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Author:

Nguyen, Duc

Title:

Statistical Leanring Applied to Climate-Water-Energy Nexus for Quantification and Characterization of Severe Drought Risks in Adaptation Models

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Climate
Energy
water
power systems
statistical learning

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Committee Members:

Mort D Webster, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Renee Obringer, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Karen Fisher-Vanden, Committee Member

Author:

Khan, Rowfi

Title:

Experimental Study on the Decomposition of Antioxidants and Interactions with Polypropylene Waste During Their Deconstruction

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Plastics
Additives
Antioxidants
Decomposition
Pyrolysis
Two-dimensioanl Gas Chromatography
Polypropylene

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Committee Members:

Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Bryan D Vogt, Committee Member

Author:

Findlay, Tristin

Title:

Experimental Equipment for Cement Plug Leakage and Proppant Transport

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Experimental Equipment
Construction
Petroleum Engineering
Proppant Transport
Oil Well Cement
Cement Leakage
Low Carbon Cement Evaluation
Deviated Gravel Pack
Slot Flow Apparatus
Cement Sulfate Resistance

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Committee Members:

Arash Dahi Taleghani, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Wang, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

Author:

Awe, Oluwayomi

Title:

Unraveling the Origin of High Photocatalytic Properties of Earth-Abundant TiO2/FeS2 Heterojunction: Insights from First-Principles Density Functional Theory

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

TiO2/FeS2 heterojunction
interfacial geometries
electronic properties
band alignment and offsets
photoactivity

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Committee Members:

Nelson Yaw Dzade, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Olumide Ogunmodimu, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Meng Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dong, Bingqiang

Title:

Experimental investigation of CO2-fluid-rock interactions in a fractured basalt core

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

CO2 mineralization
evolution of void space
X-ray computed tomography
Core-Flooding Experiment
Carbonate Precipitates

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Committee Members:

Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Menefee, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member

Author:

Eskanlou, Amir

Title:

A surface chemistry approach to inhibition of particle-induced hydroxyl radical generation: a case study of respirable coal dust

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Coal
Pyrite
Quartz
Free radicals
Toxicity
Respirable coal dust
Diesel Particulate Matter

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member
Nelson Yaw Dzade, Major Field Member
Barbara Arnold, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Mohammad Rezaee, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Azam, Sikandar

Title:

Characterization of physico-chemical properties of nano-sized particulates and their implications on transport behavior

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Nano-Sized Particles
Respirable Coal Mine Dust
Environmental Interation
Particle Characterization
Particulate Transport Modeling
Particulate Moisture Interaction

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Suresh Iyer, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shimin Liu, Major Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Groves, Major Field Member

Author:

Zhang, Qitao

Title:

Techniques to Improve Heat Extraction in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Enhanced geothermal system
Fracture conductivity tuning
Real-time downhole flow management
Heat extraction efficiency
Thermal short-circuit

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Committee Members:

Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Derek Elsworth, Major & Minor Field Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Major Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Shultz, Nicholas

Title:

Techno-economic Analysis of Carbon Capture Systems for a Natural Gas Power Plant

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon capture
CCUS
Optimization Modeling
Amine Absorption

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Committee Members:

John Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Menefee, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gill, Jesse

Title:

Feasibility Study of Multi-Critical Element Extraction from Pennsylvania Mercer Clay

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Critical Minerals
Critical Elements
Lithium
Rare Earth Elements
Mercer Clay
Low-grade resource
Secondary Resource
Recovery

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Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mohammad Rezaee, Committee Member
Jeremy Gernand, Program Head/Chair
Barbara J Arnold, Committee Member