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Author:

Woods, Melissa Ann

Title:

Pressure Effects on Virus Retention with the Ultipor Dv20 Membrane

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Virus filtration
bioprocessing
virus clearance
bacteriophage

File:

Download Melissa_Woods_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Escotet Espinoza, Manuel Sebastian

Title:

Optimization of Growth Temperature Conditions for the Production of Heterologous and Homologous Membrane Proteins In anaerobic photoheterotrophic Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane proteins
heterologous expression
Rhodobacter
photoheterotrophic

File:

Download Escotet_MSThesis_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zuroff, Trevor Roman

Title:

Engineering a microbial consortium for lignocellulosic biofuel production

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Lignocellulose
biofuels
Clostridium phytofermentans
cellulose
microbial consortia

File:

Download TRZ_Thesis_7.15.14.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Binabaji, Elaheh

Title:

Ultrafiltration of Highly Concentrated Monoclonal Antibody Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Ultrafiltration
Memebrane
Concentration
Formulation
Monoclonal antibodies
Biotechnology
Purification

File:

Download Ela_Binabaji-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Kar, Abhishek

Title:

Self-generated Diffusiophoresis In Dead-end Pores

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Diffusiophoresis
Diffusioosmosis
Pseudomorphic mineral replacement
Membrane fouling
Micropumps
Colloids and Interfaces

File:

Download Abhishek_Kar_Final_PhD_Thesis_2015march3.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Kwan, Brian Wai

Title:

Genetic Basis for Persister Cell Formation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

persister cells
antibiotic tolerance
toxin/antitoxin system

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Genetic_Basis_for_Persister_Cell_Formation__Brian_Kwan_Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Keith Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Stephen John Knabel, Committee Member

Author:

Khan, Nymul Ehsan

Title:

Development of biological platform for the autotrophic production of biofuels

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemolithoautotroph
CO2 fixation
Rhodobacter capsulatus
Ralstonia eutropha
triterpene
squalene
botryococcene
chemostat

File:

Download 1-Dissertation_NEK_v12_4.1.15.pdf

Committee Members:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Special Member

Author:

O'connor, Joseph William

Title:

Biophysical Regulation of TGFbeta1-induced epithelial mesenchymal transition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

epithelial mesenchymal transition
cytoskeleton
cell adhesion
TGFbeta signaling
epigenetics
microcontact printing

File:

Download OConnor_finaldissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Winter Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member

Author:

Espah Borujeni, Amin

Title:

The Development of Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium Models of Translation and Riboswitch Regulation: Towards the Automated Design of Cellular Sensors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biophysical Modelling
Translation Initiation
Riboswitch function
RNA folding thermodynamics
RNA folding Kinetics

File:

Download PhD_dissertation_--_Amin_Espah_Borujeni.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard M Salis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee 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:

Chowdhury, Anupam

Title:

Developing optimization-based algorithms for rational engineering of microbial strains

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

computational bioengineering
genome-scale metabolic model
strain-design algorithms
deterministic optimization protocols
kinetic models of metabolism
metabolic pathway prediction
metabolic engineering e coli & yeast

File:

Download thesis_doc_08_18_16.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D. Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S Shashikant, Outside Member

Author:

Saboe, Patrick Owen

Title:

Wiring enzymes to electrodes using biomimetic membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Bio-inspired membranes for energy and the environment

File:

Download P-Saboe_PhD-Dissertation_10-17-2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Outside Member

Author:

Mueller, Thomas J

Title:

Modeling Metabolism and Regulation to Facilitate Strain Characterization and Design

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Optimization
Cyanobacteria
Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Metabolic Modeling

File:

Download Mueller_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
James Gregory Ferry, Outside Member

Author:

Mcanulty, Michael Justin

Title:

METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF THE ARCHAEON Methanosarcina acetivorans FOR PRODUCTS FROM METHANE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Metabolic engineering
methanogen
anaerobic oxidation of methane
acetate
lactate
microbial fuel cell
flavins
consortia

File:

Download Dissertation_Mike_McAnulty.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas K. Wood, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas K. Wood, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
Stephen John Knabel, Outside Member

Author:

Garg, Astha

Title:

Zeta Potentials and Mineral Replacement at Surfaces in Saturated Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

zeta potential
mineral replacement
saturated salt
dissolution
precipitation
janus particles
fluid transport
porosity generation
pseudomorphic mineral replacement
enhanced oil recovery
chemical microfracking
micro-fracking
micro fracking
drug delivery
hydroxyapatite
high ionic strength
dye penetration
electrophoresis
high speed microscopy
fourier transform

File:

Download 2017_05_23_AsthaGarg_PhDThesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member
Ayusman Sen, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Ying

Title:

PURIFICATION OF PLASMID DNA USING ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane
separation
plasmid DNA
bioprocessing
chemical engineering
ultrafiltration

File:

Download Ying_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member

Author:

Guha, Rajarshi

Title:

CHEMICALLY-DRIVEN TRANSPORT OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES AND MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemically-driven transport
Diffusiophoresis
Diffusioosmosis
Reverse Osmosis
Membrane fouling
Catalytic Membrane
Metal oxide nanoparticles
Coffee ring
Surface patterning
Dye-sensitized solar cells
Methylated DNA detection
Molecular chemotaxis
Binding-unbinding
Molecular dyes
polymer gradients
microchannel
COMSOL modeling
Droplet evaporation modeling
Coffee ring number
Polystyrene particles
Chemotaxis index

File:

Download rxg276_Final_thesis_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Schantz, Allen Benjamin

Title:

Analysis of Biomimetic Block Copolymer Membranes Used for Protein Incorporation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

biomimetic membranes
membrane proteins
molecular dynamics
neutron scattering
reverse osmosis
detergent dialysis

File:

Download Thesis_11142017.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Outside Member

Author:

Senftle, Margaret Naomi

Title:

Development and Application of Metabolic Models for Determining the Effect of Genetic and Environmental Perturbations on Maize

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Maize Metabolism
Genetic Perturbations
Genome-scale Metabolic Modelling
Environmental Perturbations

File:

Download MSenftle_Thesis_072817.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Mark Guiltinan, Outside Member

Author:

Ng, Chiam Yu

Title:

Computational Design and Optimization of Metabolic Pathways

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Metabolic engineering
Glycolysis
Optimization of metabolic network
Synthetic biology
Computational biology
Metabolic pathway design
Combinatorial pathway engineering

File:

Download Dissertation_Chiam_Yu_Ng.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D. Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D. Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Phillip E. Savage, Committee Member
Cooduvalli S. Shashikant, Outside Member

Author:

Rahimi, Mohammad

Title:

Thermally regenerative ammonia batteries for converting low-grade waste heat to electricity

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical energy storage
battery
thermall battery
waste heat recovery
ion exchange membrane
energy conversion
electrochemistry
flow battery
electrodeposition

File:

Download Mohammad_Rahimi-PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Feroz, Hasin Maksura

Title:

TRANSPORT KINETICS OF OPTOGENETICALLY RELEVANT MEMBRANE PROTEINS: PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane protein
detergent
transport rate of opsins
vesicle/oocyte-based rate
extraction / purification
ultrafiltration

File:

Download Thesis_HasinFeroz_ed_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Jones, Cory Armand

Title:

Development and Characterization of Biomimetic Membranes for use in Environmental and Biomedical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biomimetics
Membranes
Opsins
Graphene

File:

Download Cory_A_Jones_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Luo, Jiawei

Title:

Understanding shear-induced hydrolysis reactions on soda lime silica glass surface

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Soda lime silica glass
surface structure of glass
surface mechanical properties
shear-induced hydrolysis reactions
vibrational spectroscopy
wear behavior
surface chemistry

File:

Download Jiawei_PhD_Dissertation_Submit2.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Carlo G. Pantano, Outside Member

Author:

Ren, Tingwei

Title:

MEMBRANE PROTEIN BASED BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES: DESIGN, FUNCTIONAL STUDIES, AND FABRICATION

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane Protein
Biomimetic Membranes

File:

Download Dissertation_TingweiRen.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Fallahianbijan, Fatemeh

Title:

EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF VIRUS FILTRATION MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Virus Filtration
Membrane Fouling
Membrane Characterization
Viral Clearance
Nanoparticles

File:

Download Dissertation_Fatemeh_Fallahianbijan.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Culp, Tyler

Title:

Advanced characterization of polyamide thin-films for reverse osmosis membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

desalination
reverse osmosis
polyamide
transmission electron microscopy
membrane

File:

Download Culp__Tyler_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Farell, Megan

Title:

Evaluation of Graphene for its Applications in Biosensors and Cancer Therapy

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
biosensors
cancer therapy
antioxidant enzymes

File:

Download Megan_Farell-dissertation_final_version_updated.pdf

Committee Members:

Esther Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chowdhury, Ratul

Title:

Computational Redesign Of Channel Proteins, Enzymes, and Antibodies

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Protein Design
Channel Proteins
Enzyme Engineering
De novo Antibody Design
Integer Optimization
Molecular Mechanics

File:

Download RatulChowdhury_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair