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3. Essays on Electricity Market Restructuring and nuclear Industry in the United States

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Author:
Tsai, Chen-hao
Title:
Essays on Electricity Market Restructuring and nuclear Industry in the United States
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
nuclear energy
nuclear safety
electricity market
deregulation
File:
Download Chen-Hao_Tsai_Dissertation_20150327.pdf
Committee Members:
Zhen Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Member
Edward Harris Klevans, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Special Member

4. Development of an Artificial Neural Network Based Expert System for Rate Transient Analysis Tool in Multilayered Reservoir with or without Cross Flow

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Author:
M-amin, Jafar Muhamed
Title:
Development of an Artificial Neural Network Based Expert System for Rate Transient Analysis Tool in Multilayered Reservoir with or without Cross Flow
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Rate Transient Analysis
Multilayered Reservoir
Artificial Neural Network
Gas Reservoir
Reservoir Simulation
Cross Flow
File:
Download THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Computational Modeling of Lava Domes using Particle Dynamics to investigate the effect of conduit flow mechanics on flow patterns

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Author:
Husain, Taha Murtuza
Title:
Computational Modeling of Lava Domes using Particle Dynamics to investigate the effect of conduit flow mechanics on flow patterns
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
computational modeling
lava domes
File:
Download COMPUTATIONAL_MODELING_OF_LAVA_DOMES_USING_PARTICLE_DYNAMICS_TO_INVESTIGATE_THE_EFFECT_OF_CONDUIT_FLOW_MECHANICS_ON_FLOW__2nd_Draft_.pdf
Committee Members:
Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Voight, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Jamal Rostami, Committee Member
Glen Mattioli, Special Member

6. Rigorous and Explicit Determination of Hyperbolic Exponents and Reserves in Gas Decline Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Stumpf, Thomas Newman
Title:
Rigorous and Explicit Determination of Hyperbolic Exponents and Reserves in Gas Decline Analysis
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Arps
hyperbolic decline
type curve
boundary dominated flow
explicit
rigorous
natural gas
File:
Download Thomas_Stumpf_-_Masters_Thesis_Final_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Luis F Ayala H, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

8. Effects of Catalyst Properties on Hydrodesulfurization on of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Decant Oils as Feedstock for Needle Coke

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Author:
Abrahamson, Joseph Peter
Title:
Effects of Catalyst Properties on Hydrodesulfurization on of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Decant Oils as Feedstock for Needle Coke
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Decant Oil
Hydrodesulfurization of Decant Oil
Needle Coke
File:
Download Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Semih Eser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Ignition Behavior of Gasolines and Surrogate Fuels in Low Temperature Combustion Strategies

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Author:
Kalaskar, Vickey Baliram
Title:
Ignition Behavior of Gasolines and Surrogate Fuels in Low Temperature Combustion Strategies
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Autoignition
Combustion
Compression ignition
Negative valve overlap
Ignition behavior
LTC
HCCI
PPC
File:
Download Kalaskar_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Vander Wal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
James Szybist, Special Member

11. Estimation of direct normal irradiance with multi-pyranometer arrays and artificial neural networks

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Open Access
Author:
Srikrishnan, Vivek Anand
Title:
Estimation of direct normal irradiance with multi-pyranometer arrays and artificial neural networks
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
direct normal irradiance
multi-pyranometer array
neural networks
machine learning
File:
Download VivekSrikrishnan-Thesis-20150715.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. Understanding The Effects Of Mineral Spatial Distributions On Chromium Sorption and Calcite Dissolutoin In Porous Media

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Li
Title:
Understanding The Effects Of Mineral Spatial Distributions On Chromium Sorption and Calcite Dissolutoin In Porous Media
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Spatial pattern
Cr(VI) sorption
Dissolution
Heterogeneity
Connectivity
reactive transport
File:
Download Revised_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Li Li, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Li Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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

14. Electron Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization for Soot Source Differentiation by Laser Derivatization

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Open Access
Author:
Gaddam, Chethan Kumar
Title:
Electron Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization for Soot Source Differentiation by Laser Derivatization
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
SSILD
HRTEM
pulsed laser heating
soot source identification
partial graphitization
radial profile analysis
File:
Download Gaddam_Chethan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

15. A Turbulence Intensity Similarity Distribution for Evaluating the Performance of a Small Wind Turbine in Low Wind Speed Regimes

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Author:
Ward, Nicholas John
Title:
A Turbulence Intensity Similarity Distribution for Evaluating the Performance of a Small Wind Turbine in Low Wind Speed Regimes
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Energy engineering
small wind turbine
turbulence intensity
power performance
distributions
File:
Download Ward-MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan W Stewart, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Synthetic Well Log Generation for Complex Well Architectures Using Artificial Intelligence Based Tools

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Author:
Ozdemir, Ibrahim
Title:
Synthetic Well Log Generation for Complex Well Architectures Using Artificial Intelligence Based Tools
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Oil Field Development
Artificial Neural Networks
Synthetic Well Log
Oil Production Profile
Shale Index
File:
Download IBRAHIM_OZDEMIR_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

20. Addressing Capacitance-Resistance Modeling Limitations and Introducing a New Practical Formulation

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Author:
Altaheini, Suleiman
Title:
Addressing Capacitance-Resistance Modeling Limitations and Introducing a New Practical Formulation
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
crm
crmip
crmp
crmid
Capacitance-Resistance
injection stream
capacitance resistance modeling
png
petroleum.
File:
Download MS_Thesis_2007a.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

21. Development and Testing of Artificial Neural Network Based Models for Water Flooding and Polymer Gel Flooding in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

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Author:
Alghazal, Mohammed
Title:
Development and Testing of Artificial Neural Network Based Models for Water Flooding and Polymer Gel Flooding in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Neural Network
ANN
Simulation
EOR
polymer
gel
recovery
Ertekin
water
flooding
reservoir
File:
Download final_thesis_alghazal.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Three essays on energy economics and policy

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Author:
Li, Zhi
Title:
Three essays on energy economics and policy
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Innovation
Patent
Learning
Energy efficient
Industrial policy
Export restriction
Innovation system
File:
Download Dissertation_Zhi_Li.pdf
Committee Members:
Seth Adam Blumsack, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhen Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zhen Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joel Reid Landry, Committee Member
Kala Krishna, Committee Member

24. Shale Gas Reservoirs Development Strategies Via Advanced Well Architectures

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Author:
Alqahtani, Mari
Title:
Shale Gas Reservoirs Development Strategies Via Advanced Well Architectures
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Shale
Shale Gas
Reservoir Development
ANN
Unconventional Reservoirs
Complex Wells
Artificial Neural Networks
File:
Download Shale_Gas_Reservoirs_Development_Strategies_Via_Advanced_Well_Architectures_-_Mari_Alqahtani_-_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Luis Ayala, Committee Member
Antonio Nieto, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

25. Four essays on economic analysis on increased wind power and battery energy storage system in restructured markets-in South Korea and Electric Reliability Council of Texas

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Author:
Cho, Joohyun
Title:
Four essays on economic analysis on increased wind power and battery energy storage system in restructured markets-in South Korea and Electric Reliability Council of Texas
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
energy storage system
windpower
hotelling's rule
File:
Download phd_thesis_cho_final_v2.1.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seth Adam Blumsack, Committee Member
Zhen Lei, Committee Member
George Young, Committee Member

26. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production

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Open Access
Author:
Hall, Derek M
Title:
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the CuCl(aq)/HCl(aq) Electrolyzer for Hydrogen Production
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
CuCl HCl Electrolyzer
Thermodynamics
Kinetics
Efficiency
File:
Download Derek_Hall_PHD_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Serguei Lvov, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ljubisa R Radovic, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member

27. Palladium-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol

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Author:
Jiang, Xiao
Title:
Palladium-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
CO2 hydrogenation
Methanol
Pd-Cu bimetallic catalysts
Pd-Cu alloy.
File:
Download Ph.D._dissertation_XJiang_111915.pdf
Committee Members:
Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

28. Detailed Characterization and Hazard Level Analysis of the Ambient Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Mixture at a Construction Site

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Open Access
Author:
Ilci, Firdevs
Title:
Detailed Characterization and Hazard Level Analysis of the Ambient Fine and Ultrafine Particulate Mixture at a Construction Site
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
particulate matter
ultrafine particles
fine particles
exposure to particulate mixture
characterization of particles
File:
Download MASTERS_THESIS__FINAL__-_FIRDEVS_ILCI.pdf
Committee Members:
Jeremy Michael Gernand, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. Experimental Investigation Of Effective Matrix Permeability And The Effect Of Soaking Time In Ultra-tight Shales

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Author:
Chakraborty, Nirjhor
Title:
Experimental Investigation Of Effective Matrix Permeability And The Effect Of Soaking Time In Ultra-tight Shales
Graduate Program:
Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:
Ultra-Tight Shale
Permeability
Pulse Decay
Soaking Time
Shut-in
Hydraulic Fracturing
Gas
File:
Download Nirjhor_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Zuleima T Karpyn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor