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Author:

Dawar, Kshitij

Title:

Reinforcement learning for well location optimization

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Reinforcement learning
Well location optimization
Well location
Dynamic programming
Multi-stage optimization
Deep learning
Geostatistics
Geostatistical simulation

File:

Download KshitijDawar-Dissertation_EME.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanjay Srinivasan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sanjay Srinivasan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Soares, Paulo

Title:

Measures and Values of Light: Changing the Energy Field and Adapting to Climates Changed

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Solar irradiance
Direct normal irradiance
multypiranometer array
Machine learning
Solar Radiometric Systems
GIS
LiDAR
3D view
low-resolution LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
GIS
LiDAR
rooftop segmentation
photovoltaic systems
site suitability
agrivoltaics
climate change
multi-objective decision-making
trade space exploration
Light
TMY
NSRDB
PV Generation

File:

Download Paulo_Soares_Penn_State_University_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Susan W Stewart, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Purswani, Prakash

Title:

Relative Permeability Equation-of-State: The Role of Phase Connectivity, Wettability, and Capillary Number

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Relative permeability
Multiphase transport
Two-phase flow
Porous medium
Wettability
Capillary trapping
Equation-of-state
Pore structure
Pore-network modeling
Phase connectivity
Euler characteristic
Capillary number
Capillary pressure
Fluid-fluid interfacial area
Hysteresis

File:

Download Purswani_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Special Member
Sharon Xiaolei Huang, Outside Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Ang

Title:

Multi-mechanistic Transport Behavior of Multi-phase Fluids in Unsaturated Reservoir Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Sorption; Diffusion; Matrix swelling; Permeability; Time-Dependent Rock-Fluid-Geomechanics Model; Gas-water two phase flow

File:

Download Dissertation_draft_Ang_Liu_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
William Arthur Groves, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair