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Author:

Cartier, Charles Antoine

Title:

Contact Charge Electrophoresis: An Electrostatic Motor for Microfluidics and Active Matter Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
microfluidics
active matter
syncrhonization
droplet generation
mixing
electrostatic motor
collective motion
droplet microfluidics
portable
charge transfer
colloids
electrohydrodynamic
transport

File:

Download Cartier-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Scott Milner, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Sabrina, Syeda

Title:

Shape-directed Actuation and Collective Dynamics of Spinners

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic micro-rotors
ultrasound
active rotation
active particles
active liquid

File:

Download SS_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Kyle J M Bishop, Special Member

Author:

Garg, Astha

Title:

Zeta Potentials and Mineral Replacement at Surfaces in Saturated Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

zeta potential
mineral replacement
saturated salt
dissolution
precipitation
janus particles
fluid transport
porosity generation
pseudomorphic mineral replacement
enhanced oil recovery
chemical microfracking
micro-fracking
micro fracking
drug delivery
hydroxyapatite
high ionic strength
dye penetration
electrophoresis
high speed microscopy
fourier transform

File:

Download 2017_05_23_AsthaGarg_PhDThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Guha, Rajarshi

Title:

CHEMICALLY-DRIVEN TRANSPORT OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES AND MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemically-driven transport
Diffusiophoresis
Diffusioosmosis
Reverse Osmosis
Membrane fouling
Catalytic Membrane
Metal oxide nanoparticles
Coffee ring
Surface patterning
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Methylated DNA detection
Molecular chemotaxis
Binding-unbinding
Molecular dyes
polymer gradients
microchannel
COMSOL modeling
Droplet evaporation modeling
Coffee ring number
Polystyrene particles
Chemotaxis index

File:

Download rxg276_Final_thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Zhao

Title:

Effect of zinc chloride and PEG concentrations on the critical flux during tangential flow microfiltration of BSA precipitates

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

protein precipitation
critical flux
microfiltration
fouling
fouling×

File:

Download Zhao-MS_Thesis_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew L. Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Themistoklis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member