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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:

Erbakan, Mustafa

Title:

Advancing Rhodobacter sphaeroides for Functional Expression of Medically and Industrially Relevant Membrane Proteins

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Membrane Proteins
Heterologous Expression
Aquaporin
Cellulose synthase
Proteopolymersome

File:

Download Mustafa_Erbakan_Dissertation_07-21-2014_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Sheereen Majdzarringhalamaraghy, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Niancao

Title:

Programmable Nanomaterials for Detoxification

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

Aptamer
Nanoparticle
detoxification

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Niancao_Chen__12-10.pdf

Committee Members:

Yong Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yong Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Yang, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Binabaji, Elaheh

Title:

Ultrafiltration of Highly Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrafiltration
Memebrane
Concentration
Formulation
Monoclonal antibodies
Biotechnology
Purification

File:

Download Ela_Binabaji-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Kar, Abhishek

Title:

Self-generated Diffusiophoresis In Dead-end Pores

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Diffusiophoresis
Diffusioosmosis
Pseudomorphic mineral replacement
Membrane fouling
Micropumps
Colloids and Interfaces

File:

Download Abhishek_Kar_Final_PhD_Thesis_2015march3.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Kwan, Brian Wai

Title:

Genetic Basis for Persister Cell Formation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

persister cells
antibiotic tolerance
toxin/antitoxin system

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Genetic_Basis_for_Persister_Cell_Formation__Brian_Kwan_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Keith Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member

Author:

Khan, Nymul Ehsan

Title:

Development of biological platform for the autotrophic production of biofuels

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemolithoautotroph
CO2 fixation
Rhodobacter capsulatus
Ralstonia eutropha
triterpene
squalene
botryococcene
chemostat

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_NEK_v12_4.1.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Special Member

Author:

O'connor, Joseph William

Title:

Biophysical Regulation of TGFbeta1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

epithelial mesenchymal transition
cytoskeleton
cell adhesion
TGFbeta signaling
epigenetics
microcontact printing

File:

Download OConnor_finaldissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Winter Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member

Author:

Espah Borujeni, Amin

Title:

The Development of Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Models of Translation and Riboswitch Regulation: Towards the Automated Design of Cellular Sensors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biophysical Modelling
Translation Initiation
Riboswitch function
RNA folding thermodynamics
RNA folding Kinetics

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_--_Amin_Espah_Borujeni.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Shen, Yuexiao

Title:

Artificial water channel based membrane for desalination

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial water channels
Biomimetic membranes
Desalination

File:

Download Dissertation_Yuexiao_Shen.pdf

Committee Members:

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