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Author:

Mayernick, Adam David

Title:

Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Density Functional Theory
Palladium
Catalysis
Ceria
Hydrocarbon Oxidation

File:

Download MAYERNICK_PHDTHESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Keshavarzi, Banafsheh

Title:

OZONE TRANSPORT AND UPTAKE IN ANATOMICALLY-ACCURATE MODELS OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Respiratory fluid dynamics
Dosimetry modeling
Ozone
Computational fluid dynamics

File:

Download Banafsheh_Keshavarzi.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James S Ultman, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Rebecca Bascom, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, Chao

Title:

UNDERSTANDING OF CATALYST DEACTIVATION CAUSED BY SULFUR POISONING AND CARBON DEPOSITION IN STEAM REFORMING OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON FUELS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen
reforming
Nickel
Rhodium
Deactivation
Sulfur poisoning
Carbon deposition

File:

Download PH.D.Thesis_Chao_20110411.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

McLafferty, Jason

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS: SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE AND ORGANOTIN HYDRIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

organic electrochemistry
electroreduction
hydrogen storage
sodium borohydride

File:

Download Jason_McLafferty_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

McDermott, Joseph James

Title:

FABRICATION AND PURIFICATION OF SELF-MOTILE NOBLE METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR ACTIVE COLLOIDAL DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrophoresis
colloidal assembly
micromotors

File:

Download McDermott_11sep2011_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Jiahua

Title:

Ab initio study of surface chemistry for fuel processing: adsorptive desulfurization and carbon resistant steam reforming

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Adsorptive desulfurization
steam reforming
DFT
TiO2
CeO2
fuel processing

File:

Download Guo_JH_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member
Xiaoliang Ma, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member

Author:

Kugai, Junichiro

Title:

Kinetics of Oxygen-enhanced Water Gas Shift on Bimetallic Catalysts and the Roles of Metals and Support

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Oxygen-enhanced Water Gas Shift (OWGS)
Water Gas Shift (WGS)
Pd
Cu
Metal Catalyst
CeO2-supported Pd-Cu
Bimetallic catalyst

File:

Download Junichiro_Kugai_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chunshan Song, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chunshan Song, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Member
Yongsheng Chen, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Sinha, Kokonad

Title:

Segmental dynamics and ion association in poly(ethylene oxide) based single ion conductors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer conduction
solid polymer electrolytes
single ion conductors
ionomers
quasi elastic neutron scattering
polymer dynamics

File:

Download Sinha-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Alimohammadi Zanjani, Mozhgan

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Aggregation of Anatase (Titanium Dioxide) Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

rutile
anatase
titanium dioxide
oriented attachment
aggregation

File:

Download Alimohammadi-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Chaturvedi, Neetu

Title:

Colloidal Fabrication of Catalytic and Nanophotonic Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowells
Colloidal Doublets
Colloidal Motors
Bottom-up Assembly Techniques
Colloidal Assembly
Speckled Spheres
Nanodisc

File:

Download Silver-Amidine_PSL_motors.aviDownload Silver-Silica_Motors.mpegDownload Silver-Sulfate_PSL_Motors.aviDownload Pac_Man_1.mpegDownload Pac_Man_2.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_chains_Exclusion_regions1.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_chains_Exclusion_regions2.aviDownload Silver-Dynabead_Motor.aviDownload 1.5umAPSL_90nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload 1umAPSL_120nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload 2.5um_APSL_120nmAg_Janus_motors.aviDownload Dynabead-TiO2_Chains_fireworks.aviDownload Dissertation_Neetu_Chaturvedi.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member