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Dissertations from 2024
Understanding Solvation of Brønsted Acid Sites with Hofmann Elimination of Alkylamines, Han Chen, Chemical Engineering
Electrospinning living bacteria into alginate-based nanofibers for biomedical applications, Emily Diep, Chemical Engineering
QUANTIFYING BRAIN MECHANICS AND RESPONSE TO CAVITATION- INDUCED MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, Carey E. Dougan, Chemical Engineering
IRREVERSIBLE ADSORBATE THERMODYNAMICS ON ZEOLITE SURFACES, Ajibola Lawal, Chemical Engineering
ADVANCED MICROFLUIDICS PLATFORMS FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION AND X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, Sarthak Saha, Chemical Engineering
ELASTIC CONTROLLED POSITIONING OF SOLID COLLOIDAL MICRO-PLATES ON CURVED 2D FLUID PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE, Weiyue Xin, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2023
Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Cancer Immunotherapy: From Supramolecules to Immune Cell Bridges, Anthony F. Brouillard, Chemical Engineering
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SURFACE MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF PLASMA-FACING TUNGSTEN, Chaso-Shou Chen, Chemical Engineering
Phosphorus-Containing Zeolites for Biofuel Production, Jason Gulbinski, Chemical Engineering
Engineering Synthetic 3-Dimensional in vitro Lung ECM Mimic to Study Breast-to-Lung Metastasis, Aritra Nath Kundu, Chemical Engineering
ENGINEERING THE PROBIOTIC BACTERIUM ESCHERICHIA COLI NISSLE 1917 TO RECORD AND RESPOND TO BIOCHEMICAL SIGNALS USING GENETICALLY-ENCODED LOGIC, Matthew Lebovich, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of Zeolites with Controlled Defects by Understanding the Role of Charge Balance in Zeolite Crystallization, Song Luo, Chemical Engineering
ENGINEERING NANOTHERANOSTIC PLATFORMS FOR EFFICIENT MONITORING OF RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY, Anh Nguyen, Chemical Engineering
ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION USING THE PHILLIPS CATALYST, Juili Parab, Chemical Engineering
Assembly of polymer colloids at fluid interfaces through external fields and nanoscale surface topography, Samuel Trevenen, Chemical Engineering
POLYMER BASED ENERGY STORAGE AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT ON TEXTILE DEVICES, Wesley A. Viola, Chemical Engineering
Electrostatic Effects on Lipid Bilayer Physicochemal Properties and Vesicle Adhesion, Oscar Zabala-Ferrera, Chemical Engineering
ALGORITHMIC DESIGN OF INTERCELLULAR GENETIC CIRCUITS TO PROGRAM DIVERSE MICROBIAL CONSORTIA, Min Zeng, Chemical Engineering
POLYESTERS DERIVED FROM BIOBASED 1,5-PENTANEDIOL FOR COATINGS, ADHESIVES, AND BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS, Lei Zheng, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2022
ENGINEERING SALMONELLA AS A DELIVERY VEHICLE FOR NUCLEAR ACTING ANTI-CANCER THERAPY, Shoshana Bloom, Chemical Engineering
DEVELOPMENT OF CROSSLINKING TECHNOLOGIES FOR WATERBORNE & POWDER COATINGS, Mengfei Huang, Chemical Engineering
COMPUTATIONAL RATIONAL DESIGN OF ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL AMMONIA AND HYDROGEN SYNTHESIS, Akash Jain, Chemical Engineering
Particle-based Approaches for Modeling of Pharmaceutical Filtration Process, Boyang Li, Chemical Engineering
DEVELOPMENT OF IN VITRO BONE ORGANOID MODELS FOR THE RECAPITULATION OF BONE COMPLEXITY, Yongkuk Park, Chemical Engineering
METABOLIC MODELING OF BIOFILM COMMUNITIES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, Ayushi Patel, Chemical Engineering
TRANSPORT AND ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF METHYLIDENE MALONATES ON POLYMER SUBSTRATES, Kelsi M.S. Rehmann, Chemical Engineering
COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE MAMMALIAN CENTRAL CIRCADIAN CLOCK: THE INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING ROLE OF GABA NEUROTRANSMITTER, Natthapong Sueviriyapan, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2021
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ZEOLITE-CATALYZED CARBENIUM ION CHEMISTRY, Eric David Hernandez, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of Two Dimensional Materials, Black Phosphorus and Graphene: Characerization of Their Electrical and Mechanical Properties and Applications, Yooyeon Jo, Chemical Engineering
DESIGNING MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN POLYELECTROLYTE COMPLEXES, Yalin Liu, Chemical Engineering
Metabolic Modeling of Gas Fermentation for Renewable Fuel and Chemical Production, Xiangan Li, Chemical Engineering
Electrospinning Fibers via Complex Coacervation, Xiangxi Meng, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis of Inorganic Porous Materials With Tunable Morphology for Molecular Adsorption and Separation, Sanket Sabnis, Chemical Engineering
FUNCTIONALIZATION AND APPLICATION OF NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS IN COATINGS AND TARGETED CANCER THERAPY, Shane Taylor, Chemical Engineering
Force-Responsive, Cryptic Materials and Their Applications, Yen Tran, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2020
Encapsulation and Stabilization of Biomacromolecules, Whitney Blocher Blocher McTigue, Chemical Engineering
ELUCIDATING MECHANISMS OF METASTASIS WITH IMPLANTABLE BIOMATERIAL NICHES, Ryan Adam Carpenter, Chemical Engineering
SEQUENCE CONTROL OF COMPLEX COACERVATION, Li-Wei Chang, Chemical Engineering
STRUCTURE-PROPERTIES RELATIONS IN GRAPHENE NANOMESHES AND INTERLAYER-BONDED TWISTED BILAYER GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE SUPERSTRUCTURES OBTAINED BY ATOMIC-SCALE MODELING, Mengxi Chen, Chemical Engineering
MARKET-CONSCIOUS STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND STABILITY OF PLANAR, p-i-n HYBRID ORGANIC-INORGANIC METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS, Brandon Dunham, Chemical Engineering
KINETICS OF THE CRYSTAL-MELT PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN SEMICRYSTALLINE POLYMERS, Kiran Subramaniam Iyer, Chemical Engineering
METABOLIC MODELING OF MULTISPECIES MICROBIAL BIOFILMS, Poonam Phalak, Chemical Engineering
CREATION OF A TUMOR SPECIFIC, SALMONELLA BASED, INTRACELLULAR CANCER THERAPY, Vishnu Raman, Chemical Engineering
Development and Characterization of Robust and Cost-Effective Catalysts for Selective Biomass Upgrading to Fuels and Chemicals by Deoxydehydration, Bryan E. Sharkey, Chemical Engineering
MICRO-PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS TO MIMIC MUCOSAL BARRIER COMPLEXITY OF THE HUMAN INTESTINE IN VITRO, Abhinav Sharma, Chemical Engineering
Microfluidic Platforms for Advanced Crystallography, Shuo Sui, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2019
ENGINEERING SYNTHETIC BIOMATERIALS FOR CANCER DRUG SCREENING, Elizabeth Brooks, Chemical Engineering
TUNING ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS AND CHEMISTRY TO ENHANCE THE FLUX AND FOULING RESISTANCE OF ULTRAFILTRATION, Kerianne Dobosz, Chemical Engineering
A SYNTHETIC HUMAN BRAIN ECM HYDROGEL FOR TIGHT CONTROL OF ASTROCYTE ACTIVATION, Sualyneth Galarza, Chemical Engineering
MODELING AND SIMULATION OF DRIVEN NANOPATTERNING OF BULK-MATERIAL AND THIN-FILM SURFACES, Ashish Kumar, Chemical Engineering
CONTROLLING SELECTIVITIES IN HETEROGENEOUSLY CATALYZED ALDOL REACTIONS, Koushik Ponnuru, Chemical Engineering
THE INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE BARRIER DURING MOLECULAR TRANSPORT IN HIERARCHICAL ZEOLITES, Xiaoduo Qi, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis and Molecular Transport Studies in Zeolites and Nanoporous Membranes, Vivek Vattipalli, Chemical Engineering
GRAPHENE GROWTH AND TRANSFER AND BEYOND: ENGINEERING TWIST-ANGLE LAYERED GRAPHENE AND INTERLAYER BOND FORMATION BETWEEN GRAPHENE LAYERS, Yuxi Wang, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2018
New Approaches in Engineering Somatic Embryogenesis in Loblolly Pine Suspension Cultures, Elizabeth Morgan Cummings Bende, Chemical Engineering
Driven Morphological Evolution of Crystal Surfaces, Epitaxial Thin Films, and Two-Dimensional Materials: Morphological Stability and Pattern Formation, Lin Du, Chemical Engineering
Computational Modeling of the Structure and Catalytic Behavior of Graphene-Supported Pt and PtRu Nanoparticles, Raymond Gasper, Chemical Engineering
Structure-Property Relationships of Polymer Films and Hydrogels to Control Bacterial Adhesion, Kristopher W. Kolewe, Chemical Engineering
Self-Assembling Networks in Soft Materials, Ishan Prasad, Chemical Engineering
BIOPHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DIRECT BREAST CANCER METASTASIS, Alyssa Schwartz, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2017
Synthesis of Biopolymer Materials Tailored for Biological Applications, Nathan P. Birch, Chemical Engineering
Interactions at the Aqueous Interface of Large-Area Graphene: Colloidal-Scale and Protein Adsorption, Aaron Chen, Chemical Engineering
Metabolic Modeling and Engineering of Gas Fermentation in Bubble Column Reactors, Jin Chen, Chemical Engineering
Nanoporous Solid Acid Materials for Biomass Conversion into Value-Added Chemicals: Synthesis, Catalysis, and Chemistry, Hong Je Cho, Chemical Engineering
TISSUE-GUIDED ENGINEERING OF POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL HYDROGELS, Lauren Jansen, Chemical Engineering
Fabrication of Functional Nano-Structured Materials and Devices Using Supercritical Fluids, Shengkai Li, Chemical Engineering
MODELING OF NANOSCALE TRANSPORT IN MESOPOROUS MEMBRANES, Ashutosh Rathi, Chemical Engineering
COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES OF STRUCTURE–FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS OF SUPPORTED AND UNSUPPORTED METAL NANOCLUSTERS, Hongbo Shi, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2016
Extracellular Matrix Control of Breast Cancer Metastasis and Dormancy, Lauren Barney, Chemical Engineering
Rational Development of Solid Lewis Acid Catalysts for Biomass Conversion, Chun-Chih Chang, Chemical Engineering
Analysis of External-Field-Driven Surface Stabilization and Patterning, Dwaipayan Dasgupta, Chemical Engineering
An Integrated Computational and Experimental Approach to Study and Scale-Up Vacuum Drying of Pharmaceutical Products, Aditya G. Dodda, Chemical Engineering
Rational Development of Carbon-Based Materials for Adsorption-Enhanced Conversion of Cellulose to Value-Added Chemicals, Paul J. Dornath, Chemical Engineering
Theoretical Studies of Atomic Transport in Ternary Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Charge Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Active Layers, Xu Han, Chemical Engineering
Kinetics and dynamics of electrophoretic translocation of polyelectrolytes through nanopores, Harshwardhan Katkar, Chemical Engineering
Study of the Self-Assembly Process of Microporous Materials Using Molecular Modeling, Mohammad Navaid Khan, Chemical Engineering
Structure and Dynamics of Charged Colloidal Disks in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures, Suhasini Kishore, Chemical Engineering
Bioengineered Platforms to Study Carcinoma Cell Response to Drug Treatment, Thuy V. Nguyen, Chemical Engineering
Biopolymer Electrospun Nanofiber Mats to Inactivate and Remove Bacteria, Katrina Ann Rieger, Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamic and Dynamic Models for Directed Assembly of Small Ensembles of Colloidal Particles, Raghuram Thyagarajan, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2015
Modeling the Self-Assembly of Ordered Nanoporous Materials, Szu-Chia Chien, Chemical Engineering
Mimicking the Arterial Microenvironment with PEG-PC to Investigate the Roles of Physicochemical Stimuli in SMC Phenotype and Behavior, William G. Herrick, Chemical Engineering
Cell Adhesion Biophysics on Dynamic Polymer Constructs, Andreas Kourouklis, Chemical Engineering
Prediction of Emulsion Drop Size Distributions with Population Balance Equation Models to Enable Emulsified Product Design, Shashank Maindarkar, Chemical Engineering
Engineering Novel Detection and Treatment Strategies for Bacterial Therapy of Cancer, Jan T. Panteli, Chemical Engineering
Synthesis and Biological Applications of Heavy-Metal-Free Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Ying Qi, Chemical Engineering
Transport Limitations in Zeolites and Biomass Pyrolysis, Andrew Robert Teixeira, Chemical Engineering
Multi-scale characterization and engineering of Taxus suspension cultures, Sarah A. Wilson, Chemical Engineering
EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES ON THE FORMULATION OF STABLE LIPID NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIONS, Yihui Yang, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2014
Production of renewable chemicals and energy from waste biomass, Sheng Chu, Chemical Engineering
Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass-Dervied Furan Compounds, Sara K. Green, Chemical Engineering
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS OF CELLULOSE MELT PYROLYSIS, Alex D. Paulsen, Chemical Engineering
STRUCTURE OF NEARLY IDEAL AND MULTI-COMPONENT POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS, Erika Saffer, Chemical Engineering
Coarse-Grained Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Thermodynamically Small Particle Assemblies, Ray Mohan Sehgal, Chemical Engineering
Mechanical and Transport Properties of 3- Dimensional Alginate Hydrogels For Cell Encapsulation, Whitney L Stoppel, Chemical Engineering
DESIGN OF A TARGETED BACTERIAL DRUG DELIVERY VECTOR FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND METASTASES, Charles Alexander Swofford, Chemical Engineering
Strategies for Improving Oxygen Transport and Mechanical Strength in Alginate-Based Hydrogels, Joseph C. White, Chemical Engineering
Production of Sustainable Aromatics from Biorenewable Furans, Christopher Luke Williams, Chemical Engineering
Dissertations from 2013
Effect of Colloidal Interactions on Formation of Glasses, Gels, Stable Clusters and Structured Films, Anand Kumar Atmuri, Chemical Engineering
Particle-Collector Interactions In Nanoscale Heterogeneous Systems, Marina Bendersky, Chemical Engineering