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Author:: Mukherjee, Amrita
Title:: Micro-Hollow Cathode Discharge Analysis of Lunar Regolith Simulants
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Micro-Hollow Cathode Discharge
Plasma
Lunar Regolith Simulants
Optical Emission Spectroscopy
File:: Download MS_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Randy Lee Vander Wal, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Yehliu, Kuen
Title:: IMPACTS OF FUEL FORMULATION AND ENGINE OPERATING PARAMETERS ON THE NANOSTRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY OF DIESEL SOOT
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: diesel combustion
biodiesel
Fischer-Tropsch fuel
soot properties
soot reactivity
HRTEM image analysis
File:: Download KuenYehliu_Dissertation_FinalVersion.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Committee Member
Thomas Litzinger, Committee Member
Octavio Armas Vergel, Committee Member

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Author:: Nyathi, Mhlwazi Solomon
Title:: Evaluation of co-cokes from bituminous coal with vacuum resid or decant oil, and evaluation of anthracites, as precursors to graphite
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: graphitization
coke
coking
coal
graphite
isotropic
File:: Download MHLWAZI_SOLOMON_NYATHI_THESIS.pdf
Committee Members:: Harold Harris Schobert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Caroline Elaine Clifford, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Peter J Pappano, Committee Member

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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:: Lilik, Gregory Kenneth
Title:: Advanced Diesel Combustion of High Cetane Number Fuels and the Impacts on the combustion Process
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Advanced Diesel Combustion
Total Hydrocarbons (THC)
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
Ignition Quality
Equivalence Ratio
File:: Download Lilik_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Committee Member
Robert John Wagner, Special Member

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Author:: Prabhakar, Bhaskar
Title:: Examination of Egr Cooler Fouling and Engine Efficiency Improvement in Compression Ignition Engines
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: EGR Cooler Fouling
High Efficiency Combustion
Dual Fuel Combustion
Clean Diesel Technology
File:: Download Bhaskar_Prabhakar_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andre Louis Boehman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Special Member

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Author:: Srouji, Abdul Kader
Title:: Transport Studies in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells With Porous Metallic Flow Field at Ultra-high Current Density
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Fuel Cell
Mass Transport
PEM
Oxygen Reduction
Cathode
Platinum Catalyst
High Current Density
File:: Download AK_Srouji_Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew M Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Serguei Lvov, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Cheng-yu
Title:: hydrogen storage in select metal-organic frameworks via hydrogen spillover
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: adsorption
catalysis
hydrogen spillover
metal-organic framework
File:: Download Dissertation_06_format_review.pdf
Committee Members:: Angela Lueking, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

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Author:: Gaddam, Chethan Kumar
Title:: Electron Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization for Soot Source Differentiation by Laser Derivatization
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: SSILD
HRTEM
pulsed laser heating
soot source identification
partial graphitization
radial profile analysis
File:: Download Gaddam_Chethan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Randy Lee Vander Wal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

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Author:: Jiang, Xiao
Title:: Palladium-Copper Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: CO2 hydrogenation
Methanol
Pd-Cu bimetallic catalysts
Pd-Cu alloy.
File:: Download Ph.D._dissertation_XJiang_111915.pdf
Committee Members:: Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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