Browsing by Author "G. Kane Jennings"
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Bian, Fei (2005-06-17)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis dissertation presents an original theoretical model that lumps the multiple secondary organic aerosol (SOA) components in an organic aerosol mixture into a few lumped compounds, accounting for both temperature and ...
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Zhao, Honggang (2007-02-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringCHEMICAL ENGINEERING A STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY FOR POLAR AND ELECTROLYTE FLUIDS HONGGANG ZHAO Dissertation under the direction of Professor Clare McCabe The ability to accurately predict the thermodynamic ...
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Liu, Jian (2011-04-13)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe purpose of the first part of this dissertation is to study the potential use of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as novel adsorbents to capture carbon dioxide from flue gases mainly generated by coal-fired power plants. ...
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Mitchell, Lucas Alexander (2014-04-01)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe ability to accurately predict mixture adsorption equilibrium is vital for future gas separation technologies. This research concentrates on the investigation and prediction of adsorption equilibrium of pure components ...
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Dumas, Jerald (2010-12-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringHealing of bone defects such as open fractures is a challenging clinical problem. An ideal treatment for bone defects would restore both form and function of the tissue. In this research, a two-component allograft bone ...
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LeBlanc, Gabriel Adrien (2014-03-21)Department: ChemistryOver the course of billions of years, nature has developed incredible materials on the nanoscale for the efficient conversion of solar energy into chemical energy. One of these materials, Photosystem I (PSI), functions as ...
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Mukherjee, Siladitya (2013-03-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn this work, molecular simulations are used to calculate the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of polymer-grafted nanoparticles under a wide range of conditions, with the main goal to explore the balance between nanoparticle-polymer ...
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Chemical Vapor Deposition and Characterization of Zirconia Films For High-k Dielectric Applications Song, Zhe (2005-03-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringDue to the aggressive dimensional scaling of metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect-transistors (MOSFETs), direct tunneling current across the SiO2 gate dielectric layer has become a significant problem. High-k dielectric ...
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Peterson, Rachel (2006-04-28)Department: ChemistryMonolayer-protected clusters (MPCs) have become a focus of interest due to their unique optical, electronic, and electrochemical properties rendering them good candidates for use in nano- or molecular electronics. ...
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Tedjo, Chrysanty (2011-04-27)Department: Chemical EngineeringHigh performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has become an essential tool in biotechnology. Numerous proteins have been separated by HPLC for analytical and preparative separation purposes. The main challenge in protein ...
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Cione, Angeline (2007-04-14)Department: Chemical EngineeringTo address the problem of friction in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), a replenishable lubrication scheme is required. Recent research indicates that a combination of a mobile phase plus a bound phase offers synergistic ...
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Peng, Yun (2007-12-07)Department: Chemical EngineeringDEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF A HETERO-BASED STATISTICAL ASSOCIATING FLUID THEORY <P> YUN PENG <P> Dissertation under the direction of Professor Clare McCabe <P> Understanding the thermodynamic properties of chemical ...
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Lampley, Michael Wade (2019-07-18)Department: ChemistryThe manipulation and tailoring of crosslinked materials to engineer new materials with enhanced properties has been a growing field of interest in the past decade. Recent advances in light-mediated polymerizations such ...
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Development of high throughput, mammalian cell-based metabolic rate assays for screening compounds Yang, Yuansheng (2005-02-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringFunctional characterization of diseased cellular metabolic state is necessary to complement current methods of in vitro toxicity testing. This dissertation focused on development of high throughput assays in 24- and 96-well ...
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Bauer, Westley Scott (2018-04-16)Department: ChemistryThe three diseases most commonly linked to poverty—malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and HIV/AIDS—are the cause of 8.7 million deaths globally each year. Early and accurate diagnosis of these infectious disease is critically ...
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Chen, Gongping (2013-02-07)Department: ChemistryThe increase in demand for energy has made Photosystem I (PSI), which can convert solar energy into a charge separation with an incredible efficiency, a topic of great research interest. By analyzing the PSI energy conversion ...
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Ballengee, Jason Bryan (2013-04-08)Department: Chemical EngineeringProton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are an attractive power plant for applications ranging from automobiles to personal electronic devices. However, PEMFCs still need improvement, particularly regarding the ...
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Brodt, Matthew Ward (2015-07-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringNanofiber particle/polymer cathode mats, with an average fiber diameter in the 400-600 nm range, were fabricated by electrospinning mixtures of a proton exchange polymer and commercial Pt/C catalyst particles, incorporated ...
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Xu, Zhou (2011-04-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringDNA microarrays have become an increasingly important tool for genomic investigations. This work is directed toward establishing methods and surface architectures that allow the monitoring of DNA hybridization and ...
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Berron, Bradley Joseph (2008-02-22)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn this dissertation we describe a strategy to molecularly optimize the cathode side of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell. This new cathode consists of a porous gold membrane with pores that function as gas diffusion ...