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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:

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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:

Bakhshayeshirad, Meisam

Title:

Performance Characteristics of Virus Filtration Membranes: Protein Fouling and Virus Retention

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Virus Retention
Fouling
Membrane
Virus Filtration

File:

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Shahravan, Anaram

Title:

Surface Engineering of Nanoparticles by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
Nanoparticle coating
Nanoparticle synthesis
Hydrophobic coating
Encapsulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Themis Matsoukas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Moschetta, Eric Gregory

Title:

Understanding thermodynamics and kinetics of organometallic complexes for tailoring analogous immobilized metal catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
homogeneous catalysis
calorimetry
thermodynamics
solvent effects

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Special Member

Author:

Lee, Kyungtae

Title:

Sulfur tolerance enhancement of steam reforming by binary metal catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

steam reforming
bimetallic catalysts
DFT
sulfur poisoning
Rh-Ni binary metals
BEP relationships

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Binz, Jason Michael

Title:

Quantitative thermodynamic understanding of the solid-liquid interface during heterogenous catalysis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
catalyst synthesis
strong electrostatic adsorption
isothermal titration calorimetry

File:

Download Binz_-_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Special Member

Author:

Ravi, Venkataramanan

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics

File:

Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Drews, Aaron M

Title:

Ratcheted contact charge electrophoresis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
microfluidics
contact charging
ratchets

File:

Download Drews_Dissertation_20July2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Krcha, Matthew David

Title:

Cleanup of Biomass Gasification Effluent Using M-doped Ceria Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Catalysis
Ceria
Dopant
Hydrocarbon
Sulfur

File:

Download MatthewKrchaDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Ji Woong

Title:

MOLECULAR-LEVEL STUDIES OF FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoparticle synthesis
Anion
Hollow nanoparticle
Kirkendall effect
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Continuous method

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member