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Author:

Mayernick, Adam David

Title:

Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Palladium
Catalysis
Ceria
Hydrocarbon Oxidation

File:

Download MAYERNICK_PHDTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Keshavarzi, Banafsheh

Title:

OZONE TRANSPORT AND UPTAKE IN ANATOMICALLY-ACCURATE MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Respiratory fluid dynamics
Dosimetry modeling
Ozone
Computational fluid dynamics

File:

Download Banafsheh_Keshavarzi.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James S Ultman, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Rebecca Bascom, Committee Member

Author:

McDermott, Joseph James

Title:

FABRICATION AND PURIFICATION OF SELF-MOTILE NOBLE METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR ACTIVE COLLOIDAL DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
colloidal assembly
micromotors

File:

Download McDermott_11sep2011_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Sinha, Kokonad

Title:

Segmental dynamics and ion association in poly(ethylene oxide) based single ion conductors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer conduction
solid polymer electrolytes
single ion conductors
ionomers
quasi elastic neutron scattering
polymer dynamics

File:

Download Sinha-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Alimohammadi Zanjani, Mozhgan

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Aggregation of Anatase (Titanium Dioxide) Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

rutile
anatase
titanium dioxide
oriented attachment
aggregation

File:

Download Alimohammadi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chaturvedi, Neetu

Title:

Colloidal Fabrication of Catalytic and Nanophotonic Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowells
Colloidal Doublets
Colloidal Motors
Bottom-up Assembly Techniques
Colloidal Assembly
Speckled Spheres
Nanodisc

File:

Download Silver-Amidine_PSL_motors.aviDownload Silver-Silica_Motors.mpegDownload Silver-Sulfate_PSL_Motors.aviDownload Pac_Man_1.mpegDownload Pac_Man_2.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_chains_Exclusion_regions1.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_chains_Exclusion_regions2.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_Motor.aviDownload 1.5umAPSL_90nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload 1umAPSL_120nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload 2.5um_APSL_120nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload Dynabead-TiO2_Chains_fireworks.aviDownload Dissertation_Neetu_Chaturvedi.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Depa, Praveen Kumar

Title:

Multiscale Modeling of Polymeric Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Coarse-graining
Polymers
Bridging length and time scales
Multiscale modeling and simulation

File:

Download Depa_Final_Draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Fullerton Shirey, Susan Karen

Title:

A unified approach to understanding conductivity enhancement in nanoparticle-filled solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
nanocomposite
QENS
SANS
neutron scattering
Al2O3
LiClO4
battery
conductivity
nanoparticle
polyethylene oxide
nanoparticle aggregation
concentration fluctuations

File:

Download Fullerton-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Sharifi Khobdeh, Shirin

Title:

DROP DEFORMATION AND BREAKUP IN CONFINED FLOWS OF VISCOELASTIC TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

DROP DEFORMATION
DROP BREAKUP
CONFINED FLOWS
VISCOELASTIC TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS

File:

Download Shirin-Sharifi-Khobdeh.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member

Author:

Tiwary, Yogesh

Title:

PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF ATOMIC SELF ASSEMBLY IN Al(110) HOMOEPITAXY

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

aluminum
self assembly
directed assembly
homoepitaxy
kinetic monte carlo
first principles
quantum mechanical calculation
ab initio
transition state theory
nudged elastic band
atomic interaction
surface relaxation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member