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SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING FOR THE AKARÇAY RIVER BASIN, TURKEY
Water underpins the survival of the ecosystem and of human civilization, which exists within a certain delicate balance. Water is especially crucial to the economic development of developing countries that happen to have ... -
Speciation & Separations Studies of Tetraethyl Diglycolamide
The aqueous-soluble diglycolamide TEDGA has recently been of interest as a selective trivalent f-element complexant. While initial studies show that TEDGA can improve Am3+/Cm3+ separations, solution behavior of lanthanide- ... -
Development of Novel High Temperature Aluminum Alloys
High temperature aluminum alloys can possess a desirable combination of specific strength, corrosion resistance, electrical and thermal conductivity, and creep resistance at temperatures in excess of 300 °C. However, the ... -
Marchenko imaging for 2D and 3D complex structures—with field applications to sub-salt and sub-basalt imaging
Seismic imaging is a geophysical technique that uses elastic waves to form images of geologic formations in the subsurface. Seismic imaging has become the most reliable diagnostic tool for modern hydrocarbon exploration ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MINERALIZED ALBITITE BODIES AT BIGGEJAVRI, KAUTOKEINO GREENSTONE BELT, FINNMARK, NORTHERN NORWAY
The Kautokeino Greenstone Belt in Finnmark, Northern Norway is host to the Biggejavri U-REE occurrence and the Bidjovagge Cu-Au deposit. The Biggejavri U-REE occurrence is hosted in albitite lenses within the amphibolite ... -
Design and Dispatch of Concentrating Solar Power Tower Systems with Utility-Scale Photovoltaics
By utilizing inexpensive thermal energy storage, concentrating solar power (CSP) can provide dispatchable, stable, and renewable electricity generation; however, current system capital costs are uneconomical for widespread ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR THE CHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF SUB-NANOMOLE QUANTITIES OF GAS FROM INDIVIDUAL FLUID INCLUSIONS, MICROFOSSILS AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUES USING MASS SPECTROMETRY.
A micro-volume thermo-electronically-cooled trapping device (TEC trap) was designed and built to trap and facilitate subsequent analysis of sub-nanomole quantities of gas. The TEC trap was used with an elemental analyzer ... -
MULTI-SCALE SIMULATIONS OF WATERFLOODING AND SURFACTANT FLOODING IN MICROFLUIDIC MICROMODELS
ABSTRACT Recent experiments at the Colorado School of Mines focused on visualization of water-oil displacements in microfluidic channels to understand the underlying flow principle and to decipher the associated dynamics. ... -
Field development recommendation utilizing 3D geomechanical model for an unconventional play in Colombia
A methodology for a 3D geomechanical model for shale plays based on pre-stack time migration (PSTM), 1D geomechanical model and geochemical analysis are presented in this study to understand an unconventional reservoir in ... -
ANISOTROPIC ANALYSIS OF UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS USING ROCK PHYSICS MODEL: EAGLE FORD SHALE CASE STUDY
Eagle Ford shale has been of importance in the oil and gas industry with the new advent of unconventional technology in recent years. Previous studies have shown that Eagle Ford shale is a world-class source rock. Rock ... -
Low-energy GEANT4 simulations of electron capture decay in superconducting tunnel junctions
Despite its broad success describing fundamental particles, the Standard Model (SM) is incomplete in its description of neutrinos, as it does not include the possibility for non-zero masses which are empirically observed. ... -
TOWARD ORBITAL SEISMOLOGY: THEORY FOR SPECKLE NOISE REDUCTION IN LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER MEASUREMENTS ON DISTANT ROUGH SURFACES
The interior structures of small planetary bodies such as asteroids and comets are an enigma, yet understanding them has immense value. Knowing the internal structure is important for understanding the formation and evolution ... -
Development of a simulation for an anaerobic multi-compartment reactor for domestic wastewater treatment
Domestic wastewater contains resources such as water, nutrients and energy-rich organics. The current wastewater treatment paradigm, however, consumes resources, rather than recovering them. Multiple-compartment anaerobic ... -
Structural properties of cross laminated timber under elevated temperature due to fire
At the time of this thesis work, one of the fastest growing materials in timber construction is Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). This building material has many appeals, from sustainability of production to visual aesthetics, ... -
Effect of capillary condensation on the geomechanical and acoustic properties of tight formations, The
The main objective of this research is to experimentally assess how capillary condensation affects the mechanical and acoustic properties of tight rocks. In order to do so, a new facility was built to experimentally ... -
Interpreting macroscale conductivity behavior of ceria-based oxides via nanoscale quantification of grain boundaries
Non-stoichiometric oxides, which exhibit advantageous electronic and ionic conductivity, are key components in a number of technologically relevant areas including gas separators, solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysis ... -
Optimization of hydraulic fracture treatments and landing zone intervals within the Eagle Ford
The current evolution in unconventional reservoirs occurred due to technological breakthroughs in the oil and gas industry. Currently, technologies allow extraction of economical volumes of hydrocarbon from unconventional ... -
Screening, down-selection, characterization, and genetic tool development in high-productivity microalgae
Microalgae are a promising source of renewable biomass, and biocatalysts which can be utilized for the renewable production of fuel and chemical intermediates. During the time the work of this thesis was pursued microalgal ... -
Development of chemical solution deposited lead zirconate titanate ferroelectric thin films for non-planar substrates
This thesis focuses on the development of a technique to deposit chemical solution de- rived thin films of the ferroelectric material lead zirconate titanate (PZT) onto non-planar substrates. PZT is a widely researched ... -
Two dimensional random access multiphoton spatial frequency modulated imaging with at-focus pulse characterization and compression
First, we present a newly developed two photon excitation time resolved photoluminescence (2PE-TRPL) microscopy system of high spatial and temporal resolution, capable of detailed 3D analysis for PL emission intensity and ...
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