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Author:

Taylor, Adekemi Bisola

Title:

Three-Dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations of Ozone Uptake in the Respiratory Tract

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

airway bifurcation
computational fluid dynamics
mass transport
lower respiratory tract
dosimetry modeling
ozone

File:

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Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member

Author:

Fick, Anthony Daniel

Title:

Development and Implementation of a Hybrid Volume of Fluid/Level Set Method to Study Two Phase Flows

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

volume of fluid
level set
buoyancy driven
pressure driven

File:

Download Tony-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

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:

Yake, Allison Mary

Title:

Assembly of Colloidal Particles via Site-Specific Functionalizations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

aggregation
colloidal particle
functionalization
self-assembly

File:

Download yake_thesis_11-13-07_high_bw.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Burgard, Anthony P.

Title:

OPTIMIZATION-BASED FRAMEWORKS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND REDESIGN OF METABOLIC NETWORKS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

metabolic network
stoichiometric modeling
microbial strain design

File:

Download Thesis_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

Author:

Merritt, Anna Roberta

Title:

The Design of High Flux Nanoporous Carbon Membranes and Their Application in Small Gas Molecule Separations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

carbon
molecular sieving
gas separation
membrane
nanoporous carbon
inorganic membrane
microporous
carbon membrane

File:

Download Final_Thesis_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Zahr, Alisar

Title:

SOLID CORE-SHELL DRUG NANOPARTICLES FOR THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanoparticles
drug delivery
cancer

File:

Download Alisar_Zahr_Thesis_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Adam T.

Title:

Cosolvent Effects in Polymer-Solvent Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

high pressure
polymer-solvent systems
cosolvent

File:

Download AdamJones_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald Paul Danner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member

Author:

Mehta, Amit

Title:

Performance Characteristics of Charged Ultrafiltration Membranes: Fundamental Studies and Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biotechnology
Bioseparation
Ultrafiltration
Protein Purification
Charged Membrane
Permeability
Selectivity
Bioprocessing

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Ewing, Committee Member

Author:

Fassih, Ali

Title:

Ozone Uptake in the Human Nasal Cavity: The contribution of Uric Acid

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

uric acid
nasal
antioxidant
uptake
ozone
respiratory

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James S Ultman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abdellaziz Ben Jebria, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Rebecca Bascom, Committee Member

Author:

Indrakanti, Ananth

Title:

Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

single chain mean field theory
neutron scattering
polymer blends
phase behavior

File:

Download ananth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Lehmann, Andreas

Title:

Molecular Design in Chemical and Biological Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

quantum chemistry
molecular design
protein design
protein engineering

File:

Download andreas_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Varshney, Amit

Title:

Optimization and control of multiscale process systems using model reduction: Application to thin-film growth

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Carleman Linearization
System Identification
Optimization
Dynamic Optimization
Modeling
Multiscale
Stochastic
Model Predictive Control
Receding Horizon Control
Thin film growth
Epitaxy

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Clark, Becky L

Title:

An Implantable Electrochemical Multi-Analyte Sensor Array for Metabolite Monitoring

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical biosensor
glucose
lactate and pyruvate sensor
array

File:

Download Thesis_Becky_Clark.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael V Pishko, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Craig A Grimes, Committee Member
Jong In Hahm, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Yi, Bo

Title:

STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF NANOPOROUS CARBON WITH SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBE

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

poly(furfuryl alcohol)
nanoporous carbon
single wall carbon nanotube
carbon
nanocomposite

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, 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:

Snyder, Charles Eduardo

Title:

Controlling Colloidal Interaction Through Assymetric Functionalization

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bottom-up assembly
Janus particle
particle lithography
colloid

File:

Download Thesisformated.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Burket, Christopher L

Title:

GENESIS AND EVOLUTION OF POROSITY AND MICROSTRUCTURE IN NANOPOROUS CARBON DERIVED FROM POLYFURFURYL ALCOHOL

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

molecular sieves
graphitization
nanoporous carbon
activated carbon
non-graphitizing carbon
carbon
polymerization
pyrolysis
activation
capacitors

File:

Download Burket_ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Angela Lueking, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Chunxia

Title:

SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS IN POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

segmental dynamics
PEO/PMMA blend

File:

Download PhDThesis_Chen.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Triplett, Derek Adam

Title:

Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Non-Spherical Particles: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal
Monte Carlo
assembly
nematic
non-spherical particles
smectic

File:

Download Derek_Triplett_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair