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4. Modeling Of Hydraulic Fracture Network Propagation In Shale Gas Reservoirs

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Author:
Ahn, Chong Hyun
Title:
Modeling Of Hydraulic Fracture Network Propagation In Shale Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Hydraulic fracture
shale gas reservoir
fracture network
naturally fractured reservoir
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Chong_Hyun_Ahn_12052012.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Terry Engelder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
R Larry Grayson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Structure and combustion reactivity of inertinite-rich and vitrinite rich South African coal chars: quantification of the structural factors contributing to reactivity differences

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Author:
Louw, Enette
Title:
Structure and combustion reactivity of inertinite-rich and vitrinite rich South African coal chars: quantification of the structural factors contributing to reactivity differences
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coal
char
reactivity
structure
molecular modeling
South Africa
File:
Download Final_Thesis_Enette_22July.pdf
Committee Members:
Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member

9. Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS

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Author:
Farrokh, Ebrahim
Title:
Study of Utilization Factor and Advance Rate of Hard Rock TBMS
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
TBM
Hard Rock
Advance Rate
Utilization
Cutter Life
Learning Phase
File:
Download Thesis-rev3.pdf
Committee Members:
Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr R Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Dr Prasenjit Basu, Special Member

11. Flexible Network Topologies and The Smart Grid in Electric Power Systems

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Author:
Barrows, Clayton Paul
Title:
Flexible Network Topologies and The Smart Grid in Electric Power Systems
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Power System Analysis
Optimization
Electricity Markets
Complex Network Science
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Paul Hines, Committee Member

12. Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration

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Author:
Nago, Annick Blanche Christelle Logbochy
Title:
Application of numerical, experimental and life cycle assessment methods to the investigation of natural gas production from methane hydrate deposits using carbon dioxide clathrate sequestration
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Natural gas hydrates
CO2-CH4 exchange in hydrates
numerical modeling
life cycle assessment
CO2 emissions
natural gas production
File:
Download ANNICKNAGO_PHDTHESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonio Nieto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Dr Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member

13. The effect of hydrocarbon structure on nickel catalyst deactivation in steam reforming of hexane and benzene

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Kyungsoo
Title:
The effect of hydrocarbon structure on nickel catalyst deactivation in steam reforming of hexane and benzene
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
steam reforming
catalyst
deactivation
hydrocarbon
hexane
benzene
nickel
XANES
File:
Download Thesis_KyungsooKim_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Yongsheng Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Semih Eser, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Special Member

14. Examination of Egr Cooler Fouling and Engine Efficiency Improvement in Compression Ignition Engines

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Open Access
Author:
Prabhakar, Bhaskar
Title:
Examination of Egr Cooler Fouling and Engine Efficiency Improvement in Compression Ignition Engines
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
EGR Cooler Fouling
High Efficiency Combustion
Dual Fuel Combustion
Clean Diesel Technology
File:
Download Bhaskar_Prabhakar_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

16. Development of a Soil Abrasion Test and Analysis of Impact of Soil Properties on Tool Wear for Soft-ground Mechanized Tunneling

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Author:
Alavi Gharahbagh, Ehsan
Title:
Development of a Soil Abrasion Test and Analysis of Impact of Soil Properties on Tool Wear for Soft-ground Mechanized Tunneling
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Soil Abrasion
Tool wear
Soft-ground mechanized tunneling
EPB and Slurry TBM
Wear Prediction
Soil Conditioning
File:
Download Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Jamal Rostami, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamal Rostami, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Larry Grayson, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member

17. Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator

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Open Access
Author:
Aslan, Erhan
Title:
Development and Testing of an Advanced Coalbed Methane Numerical Reservoir Simulator
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coalbed methane
local grid refinement
coalbed methane simulator
shrinkage and swelling
parallel processing
File:
Download Erhan_Aslan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

19. Pore-scale imaging and lattice Boltzmann modeling of single- and multi-phase flow in fractured and mixed-wet permeable media

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Author:
Landry, Christopher James
Title:
Pore-scale imaging and lattice Boltzmann modeling of single- and multi-phase flow in fractured and mixed-wet permeable media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Pore-scale
lattice Boltzmann
fluid flow
porous media
fractured porous media
permeability
fracture-matrix fluid transfer
File:
Download Dissertation_CJLandry.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Li Li, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Dr Maria Lopez De Murphy, Committee Member

20. Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones

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Open Access
Author:
Odumabo, Sijuola M
Title:
Investigation of Gas Flow Hindrance due to Fracturing Fluid Leak Off in Low Permeability Sandstones
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
hydraulic fracturing
low permeability formation
saturation
leak off
File:
Download M.S._Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. Development And Application Of An Artificial Expert System For the Pressure Transient Analysis Of A Dual ̶ Lateral Well configuration

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Author:
Zhou, Qiumei
Title:
Development And Application Of An Artificial Expert System For the Pressure Transient Analysis Of A Dual ̶ Lateral Well configuration
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
ANN PRESSURE TRANSIENT PERMEABILITY POROSITY
File:
Download Thesis___2_.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Policy Analysis In Transmission-constrained electricity Markets

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Author:
Sahraei Ardakani, Mostafa
Title:
Policy Analysis In Transmission-constrained electricity Markets
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Policy analysis
Electricity markets
Pennsylvania act 129
Carbon tax
Supply Curve
Transmission network
Topology optimization
FACTS devices
File:
Download Mostafa_Sahraei-Ardakani_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Dr Anastasia Shcherbakova, Committee Member
Terry Lee Friesz, Committee Member

23. influence of met-ocean conditions on the loads analysis of a Floating wind turbine

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Author:
Barj, Lucie Helene
Title:
influence of met-ocean conditions on the loads analysis of a Floating wind turbine
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
wind energy
floating offshore wind turbine
structural analysis
loads analysis
met-ocean conditions
renewable energy
File:
Download LB_MS_Thesis_Aug_7th.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. Optimizing LNG Procurement Strategy via Portfolio Theory: Application to the South Korean Import Portfolio in the Context of US Supply

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Author:
Chae, Ikgeun
Title:
Optimizing LNG Procurement Strategy via Portfolio Theory: Application to the South Korean Import Portfolio in the Context of US Supply
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
portfolio
MVP
mean variance
LNG
natural gas
liquefied natural gas
procurement
import
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Final_Ikgeun_Cahe.pdf
Committee Members:
Anastasia V Shcherbakova, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

25. Membrane Transport in Cucl/hcl Electrolyzer

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Soohyun
Title:
Membrane Transport in Cucl/hcl Electrolyzer
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Ionic Transport
CuCl/HCl electrolyzer
Hydrogen
Membrane
CuCl thermochemical cycle
hot-pressing
Phenomenological coefficient
File:
Download Dissertation_SoohyunKim_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

27. Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs

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Author:
Alexis, Dennis Arun
Title:
Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress
File:
Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

28. life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem

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Open Access
Author:
Bai, Yu
Title:
life cycle assessment and optimization model for earth extractive systems, based on multiple criteria decision making problem
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Life cycle assessment
Optimization
Multiple criteria
File:
Download MS_thesis_-_YU_BAI.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonio Nieto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP IN HIGH PERFORMANCE LITHIUM ION BATTERY CATHODES

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Author:
Zhu, Pengyu
Title:
STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP IN HIGH PERFORMANCE LITHIUM ION BATTERY CATHODES
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Lithium-ion battery
Chevrel phase
lithium-sulfur battery
nitrogen doped carbon cathode
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)
File:
Download Dissertation_Zhu_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Yongsheng Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Member
Sharon Falcone Miller, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

30. demand response and generation capacity investment in the electricity market

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Author:
Chen, Xu
Title:
demand response and generation capacity investment in the electricity market
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Demand response
Customer baseline load (CBL)
Market manipulation
Electricity markets
electricity restructuring
File:
Download dissertation_Nov_5th.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
George Young, Special Member

35. Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs

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Author:
Zeinijahromi, Mohamad
Title:
Development Of A Three-dimensional, Three-phase Coupled Model For Simulating Hydraulic Fracture Propagation And Long-term Recovery In Tight Gas Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Numerical Modelilng
Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling
Reservoir Simulation
File:
Download Thesis_5_3_print.pdf
Committee Members:
Yilin Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Russell Taylor Johns, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member