Increased Natural Gas Utilization in Blast Furnace Ironmaking – Submitted by Megha Jampani & Jorge Gibson, Graduate Students, Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; Contact: mjampani@andrew.cmu.edu
Natural Gas to Syngas via chemical looping – Submitted by Amey More, Graduate Student Researcher, Catalytic Reaction Engineering Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh; Contact: amey.s.more@gmail.com
Oxidative Coupling of Methane via “Chemical Looping” – Submitted by Gizem Ozbuyukkaya, Department of Chemical Engineering and the Center for Energy, University of Pittsburgh; Contact: gio2@pitt.edu
Development of Membrane Distillation Technologyfor Pure Water Recovery from Produced Water – Submitted by Omkar Lokare, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh; Contact: orl5@pitt.edu
Integrating Membrane Distillation with Waste Heat Sources for Affordable Produced Water Treatment in Pennsylvania - Submitted by Omkar Lokare, Graduate Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh; Contact: orl5@pitt.edu
Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Natural Gas Facilities in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, the Uintah Basin and the Marcellus Shale – Submitted by Xiang Li, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies (CAPS), Carnegie Mellon University; Contact: xianglicmu@gmail.com
Optimization Models for Shale Gas Well Refracture Treatments – Submitted by Markus Drouven, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; Contact: mdrouven@andrew.cmu.edu
Development of Proppants for Hydrofracturing Gas and Oil Bearing Shales – Submitted by John Hellmann, Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Penn State; Contact: jrh3@psu.edu
Compressed Air Storage for Electricity – Submitted by the 4th Semester Students in Mechanical Engineering 400 Class; David Meredith, Advisor, Associate Professor of General Engineering, Penn State Fayette; Contact: dxm15@psu.edu
High Efficiency, Low Cost Hybrid System for Produced Water Distillation and Evaporation – Submitted by Dave Snyder, Research Associate, Chemical Engineering Department, Penn State; Contact: dws13@arl.psu.edu
Policy Options for the Detection and Abatement of Methane Emissions from the U.S. Natural Gas System – Submitted by Erin Mayfield, PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Contact: enmayfie@andrew.cmu.edu
Quantification of Organic Porosity and Water Accessibility in Marcellus Shale using Neutron Scattering – Submitted by Xin Gu, Graduate Student, Department off Geosciences, Penn State; Contact: xug102@psu.edu
Spatial Analysis of Air Quality Impacts from Using Natural gas for Road Transportation – Submitted By Fan Tang, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Contact: ftong@andrew.cmu.edu
Low Cost Sonic Methane Sensor – Submitted by Steven L. Garrett, Professor of Acoustics, College of Engineering & Penn State Applied Research Lab; Contact: sxg185@engr.psu.edu
A Data Driven Approach to Assess Environmental Impacts of Shale-Gas Development in an Area of Hydraulic Fracturing – Submitted by Zhenhui (Jessie) Li, College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State; Contact: jessieli@ist.psu.edu
Innovations in Energy Research – Submitted by Dave Yoxtheimer, Extension Associate, Marcellus Center for Outreach & Research, Penn State; Contact: day122@psu.edu
Powering PA: A Case Study of Distributed Power Generation from Marcellus Shale – Submitted by Jayant Rajgopal, Ph.D., P.E., Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh; Contact: gunner1@pitt.edu