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Author:

Tanjore, Deepti

Title:

BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENTS OF CORN STOVER BIOMASS THROUGH AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC SOLID SUBSTRATE FERMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

ensilage
storage
pretreatment
biomass
corn stover
fermentation
ethanol
biofuel
lignocellulosic biomass
white rot fungi

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Rezaei, Farzaneh

Title:

ELECTRICITY FROM COMPLEX BIOMASS USING MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

biofuel
complex biomass
Microbial fuel cells
cellulose

File:

Download Rezaei_dissertation_Fall_08.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Izmirlioglu, Gulten

Title:

ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM WASTE POTATO MASH USING SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Waste Potato Mash
Ethanol Fermentation

File:

Download Ms_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ozden, Hatice Ozlem

Title:

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF REDUCTION IN FOULING BY LOW ENERGY SURFACES

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

protein denaturation
Fouling
contact angle
FLUENT
plate heat exchanger
beta lactoglobulin
milk pasteurization
wettability

File:

Download Hatice_O_Ozden_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Jogender Singh, Committee Member
Savas Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Ren, Haiyu

Title:

EFFECT OF CELL WALL DEGRADING ENZYMES AND CHEMICALS ON CORN STOVER PRESERVATION AND PRETREATMENT DURING ENSILAGE PROCESSING

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

preservation
bioconversion
ensilage
corn stover
water soluble carbohydrate
enzymes

File:

Download Ph.D._thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Dennis Buckmaster, Committee Member
Gabriella Anne Varga, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Roy Edward Young, Committee Member

Author:

Chin, Jonathan W

Title:

ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS OF COFACTOR PARTITIONING FOR NADPH-DEPENDENT XYLITOL PRODUCTION IN ESCHERICHIA COLI

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

xylitol
cofactor regneration
E. coli
metabolic engineering
biotransformation

File:

Download PS_Thesis_JWC_051810_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patrick Cirino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Cirino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Bialka, Katherine L

Title:

Decontamination of Berries Using Ozone and Pulsed UV-Light

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

strawberries
raspberries
blueberries
novel technologies
food safety
food engineering

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_Bialka.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul Walker, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Kuan-Chen

Title:

ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF MICROBIAL EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES AND MATERIALS PROPERTY ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

pullulan
bacterial cellulose
fermentation
biofilm reactor
bioreactor design
polysaccharide

File:

Download 20100708_Dissertation_Kuan_Chen_Cheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamurthy, Kathiravan

Title:

DECONTAMINATION OF MILK AND WATER BY PULSED UV-LIGHT AND INFRARED HEATING

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Pulsed UV-light
Infrared heating
pathogen inactivation
milk safety
water disinfection
staphyloccus aureus
Bacillus subtilis spores

File:

Download Krishnamurthy_2006_Aug_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Irudayaraj, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Bhushan M Jayarao, Committee Member
Roy Edward Young, Committee Member

Author:

Oner, Manolya Eser

Title:

Refrigerated Potato Strips Production

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

near-aseptic
blanching
ozone
levulinic acid
in-package
shelf-life

File:

Download Manolya_Oner-PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Walker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Walker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member

Author:

Gentile, Martin S

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A COLONIC TARGETING NANOSPHERE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoshell
paclitaxel
caco-2
drug delivery
colonic targeting
nanoparticles

File:

Download gentilefinalphd.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Nookong, Mookarin

Title:

Steam inactivation of vegetative bacteria in ventilation air

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Steam
Inactivation
vegetative bacteria
ventilation

File:

Download Mookarins_Master_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Savas Yavuzkurt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Keklik, Nene Meltem

Title:

DECONTAMINATION OF POULTRY PRODUCTS BY PULSED UV-LIGHT

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

decontamination
Listeria
Salmonella
poultry
pulsed UV light

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Nene_Meltem_Keklik.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Committee Member

Author:

Mishra, Niharika

Title:

PREDICTIVE MODELING OF INACTIVATION, INJURY, AND RECOVERY OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES UNDER COMBINED EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Predictive Modeling
High pessure and temperature
Listeria monocytogenes
Inactivation
Injury
Recovery

File:

Download Niharika_Mishra_ABE_March_18th.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

ENSILING CORN STOVER WITH ENZYMES AS A FEEDSTOCK PRESERVATION METHOD FOR BIOCONVERSION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

corn stover
enzyme
laccase
ensilage
harvest date
lignin depolymerization
pretreatment
bioconversion
modeling.

File:

Download Qin-dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Corey W Radtke, Committee Member

Author:

Tikekar, Rohan Vijay

Title:

ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT INDUCED DEGRADATION OF PATULIN AND ASCORBIC ACID IN APPLE JUICE

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

Ascorbic acid
Patulin
Ultraviolet light
Non-thermal processing

File:

Download Dissertation_Tikekar.pdf

Committee Members:

Luke F. LaBorde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Luke F. LaBorde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hassan Gourama, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Sayyar Roudsari, Saed

Title:

PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT FILLING METHODS FOR DEPOSITION OF POWDERS IN DIES: MEASUREMENT AND MODELING

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Uniformity evaluation
Powder Mechanics
Powder deposition
Mathematical Modeling

File:

Download Saed_Sayyar_Roudsari_Thesis-Oct_11-2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

Author:

Pongtharangkul, Thunyarat

Title:

Enhanced Nisin Production in a Biofilm Reactor and Separation of Nisin

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Nisin
Bacteriocin production
Lactococcus lactis
Biofilm Reactor

File:

Download Thesis-Thunyarat_Pongtharangkul.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Emine Koc, Committee Member
Roy Edward Young, Committee Member
Joseph Irudayaraj, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Yang

Title:

A Novel Bioabsorbable Bacterial Cellulose

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bacterial cellulose
bioabsorption
Spherelike
Hydrogel
Tissue Scaffolds

File:

Download Yang_Hu_Dissertation_Bioabsorbable_Bacterial_Cellulose.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Kalaras, Michael David

Title:

Production of Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and Related Sterols in Mushrooms with Exposure to Pulsed Ultraviolet Light

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

vitamin D
mushrooms
pulsed ultraviolet light

File:

Download Kalaras_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ryan John Elias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua D Lambert, Committee Member
Robert Bruce Beelman, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Pandey, Jyotsna Lavanya

Title:

Effects of pretreatment conditions on downstream bioconversion of poplar wood into biofuels

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

biofuels
pretreatment
hydrothermal
poplar
severity factor
Parr reactor
Accelerated Solvent Extraction
thermal properties

File:

Download JyotsnaPandey_MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lalpuria, Minal Prakash

Title:

Mechanisms and kinetics of nisin release from calcium alginate films

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

antimicrobial packaging
nisin
alginate
diffusion

File:

Download 1-lalpuria_thesis_final_April_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Coupland, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Burley, Heather Kristin

Title:

Enrichment of methionine from naturally concentrated feedstuffs for use in organic poultry diets

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

poultry nutrition
organic poultry
methionine
Brazil nuts
sunflower seeds
inedible egg

File:

Download Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul H Patterson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph Michael Hulet, Committee Member
Alexander Nikolov Hristov, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Can, Fidan Ozge

Title:

Surface Decontamination of Hard Cheeses by Pulsed Uv light

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Pulsed UV light
cheese
surface decontamination
Listeria monocytogenes
Penicillium roqueforti

File:

Download THESIS-_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fang, Lin

Title:

The Impact Of Polysaccharides And Hydration On The Structure Of Cellulose

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

cellulose; water; structure; exopolysaccharides

File:

Download Lin_Fang_-_Thesis_-_JMC-07-28-2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Ercan, Duygu

Title:

Enhanced Human Lysozyme Production by Kluyveromyces lactis K7 in Biofilm Reactor

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

human lysozyme
biofilm reactor
fermentation
Kluyveromyces lactis K7
bioprocessing

File:

Download Dissertation_Duygu_Ercan.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Committee Member

Author:

Xiong, Boya

Title:

The Development of Carboxylic Acid Separation by Nanofiltration Membrane for Carboxylate Platform Using Lignocellulosic Biomass

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Nanofiltration
Lignocellulosic biomass
Mixed carboxylic acids
Carboxylate platform
Acid separation
Biorefinery.

File:

Download Final_MS_thesis_Boya_Xiong_corrected_by_080114.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Michael Regan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coban, Hasan Bugra

Title:

PRODUCTION OF PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID AND PHYTASE BY MICROBIAL FERMENTATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Phenylpyruvic acid
phytase
fermentation
optimization
bioreactors

File:

Download Hasan_Bugra_Coban-Ph_D__Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Paul H Patterson, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xinmiao

Title:

Evaluation of Electrolyzed Oxidizing Water Solutions as Alternatives for Milking System Cleaning-in-place and the Development of Mathematical Models

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

electrolyzed oxidizing (EO) water
milking system
cleaning-in-place (CIP)
blended EO water
one-step CIP
milk deposit removal

File:

Download Xinmiaos_dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Member
Robert F Roberts, Committee Member
Robert Edwin Graves, Special Member

Author:

Chandrasekar, Vaishnavi

Title:

Release kinetics of nisin from chitosan-alginate films and microparticles

Graduate Program:

Food Science

Keywords:

nisin
release
diffusion
chitosan-alginate
films
microparticles

File:

Download THESIS_Final_JULY2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John Neil Coupland, Committee Member
Catherine Nettles Cutter, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Izmirlioglu, Gulten

Title:

SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION OF WASTE POTATO MASH TO ETHANOL BY ASPERGILLUS NIGER AND SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE IN BIOFILM REACTORS

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bio-ethanol
Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation
Co-culture
Biofilm
Industrial potato waste

File:

Download Izmirlioglu_PhD_Dissertation-_Dec_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra Puri, Committee Member
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Member
Chitrita Debroy, Outside Member

Author:

Mcvey, Thomas Matthew

Title:

CONTINOUS SEPARATION OF COMMODITY CHEMICALS FROM PARTIALLY DEOXYGENATED PYROLYSIS OILS VIA FLASH DISTILLATION

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

pyrolysis
bio-oil
distillation
BTX
benzene
toluene
xylene
biomass
pyrolysis oil
separation
continuous distillation

File:

Download McVey_Final_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Edward Ciolkosz, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Mahdinia, Ehsan

Title:

VITAMIN K2 (MENAQUINONE-7) PRODUCTION BY BACILLUS SUBTILIS NATTO IN A BIOFILM REACTOR

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

MK-7
Menaquinone-7
Vitamin K
Biofilm reactor
Bacillus subtilis natto
Biofilm Reactor

File:

Download Ehsan-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Virendra M. Puri, Committee Member
Jeffrey M. Catchmark, Committee Member
Ryan J. Elias, Outside Member
Aydin Berenjian, Special Member

Author:

Cassar, Joshua Robert

Title:

UTILIZATION OF PULSED ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AS A MICROBIAL REDUCTION INTERVENTION ON RAW CHICKEN

Graduate Program:

Animal Science

Keywords:

chicken
pulsed ultraviolet light
Salmonella
E. coli
Campylobacter

File:

Download CASSAR_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward William Mills, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan Alexander Campbell, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member

Author:

Ouyang, Beining

Title:

PULSED UV LIGHT INACTIVATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND SALMONELLA IN LIQUID EGG WHITE AND ITS EFFECTS ON QUALITY

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

decontamination
liquid egg white
pulsed UV light
response surface modeling
Escherichia coli
Salmonella Enteritidis
flow-through system

File:

Download M.S.Thesis.Ouyang.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul H. Patterson, Committee Member
Virendra Puri, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Ke

Title:

Cellulose nanocomposites production through co-culture fermentation

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bacterial cellulose
Exopolysaccharides
Escherichia coli
Hyaluronic acid
Lactococcus lactis
Co-culturing
Bioreactor
Biofilm
Ribbon assembly
Crystallinity

File:

Download Dissertation_Ke_Liu_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Cibin Raj, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Outside Member

Author:

Hu, Hetian

Title:

Production of Bacterial Cellulose with Enhanced Mechanical Properties Using Pullulan Additive and Co-Culturing Methods

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Bacterial Cellulose
Co-culture Fermentation
Bionanocomposite
Exopolysaccharides
Aureobasidium pullulans
Gluconacetobacter hansenii
Pullulan
Ribbon Assembly
Crystallinity
Crystal Size
Young's Modulus
Tensile Strength

File:

Download Hetian_Graduate_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cassar, Joshua Robert

Title:

Application of Pulsed Light in Food Processing

Graduate Program:

Animal Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Pulsed Light
Ultraviolet Light
Antimicrobial
Decontamination
Food Safety
Meat Processing

File:

Download J.Cassar_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Patterson, Major Field Member
Edward Mills, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Demirci, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jonathan Campbell, Major Field Member
Adele Turzillo, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Navare, Sawali

Title:

Investigation of the impact of roasting conditions on in vitro phospholipase A2 enzyme inhibitory activity and content and profile of procyanidins in cocoa beans

Graduate Program:

Food Science (PHD)

Keywords:

Cocoa
Proanthocyanidins
Superheated steam
LCMS
Vacuum roasting
cocoa roasting
Phospholipase A2

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Committee Members:

Ryan Elias, Major Field Member
Ramaswamy Anantheswaran, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ali Demirci, Outside Unit & Field Member
Helene Hopfer, Major Field Member
Joshua Lambert, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Roberts, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bharadwaj, Anahita

Title:

Microbial Adaptation and Cotreatment-Enhanced Biomass Solubilization in Lignocellulosic Anaerobic Digestion

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

anaerobic digestion
acidogenic digestion
microbiome
mixed culture
fermentation
biomass
lignocellulose
cotreatment
bioenergy
biogas
biomethane
recalcitrance
milling
bioreactor
BioMethane Potential test

File:

Download 2020.07.Dissertation.Final.ForLibrary.AnahitaBharadwaj.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Terrence Hugh Bell, Outside Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tripathi, Jaya

Title:

GLUCOSE FROM WHEAT STRAW FOR BIOFUEL: A CHARACTERIZATION STUDY AND A TECHNO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TORREFACTION AND ALKALINE PRETREATMENT

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (PHD)

Keywords:

Torrefaction
Alkaline pretreatment
Glucose yield
wheat straw

File:

Download Jaya_s_finalized_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Danny Sykes, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ali Demirci, Major Field Member
Tom Richard, Major Field Member
Daniel Ciolkosz, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Zhaoran

Title:

Optimization of Hot Water Pretreatment of Switchgrass for Acidogenic and Anaerobic Digestion

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering (MS)

Keywords:

Switchgrass
Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment
Acidogenic Digestion
Anaerobic Digestion

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Committee Members:

Tom Richard, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Demirci, Committee Member
Suat Irmak, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Rachel Brennan, Committee Member

Author:

Iram, Attia

Title:

Microbial production of cellulases and hemicellulases using distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) as the feedstock

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems (PHD)

Keywords:

Distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS)
DDGS
Culture Optimization
Pretreatment
Lignocellulosic biomass
Lignocellulolytic enzymes
Cellulases
Hemicellulases
Media Optimization
RSM

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Committee Members:

Ryan Elias, Outside Unit & Field Member
Juliana Vasco-Correa, Major Field Member
Ali Demirci, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Daniel Ciolkosz, Major Field Member
Deniz Cekmecelioglu, Special Member
Suat Irmak, Program Head/Chair