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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:

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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:

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:

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:

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:

Farasat, Iman

Title:

Sequence-to-function models for efficient optimization of metabolic pathways and genetic circuits

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metabolic pathway
genetic circuit
CRISPR
Cas9
modeling
combinatorial optimization
protein expression
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Timothy Charles Meredith, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Chowdhury, Anupam

Title:

Developing optimization-based algorithms for rational engineering of microbial strains

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

computational bioengineering
genome-scale metabolic model
strain-design algorithms
deterministic optimization protocols
kinetic models of metabolism
metabolic pathway prediction
metabolic engineering e coli & yeast

File:

Download thesis_doc_08_18_16.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D. Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Outside Member