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Author:

Hofstetter, Daniel William

Title:

MANURE PIT-SAFETY VENTILATION DESIGN INFLUENCE ON HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS CONTAMINATION IN ATTACHED BARNS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

manure pit-safety ventilation
hydrogen sulfide
barn air contamination
CFD
computational fluid dynamics
concentration scaling
transient gas measurement
ventilation simulation

File:

Download Hofstetter_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra M. Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dennis J. Murphy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eileen E. Fabian, Committee Member
Harvey B. Manbeck, Committee Member
Justin K. Watson, Outside Member

Author:

Karamchandani, Apoorva

Title:

Microscale Mechanical Characterization for Macroscale Quality Assessment of Densified Biomass Assemblies

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

characterization
switchgrass
coordination number
contact area
pellet
diametral tensile strength

File:

Download Dissertation_AK_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra M Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra M Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jude Liu, Committee Member
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Outside Member
Hojae Yi, Special Member

Author:

Abraham, Yewande Sonayon

Title:

INTEGRATING OCCUPANT VALUES AND PREFERENCES WITH BUILDING SYSTEMS IN CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Occupant values
Indoor Environmental Quality
Building energy consumption
Occupant behavior
Occupant comfort

File:

Download Dissertation_Yewande_Abraham_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chimay Anumba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Somayeh Asadi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Freihaut, Committee Member
Chimay Anumba, Committee Member
Conrad S Tucker, Outside Member
Lisa Domenica Iulo, Special Member
Nora El-Gohary, Special Member
Somayeh Asadi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vashisth, Aniruddh

Title:

MULTI-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELLING OF NANOSILICA REINFORCED CARBON/EPOXY COMPOSITES FOR FILAMENT WOUND STRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Ballistic impact
carbon epoxy composite
molecular dynamics
filament winding
nanosilica

File:

Download Phd_Thesis_Aniruddh_Vashisth_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Charles E. Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr. Clifford J. Lissenden, Committee Member
Dr. Kevin Koudela, Committee Member
Dr. Adri van Duin, Outside Member
Dr. Thomas Juska, Committee Member

Author:

Vitko, Lauren Frances

Title:

PREDICTIVE MAPPING OF SOIL RESTRICTIVE LAYERS USING TOPOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS AND GEOPHYSICAL TOOLS

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

soil-landscape modeling
digital soil mapping
ground penetrating radar
electromagnetic induction
soil depletions

File:

Download Vitko_submitted_4_6_18.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Drohan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Charles Stehouwer, Committee Member
Peter Kleinman, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Outside Member
James Hamlett, Outside Member
Anthony Buda, Special Member

Author:

Mrowczynski, Oliver D

Title:

Exosomes and their Implications in Glioblastoma

Graduate Program:

Biomedical Sciences

Keywords:

exosomes
glioblastoma
radiation
glioma stem cell
neuroblastoma
HFE

File:

Download Oliver_Mrowczynski_Thesis_Exosomes_and_Their_Implications_in_Glioblastoma__01042018_.pdf

Committee Members:

James Robert Connor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brad Zacharia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Ann Miller, Committee Member
Jong Kak Yun, Committee Member
Achuthamangalam B Madhankumar, Outside Member

Author:

Rana, Sachin

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSISTED HISTORY MATCHING AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION TOOL BASED ON GAUSSIAN PROCESSES PROXY MODELS AND VARIOGRAM BASED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

Assisted History Matching
Gaussian Processes
Sensitivity Analysis
Uncertainty Quantification
Bayesian Optimization

File:

Download Sachin_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory R King, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Jing Yang, Outside Member

Author:

Wei, Qiong

Title:

The role of cellular forces in regulating epithelial morphogenesis and drug delivery

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

cellular force
drug delivery
wound healing
epithelial morphogenesis

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Qiong_Wei.pdf

Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bernhard R. Tittmann, Committee Member
Patrick James Drew, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Yong Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Salimifard, Parichehr

Title:

Indoor aerosol sensing and resuspension dynamics

Graduate Program:

Architectural Engineering

Keywords:

Indoor air quality
Particulate matter
Particle resuspension
Indoor allergens
Bioaerosol
Dust mite
Cat fur
Dog fur
Pollen
Bacillus thuringiensis
Anthrax
Monodisperse particles
Low-cost sensor
Optical particle counter
Aerodynamic equivalent diameter
Sensor calibration.

File:

Download Parichehr_Salimifard_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghyun Rim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghyun Rim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James D. Freihaut, Committee Member
William P. Bahnfleth, Committee Member
Rui Ni, Outside Member

Author:

Charepalli, Venkata Rohit

Title:

POLYPHENOL-RICH FOODS AS INHIBITORS OF COLON CANCER STEM CELLS

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Cancer stem cells
polyphenols
purple-fleshed potatoes
cancer prevention
resveratrol
grape seed extract
β-catenin
colon cancer

File:

Download Dissertation_Charepalli.pdf

Committee Members:

Jairam Kp Vanamala, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jairam Kp Vanamala, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member
Mary J Kennett, Outside Member