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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:

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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:

Asay, David Benjamin

Title:

EFFECTS OF VAPOR-PHASE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUENTS ON MACRO- TO NANO-TRIBOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

friction
adhesion
wear
silicon
MEMS
vapor phase
lubrication
adsorption
water

File:

Download Asay_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Seong H Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Lamborn, Daniel Ray

Title:

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Hybrid Physical-Chemical Vapor Deposition of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

magnesium diboride
superconductor
numerical modeling
reactor design
process development

File:

Download DRL_PhD_Thesis_080607.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Antonios Armaou, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

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

Author:

Nimmatoori, Pramod

Title:

Vapor-liquid-solid growth of Silicon and Silicon Germanium nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon Germanium
Silicon
Nanowires
Vapor-liquid-solid mechanism
Growth

File:

Download Pramod_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Minassian, Sharis

Title:

Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth of Group IV (Si, Ge, SiGe) Single and Heterostructured Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowire
VLS growth
Disilane
Kinetic model

File:

Download Sharis_Minassian.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Shahravan, Anaram

Title:

Surface Engineering of Nanoparticles by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
Nanoparticle coating
Nanoparticle synthesis
Hydrophobic coating
Encapsulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Themis Matsoukas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member