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Simon Velasquez Morales - Comprehensive Exam Defense (Chemical Engineering)

  • Advisor: Alan Allgeier
  • D/T/L: Thursday, March 4, 2021 / 11:30AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 941 8247 9080
  • Title: “Enhancing Gas-to-Liquid Mass Transfer Mechanisms Inspired by the Mammalian Circulatory System"
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Past
(Fall 2020 - current)

Xizhi "Max" Jiang - Master of Science Thesis Defense (Petroleum Engineering)

  • Advisor: Susan Williams
  • D/T/L: Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021 / 12:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 984 9574 2246
  • Title: “Hempseed Oil Biodiesel Transesterification Production and Mid-size Reactor Operational Condition Studies"
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Shariar Sattarin - Master of Science Thesis Defense (Petroleum Engineering)

  • Advisor: Amirmasoud Kalantari
  • D/T/L: Friday, Feb 12, 2021 / 1:30PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 979 1721 5978
  • Title: “A Novel Application of Graph Neural Networks for Smart and Fast Track Digital Rock Physics” 
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  • Siyan Liu - PhD Dissertation Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • Advisor: Reza Barati
    • D/T/L: Monday, Jan 25, 2021 / 9:00AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 945 5422 4532
    • Title: “Lattice Boltzmann method coupled with multi-phase reactive transport modeling for pore-scale mechanistic study of low salinity waterflooding in carbonate reservoir rocks” 
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  • Hooman Hosseini - PhD Dissertation Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • Advisor: Reza Barati
    • D/T/L: Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020 / 1:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 842 3787 3899
    • Title: “CO2 Utilization with Complexation of Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles and Surfactants for Environmentally Friendly Unconventional Hydrocarbon Recovery: Mechanistic Study, Recovery and Multiscale Visualization.” 
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  • Joel Tetteh - PhD Dissertation Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • Advisor: Reza Barati
    • D/T/L: Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020 / 1:00PM / Zoom meeting ID: 952 4599 6804
    • Title: "Interfacial Phenomena Associated with Low and Modified Salinity Waterflooding in Carbonate Rocks: A Nano- to Macro- Scale Investigation of Fluid-fluid and Rock-fluid Interactions"
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  • Ruyi Zheng - PhD Dissertation Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • Advisor: Xiaoli (Laura) Li
    • D/T/L: Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 / 1:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 980 6124 5575
    • Title: “Phase Behavior of Single, Binary, and Ternary CH4-C2H6-CO2 Hydrate Systems” 
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  • Yuhao Yang - MS Thesis Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • Advisor: Xiaoli (Laura) Li
    • D/T/L: Friday, Dec 11, 2020 / 1:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 954 4174 2458
    • Title: “Phase and Volumetric Behavior of CO2 and Bakken Oil System under Reservoir Conditions"
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  • Abduallah Omar O Bahdad - MS Thesis Defense (Chemical Engineering)
    • Advisor: Trung van Nguyen
    • D/T/L: Wednesday, Dec 2, 2020 / 10:00AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 953 7897 5648
    • Title: “CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTION MECHANISM OF TiOSO4 AND MnSO4 IN SULFURIC ACID SOLUTION” 
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  • Hooman Hosseini - Comprehensive Exam Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • D/T/L: Friday, Sept 11, 2020 / 1:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 843 3072 7693
    • Title: “SAG-P Process Optimization and Formulation Development for Environmentally Friendly Oil Recovery and CO2 Storage in Heterogenous Carbonate Reservoirs: Multiscale Visualization and Mechanistic Study.” 
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  • Murilo Toledo Suekuni - MS Thesis Defense (Chemical Engineering)
    • D/T/L: Monday, August 10, 2020 / 10:00AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 936 1687 0346
    • Title: "Accounting for Paramagnetic Influence in Wetted Surface Area Studies of Particle Suspensions Using Solvent Relaxometry"
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  • Faiz Mandani - MS Thesis Defense (Chemical Engineering)
    • D/T/L: Monday, August 10, 2020 / 3:00PM / Zoom Meeting ID: 999 2593 1240
    • Title: "Influence of Synthesis Methodology on Microstructure and Performance of Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels"
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  • Di Chai - PhD Dissertation Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • D/T/L: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 / 9:30AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5618 3536
    • Title: "Comprehensive characterization of shale gas seepage in nanoscale organic-rich shales"
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  • Kim Mews - MS Thesis Defense (Petroleum Engineering)
    • D/T/L: Friday, August 21, 2020 / 8:00AM / Zoom Meeting ID: 922 6565 5981
    • Title: "Application of Nano-scale Geomechanics Using PeakForce Quantitative Nanomechanical Mapping to Improve Hydraulic Fracture Design in Highly Heterogeneous Reservoirs"
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