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Author:

Sarkar, Debolina

Title:

Integrated Modeling of Phototrophic Metabolism Leveraging Multi-Omics Datasets

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

flux balance analysis
metabolic engineering
SNPs
poplar
arabidopsis
cyanobacteria
constraints based analysis
optimization

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Major Field Member
Costas Maranas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sally Mackenzie, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Foster, Charles

Title:

Leveraging the Kinetics of Metabolism and Microbial Growth for Metabolic Engineering and Scientific Discovery in Clostridia

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Clostridia
Clostridium thermocellum
Clostridium acetobutylicum
Clostridium ljungdahlii
kinetic modeling
metabolism
genome-scale reconstruction
microbial consortia
metabolic engineering
bioprocess engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Costas Maranas, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Ali Borhan, Major Field Member

Author:

Motavaf, Bita

Title:

Hydrothermal Valorization of Food Waste

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Hydrothermal Liquefaction
Food Waste
Biocrude Oil
Biochar

File:

Download Dissertation_Bita_Motavaf-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Major Field Member
Phillip Savage, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Rajabpour, Siavash

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TUNABLE 2-DIMENSIONAL GROUP-III ALLOYS AND CARBON FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

2D Materials
Intercalation
Carbon Fibers
ReaxFF

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit Member
Joshua Robinson, Co-Chair, Outside Field Member & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Yan, Tianyu

Title:

Shape control and shape transformations of metal nanocrystals: insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

shape control
metal nanocrystal growth
molecular dynamics simulation
solution-phase synthesis

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Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Major Field Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Shetty, Shreya

Title:

Predicting molecular structure-property relationship using molecular dynamic simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

MD simulations
Nematic Coupling
Flory Huggins Interaction parameter
SCFT
Mutual Ghosting
Morphing

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Committee Members:

Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Nejatishahidein, Negin

Title:

DEPTH FILTERS IN BIOPROCESSING: PERFORMANCE AND SCALE-UP

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

CFD
clarification
depth filtration
flow distribution
lenticular stack
scale‐up
cell culture fluid
host cell proteins
protein binding
monoclonal antibodies
flow structure

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ali Borhan, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Mu, Yanyu

Title:

Solvent Effects on Acid-Base Interactions in Zeolites

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Solvent effects
zeolite catalysis

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Committee Members:

Xueyi Zhang, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Major Field Member
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Stephen Chmely, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Agrawal, Naveen

Title:

DECONSTRUCTING THE COMPLEXITY OF INTERFACIAL ELECTROCATALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Computational Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Electric Double Layer

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Michael Janik, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ai, Jia Ruey

Title:

Improving Properties of Plastics Printed by Material Extrusion: Thermal History, Post-Processing, and the Design of Core-Shell Structured Filaments

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

material extrusion
fused deposition modeling
coextrusion
polymer composite
fused filament fabrication
additive manufacturing
core-shell filament

File:

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Committee Members:

Bryan Vogt, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hui Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Amir Sheikhi, Major Field Member