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Author:

Wendt, Anna Katherine

Title:

Geochemistry of the Union Springs Member, Marcellus Formation in Central Pennsylvania and Environmental Implications of hydraulic fracturing

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Marcellus Formation
geochemistry
uranium
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Wendt_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Allan Arthur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rudy Slingerland, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member
Gary Lee Catchen, Committee Member

Author:

Tan, Yunhui

Title:

Study of microseismic events: their source mechanism, spatial and temporal distribution, and the evolution of transmitting medium

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

microseismic
hydraulic fracturing

File:

Download Thesis_Tan_V4_with_Vita.pdf

Committee Members:

Terry Engelder, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Member
Yilin Wang, Special Member

Author:

Ajayi, Oluwaseyi Adebola

Title:

Testing the Viability of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide as a Fracking Fluid by Computing its Chemical Interaction with Illite

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

molecular modeling
fracking
hydraulic fracturing
marcellus shale
supercritical CO2
illite
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
DFT
DFT-MD
scCO2
interfacial tension
interfacial energy
interaction energy
VASP
energy minimization

File:

Download seyi_ajayi_ms_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. James Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Arthur, Committee Member
Dr. Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Dr. Demian Saffer, Committee Member

Author:

Woda, Joshua

Title:

WORKING WITH CITIZEN SCIENTISTS AND HOMEOWNERS IN PENNSYLVANIA TO UNDERSTAND HYDROCARBON-RELATED CONTAMINATION OF WATER RESOURCES

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

Shale gas
water quality
methane
hydraulic fracturing
oil and gas
contamination
citizen science

File:

Download Woda_thesis_.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Louise Brantley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member