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STUDENT PROJECTS

 

Current Structural Diagenesis Student Projects

Thesis and Dissertation Topics

 

Department of Geological Sciences

 

Kira Diaz-Tushman | Resume [pdf] | Publication [gis][pdf][tour field area]

Regional and field-scale fracture patterns, NW Scotland

 

Tim Gibbons | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Spatial scaling of compaction bands

 

Leonel Gomez | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Fracture spatial organization

 

Aysen Ozkan | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Fracture opening histories, Piceance Basin, Colorado

 

Edgar Pinzon | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Mechanical and diagenetic controls on fracture length

 

Ankur Roy | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

TBD

 

Meghan Ward | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf][pdf]

Scales of fracture heterogeneity, NE Mexico

 

Faustino Monroy-Santiago | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Diagenesis of fractures in dolostone

 

Energy and Earth Resources Program

 

Natalia Kalitynska | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Economic and engineering evaluation of new natural fracture prediction technology impact on hydraulic fracture treatment outcomes, with Piceance Basin examples

 

Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering

 

Jennifer Reese | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Flow modeling of naturally fractured reservoirs

 

Arash Dahi | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Geomechanical modeling of fracture diagenesis

 

Hamid Adefashe | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Hydraulic fracture growth in naturally fractured rocks

 

Namsu Park | Resume [pdf] | Publication [pdf]

Discrete element modeling of rock fracture behavior: fracture toughness and time-dependent fracture growth

 

Undergraduate and High School Interns

 

Makayla Hensley | Dripping Springs HS

Diagenetic geology of western U.S. basins (Summer 2006)

 


Prospective Students

 

The JSG Structural Diagenesis Initiative is seeking highly qualified students. See the Jackson School web site for application information. Please contact us with inquiries about ongoing and new projects.

 

Selected completed initiative theses and dissertations

 

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Annual FRAC Student and Texas EXs event

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Geology Foundation of the John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences.