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Author:

Lou, Xuanqing

Title:

Investigation of Rock Properties Governing Gas Storage Capacity in Nanoporous Shales

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

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:

Tran, Kien

Title:

Unified Density-based Production Data Analysis Under Multiphase Flow Conditions

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Production Data Analysis
Multiphase Flow

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Committee Members:

Gregory King, Major Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Matthew Rau, Outside Unit & Field Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jeremy Gernand, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Wang, Zhicheng William

Title:

PORE-SCALE STUDY ON PARTIALLY MISCIBLE MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT IN HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS USING THE LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Multiphase Flow Behaviors
Pseudopotential Lattice Boltzmann Method
Simulation Framwork
Partially Miscible Multi-component Fluids

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Committee Members:

Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Luis Ayala H, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Mort D Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Orlando M. Ayala, Special Member
Member Committee, Special Member

Author:

Wang, Rui

Title:

Coupled processes in wellbore stimulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Wellbore stimulation
Coupled processes
Flowback rate
Pump-in/flowback test
Fracture closure
Sandstone acidizing
Post-flush period
Breakdown pressure
High-porosity channels

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Corina Drapaca, Outside Unit & Field Member
Gregory King, Major Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Nguyen, Kien

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

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:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

Nonlinear Poroelastic Solutions for the Pore Fluid Flow and Sorption in Deformable Rocks

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Adsorption
Poroelasticity
Nonlinear solution
Constitutive modeling
Geomechanics

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Committee Members:

Luis Ayala H, Major Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Albert Segall, Outside Unit & Field Member
Amin Mehrabian, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Duffy, Timothy

Title:

Membrane-Based Electrochemical Sensors for Corrosion Risk Detection in Natural Gas Pipelines

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Corrosion Sensor
Electrochemical Sensor
Reference Electrode
Natural Gas Pipeline
Internal Corrosion

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Committee Members:

Randy Vander Wal, Major Field Member
Serguei Lvov, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Russell Johns, Dissertation Advisor
Omer Dogan, Special Member
Christopher Gorski, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mort Webster, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Henriques, Cassian

Title:

Numerical Modeling of Fibers as Lost Circulation Material for Drilling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Lost Circulation Material
Fibers
Fracture sealing
CFD-DEM

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Sai

Title:

Challenges for Designing Closed-loop Geothermal Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Closed-loop geothermal system
Heat extraction
Dimensionless numbers
Polymer composites
Sealing material

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
John Wang, Major Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Farshad Rajabipour, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member

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

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