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Author:

Jiang, Jimeng

Title:

DEMETALLATION OF BIOCRUDE FROM HYDROTHERMAL LIQUEFACTION OF MICROALGAE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Demetallation
hydrothermal liquefaction
microalgae
kinetic
modeling
iron
hemin
porphyrin

File:

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Committee Members:

Phillip. E. Savage, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip. E. Savage, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert M Rioux, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Outside Member

Author:

Erol, Anil

Title:

Studies of Dipole-Driven Active Materials: Multifield Processing Simulations, Microstructure-Based Constitutive Modeling, and Macroscopic Active Composite Optimization

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Electro-active polymers
magneto-active elastomers
nonlinear elasticity
smart materials
optimization
modeling
mechanics of materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Paris R Vonlockette, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paris R Vonlockette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary I Frecker, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

Author:

Jiang, Fei

Title:

Two reactionary approaches to reduce impaired agricultural sediment and nutrient runoff

Graduate Program:

Soil Science

Keywords:

riparian buffer
ecosystem services
agricultural water quality
land use optimization
modeling
SWAT
REMM
best management practices
crop yield
nutrient and sediment loss
land suitability

File:

Download PS_Thesis-FJ-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Joseph Drohan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Joseph Drohan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cibin Raj, Outside Member
Charles White, Committee Member
Scott A Roths, Outside Member
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair
Heather Elise Preisendanz, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Rittenhouse, Joshua

Title:

Sustaining mixed-oak forests: A multifaceted approach to modeling advance oak regeneration and recruitment in young forests

Graduate Program:

Forest Resources

Keywords:

advance oak regeneration
recruitment
modeling
partition
overstory removal
multifaceted

File:

Download Final_MSThesis_Rittenhouse.pdf

Committee Members:

Laura P Leites, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kimberly Bohn, Committee Member
Kim C Steiner, Committee Member
Patrick Brose, Committee Member
David Eissenstat, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Khichar, Mayank

Title:

Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration

File:

Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mcconnell, Curt

Title:

Phosphorus Dynamics in a Changing Agroecosystem Landscape

Graduate Program:

Ecology (PHD)

Keywords:

phosphorus
biogeochemistry
agroecosystems
modeling
isotope chemistry

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Committee Members:

Kate Freeman, Outside Unit Member
Charlie White, Outside Field Member
Jason Kaye, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jason Kaye, Program Head/Chair
Armen Kemanian, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Toth, Hana

Title:

Modeling and Evaluating Switchgrass Harvesting Systems

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

switchgrass
harvesting
energy grass harvesting
switchgrass harvesting
round baling
square baling
system balancing
machine productivity
cost model
agriculture
field testing
modeling
baling

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Committee Members:

Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair
Jude Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Committee Member
Charles David Ray, Sr., Committee Member
Jingxin Wang, Special Signatory

Author:

Taylor, Kaitlin

Title:

EARLY TRIASSIC WEATHERING INTENSITY AND CLIMATE RECOVERY AFTER THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (MS)

Keywords:

global warming
weathering
permian triassic extinction
lithium
isotopes
modeling
diagenesis
climate
climate stability

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Committee Members:

Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Kimberly Lau, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew S Fantle, Committee Member
Max Lloyd, Committee Member

Author:

Hojjatinia, Sarah

Title:

System Identification Algorithms for Noisy Data with Application to Behavior Modeling

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

System identification
data analysis
modeling
physical activity
behavior
machine learning
algorithm
noisy data
social network
switched systems
markov
design
SARMAX
SARX
Markov jump
hybrid
health
Real Data

File:

Download Sarah-Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vishal Monga, Committee Member
Minghui Zhu, Committee Member
David E Conroy, Outside Member
Kultegin Aydin, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jahn, Kalle He

Title:

Physical and chemical controls on subsurface contaminant fate and transport

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

groundwater
contaminant
transport
PFAS
nitrate
vadoze zone
modeling
Living Filter
Oxisol
perfluoroalkyl

File:

Download KJahn_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

John Watson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kate Freeman (she/her), Co-Chair of Committee
Roman DiBiase, Major Field Member
Demian Saffer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair