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Author:: Welch, Amy P
Title:: Distributed Cellulosic Ethanol: A County Level Investigation of Sustainable Production Potential
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: renewable energy
calculator
sustainability
biofuel
biomass
File:: Download Welch_MSThesis_12.08.pdf
Committee Members:: Amy Glasmeier, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tabatabai, Behnam
Title:: TISSUE CULTURE AND TRANSFORMATION STUDIES OF JATROPHA CURCAS, A SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL CROP
Graduate Program:: Environmental Pollution Control
Keywords:: genetic engineering
Jatropha curcas
biofuel
tranformation
tissue culture
File:: Download Thesis_final_draft4.pdf
Committee Members:: Sairam Rudrabhalta, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sairam V Rudrabhatla, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Minihan, Erin Smith
Title:: The Impact of Ethanol Production on Agricultural Land Use in Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Agricultural Economics
Keywords:: ricardian rent
land use
biofuel
chesapeake bay
File:: Download ESMthesis_5.pdf
Committee Members:: James Samuel Shortle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Boudreau, Kate Brown
Title:: A COMPARISON OF SPEED OF SOUND AND ACOUSTIC NONLINEARITY PARAMETERS AS BIOFUEL CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
Graduate Program:: Engineering Mechanics
Keywords:: nonlinear parameter
nonlinear acoustics
speed of sound
biofuel
biodiesel
File:: Download Boudreau_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Wang, Jun
Title:: Quantitative Study of Stoichiometric Proton Imbalance in Phototrophic Algal Growth
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: algae
biofuel
pH
process control
nitrogen
File:: Download Jun_Wang_MS_thesis__final_20130805.pdf
Committee Members:: Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Haviland, Zachary
Title:: Lignin impairs Cel7A degradation of cellulose by impeding enzyme movement and not by acting as a sink
Graduate Program:: Biomedical Engineering (MS)
Keywords:: cellulose
lignin
Cel7A
single-molecule microscopy
biofuel
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Committee Members:: William O Hancock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Justin R Pritchard, Committee Member
Daniel Hayes, Program Head/Chair
Howard M Salis, Committee Member

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