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Author:

Zhang, Kuangyuan

Title:

Essays on Mining Economics and System Modeling

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Mining Economics
Real Option Evaluation
Mean-reverting of Commodity Price
Material Criticality
Yttrium
China’s Rare Earth P

File:

Download Kuangyuan_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Young, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Vardcharragosad, Pichit

Title:

Long-term Well Performance Prediction in Unconventional tight Gas And Shale Gas Reservoirs: A Density Approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

A Density Approach
Well Performance Prediction
Tight Gas
Shale Gas
Production Data Analysis

File:

Download 53_Thesis_Master_File_Corrections_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F Ayala H, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Mathieu Philippe Stienon, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member

Author:

Gan, Quan

Title:

Analysis of induced seismicity and heat transfer in geothermal reservoirs by coupled simulation

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Geothermal reservoir
thermal front
induced seismicity
permeabiltiy evolution
breakdown pressure

File:

Download Quan_Gan_Analysis_of_induced_seismicity_and_heat_transfer_by_coupled_simulation_in_geothermal_reservoirs.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Miao

Title:

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATION OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE DURING EARLY-TRANSIENT MULTI-PHASE FLOW CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Analytical Solution
Unconventional Reservoirs
Multiphase Flow

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_manuscript_MZhang_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Luis F. Ayala H., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F. Ayala H., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Mathieu Stienon, Outside Member

Author:

Eslambolchi, Safa

Title:

ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN THE OPERATIONAL STRUCTURES AND SAFETY MEASURES OF U.S. UNDERGROUND COAL MINES ACROSS DIFFERENT MINE-SIZE CATEGORIES, 2000-2014

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Underground Coal Mine
Mine size
Policy Analysis
Safety Measures
Stochastic Processes
Economic Analysis

File:

Download 2016_12_06_Seyed_Safa_Eslambolchi_Dissertation__Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeremy M. Gernand, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeremy M. Gernand, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Blumsack, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Matthew Reimherr, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yi

Title:

Laboratory Estimation and Modeling of Apparent Permeability for Ultra-Tight Anthracite and Shale Matrix: A Multi-Mechanistic Flow Approach

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Permeability Evolution
Analytical Modeling
Geomechanical Deformation
Unconventional Gas Flow
Laboratory Measurement

File:

Download Yi_Wang_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T. Karpyn, Committee Member
Ming Xiao, Outside Member

Author:

Lashgari, Ali

Title:

analysis of the efficacy of the MSHA respirable dust sampling program in surface metal/nonmetal mining industry

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Surface Mining
Occupational Health and Safety
Respirable Dust
Silica
Compliance Sampling
Classification and Regression Tree
Metal/Nonmetal Mining
Fugitive Dust
Dust Exposure
Quartz

File:

Download Dissertation-7-7-2017-AL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffery Kohler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffery Kohler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeremy M. Gernand, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Dennis Murphy, Outside Member

Author:

Fang, Yi

Title:

Induced Microearthquakes and Seismicity-Permeability Relationships in Fractures

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Induced microearthquakes
Frictional parameters
Permeability evolutions
Preexisting fractures
Fracture minerals
Fracture surface roughness
Enhanced Geothermal System
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide

File:

Download Fang_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member

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

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