Geology
and Engineering Structural Diagenesis
Initiative
Dissertation and Thesis Topics
Department of Geological Sciences
Astrid Makowitz |
PhD 2004
The
genetic association between brittle deformation and quartz
cementation elucidated by scanned cathodoluminescence imaging
Orlando Ortega
| PhD 2002
Fracture-size
scaling and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity
Petro Papazis
| MS 2004
Petrologic
characterization of processes controlling fracture evolution
in the Barnett Shale and their financial implications, Fort
Worth Basin, Texas
John N. Hooker
| MS 2004
Fault
timing in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern Mexico
Christopher Hare
| MS 2002
Analysis of fracture clustering using
the continuous wavelet transform: An example from the Marble
Falls Limestone
Aysen Ozkan
| MS 2001
Diagenesis
and porosity evolution of the Flathead Sandstone (Middle Cambrian),
Wyoming and Montana
Javier Geovanni
Moros | MS 1999
Relationship
between fracture aperture and length in sedimentary rocks
Orlando Ortega |
MS 1997
Prediction of macrofracture properties
using microfracture information, Mesaverde Group sandstones,
San Juan basin, New Mexico
Department
of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
Peggy
Rijken | PhD 2005
Modeling
naturally fractured reservoirs: From experimental rock mechanics
to flow simulation
Zeno Philip | PhD 2004
Modeling fracture-matrix flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks
Myeong Noh
| PhD 2003
Reactive
transport model of fractures with two-phase flow
Yuan Qiu
| PhD 2002
Natural
fracture characterization and modeling
Chris Wilson
| MA 2004
Predicting
fracture degradation in the Piceance Basin, Colorado: Can
a surrogate meaurement guide the way to open fractures and
highly productive wells? A geology, engineering and value-of-information
study.
Student
Research In Progress
Prospective
Students
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Selected completed
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