The John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering hosts an annual research showcase. The showcase is a networking opportunity for students and industry leaders to explore research taking place in the department.
“The showcase will be a forum for people from all walks of life to interact with students, researchers and teachers engaged in all aspects of safe and sustainable energy production,” said Sanjay Srinivasan, department head and professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering.
The 2019 Research Showcase will be held on Thursday, October 3 at the Graduate State College (formerly The Atherton Hotel) , in the Ballroom, at 125 S. Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801
Rising to the Challenge: an EME research showcase
Thursday, October 3, 2019
The Graduate State College (formerly The Atherton Hotel) - 125 S. Atherton Street, State College, PA 16801
8:30 AM: Welcome
8:35 – 10:30 AM: Student Lightning Talks
10-minute talks (with 3 min. Q&A) by students in the department
- Sidharth Agrawal, PhD program, Base Option, “Analyzing the Safety Performance of Coal Mining Industry in the United States Using Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods”
- Kshitij Dawar, PhD program, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option, “Application of Reinforcement Learning and Stochastic Optimization for Well Location Optimization”
- Timothy Duffy, PhD program, Base Option, “High Temperature Contact Angle Modeling for Enhanced Oil Recovery”
- An Pham, PhD program, Energy Management and Policy Option, “Who's Ready to Trade? The Welfare Implications of Voluntary Interstate Trading within Regional Electricity Market”
- Guijie Sang, PhD program, Base Option, “Water vapor condensing in nano-scale shale pores and how it affects gas production rate”
- Wenjing Su, PhD program, Energy Systems Engineering Option, “Coupled natural gas and electricity system planning under the risk of extreme weather and climate events”
- Brayam Valqui Ordonez, PhD program, Energy Systems Engineering Option, “Effect of Carbon Pricing on the Generation Investment Decisions of a Strategic Producer”
- Xiaojing Yang, PhD program, Base Option, “Rare Earth Leaching with Mild Acids from Coal-Associated Materials--a Solution to America’s Rare Earth Independence”
- Fengyuan Zhang, PhD program, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option, “Characterization of Hydraulic Fracture Closure by Reconciling Flowback and Production Data”
10:30 – 10:45 AM: BREAK
10:45 – noon: Student Poster Contest Talks
5-minute talks (with 5 min. Q&A) by students in the poster contest
- Sidharth Agrawal, PhD program, Base Option, “Analyzing the Safety Performance of Coal Mining Industry in the United States Using Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods”
- Yuzhe Cai, PhD program, Base Option, “Pursuing improved Flowback Recovery after Hydraulic Fracturing”
- Hunter Di Domizio, Undergraduate, Energy Engineering, "Effect of Support Properties on CO2 Capture over Molecular Basket Sorbent: Surface Area and Surface Modification"
- Livio Santos, PhD program, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option, “Planning for Better Well Cement Design to Ensure Well Integrity”
- Xiaojing Yang, PhD program, Base Option, “Rare Earth Recovery from Anthracite-based Sources”
- Fengyuan Zhang, PhD program, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option, “Characterization of Hydraulic Fracture Closure by Reconciling Flowback and Production Data”
- Wei Zhang, PhD program, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Option, “Poroelastic Solution for the Nonlinear Productivity Index of Deformable Reservoir Rocks”
12:00 – 1:30 PM: Speakers’ Luncheon and Poster Judging
1:30 – 3:00 PM: Faculty Research Spotlight Talks
- Thanasis Karamalidis, Assistant Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering
- FeiFei Shi, Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, “Challenges, Discoveries and Opportunities in Energy Systems”
- Ezgi Toraman, Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering, “Development of New Processes, Materials and Technologies for Non-Traditional Feedstocks”
3:00 – 3:15 PM: BREAK
3:15 – 5:00 PM: Panel Discussion: NAE/NAS members on The NAE Grand Challenges
Moderator: Monty Alger, Director of the Institute for Natural Gas Research, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Panel Members:
- Larry W. Lake, W.A. Moncrief Centennial Endowed Chair in Petroleum Engineering; Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
- Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, Distinguished Professor of Metallurgy and Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State
- Raja Ramani, Professor Emeritus of Mining Engineering and Geo-Environmental Engineering, Penn State
5:00 PM: Closing Remarks and Announcement of Poster Contest Winners
For further information about the research showcase and to register to attend, please visit https://engage.tassl.com/event/5888/.
View an article on the previous Research Showcase hosted on Sept. 10, 2018.