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Author:

Billups, Matthew

Title:

Role of membrane and monoclonal antibody properties on flux decline during virus filtration

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

virus filtration
monoclonal antibodies
flux decline
membrane structure

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Committee Members:

Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Andrew Zydney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hee Jeung Oh, Major Field Member
Stephanie Velegol, Major Field Member
Ashik Sathish, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Bhattacharya, Deepra

Title:

Block copolymer templated extended surface precious metal nanostructures as model electrocatalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Block copolymers
Nanofabrication
Lithography
Oxygen Reduction
Hydrogen Evolution
Electrocatalysis
Electrochemistry

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Christopher Arges, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Thompson, Natalie

Title:

Biocontainment of Insect Transmitted Gene Therapy in Plants to Reduce Crop Productivity Losses

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

gene therapy
molecular biology
agricultural production
precision agriculture
whitefly
begomovirus
genetic engineering
drought tolerance
tomato plant
reporter gene

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sairam Rudrabhatla, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Wayne Curtis, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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:

Download Penn_State_Jia-Ruey_Ai_PhD_thesis_final_version_v3.pdf

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

Author:

Shi, Pei

Title:

Development of Functional Materials for Fast-charging Graphite Anode and Stabilization of Lithium Metal Anode in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Rechargeable batteries
Lithium metal batteries
Solid electrolyte interphase
Fast charging batteries

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Donghai Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Fenton, Abigail

Title:

Characterizing the Mechanical Properties and Phase Behavior of Conjugated Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Conjugated Polymers
Rheology
Plateau Modulus
Liquid Crystallinity
Mechanical Properties
Phase Behavior
Organic Electronics
Neutron Scattering
Entanglements
Polymer Physics

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Field Member
Scott Milner, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Harry Allcock, Outside Unit Member
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair, Major Member & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Fromel, Michele

Title:

Oxygen-Tolerant Photopolymerization for Advanced Functional Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

polymer brushes
light-mediated
surfaces
functional materials
photolithography
RAFT polymerization
photopolymerization
coatings
oxygen-tolerant

File:

Download MF_PhD_Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Outside Unit & Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong H. Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

Author:

Jabra, Mario

Title:

Development of Ultrafiltration and Diafiltration Processes for Batch and Continuous Formulation of Monoclonal Antibodies

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Ultrafiltration
Diafiltration
Continuous
Multistage countercurrent
pH shift
Excipient Shift
Bioprocessing
membrane filtration
Single Pass tangential flow filtration
SPTFF
Mechanistic Modelling
SPTFF optimization
Buffer Exchange
Countercurrent Dialysis
Continuous Ultrafiltration
Continuous Diafiltration
Membrane Processing
Monoclonal Antibody
IgG
Therapeutic Protein
Formulation

File:

Download Final_Thesis_by_Mario_Jabra.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Li, Mingxiao

Title:

Surface modification with polymer brushes via light-mediated polymerizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

surface modification
polymer brush
surface-initiated polymerization
light-mediated polymerization

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Revised_Final_Subssion_to_Graduate_School_Mingxiao_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Christian Pester, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Hickner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong H. Kim, Program Head/Chair