Affiliated Researchers: Fracturing

Derek Elsworth

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Permeability Evolution, Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale, Effective Stress, Porosity

Jennifer Baka

Associate Professor and John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Biofuel, Wasteland, Hydraulic Fracturing, India, USA

Anne Menefee

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Basalt, Shale, Carbonate, Greenhouse Gas

Hannah Wiseman

Professor of Law, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Legislation, Energy Law, Federalism, Energy Governance, Hydraulic Fracturing

Mark Klima

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Coal, Refuse, Bituminous Coal, Slurry, Coal Preparation

Bruce Logan

Evan Pugh University Professor and Kappe Professor of Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Microbial Fuel Cell, Microbial Electrolysis Cell, Power Generation, Reactor, Power Density

Athanasios Karamalidis

Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Refinery Oily Sludge, Brine, Oily Sludge, Rare Earth Elements, Leaching Behavior

Jeremy Gernand

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Pulmonary Toxicity, Dose-response, Occupational Safety And Health, Nanomaterials, Pennsylvania

Amanda Johnsen

Assistant Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering
Top research keywords: Reactor, Irradiation, Neutron Activation Analysis, Fast Neutron, Pennsylvania

Sanjay Srinivasan

Department Head and Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Reservoir Model, Dynamic Data, Seismic Data, Multiple Point, Carbon Dioxide

Jonathan Mathews

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Bituminous Coal, Vitrinite, High-resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM), Aromatics, Inertinite

Susan Brantley

Dr. Hubert Barnes and Dr. Mary Barnes Professor, Geosciences
Top research keywords: Regolith, Shale Hills, Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, Shale

Shimin Liu

Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Methane, Shale, Coal Bed Methane, Porosity, Coalbed Methane Reservoir

John Yilin Wang

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Shale Gas, Gas Reservoir, Fracturing Fluid, Proppants, Hydraulic Fracturing

Fred Cannon

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Activated Carbon, Perchlorate, Coal, Adsorption, Removal

Arash Dahi Taleghani

Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Wellbore, Hydraulic Fracture, Natural Fracture, Lost Circulation Material

Hamid Emami-Meybodi

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Hydraulic Fracturing, Gas Transport, Hydraulic Fracture, Nanopore, Diffusion Coefficient

Luis Ayala

William A. Fustos Family Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Gas Reservoir, Gas Well, Gas Condensate Reservoir, Production Data, Condensate Gas

Nathaniel Warner

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Produced Water, Radium, Surface Water, Wastewater, Pennsylvania

Dave Yoxtheimer

Senior Research Assistant, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Natural Gas, Gas Well, Shale Gas, Groundwater, Gases

Zuleima Karpyn

Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research; Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Relative Permeability, Well Flooding, Wettability, Oil Recovery, Multiphase Flow