Theses & Dissertations
Postdoctoral Fellows
Chris Landry | 2013-2014 | Flow modeling and imaging the matrix fracture interface
Tiago Miranda | 2013-2014 | Fractured carbonate rock scaling, diagenesis & modeling
Estibalitz Ukar | 2011-2013 | Quantitative fracture pattern evolution in the context of folding | to Research Associate, Bureau 2013
Tobias Weisenberger | 2010-2012 | Understanding patterns of sealed and open fractures | to Professor, University of Oulu, Finland 2012
András Fall | 2009-2012 | Fluid inclusion analysis of unconventional gas fracture systems | to Research Associate, Bureau 2012
Stephen Becker | 2007-2009 | Fracture opening histories from fluid inclusion records | to Research scientist, ExxonMobil 2009
Virginio Neumann | 2003-2006 | Fracture systems in fine grained carbonate rocks | to Professor, University of Pernambuco, Brazil 2006
Department of Geological Sciences
Jon Major | PhD | Natural fractures in mudrocks and top seal integrity: Insights from diagenesis, rock mechanics, and modeling applied to CO2 sequestration and hydrocarbon exploration
Owen Callahan | PhD | Natural and induced fracture systems in geothermal settings
Lauren Copley | MS | tbd
Yaser Alzayer | MS | Fracture opening kinematics in unconventional oil and gas reservoirs
Nike Tokan-Lawal | MS | Multi-phase fluid flow in partially cemented fractures
Ҫanalp Ozkul | MS | Natural fracture formation in fold-thrust belts, Canada
Laura Pommer | MS 2013 | Natural fracture cementation in the Marcellus shale | to Anadarko
Stephanie Frelinger | RSA | Microstructural image collection and analysis
John N. Hooker | PhD 2012 | Fracture scaling and diagenesis | to Oxford University 2012
Faustino Monroy-Santiago | PhD 2012 | Interrelationships between carbonate diagenesis and fracture development: Example from Monterrey Salient, Mexico and implications for hydrocarbon reservoir characterization | to Pemex
Guangjian (Ceclia) Xu | MS 2012 | Fluid inclusion studies of microfractures in Eriboll Formation, NW Scotland: Insights into timing of fracture opening | to Texas A&M Ph.D. program 2012
Karen Black | RSA 2012 | Microstructural image collection and analysis
Luke Fidler | MS 2011 | Natural fracture characterization of the New Albany Shale, Illinois basin, United States | to Newfield
Autumn Kaylor | MS 2011 | A fluid inclusion and cathodoluminescence approach to reconstruct fracture growth in the Triassic-Jurassic La Boca Formation, Northeastern Mexico | to Chevron
Alex Urquhart | MS 2011 | Structural controls on CO2 leakage and diagenesis in a natural long-term carbon sequestration analogue: Little Grand Wash fault, Utah | to Sandia National Lab
Frank L. Morgan | BS 2011 | Fracture aperture and spacing patterns in two folded quartz arenites: Cambrian Flathead Formation, Teton Range, Wyoming and Cambrian Eriboll Formation, Northwest Scotland | to LSU 2011
Hyein Ahn | GRA 2010 | Microstructural imaging and analysis
Brandon Barber | MS 2010 | Natural fracture characterization, Frontier Formation, Wyoming | to ExxonMobil 2010
Peter Hargrove | MS 2010 | Fault-related fracture systems in the Cambrian Eriboll Formation, Northwest Scotland: A field and petrographic study of a tight gas sandstone analog | to BP
Aysen Ozkan | PhD 2009 | Structural diagenetic attributes of the Late Cretaceous Williams Fork sandstones with implications for petrophysical interpretation and fracture prediction, Piceance basin, Colorado | to Shell Research 2009
Magdalena A. Ellis | MS 2009 | Fracture pattern evolution and diagenesis in fault zones, Torridonian sandstone, NW Scotland | to ExxonMobil 2009
Juan F. Inigo | MS 2009 | Structural model and fracture analyses for a major gas emplacement in Devonian sandstones of the Subandes | to Pluspetrol
David Westwood | URA 2009 | Undergraduate Assistant in FRAC program, Tufts University, Summer 2009
Tim Gibbons | MS 2007 | Spatial arrangement of deformation bands and processes of formation within porous sandstone: Arches National Park, Utah | to El Paso
Leonel Gomez | PhD 2007 | Characterization of the spatial arrangement of opening-mode fractures | to ExxonMobil Research 2007
Edgar Pinzon | MS 2007 | Fracture pattern prediction using geomechanical models incorporating diagenesis, with comparison to outcrop data, Cambrian Eriboll sandstones, Northwestern Scotland and core observations, Tertiary Mirador Formation sandstones, Llanos foothills Colombia | to Conoco
Ankur Roy | MS cand. 2007 | Geomechechanical and diagenetic modeling of fracture pattern evolution and spatial scaling | to Ph.D. program, Tennessee
Kira Diaz-Tushman | MS 2007 | Fracture tectonics, fracture porosity evolution and structural diagenesis, Cambrian Eriboll sandstones, Northwest Scotland | to BP 2007
Meghan E. Ward | MS 2005 | Opening history and porosity evolution of fractures in sandstone, Triassic to Jurassic La Boca Formation, Northeast Mexico | to Chevron Research 2005
Astrid Makowitz | PhD 2004 | The genetic association between brittle deformation and quartz cementation elucidated by scanned cathodoluminescence imaging | to BP
Petro Papazis | MS 2004 | Petrologic characterization of processes controlling fracture evolution in the Barnett Shale and their financial implications, Fort Worth Basin, Texas | to Chevron
John N. Hooker | MS 2004 | Fault timing in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern Mexico | to RSA at BEG 2004-2012
Orlando Ortega | PhD 2002 | Fracture-size scaling and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity | to Shell Research 2002
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 | to Core Lab 2001
Javier Geovanni Moros | MS 1999 | Relationship between fracture aperture and length in sedimentary rocks | to Petrobras
Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering
Ji Li | PhD | Permeability effects on natural fracture development
Kan Wu | PhD | Fully coupled fluid flow and mechanics modeling for horizontal wells
Kashif Nassem | MS 2013 |
Farrokh Sheibani | PhD 2012 | The effects of confining stress on subcritical crack growth
H. A. (Rudy) Reynolds | MS 2012 | Hydraulic fracture optimization using hydraulic fracture and reservoir modeling in the Piceance basin, Colorado
Benjamin Lee Bahorich | MS 2012 | Examining the effect of cemented natural fractures on hydraulic fracture propagation in hydrostone block experiments
Mehran Hosseini | MS 2012 | Hydraulic fracturing of weakly consolidated sands
Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza | MS 2012 | Shear-enhanced permeability and poroelastic deformation in unconsolidated sands
Abdul Khan | MS 2012 | Multi-frac treatments in tight oil and shale gas reservoirs: effects of hydraulic fracture geometry on oil production
Jennifer Reese | MS 2010 | Simulating gas production from hydraulic fracture networks: A case study of the Barnett Shale
Arash Dahi | PhD 2009 | Analysis of hydraulic fracture propagation in fractured reservoirs: an improved model for the interaction between induced and natural fractures | to Assistant Professor, LSU
Hasnain Khan | MS 2009 | Shear-induced relative permeability changes in uncemented sands
Raushan Kumar | MS 2009 | Effect of chemical environments on subcritical crack growth in geological materials
Atif Mohammed Malayalam | MS 2008 | Multidisciplinary hydraulic fracture evaluation in the Mesaverde Group of the Piceance Basin
Hamid Adefashe | MS 2006 | Determining the fracture mechanics properties of sedimentary rocks using double torsion testing
Namsu Park | PhD 2006 | Discrete element modeling of rock fracture behavior: fracture toughness and time-dependent fracture growth
Peggy Rijken | PhD 2005 | Modeling naturally fractured reservoirs: From experimental rock mechanics to flow simulation | View Dissertation | to Chevron
Myeong Noh | PhD 2004 | Reactive transport modeling in fractures and two-phase flow
Zeno Philip | PhD 2003 | Incorporating subcritical crack growth mechanics into natural fracture characterization for improved reservoir simulation | to Pinnacle
Yuan Qiu | PhD 2002 | Natural fracture characterization and modeling
Yaguang Gu | PhD 2000 | Fracture pattern modeling and fluid flow
Hwanjo Baek | PhD 1994 | Evaluation of fracture mechanics properties and microstructural observations of rock fractures [Department of Civil Engineering]
Energy and Earth Resources Graduate Program
Jeanne Eckhart | MA | Geologic, engineering, and economic analysis of natural fracture reservoir quality in the context of hydraulic fracture treatment design in tight oil and gas reservoirs, Texas
Walaa Ali | MA 2009 | Lithofacies, depositional environment, burial history and calculation of organic richness from wireline logs: A study of Barnett Shale in the Delaware Basin, Pecos Co., West Texas, and comparison with the Barnett Shale in the Fort Worth Basin
Libsen Castillo | MA 2008 | Integrated analysis to improve hydraulic fracturing treatments in carbonate and clastic reservoirs in Torunos Hydrocarbon Field, Barinas Basin, Southwest Venezuela
Natalia Kalitynska | MA 2007 | Economic and engineering evaluation of hydraulic fracture completion practices in the Piceance Basin, CO, USA
Chris Wilson | MA 2004 | Predicting fracture degradation in the Piceance Basin, Colorado: Can a surrogate measurement guide the way to open fractures and highly productive wells? A geology, engineering and value-of-information study | to Chevron