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Author:: Kouame, Sylvain-Didier Brou
Title:: THE GOVERNING ROLE OF PRE-EXISTING LUBRICANT DEPOSITS IN SUBSEQUENT DEPOSIT GROWTH: A UNIFORM LAYER MODEL
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Deposits
Uniform layer
Dehydrogenation
Lubricant
Deoxygenation
Polymeric deposit
Aged Film Test
Carbon
Micro- Oxidaton
Aged Oil Test
File:: Download DOCTORAL_DISSERTATION.pdf
Committee Members:: Randy Vander Wal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Member

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Author:: Berkhous, Scott K.
Title:: Thermal Oxidative Stability of Coal-Based JP-900 Jet Fuel: Impact on Selected Physical Properties
Graduate Program:: Fuel Science
Keywords:: Freeze Point
Viscosity
Liquefaction
Crystals
Modelling
File:: Download ScottKBerkhous.pdf
Committee Members:: Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Donald Phelps, Committee Member

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Author:: Watanabe, Shingo
Title:: Mechanistic Studies on Selective Adsorption of Thiophenic Compounds on TiO2-CeO2 Oxides
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: desulfurization
adsorption
metal oxide
thiophene
CeO2
TiO2
File:: Download Shingo-PhDThesis-Dec-10-07.pdf
Committee Members:: Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Shanwu
Title:: VORTICAL FLOW DYNAMICS AND ACOUSTIC RESPONSE OF GAS-TURBINE SWIRL-STABILIZED INJECTORS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Swirling Flows
injector dynamics
POD
mode competition
large eddy simulation
mode competition
acoustic admittance
acoustic respons
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
vortex breakdown
File:: Download Shanwu_Wang_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Domenic Adam Santavicca, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Member
Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: McGuire, Thomas Patrick
Title:: Combustion of Diesel Fuel Blended with Partially Oxidized Biodiesel in a Direct Injection Compression Ignition Engine
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: diesel
biodiesel
renewable fuels
alternative fuels
File:: Download Thomas_McGuire_Masters.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yaw D Yeboah, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Liu, Tao
Title:: SHEAR-COAXIAL INJECTION AND MIXING OF CRYOGENIC FLUIDS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: LES
supercritical
jet
turbulence
File:: Download ThesisMaster-Tao_Liu_2007.pdf
Committee Members:: Vigor Yang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

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Author:: Dhar, Vasudha Gudimella
Title:: Fe-Modified ZSM-5 Shape Selective Catalysts for the Synthesis of 2, 6-Dimethylnaphthalene
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: zeolites
Shape Selective catalysis
naphthalene alkylation
File:: Download final_thesis_after_corrections.pdf
Committee Members:: Chunshan Song, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Liu, Wenpeng
Title:: Methanol, Water and Heat Transport in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells for Portable Power
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: numerical modeling
DMFC
direct methanol fuel cell
CFD
Fluent
File:: Download PhD_WenpengLiu.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member
Kendra Sharp, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member

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Author:: Gong, Yanming
Title:: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE TESTING OF PT- BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELLS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: electrocatalyst
cathode
PtCr
PtFe
Methanol
PEM fuel cell
File:: Download Yanming_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

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Author:: Yang, Yi
Title:: LOW TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS IN A MOTORED ENGINE
Graduate Program:: Fuel Science
Keywords:: gas chromatography
conformational analysis
low temperature oxidation
combustion kinetics
cyclic hydrocarbons
motored engine
File:: Download YiYang_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member

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