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Author:

Zamil, Mohammad S

Title:

Multiscale investigation from subcellular to tissue scale of onion epidermal plant cell wall mechanical properties

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Plant cell walls
Mechanical characterization
Tensile loading
MEMS
Biomaterials
Bridging subcellular and tissue scales

File:

Download Dissertation-_M._Shafayet_Zamil__Dec_18_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Virendra Puri, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Virendra Puri, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Ho Jae Yi, Special Member

Author:

Camargo, Gustavo

Title:

Water and Light Competition among Multiple Species

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

water uptake
light interception
plant competition
water stress
crop model
agroecosystems

File:

Download Camargo2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marvin H Hall, Committee Member
Sarah C Goslee, Committee Member

Author:

Pandey, Jyotsna Lavanya

Title:

Investigation of lignin interactions and deposition in plant cell walls

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

lignin
density function theory
amino acid
non-covalent interaction
monolignol
click chemistry

File:

Download JLPandey_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Lehman Richard, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Lehman Richard, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member
Charles T Anderson, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Ming Tien, 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:

Zhang, Zhao

Title:

Design, test, and improvement of a low-cost apple harvest-assist unit

Graduate Program:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Keywords:

Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA)
apple harvest
safety
ergonomic analysis
harvest assist-unit
awkward postures.

File:

Download Zhao_Zhang_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Heinz Heinemann, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jude Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andris Freivalds, Committee Member
James Rawlinson Schupp, Special Member