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Dissertations from 2009

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Microwave reactor engineering of zeolites synthesis, Murad Gharibeh

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Supercritical fluid deposition of thin metal films: Kinetics, mechanics and applications, Christos F. Karanikas

Intracellular metabolism of cancer cells and drug delivery using gold nanoparticles in an in vitro 3D tumor model, Byoungjin Kim

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Atomic-scale analysis of plastic deformation in thin-film forms of electronic materials, Kedarnath Kolluri

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Understanding Adsorption in Mesoporous Materials through Lattice-based Density Functional Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation, Bradd Elden Libby

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Functionalized nanoparticles for biological imaging and detection applications, Bing C. Mei

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Developing reactive molecular dynamics for understanding polymer chemical kinetics, Kenneth D. Smith

Dissertations from 2008

Control and modification of the structure and properties of associative network polymer hydrogels, Sarvesh Kumar Agrawal

Coarse molecular-dynamics analysis of structural transitions in condensed matter, Miguel A Amat

Polymer-clay dispersions as soft glassy materials: Rheology, dynamics and structure, Hossein Allen Baghdadi

Modeling the dynamic adhesion of colloidal objects flowing over nanotextured heterogeneous surfaces, Ranojoy Dipak Duffadar

Dynamics and stability of non-inertial coating flows over heterogeneous surfaces, Naveen Tiwari

BEBOP, a new reactive potential using bond-energy/bond-order relationships, Sonia V Tulyani

Microwaves and sorption on oxides: Surface temperature and adsorption selectivity investigation, Steven James Vallee

Dissertations from 2007

Theoretical analysis of current-induced void dynamics in metallic thin films, Jaeseol Cho

Materials for bio-sensors and renewable energy applications: Fabrication of mesoporous metal oxide films by the three-dimensional replication of block copolymers, David M Hess

Individual chemoreceptors of Salmonella typhimurium direct its accumulation in heterogeneous tumor tissue in vitro, Rachel W Kasinskas

Rheology and interfacial properties of aqueous solutions of the diblock polyelectrolyte poly(styrene-block-acrylic acid), Abigail Kimerling

Self assembly and shear induced morphologies of asymmetric block copolymers with spherical domains, Prashant N Mandare

Polymer/molecular sieve composite membranes for gas and vapor separations, Maybelle Woo

Dissertations from 2006

Nonlinear modeling, estimation and predictive control of cryogenic air separation columns, Shoujun Bian

Modeling growth and stability of nanoporous materials, Matthew H Ford

In vitro applications in drug metabolism and cell encapsulation, Sarwat F Khattak

Multiscale modeling of semiconductor nanocrystal synthesis in templating media, Borislava Kostova

Effects of shape anisotropy on microstructural evolution of diblock copolymers, Ashoutosh Panday

Flammability and pyrolysis chemistry of standard and novel fire-safe polymers, Aurelie Schoemann

Applications and computational fluid dynamics study of supercritical fluid processes, Xiaoying Shan

Dissertations from 2005

Molecular modeling of solid-fluid equilibrium for complex molecules, Maohua Cao

Structure and interactions of polyelectrolyte block polymers in solution, Mark Crichton

Shear-induced crystallization of model polymers, Aadil Elmoumni

Thermodynamics of polymer-diluent systems at high pressure, Timothy John Francis

Kinetics of the slurry polymerization of propylene using metallocene catalysts: Experiment and simulation, Ramon A Gonzalez-Ruiz

Molecular-beam mass spectrometry of ethylene and cyclohexane flames, Matthew E Law

The use of flow cytometry to study variability of paclitaxel accumulation in Taxus cell suspension cultures, Michael C Naill

Replication of ordered block copolymer templates for the preparation of porous metal oxides in supercritical carbon dioxide, Rajaram Achut Pai

The effects of pharmaceuticals and cell media on the micellar structure and gelation behavior of PEO-PPO-PEO copolymers, Praveen K Sharma

Copper metallization in supercritical carbon dioxide: Applications and kinetics, Yinfeng Zong

Dissertations from 2004

Modeling, analysis, and characterization of zeolite MFI crystal and membrane growth, Griselda Bonilla

Combustion modeling of ethylene/oxygen and allene/oxygen mixtures: Chemical oxidation mechanisms and numerical solution of the non-adiabatic flame equations, Thierry Carriere

The construction of palladium and palladium-alloy supported membranes for hydrogen separation using supercritical fluid deposition, Scott M Fisher

Crystallization of swollen, crosslinked polymers, Griffin Gappert

Studying the dynamics of self- and cooperative-diffusion of benzene in sodium compounds by molecular simulations, Ramanan Harikrishnan

Reactive deposition of pure and alloyed cobalt and nickel thin films from supercritical carbon dioxide solutions, Ephrem T Hunde

Yield and energy absorption in single and multi-phase glassy polymers subjected to multiaxial stress states: Theoretical and experimental studies, Ramaswamy Sankaranarayanan

Synthesis and feasibility for reaction and separation systems with recycles, Ling Tao

On the molecular anisotropy of liquid crystalline and flexible polymer systems, Brett L Van Horn

Dissertations from 2003

Crystallization of polar organic materials from solution, Vered Bisker-Leib

Transport-chemistry coupling in cocurrent and countercurrent flow configurations: Applications to nonlinear dynamics of flames and deposition of membranes in porous media, Mallika Gummalla

Effect of carbon dioxide sorption on chain and small molecule diffusion in polymers, Ravi R Gupta

Molecular sieve films: New synthesis methods for improving the performance of zeolite ZSM-5 membranes, Zhiping Lai

Effects of vapor-liquid mass transfer in reaction-separation systems, Alberto Nisoli

Development, optimization, and reduction of hierarchical multiscale models, Stephanie Marie Raimondeau

Diblock copolymers swollen with compressible fluids: Fundamentals and applications, Bryan David Vogt

Gallium arsenide-based microcoolers and self-cooled laser structure, Jizhi Zhang

Dissertations from 2002

Plantwide control of uncertain plants, Surya Kiran Lakshmi Chodavarapu

Feasible products for reaction with separation, Sagar Baburao Gadewar

Structure and properties of microporous molecular sieve materials and membranes, Sankar Nair

MOCVD growth of gallium nitride and fabrication of aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride double heterostructure LED, Yundong Qi

Analysis of steady state multiplicity in kinetically controlled reactive distillation, Ivan E Rodriguez

Fundamentals and applications of solid-fluid equilibrium: Crystallization-based separations, Joseph William Schroer

Synthesis and development of specialty chemical processes, Christianto Wibowo

Robust control of large-scale nonlinear constrained systems, Weihua Zhang

Dissertations from 2001

Interactions of premixed flames with surfaces: Flame stability and pollutant abatement, Preeti Aghalayam

Chemical fluid deposition: Reactive deposition of thin metal films from supercritical carbon dioxide solutions, Jason Mitchell Blackburn

Feasibility of kinetically controlled reactive distillation, Nitin Chadda

Synthesis, structure, and application of oriented mesoporous films and microporous titanosilicate molecular sieves, Hugh Williams Hillhouse

Transport phenomena within block copolymers: The effect of morphology and grain structure, Kenneth S Laverdure

Design of plantwide control systems, Rama Venkata Mahajanam

Theoretical and experimental studies of zeolite nanocrystal growth, Vladimiros Nikolakis

The effect of compressible solvents on the phase behavior of multicomponent polymer systems, Vijayakumar Subramanyarao Ramachandrarao

Physical adsorption in disordered porous materials: Theory and computer simulations, Lev Gary Sarkisov

Dissertations from 2000

Crystal and liquid crystal structure of natural silk fibroin and synthetic polypeptides, Shi-Juang He

Full tensor optical rheometry: Dynamics of flowing polymers in three-dimensional space, Socratis Kalogrianitis

A framework for the synthesis of multiphase reacting systems, Vaibhav V Kelkar

The nonlocal density-functional analysis of potential energy surfaces, Perry Louis Mar

Homogeneous and catalytic oxidation of hydrogen and methane, Young Kyu Park

Experimental and theoretical studies of deformation in polyethylene films under biaxial loading conditions, Amiel Bassam Sabbagh

Systematic methods for selected problems in design of reaction systems, Ketan Dinkar Samant

Rheology of semiflexible polymers, Sanaul Kabir Siddiquee

The influence of microwave radiation on sorption and the use of frequency response to study diffusion, Michael David Turner

Dissertations from 1999

Preparation and characterization of highly oriented films and membranes of zeolite A, Laura Catherine Boudreau

Solid-fluid phase equilibrium in chain molecules, Anthony Peter Malanoski

Molecular-beam mass spectrometry and modeling of a propylene/chlorine reactive flow and an ethylene flame doped with allene, George Edward Oulundsen

Computational quantum chemistry applied to nitrogen oxide chemistry and new fire-resistant polymers, Karin Rotem

Predicting crystal shape in organic solids processes, Daniel Winn

Dissertations from 1998

Modeling reacting flows near reactive surfaces: Catalytic oxidation and PECVD, Pierre-Andre Bui Bang Hien

Synthesis of integrated chemical systems, Wen-Chi Chang

New diagnostic techniques for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of amorphous hydrocarbon films, Ira Bradford Graff

The morphological behavior of model graft copolymers, Chin Lee

Preparation and characterization of zeolite thin films and membranes, Mark Charles Lovallo

The design of two-phase liquid-liquid separation systems, Michael Minotti

A process boundary based approach to separations synthesis, Thomas Gilbert Pressly

A hierarchical decision procedure for the conceptual design of pollution prevention alternatives for chemical processes, Michael Anthony Schultz

A geometric approach for the conceptual design of polymerization reactor systems, Raymond L Smith

Effects of kinetics on reactive distillation, Ganesh Venimadhavan

Molecular thermodynamics of physical adsorption in heterogeneous solids, Thieu Vuong

Dissertations from 1997

Conceptual design of crystallization-based separation processes, David A Berry

A molecular-beam mass spectrometry study and modeling of ethylene flames, Anuj Bhargava

An expert system for the synthesis of solid-liquid-liquid separations, Nikolaos Fotios Giannelos

Theory of self-assembly of block copolymers: Effects of architecture, blending with homopolymers and shear, Chien-Yueh Huang