Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Author "M. Douglas LeVan"
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Templeton, Neil Andrew (2014-11-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringWe have applied 13C metabolic flux analysis (13C MFA) to develop a system-wide understanding of the central carbon metabolism of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, the most widely used host for industrial production of ...
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Tovar, Trenton Marcus (2016-03-30)Department: Chemical EngineeringAdsorption is an interfacial phenomenon in which intermolecular forces between a molecule and a surface create an adsorbed phase with different properties than the bulk fluid. Variation in the adsorbed phase among different ...
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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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House, Dustin L (2012-01-20)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe use of electric fields to control colloids has proven to be a promising form of actuation for microfluidic devices. However, limiting our ability to exert precise control over colloidal samples using this technique is ...
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Giesy, Timothy Joel (2014-03-31)Department: Chemical EngineeringProduction of high-purity oxygen from air by pressure-swing adsorption (PSA) is of interest for a variety of applications. One recognized area for which this technology could be particularly useful is the development of ...
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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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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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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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Gai, Lili (2014-05-27)Department: Chemical EngineeringPhase transitions (i.e. transitions from one state to another) play a crucial role in most natural processes, as well as industrial operations such as evaporation. Molecular simulation has emerged as an important tool for ...
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Li, Yusong (2005-07-23)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe inherent heterogeneity of subsurface porous media, as well as the occurrence of highly non-linear rate-limiting mass transfer processes, results in significant challenges to accurate and efficient modeling of contaminant ...
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Schindler, Bryan Joseph (2008-08-15)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis work focuses on three different aspects of adsorption equilibrium: the measurement of adsorption equilibrium into the Henry's law region for n-pentane, the calculation of the maximum isosteric heat of adsorption ...
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Lu, Jin (2005-12-05)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis thesis is motivated by the need to improve performance of aerosol simulation in air quality models. I investigate the relationship between multicomponent aerosol sectional and modal distributions, which are the two ...
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Hall, Carl Alan (2016-03-10)Department: Mechanical EngineeringCombustion at the conditions found in practical applications is extremely complex and must be well characterized to support the next generation of combustors. This task is extremely difficult both experimentally and ...
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Payne, Christina Marie (2007-12-13)Department: Chemical EngineeringWe report a molecular-simulation based modeling of transport and orientation properties of single-stranded DNA molecules in a nanoscale channel as a part of a larger nanoscale device designed for rapid DNA sequencing. The ...
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Dyer, Peter James (2008-11-18)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe effect of polarization and its importance to the correct reproduction of the behavior of aqueous solutions is presented. First, the effect of the addition of polarization on non-polar solutes in both pure water and ...
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Glover, Thomas Grant (2008-04-11)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis research focuses three specific topics related to gas-phase adsorption: the synthesis and characterization of a novel carbon-silica composite adsorbent material, the diffusion of condensable vapors in single adsorbent ...
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Furtado, Amanda M. B. (2012-04-11)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis research addresses the synthesis and development of biphasic, nanoporous composite materials for use in single pass filters of various types for the removal of light acidic and basic gases from humid air. Potential ...
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Polyurethane scaffold with delivery of biologically active small molecules for tissue regeneration Hafeman, Andrea Elise (2010-04-27)Department: Chemical EngineeringLimited availability of autograft tissue for bone and skin wound healing has established the demand for improved synthetic biomaterials. Biodegradable polyurethane (PUR) scaffolds exhibit favorable properties for wound ...
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Redmill, Patrick Scott (2008-12-30)Department: Chemical EngineeringCHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROBING THE SOLUBILITY OF SELECTED NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS USING MOLECULAR SIMULATION Patrick Scott Redmill under the supervision of Peter T. Cummings and Clare McCabe The solubility of a variety ...