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Author:: Grisewood, Matthew Jeffery
Title:: Development and Applications of Computational Enzyme Engineering Tools
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Iterative Protein Redesign and Optimization
IPRO
Computational
Enzyme
Redesign
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase
acyl-ACP thioesterase
Mcr
'TesA
OptZyme
Optimization
beta-glucuronidase
Protein engineering
Specificity
Activity
File:: Download MGrisewood_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Outside Member

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Author:: Mukhopadhyay, Ahana
Title:: ADSORPTION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES ON METAL OXIDE SUPPORTS: PROBING THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SYNTHESIS
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: solid-liquid interface
electrostatic adsorption
single atom catalysts
isothermal titration calorimetry
noble metals
reducible oxides
methane combustion
File:: Download Final_Dissertation_Ahana_Mukhopadhyay.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

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Author:: Chen, Zhifeng
Title:: FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Silver nanoparticles
shape control
kinetic control
thermodynamic control
File:: Download Zhifeng_Dissertation_Final_new.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member

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Author:: Qi, Xin
Title:: Probing monocrystalline and multiply-twinned nanocrystal growth from thermodynamic and kinetic perspectives
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Ag
nanocrystal growth
MD simulation
Theory
thermodynamics
kinetics
File:: Download XinQi_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member

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Author:: Aplan, Melissa Paige
Title:: Conjugated Block Copolymers as Model Systems to Examine Mechanisms of Charge and Energy Transfer in Organic Materials
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: block copolymers
organic electronics
photophysics
charge transfer
organic photovoltaics
conjugated polymers
File:: Download Aplan_FinalDissertation_07-15-18.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Outside Member

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Author:: Elliott, William Alexander
Title:: Solvent Effects in Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Solvent effects
Acid catalysis
Transition state theory
Biomass conversion
Heterogeneous catalysis
Homogeneous catalysis
File:: Download WilliamElliott-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Outside Member

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Author:: Mondschein, Jared Scott
Title:: Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction and the Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Ammonia Borane
Water Splitting
Hydrogen
File:: Download Mondschein_Jared_PhDThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

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Author:: Li, Bo
Title:: Transition metal doped rare-earth metal oxide catalysts for dry reforming of methane: first principles calculation
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Dry Reforming of methane
Transition metal
Ceria
Oxygen vacancy
DFT+U
File:: Download Final_thesis_Bo_Li.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael John Janik, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Regula, Michael John
Title:: Engineering the solid-electrolyte interface with sulfur-rich and chlorine-rich materials to protect lithium metal anodes for Li-S batteries
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Energy Storage
Battery Materials
Solid-electrolyte interface
Lithium metal anodes
Lithium-sulfur batteries
File:: Download Regula_Michael_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Member

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Author:: Veazey, Dustin Montgomery
Title:: Microstructural Control of Polyaryletherketones and their Fiber Reinforced Composites
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: polymer
composites
crosslink
File:: Download DustinVeazey_MastersThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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