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1. Hydrocarbon Conversion Catalysis on Ceria-based Mixed Metal Oxides

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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

2. AN ASSESSMENT OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIOFUELS AND ELECTROFUELS TECHNOLOGIES UNDER RATE-LIMITED CONDITIONS

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Author:
Tuerk, Amalie Lauren
Title:
AN ASSESSMENT OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIOFUELS AND ELECTROFUELS TECHNOLOGIES UNDER RATE-LIMITED CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
renewable energy
biofuels
chemolithoautotrophic growth
rhodobacter capsulatus
ralstonia eutropha
chlorella vulgaris
botryococcus braunii
mass-transfer limited growth
light-limited growth
File:
Download Tuerk_MSThesis_2011_v.Final3_12-1-2011.pdf
Committee Members:
Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. A NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF MICROSCOPIC PROCESSES USING A FUZZY SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION APPROACH

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Author:
Rahnamoun, Ali
Title:
A NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF MICROSCOPIC PROCESSES USING A FUZZY SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION APPROACH
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear model predictive control
kinetic monte carlo
nonlinear fuzzy system identification
File:
Download Rahnamoun_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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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

5. A novel AFM technique for simultaneous non-contact imaging of topography and surface potential in solution

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Author:
Marchand, David Joseph
Title:
A novel AFM technique for simultaneous non-contact imaging of topography and surface potential in solution
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
scanning polarization force microscopy
non-contact imaging
atomic force microscope
electrostatic actuation
File:
Download MS_Thesis_FINAL1.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong Han Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong H Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. CATIONIC POLYMER LUBRICANT (CPL): A NEW BOUND AND MOBILE BOUNDARY LUBRICANT WITH SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES

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Author:
Hsiao Liao, Erik
Title:
CATIONIC POLYMER LUBRICANT (CPL): A NEW BOUND AND MOBILE BOUNDARY LUBRICANT WITH SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Self-healing
Lubricant
Polymer
Tribology
AFM
File:
Download Erik_Hsiao_Liao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

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

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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

9. SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE-DYNAMICS RELATIONSHIP OF POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)-BASED SINGLE-ION CONDUCTORS

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Author:
Wang, Jing-Han Helen
Title:
SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE-DYNAMICS RELATIONSHIP OF POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)-BASED SINGLE-ION CONDUCTORS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
PEO-based ionomers
segmental relaxation
electrode polarization
ionic conductivity
File:
Download Master_Thesis_by_Helen_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

10. Engineering High-Level Transient Expression of Heterologous Proteins in Plant Cell Suspensions and Hairy Roots

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Author:
Larsen, Jeffrey
Title:
Engineering High-Level Transient Expression of Heterologous Proteins in Plant Cell Suspensions and Hairy Roots
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
plant tissue culture
transient expression
agrobacterium tumefaciens
viral vectors
hairy roots
cell suspensions
File:
Download Larsen_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles Peter Romaine, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Timothy W Mcnellis, Committee Member

12. OXIDATIVE PROPERTIES AND THERMAL POLYMERIZATION OF SOYBEAN OIL AND APPLICATION IN GEAR LUBRICANTS

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Author:
Arca, Mert
Title:
OXIDATIVE PROPERTIES AND THERMAL POLYMERIZATION OF SOYBEAN OIL AND APPLICATION IN GEAR LUBRICANTS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
thermal polymerization
ASTM
DSC
TGA
NMR
lubricant
Vegetable oil
diels alder
File:
Download Mert_Arca_953398542_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Performance Characteristics of Virus Filtration Membranes: Protein Fouling and Virus Retention

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Author:
Bakhshayeshirad, Meisam
Title:
Performance Characteristics of Virus Filtration Membranes: Protein Fouling and Virus Retention
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Virus Retention
Fouling
Membrane
Virus Filtration
File:
Download Bakhshayeshi_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

14. EFFECT OF ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS DURING PROTEIN ULTRAFILTRATION: EFFECTS OF LIGAND CHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN SURFACE CHARGE DISTRIBUTION

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Author:
Mardoukhi Rohani, Mahsa
Title:
EFFECT OF ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS DURING PROTEIN ULTRAFILTRATION: EFFECTS OF LIGAND CHEMISTRY AND PROTEIN SURFACE CHARGE DISTRIBUTION
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Ultrafiltration
Electrostatic Interactions
Membrane Filtration
Protein
File:
Download Dissertation_Mahsa_M._Rohani.pdf
Committee Members:
Professor Andrew L Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Arnold Anthony Fontaine, Committee Member

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

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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

16. Colloidal Fabrication of Catalytic and Nanophotonic Devices

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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

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

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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

19. Feedback control and optimization using adaptive reduced order models

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Open Access
Author:
Pitchaiah, Sivakumar
Title:
Feedback control and optimization using adaptive reduced order models
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Nonlinear control
Process control
Proper orthogonal decomposition
Partial differential equation
Model reduction
File:
Download SP-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Antonios Armaou, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Antonios Armaou, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Costas D Maranas, Committee Member
Jacob Willem Langelaan, Committee Member

20. DROP DEFORMATION AND BREAKUP IN CONFINED FLOWS OF VISCOELASTIC TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS

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Author:
Sharifi Khobdeh, Shirin
Title:
DROP DEFORMATION AND BREAKUP IN CONFINED FLOWS OF VISCOELASTIC TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
DROP DEFORMATION
DROP BREAKUP
CONFINED FLOWS
VISCOELASTIC TWO-PHASE SYSTEMS
File:
Download Shirin-Sharifi-Khobdeh.pdf
Committee Members:
Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramaswamy C Anantheswaran, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member

21. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANE IONOMERS

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Shih-Wa
Title:
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANE IONOMERS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
polyurethane
ionomers
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
rheology
File:
Download SW_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

22. VAPOR PHASE LUBRICATION OF SiO2 SURFACES VIA ADSORPTION OF SHORT CHAIN LINEAR ALCOHOLS & A SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATION SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE IN BIOMASS

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Author:
Barnette, Anna Lorraine
Title:
VAPOR PHASE LUBRICATION OF SiO2 SURFACES VIA ADSORPTION OF SHORT CHAIN LINEAR ALCOHOLS & A SUM FREQUENCY GENERATION VIBRATION SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE IN BIOMASS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
sum frequency generation vibration spectroscopy
cellulose
adsorption
nanotribology
SFG
File:
Download Anna_Barnette_Dissertation_submitted.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong H. Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael J. Janik, Committee Member
Robert M. Rioux, Committee Member
David L. Allara, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member