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1. Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics

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Author:
Ravi, Venkataramanan
Title:
Heterogeneous Catalysis at the Single-molecule Level: A Quantitative Understanding of the Catalytic Activity of Individual Gold Nanoparticles and its Associated Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Gold Nanoparticles
Single Molecule Level Measurements
Kinetic Analysis
Thermodynamics
File:
Download Final_PhD_Thesis_Venkat_Ravi.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

2. The development of computational methods for designing antibodies and other proteins

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Open Access
Author:
Pantazes, Robert Jeffrey
Title:
The development of computational methods for designing antibodies and other proteins
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
protein
antibody
complementarity determining regions
IPRO
MAPs
de novo protein design
File:
Download RPantazesThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Arthur Mallay Lesk, Special Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member

4. The Design of a Shape Selective Platinum-carbon Catalyst with High Effectiveness

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Open Access
Author:
Peer Lachegurabi, Maryam
Title:
The Design of a Shape Selective Platinum-carbon Catalyst with High Effectiveness
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
nanoporous carbon
heterogeneous catalysis
Emulsion polymerization
Platinum nanoparticles
liquid phase hydrogenation
File:
Download Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Professpr Henry C Foley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Professpr Henry C Foley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

7. Effects of Air Temperature and Oxygen Dilution on the Ignition Behavior of Liquid Fuels in an Optical Spray Chamber

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Open Access
Author:
Mayo, Michael Peter
Title:
Effects of Air Temperature and Oxygen Dilution on the Ignition Behavior of Liquid Fuels in an Optical Spray Chamber
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
constant volume combustion chamber
spray
ignition delay
CID
optical
PMT
oxygen dilution
diesel
biodiesel
heptane
File:
Download masters_thesis_Michael_P_Mayo.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andre Louis Boehman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Tuning Filler Shape, Surface Chemistry and Ion Content in Nano-filled Polymer Electrolytes.

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Open Access
Author:
Ganapatibhotla, Lalitha
Title:
Tuning Filler Shape, Surface Chemistry and Ion Content in Nano-filled Polymer Electrolytes.
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolytes
lithium ion batteries
nanoparticles
nanowhiskers
polymer dynamics
QENS
reflectometry
File:
Download Lalitha_Ganapatibhotla_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

10. Engineering a microbial consortium for lignocellulosic biofuel production

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Open Access
Author:
Zuroff, Trevor Roman
Title:
Engineering a microbial consortium for lignocellulosic biofuel production
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Lignocellulose
biofuels
Clostridium phytofermentans
cellulose
microbial consortia
File:
Download TRZ_Thesis_7.15.14.pdf
Committee Members:
Wayne Roger Curtis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Thomas Keith Wood, Committee Member
Katriona Shea, Committee Member
Manish Kumar, Committee Member

11. Ratcheted contact charge electrophoresis

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Open Access
Author:
Drews, Aaron M
Title:
Ratcheted contact charge electrophoresis
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
electrophoresis
microfluidics
contact charging
ratchets
File:
Download Drews_Dissertation_20July2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

13. Cleanup of Biomass Gasification Effluent Using M-doped Ceria Catalysts

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Open Access
Author:
Krcha, Matthew David
Title:
Cleanup of Biomass Gasification Effluent Using M-doped Ceria Catalysts
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Density Functional Theory
Catalysis
Ceria
Dopant
Hydrocarbon
Sulfur
File:
Download MatthewKrchaDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

14. Analysis of endothelial cell contractility in melanoma induced junction disruption of endothelial monolayers

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Open Access
Author:
Pohler, Steven E
Title:
Analysis of endothelial cell contractility in melanoma induced junction disruption of endothelial monolayers
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
endothelial
junction disruption
VE-cadherin
melanoma
contractility
soluble factors
receptor-ligand binding
interleukins
File:
Download SEP_Thesis_2014.pdf
Committee Members:
Esther Winter Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. MOLECULAR-LEVEL STUDIES OF FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

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Author:
Chang, Ji Woong
Title:
MOLECULAR-LEVEL STUDIES OF FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Nanoparticle synthesis
Anion
Hollow nanoparticle
Kirkendall effect
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Continuous method
File:
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Committee Members:
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

16. Reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale metabolic models of photosynthetic organisms

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Open Access
Author:
Saha, Rajib
Title:
Reconstruction and analysis of genome-scale metabolic models of photosynthetic organisms
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Genome-scale model
Cyanobacteria
Zea mays
Cyanothece sp. ATCC51142
Synechocystis sp. PCC6803
File:
Download Saha_dissertation_0728_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Costas D Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Costas D Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Howard M Salis, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Committee Member

18. computationally-guided design of conjugated block copolymers for solar cells

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Open Access
Author:
KUANG, HAO
Title:
computationally-guided design of conjugated block copolymers for solar cells
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
conjugated block copolymer
organic photovoltaics
intermolecular electron transfer
intramolecular charge recombination
File:
Download Master_thesis_fv_Hao_Kuang.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael John Janik, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

19. Optimization of Ionic Conduction in Ion-containing Polymers for Li-ion Batteries

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Open Access
Author:
Shiau, Huai-suen
Title:
Optimization of Ionic Conduction in Ion-containing Polymers for Li-ion Batteries
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
ionomers
electrolytes
ionic conduction
lithium batteries
File:
Download Huai-Suens_PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

20. Purification of plasmid DNA using membrane-based processes

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Author:
Espah Borujeni, Ehsan Allah
Title:
Purification of plasmid DNA using membrane-based processes
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Plasmid ultrafiltration
Plasmid isoforms separation
Plasmid purification
Membrane fouling
Backpulsing in ultrafiltration
File:
Download Ehsan_Allah_Espah_Borujeni-_PhD_Dissertation-Submitted_to_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Zydney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Zydney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member

22. Conjugated block copolymers: a building block for high-performance organic photovoltaics

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Author:
Guo, Changhe
Title:
Conjugated block copolymers: a building block for high-performance organic photovoltaics
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Block copolymer
organic photovoltaics
self-assembly
RSOXS
EFTEM
crystalline texture
morphology
File:
Download PhD_thesis_Changhe_Guo.pdf
Committee Members:
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member