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Author:: Lei, Xiong
Title:: Characterization of Gas-Charged Porous Media from Joint Inversion of P/S- Wave Attenuation Based on OBS and/or Sonic Log Data
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Q estimation
Attenuation inversion
Quality factor
Bayesian inversion
Gas saturation
Porosity
Permeability
OBS
Sonic log
File:: Download Dissertation_XiongLei_revision_v7.pdf
Committee Members:: Eugene Morgan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Outside Member

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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 permeability
Friction
Hydraulic stimulation
Reservoir geomechanics
Induced seismicity
Slide-hold-slide
Frictional healing
Dynamic stressing
Experimental geophysics
File:: Download Yildirim_MS_Thesis_Co-Evolution_of_Fracture_Permeability_and_Friction.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Im, Kyungjae
Title:: FRICTION AND PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OF FRACUTRES AND FAULTS DURING STATIC REPOSE AND DYNAMIC REACTIVATION
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fault permeability
Fault Friction
Rate and State Friction
Fault Reactivation
File:: Download Dissertation_KJ_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Schwartz, Brandon
Title:: THE ROLE OF PORE STRUCTURE IN PERMEABILITY EVOLUTION OBSERVED IN LABORATORY STUDIES OF MARCELLUS AND WOLFCAMP SHALE
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: permeability evolution
shale
pore structure
pore geometry
material stiffness
permeability enhancement
File:: Download Brandon_Schwartz_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member

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Author:: Zhang, Rui
Title:: Investigation of Pore Structure and Sorption Behavior for Unconventional Gas Reservoir Rocks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: pore structure
adsorption
small-angle neutron scattering
coalbed methane
shale gas
unconventional natural gas
File:: Download PhD_dissertation_Rui_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Outside Member
Lilin He, Special Member

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Author:: Wang, Chaoyi
Title:: MINERALOGICAL AND TEXTURAL CONTROLS ON SHEAR STRENGTH, SLIP STABILITY AND PERMEABILITY OF FAULTS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Induced Seismicity
Frictional Instability
Mineralogical and Textural Controls
Permeability of Faults and Fractures
Modeling of Mechanical and Rheological Responses of Faults
File:: Download ChaoyiWang-Dissertation-ver5.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Li, Xuanchi
Title:: Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale
File:: Download Final_Version_Xuanchi_Li_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Keru
Title:: Permeability and Capillary Pressure Relationship in Porous Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Permeability
Capillary Pressure
Correlation
File:: Download Liu_Elswoth_2019_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Jiehao
Title:: Propagation, Proppant Transport, and the Evolution of Transport Properties of Fluid-Driven Fractures
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic fracturing
Proppant transport
Fracture conductivity
Natural fracture
Gas fracturing
Dynamic gas fracturing
File:: Download Jiehao_Wang_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zhi, Sheng
Title:: Permeability Evolution in Naturally- and Hydraulically- Fractured Microbially Enhanced CBM Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed methane
Hydraulic fracturing
Natural gas production
Biogasification
Proppant embedment
Gas adsorption
File:: Download Dissertation_Sheng_V3.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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