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Author:

Mayernick, Adam David

Title:

Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Palladium
Catalysis
Ceria
Hydrocarbon Oxidation

File:

Download MAYERNICK_PHDTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Yake, Allison Mary

Title:

Assembly of Colloidal Particles via Site-Specific Functionalizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

aggregation
colloidal particle
functionalization
self-assembly

File:

Download yake_thesis_11-13-07_high_bw.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Indrakanti, Ananth

Title:

Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

single chain mean field theory
neutron scattering
polymer blends
phase behavior

File:

Download ananth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Lehmann, Andreas

Title:

Molecular Design in Chemical and Biological Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

quantum chemistry
molecular design
protein design
protein engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chunxia

Title:

SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS IN POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

segmental dynamics
PEO/PMMA blend

File:

Download PhDThesis_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Chandan

Title:

MODELING AND CONTROLLING NANAOSCALE SELF-ASSEMBLY OF EPITAXIAL QUANTUM DOTS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Thermal Field Directed Self-Assembly
Multilayer
Spectral Analysis
Surface Diffusion
Stochastic
Self-assembly
Quantum Dot
Elastic Heterogeneity

File:

Download ChandanKumar-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lawrence H Friedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence H Friedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Triplett, Derek Adam

Title:

Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Non-Spherical Particles: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal
Monte Carlo
assembly
nematic
non-spherical particles
smectic

File:

Download Derek_Triplett_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lamborn, Daniel Ray

Title:

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

magnesium diboride
superconductor
numerical modeling
reactor design
process development

File:

Download DRL_PhD_Thesis_080607.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Stojkovic, Dragan

Title:

Novel Carbon-Hydrogen Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

nanotube
carbon
electronic structure
simulations
new materials
graphite
schwarzite
magnetic carbon

File:

Download Dragan-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Ari M Mizel, Committee Member
Peter C Eklund, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Hsin-I

Title:

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND INTERACTIONS OF C60 ON Ag(111)AND Pb(111)

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

vacancy
hoc
lead
silver
fullerene

File:

Download h.v30.pdf

Committee Members:

Renee Denise Diehl, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Roy F Willis, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member