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Author:

Taylor, Adekemi Bisola

Title:

Three-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Ozone Uptake in the Respiratory Tract

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

airway bifurcation
computational fluid dynamics
mass transport
lower respiratory tract
dosimetry modeling
ozone

File:

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Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member

Author:

Fick, Anthony Daniel

Title:

Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Volume of Fluid/Level Set Method to Study Two Phase Flows

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

volume of fluid
level set
buoyancy driven
pressure driven

File:

Download Tony-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

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:

Yake, Allison Mary

Title:

Assembly of Colloidal Particles via Site-Specific Functionalizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

aggregation
colloidal particle
functionalization
self-assembly

File:

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Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Burgard, Anthony P.

Title:

OPTIMIZATION-BASED FRAMEWORKS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND REDESIGN OF METABOLIC NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metabolic network
stoichiometric modeling
microbial strain design

File:

Download Thesis_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Merritt, Anna Roberta

Title:

The Design of High Flux Nanoporous Carbon Membranes and Their Application in Small Gas Molecule Separations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

carbon
molecular sieving
gas separation
membrane
nanoporous carbon
inorganic membrane
microporous
carbon membrane

File:

Download Final_Thesis_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Zahr, Alisar

Title:

SOLID CORE-SHELL DRUG NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoparticles
drug delivery
cancer

File:

Download Alisar_Zahr_Thesis_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Adam T.

Title:

Cosolvent Effects in Polymer-Solvent Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

high pressure
polymer-solvent systems
cosolvent

File:

Download AdamJones_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald Paul Danner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Amit

Title:

Performance Characteristics of Charged Ultrafiltration Membranes: Fundamental Studies and Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biotechnology
Bioseparation
Ultrafiltration
Protein Purification
Charged Membrane
Permeability
Selectivity
Bioprocessing

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Ewing, Committee Member

Author:

Fassih, Ali

Title:

Ozone Uptake in the Human Nasal Cavity: The contribution of Uric Acid

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

uric acid
nasal
antioxidant
uptake
ozone
respiratory

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Rebecca Bascom, Committee Member

Author:

Indrakanti, Ananth

Title:

Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

single chain mean field theory
neutron scattering
polymer blends
phase behavior

File:

Download ananth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Lehmann, Andreas

Title:

Molecular Design in Chemical and Biological Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

quantum chemistry
molecular design
protein design
protein engineering

File:

Download andreas_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Varshney, Amit

Title:

Optimization and control of multiscale process systems using model reduction: Application to thin-film growth

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Carleman Linearization
System Identification
Optimization
Dynamic Optimization
Modeling
Multiscale
Stochastic
Model Predictive Control
Receding Horizon Control
Thin film growth
Epitaxy

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Becky L

Title:

An Implantable Electrochemical Multi-Analyte Sensor Array for Metabolite Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical biosensor
glucose
lactate and pyruvate sensor
array

File:

Download Thesis_Becky_Clark.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael V Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig A Grimes, Committee Member
Jong In Hahm, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Yi, Bo

Title:

STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF NANOPOROUS CARBON WITH SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

poly(furfuryl alcohol)
nanoporous carbon
single wall carbon nanotube
carbon
nanocomposite

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, 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:

Snyder, Charles Eduardo

Title:

Controlling Colloidal Interaction Through Assymetric Functionalization

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bottom-up assembly
Janus particle
particle lithography
colloid

File:

Download Thesisformated.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Burket, Christopher L

Title:

GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF POROSITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN NANOPOROUS CARBON DERIVED FROM POLYFURFURYL ALCOHOL

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular sieves
graphitization
nanoporous carbon
activated carbon
non-graphitizing carbon
carbon
polymerization
pyrolysis
activation
capacitors

File:

Download Burket_ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chunxia

Title:

SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS IN POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

segmental dynamics
PEO/PMMA blend

File:

Download PhDThesis_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Triplett, Derek Adam

Title:

Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Non-Spherical Particles: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal
Monte Carlo
assembly
nematic
non-spherical particles
smectic

File:

Download Derek_Triplett_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Asay, David Benjamin

Title:

EFFECTS OF VAPOR-PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUENTS ON MACRO- TO NANO-TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

friction
adhesion
wear
silicon
MEMS
vapor phase
lubrication
adsorption
water

File:

Download Asay_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Lamborn, Daniel Ray

Title:

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

magnesium diboride
superconductor
numerical modeling
reactor design
process development

File:

Download DRL_PhD_Thesis_080607.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Latulippe, David

Title:

Purification of Plasmid DNA Therapeutics: New Opportunities for Membrane Processes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

radius of gyration
sieving coefficient
DNA elongation
open-circular
supercoiled
plasmid DNA
partition coefficient

File:

Download DRL_Ph.D._Thesis_R5.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kannan, Dheeban Chakrvarthi

Title:

A SOLID CATALYST METHOD FOR BIODIESEL PRODUCTION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

biodiesel
solid catalyst
heterogeneous catalyst
MnO
transesterification
alcoholysis

File:

Download Dheeban_Chakravarthi_Kannan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jack Vincent Matson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jack Vincent Matson, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Member
Wallis A Lloyd, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
Thomas P Hettmansperger, Committee Member

Author:

Hsiao Liao, Erik

Title:

CATIONIC POLYMER LUBRICANT (CPL): A NEW BOUND AND MOBILE BOUNDARY LUBRICANT WITH SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-healing
Lubricant
Polymer
Tribology
AFM

File:

Download Erik_Hsiao_Liao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Vital-Lopez, Francisco Gamaliel

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID INTRACELLULAR/EXTRACELLULAR MODELS OF BRAIN TUMOR PROGRESSION AND MEDICATION STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Modeling
Brain tumor
Angiogenesis
Temozolomide
Chemotaxis
Simulation

File:

Download Vital-Lopez_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Gregory Lee

Title:

Modeling and Optimization in Directed Evolution Protocols and Protein Engineering

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

directed evolution
protein engineering
optimization

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Jerri, Huda A.

Title:

Fabrication of Anisotropic Multifunctional Colloidal Carriers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

focused-release
multifunctional particles
particle lithography
anisotropic microcapsules
drug delivery vectors
water clarification
sacrificial template particles
degradable cores
core/shell particles
barrier shells
colloidal monotremes

File:

Download Huda_A_Jerri__Final_PhD_Dissertation_20July2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member

Author:

Fazelinia, Hossein

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTEINS WITH NOVEL FUNCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

OptGraft
Protein engineering
Computational protein design
Enzyme cofactor alteration
IPRO

File:

Download Fazelinia_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Cirino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Joseph Francis

Title:

Examining Initial Bacterial Adhesion: Oriented Adhesion and Surface Nanodomains

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bacterial adhesion
bacterial polarity
laser trap
orientation
adhesion
nanodomain

File:

Download 11-02-05_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, 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:

Molek, Jessica R.

Title:

Ultrafiltration of PEGylated Proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

membrane transport
capillary electrophoresis
size exclusion chromatography
PEGylation
diafiltration
ultrafiltration
polyethylene glycol
alpha-lactalbumin

File:

Download ThesisMolek.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member

Author:

Galdámez Peña, José Román

Title:

APPLICATION OF INVERSE GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY TO MULTICOMPONENT POLYMER-SOLVENT-SOLVENT SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Diffusivity
Multicomponent
Inverse Gas Chromatography
Solubility
Polymer

File:

Download GaldamezPhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald Paul Danner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Narayan Ramesh, Committee Member
Paul C Painter, Committee Member

Author:

Chin, Jonathan W

Title:

ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS OF COFACTOR PARTITIONING FOR NADPH-DEPENDENT XYLITOL PRODUCTION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

xylitol
cofactor regneration
E. coli
metabolic engineering
biotransformation

File:

Download PS_Thesis_JWC_051810_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patrick Cirino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Cirino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Jin

Title:

The Fabrication of Core-Shell Nanostructures by Dusty Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanostructures
plasma
dusty plasma
plasma polymerization
particle coating
hollow particles

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Themis Matsoukas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Mc Grath, Committee Member
Henry Foley, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Larsen, Jeffrey

Title:

Engineering High-Level Transient Expression of Heterologous Proteins in Plant Cell Suspensions and Hairy Roots

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

plant tissue culture
transient expression
agrobacterium tumefaciens
viral vectors
hairy roots
cell suspensions

File:

Download Larsen_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

Author:

Dronavajjala, Krishna D

Title:

Studies of Surface Initiated Polymerization using Anchored Organometallic Catalyst

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

anchored organometallic catalyst
Polymer brush
Surface initiated polymerization
Pd (II) catalyst for polymerization

File:

Download Krishna_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Becker, Kelly E.

Title:

Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Desorption

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

accelerated molecular dynamics
temperature programmed desorption
simulation
desorption
alkanes

File:

Download Becker_ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Milton Walter Cole, 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:

Salerno, Michael Brian

Title:

A MICRO- AND MACRO- SCALE ANALYSIS OF THE MOLECULAR DETAILS OF BACTERIAL ADHESION TO HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bacterial adhesion
hydrophobic
AFM
biomolecules
silane

File:

Download salerno_phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Saraf, Manish Chandra

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF COMBINATORIAL PROTEIN LIBRARIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein engineering
directed evolution
bioinformatics
protein library design
optimization

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Stephen James Benkovic, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Parent, Mary Elizabeth

Title:

From Bacterial Adhesion to Biofilm Formation: Impact of Humic Acid and Quorum Sensing

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

autoinduction
cell signaling
diffusion modeling
luminescence
population dependence

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Dasika, Madhukar S

Title:

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING BASED APPROACHES FOR BIOLOGICAL NETWORK INFERENCE, ANALYSIS AND REDESIGN

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

gene regulatory networks
signaling networks
Optimization
synthetic biology

File:

Download Dasika_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member
Patrick C Cirino, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member

Author:

Gentile, Martin S

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A COLONIC TARGETING NANOSPHERE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoshell
paclitaxel
caco-2
drug delivery
colonic targeting
nanoparticles

File:

Download gentilefinalphd.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Bakhshayeshirad, Meisam

Title:

Performance Characteristics of Virus Filtration Membranes: Protein Fouling and Virus Retention

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Virus Retention
Fouling
Membrane
Virus Filtration

File:

Download Bakhshayeshi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Mardoukhi Rohani, Mahsa

Title:

EFFECT OF ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS DURING PROTEIN ULTRAFILTRATION: EFFECTS OF LIGAND CHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN SURFACE CHARGE DISTRIBUTION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrafiltration
Electrostatic Interactions
Membrane Filtration
Protein

File:

Download Dissertation_Mahsa_M._Rohani.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Andrew L Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, 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:

Kim, Myung-man

Title:

Computational Studies of Protein and Particle Transport in Membrane System

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

membrane
simulations
protein
particle

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

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:

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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:

Kumar, Nitin

Title:

ENGINEERING NOVEL SUBSTRATES FOR ADVANCED BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

biomolecular fluorescence detection
diblock copolymers
protein arrays
zinc oxide nanorods

File:

Download Thesis-Nitin_Kumar-etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Jong In Hahm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Akinterinwa, Olubolaji

Title:

Improving The Efficiency of NADPH-dependent Xylitol Production in Engineered Escherichia coli

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

biocatalysis
Escherichia coli
metabolic engineering
xylitol
NADPH

File:

Download Olubolaji_Akinterinwa_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Michael Cirino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick C Cirino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Selembo, Priscilla A

Title:

Microbial electrolysis cells: hydrogen production from glycerol and alternative cathode materials

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metal catalyst
electrohydrogenesis
fermentation
hydrogen production
microbial electrolysis cells
MEC
glycerol

File:

Download PSelembo_PhD_thesis_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wallis A Lloyd, Committee Member
Douglas D Archibald, Committee Member

Author:

Mankidy, Pratik

Title:

Novel Template-less Synthesis of Polycyanoacrylate Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer nanofibers

File:

Download Thesis_Master_Document_PJM_7_26_07.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Henry Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
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:

Pharkya, Priti

Title:

Optimization based redesign of microbial production systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Metabolic engineering
Strain optimization
metabolic pathway modeling

File:

Download Thesispriti.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Nimmatoori, Pramod

Title:

Vapor-liquid-solid growth of Silicon and Silicon Germanium nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon Germanium
Silicon
Nanowires
Vapor-liquid-solid mechanism
Growth

File:

Download Pramod_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Pourdarvish Mohammadi, Reza

Title:

Mechanism of Bubble Formation during the Drying of Polymer Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

PVAc-Toluene-Nitrogen
Solubility
Polymer Solution
Dryinig
Bubble Formation
Diffusivity

File:

Download Reza-Pourdarvish-Thesis-Final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Margaret K Duda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald Paul Danner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Member

Author:

Khankal, Reza

Title:

STUDYING AND IMPROVING XYLOSE UPTAKE AND UTILIZATION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

XYLOSE UPTAKE
ESCHERICHIA COLI
XYLITOL PRODUCTION
XYLE
XYLFGH
POLYOLS

File:

Download Reza_Khankal_thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Michael Cirino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick C Cirino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Rao, Suma

Title:

PROTEIN SEPARATION USING AFFINITY ULTRAFILTRATION WITH SMALL CHARGED LIGANDS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein separation
membranes
affinity separations
cibacron blue
high performace tangential flow filtration

File:

Download SumaRao.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wolff, Susanne Hawthorne

Title:

EFFECTS OF REPROCESSING ON HEMODIALYSIS MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bleach
peracetic acid
polysulfone hemodialyzers
transport characteristics

File:

Download S.Wolff.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, 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:

Natarajan, Sudarshan

Title:

A PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS TO FABRICATE THIN FILMS AND PATTERNS OF UNSUBSTITUTED POLYTHIOPHENE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Polythiophene
Photochemical
Ullmann coupling
Thin films

File:

Download Sudarshan_Natarajan.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Henry C Foley, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Khalili, Samira

Title:

ANALYSIS OF HIV INFECTION DYNAMICS AND IDENTIFICATION OF OPTIMAL MEDICATION STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

HIV infection
Multiscale model
Optimal treatment
Mechanistic model
Efficacy estimation

File:

Download SamiraKhalili-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Committee Member

Author:

Minassian, Sharis

Title:

Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Group IV (Si, Ge, SiGe) Single and Heterostructured Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowire
VLS growth
Disilane
Kinetic model

File:

Download Sharis_Minassian.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Nair, Sujith

Title:

Synthesis and application of functional polymeric nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrospinning
polyethylene
polypyrrole

File:

Download Thesis_Nair_eTD_05_19_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Pitchaiah, Sivakumar

Title:

Feedback control and optimization using adaptive reduced order models

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nonlinear control
Process control
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Partial differential equation
Model reduction

File:

Download SP-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, 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:

Wang, Shih-Wa

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANE IONOMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polyurethane
ionomers
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
rheology

File:

Download SW_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Kermani, Sanaz

Title:

Kinetics of ozone reaction with low-molecular weight antioxidants at physiologically relevant conditions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

air pollution
antioxidant reaction kinetics
Respiratory antioxidants
inhalation toxicology

File:

Download Sanaz-Kermani-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Michael Pishko, Committee Member
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member

Author:

Brenza, Timothy

Title:

Simultaneous Monitoring of Ozone Dose and Response in the Human Respiratory Tract

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ozone
Pulmonary Response
Real-Time Dose Response Measurements
Simulated Ozone Uptake

File:

Download Tim_Thesis_112308.pdf

Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Rebecca Bascom, Committee Member

Author:

Thirunavukkarasu, Vaithianathan

Title:

A new multi-scale mixing model for turbulent reacting flows

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

turbulence
combustion
mixing model
PDF methods
Turbulence-Radiation Interaction

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lance R Collins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael F Modest, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, 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

Author:

Pang, Zhengyu

Title:

Effects of hemodynamic forces on endothelial cell hydraulic conductivity

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

occludin
hydraulic conductivity
endothelial cell
shear stress
signal transduction pathways

File:

Download thesisr1.pang.pdf

Committee Members:

Norman R Harris, Committee Member
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
James S Ultman, Committee Member
John Michael Tarbell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Marshall, Jr., Carl Lee

Title:

Multi-component Population Balance Modeling of Wet Granulation via Constant-number Monte Carlo

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Multi-component
population balance
Monte Carlo
granulation

File:

Download CLM-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Themis Matsoukas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Nourhani, Amir

Title:

Dynamics of Electrocatalytic Nanomotors and Powered Random Walkers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanomotor
nanorotor
random walker
electrocatalytic
effective diffusion

File:

Download Amir-final-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Shahravan, Anaram

Title:

Surface Engineering of Nanoparticles by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
Nanoparticle coating
Nanoparticle synthesis
Hydrophobic coating
Encapsulation

File:

Download AS-dissertation.pdfDownload Supporting-info.avi

Committee Members:

Themis Matsoukas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Zomorrodi, Ali Reza

Title:

Computational tools for genome-scale synthetic lethality analysis and metabolic modeling of microbial communities

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Metabolic networks
Flux balance analysis
Metabolic Enginnering
Optimization
Systems biology

File:

Download AliRZomorrodi_PhD_Dissertation_Final_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Kan-ju

Title:

A molecular look at Peo-based ionomers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

PEO-based ionomer
PEO-based single ion conductor
molecular dynamics simulation
superionic
polymer electrolyte
battery

File:

Download 1-Kan-Ju_Lin.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Coray M Colina, Committee Member

Author:

Yeh, Kuan-yu

Title:

Atomistic Modeling Of The Cathode/electrolyte Interface In Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

fuel cells
oxygen reduction reaction
electrochemical interface
DFT models
MD simulations

File:

Download YEH_Kuan-Yu_Dissertation_9_27_submit_700dpi_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Ramirez, Laura Mely

Title:

Self-assembly of Polloids: From Flattened Colloids to Strong and Flexible Chains

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

flattened particles
colloidal chains
polloids
physical deformation
interparticle forces

File:

Download Laura_M_Ramirez_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Moschetta, Eric Gregory

Title:

Understanding thermodynamics and kinetics of organometallic complexes for tailoring analogous immobilized metal catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
homogeneous catalysis
calorimetry
thermodynamics
solvent effects

File:

Download Moschetta_-_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Kyungtae

Title:

Sulfur tolerance enhancement of steam reforming by binary metal catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

steam reforming
bimetallic catalysts
DFT
sulfur poisoning
Rh-Ni binary metals
BEP relationships

File:

Download Thesis_Kyungtae.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Vakhshouri, Kiarash

Title:

Charge Transport through Inhomogeneous Polymeric Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Charge mobility
X-ray diffraction
Intracrystalline
Intercrystalline
Crystallinity
Morphology
Structure
Miscibility

File:

Download Kiarash_Vakhshouri_PhD_Thesis_2013-07-08.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Special Member

Author:

Ruanjaikaen, Krisada

Title:

Purification and Production of Pegylated Proteins using Membrane Processes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

ultrafiltration
membrane processes
pegylated proteins
biotechnology

File:

Download 1-Kris-Thesis_final3.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member

Author:

Binz, Jason Michael

Title:

Quantitative thermodynamic understanding of the solid-liquid interface during heterogenous catalysis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
catalyst synthesis
strong electrostatic adsorption
isothermal titration calorimetry

File:

Download Binz_-_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Special Member

Author:

Shahraz, Azar

Title:

Wetting Characteristics of Physically-patterned Solid Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

wetting
molecular dynamics
surface topology
free-energy barrier
forward flux sampling

File:

Download ShahrazThesis1.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Hogg, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member

Author:

Qajar, Ali

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER DERIVED POROUS CARBONS FOR GAS ADSORPTION, STORAGE AND SEPARATION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoporous carbon
Gas adsorption
Polymer derived carbon
Porosimetry

File:

Download Ali_Qajar_PhD_Thesis_012914.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Ravi, Venkataramanan

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics

File:

Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Pantazes, Robert Jeffrey

Title:

The development of computational methods for designing antibodies and other proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein
antibody
complementarity determining regions
IPRO
MAPs
de novo protein design

File:

Download RPantazesThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Arthur Mallay Lesk, Special Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member

Author:

Peer Lachegurabi, Maryam

Title:

The Design of a Shape Selective Platinum-carbon Catalyst with High Effectiveness

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoporous carbon
heterogeneous catalysis
Emulsion polymerization
Platinum nanoparticles
liquid phase hydrogenation

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Professpr Henry C Foley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Professpr Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Chiang, Tso-yi

Title:

Modeling Colloidal Motor Transport in Bounded Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

colloidal motor
electrophoresis
diffusiophoresis
particle-surface interactions

File:

Download Dissertation_Tso-Yi_Chiang.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Ganapatibhotla, Lalitha

Title:

Tuning Filler Shape, Surface Chemistry and Ion Content in Nano-filled Polymer Electrolytes.

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolytes
lithium ion batteries
nanoparticles
nanowhiskers
polymer dynamics
QENS
reflectometry

File:

Download Lalitha_Ganapatibhotla_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Zuroff, Trevor Roman

Title:

Engineering a microbial consortium for lignocellulosic biofuel production

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Lignocellulose
biofuels
Clostridium phytofermentans
cellulose
microbial consortia

File:

Download TRZ_Thesis_7.15.14.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Drews, Aaron M

Title:

Ratcheted contact charge electrophoresis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
microfluidics
contact charging
ratchets

File:

Download Drews_Dissertation_20July2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Krcha, Matthew David

Title:

Cleanup of Biomass Gasification Effluent Using M-doped Ceria Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Catalysis
Ceria
Dopant
Hydrocarbon
Sulfur

File:

Download MatthewKrchaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Ji Woong

Title:

MOLECULAR-LEVEL STUDIES OF FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoparticle synthesis
Anion
Hollow nanoparticle
Kirkendall effect
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Continuous method

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Saha, Rajib

Title:

Reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale metabolic models of photosynthetic organisms

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Genome-scale model
Cyanobacteria
Zea mays
Cyanothece sp. ATCC51142
Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

File:

Download Saha_dissertation_0728_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Shiau, Huai-suen

Title:

Optimization of Ionic Conduction in Ion-containing Polymers for Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

ionomers
electrolytes
ionic conduction
lithium batteries

File:

Download Huai-Suens_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Espah Borujeni, Ehsan Allah

Title:

Purification of plasmid DNA using membrane-based processes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasmid ultrafiltration
Plasmid isoforms separation
Plasmid purification
Membrane fouling
Backpulsing in ultrafiltration

File:

Download Ehsan_Allah_Espah_Borujeni-_PhD_Dissertation-Submitted_to_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Changhe

Title:

Conjugated block copolymers: a building block for high-performance organic photovoltaics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Block copolymer
organic photovoltaics
self-assembly
RSOXS
EFTEM
crystalline texture
morphology

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Changhe_Guo.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member