional Healing and Dynamic Stressing, and Implications for Seismicity Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Fracture permeabilityFrictionHydraulic stimulationReservoir geomechanicsInduced seismicitySlide-hold-slideFrictional healingDynamic stressingExperimental geophysics File: Download Yildirim_MS_Thesis_Co-Evolution_of_Fracture_Permeability_and_Friction.pdf Committee Members: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
7. Re-stimulation Candidate Selection Combining Natural Language Processing and Production Data Analysis Open Access Author: Hilton, Ryan Thomas Title: Re-stimulation Candidate Selection Combining Natural Language Processing and Production Data Analysis Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Restimulation candidate selectionNatural Language ProcessingProduction Analysis File: Download MSThesisRyanHilton.pdf Committee Members: Sanjay Srinivasan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
8. Velocity Model Calibration Using Distributed Acoustic Sensors and Sparse Geophones Open Access Author: Joon, Shams Title: Velocity Model Calibration Using Distributed Acoustic Sensors and Sparse Geophones Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: DASoil and gasvelocity modelacoustic sensor File: Download sjoon_thesis_final.pdf Committee Members: Eugene Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
9. ANALYZING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS CAUSED BY DISPOSAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF DRILL CUTTINGS FROM MARCELLUS SHALE WELLS IN PENNSYLVANIA Open Access Author: Mol, Mevlut Furkan Title: ANALYZING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS CAUSED BY DISPOSAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF DRILL CUTTINGS FROM MARCELLUS SHALE WELLS IN PENNSYLVANIA Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Oil&gas wasteparticulate matter concentrationLandfill pollutant exposureRadioactive element released by landfillsOil&gas waste transport File: Download ThesisFinalDraft-MevlutFurkanMol.pdf Committee Members: Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
10. Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach Open Access Author: Zhong, Xuwei Title: Pressure Transient Analysis of Shale Gas Reservoirs with Horizontal Boreholes: An Artificial Intelligence Based Approach Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Artificial Neural NetworkPressure Transient AnalysisANNPTAShale Gas Reservoir File: Download Zhong_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
