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Author:

Hossein Yazdi, Shahrzad

Title:

Confined locomotion in viscous and viscoelastic fluids at low Reynolds number

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Locomotion
Self-propelled microorganism
Viscoelastic fluid
Low-Reynolds-number regime
Solid-fluid boundary

File:

Download ShahrzadYazdi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gita Talmage, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member

Author:

Mukherjee, Amrita

Title:

Progression Towards Optimization Of Viscosity Of Highly Concentrated Carbonaceous Solid-water Slurries By Incorporating And Modifying Surface Chemistry Parameters With And Without Additives

Graduate Program:

Energy and Mineral Engineering

Keywords:

petcoke
coal
slurry
viscosity
interfacial interactions
aggregation networks
free water
bound water

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarma V Pisupati, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarma V Pisupati, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Stephen Klima, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

das, sambeeta

Title:

Designs for Directing Motion at Nano and Microscale

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Micromotor
nanomotor
Active Matter
colloid
Enzymes

File:

Download dissertation_sambeeta_das.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Shen, Yuexiao

Title:

Artificial water channel based membrane for desalination

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Artificial water channels
Biomimetic membranes
Desalination

File:

Download Dissertation_Yuexiao_Shen.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Xie, Yuliang

Title:

OPTOACOUSTIC TWEEZERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

optoacoustic tweezers
optothermal effect
microfluidics
particle manipulation
acoustic actuated bubble

File:

Download 20160628_Yuliang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Huang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Zifeng

Title:

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS OF THE POLYMER/WATER INTERFACES IN LATEX PAINT

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

atomistic molecular dynamics simulations
acrylic latex paint
electrical double layer
surfactant surface binding
nanoparticle
polymer water interface

File:

Download Zifeng_Li_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Thomas Milner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Wong, Flory

Title:

Catalytic Nanomotors and Micropump Systems Utilizing Alternate Fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomotors
micropumps
electrophoretic
electrokinetic
active colloids
self-electrophoresis
density-driven flows
self-powered

File:

Download FWong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Tang, Xiaomeng

Title:

DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery

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Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member