Dissertations Archives (before 2012)

Vu, Binh V.

Willson, Richard

PCR-based biomolecular detection

Knoop, Jennifer D.

Willson, Richard

Force discrimination for enhanced specificity of micro-retroreflector bioassays

Mu, Zuze

Bidani, Akhil

Mathematical Modelling and Experimental Study of Respiratory Burst in Murine Macrophages

Wang, Leizheng

Luss, Dan

Nanoenergetic Gas Generators

Wood, Douglas A.

Luss, Dan

Application of Electron Structure Calculations to the Migration of Oxygen through a Perovskite Membrane

AbdulBaki, Mansour K.

Krishnamoorti, Ramanan

Nanoparticle Effects on Polymer Crystallization and Dynamics

Chen, Wen-Hsiang

Willson, Richard

Biomolecule Adsorption: Materials and Fundamentals

Cacao, Eliedonna E.

Willson, Richard

Enzymatic darkening and silver staining: Application in microfluidic micro-retroreflector-based heterogeneous immunoassays

Ha, Mai L.

Krishnamoorti, Ramanan

Effects of nanoparticles on immiscible polymer blends

Prakash, Anupam

Doxastakin, Manolis

Molecular simulations of association of transmembrane peptides

Gundlapally, Santhosh Reddy

Balakotaiah, Vemuri

Effect of Non-uniform Activity and Conductivity on the Steady-State and Transient Performance of Catalytic Reactors

Wang, Yi-Ju

Litvinov and Willson

Development of magnetoresistive biosensors for molecular diagnostics

Che, Kai

Luss, Dan

Temperature excursions during regeneration of diesel particulate filters

Clark, Michael

Krishnamoorti, Ramanan

Carbon nanotube-ceramic nanocomposites: Synthesis and characterization

Goldwin, Geofrey

Richardson, James

A compact and efficient steam methane reformer for hydrogen production

Israni, Sameer

Harold, Mike

High purity hydrogen generation using palladium-based membrane reactors

Joshi, Saurabh

Balakotiah and Harold

Experimental and modeling studies for real time simulations of catalytic monolithic reactors

Kumar, Ashok

Harold and Balakotiah

Mechanistic and microkinetic studies of Nitrogen Oxide Storage and Reduction (NSR) on Platinum/Barium Oxide/AIuminum Trioxide Catalysts using Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP)

Phirani, Jyoti

Mohanty, Kishore

Methane production from hydrate-bearing sediments

Uzunova, Veselina

Vekilov, Peter

Free heme and sickle hemoglobin polymerization

Yadav, Manoj

Jacobson, Allan

Novel electrode materials for solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen separation membranes

Yu, Chengfei

Strasser and Harold

Structural dynamics of platinum and platinum alloy nanoparticles probed by x-ray scattering techniques

Belostotskiy, Sergey

Economou and Donnelly

Diagnostics of high pressure microdischarge plasmas

Bhatia, Divesh

Balakotiah and Harold

Kinetic and modeling studies of catalytic monolith reactors and lean nitrogen oxide traps

Boggara, Mohan

Krishnamoorti, Ramanan

Lipid-based drug delivery system--- Molecular dynamics simulations and neutron scattering studies

Fu, Joseph Yuchun

Willson, Richard

Applications of charge clustering and surface charge manipulation in biomolecule adsorption

Gupta, Robin

Mohanty, Kishore

Surfactant treatment of oil-wet fractured carbonate reservoirs

Koh, Shirlaine

Strasser, Peter

Dealloyed core-shell platinum-copper nanoparticle electrocatalysts

Srivatsava, Ratndeep

Strasser, Peter

Synthesis, characterization and optimization of platinum-alloy nanoparticle catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Xu, Jin

Balakotiah and Harold

Microkinetic modeling of nitric oxide-hydrogen-oxygen-ammonia system on platinum/barium oxide/aluminum oxide monolith catalysts

Awasthi, Ankur

Nikolaou

Intelligent Oilfield Operations with application to drilling and production of hydrocarbon wells

Chatterjee, Tirtha

Krishnamoorti

Carbon nanotube-based polymer nanocomposites: Fractal network to hierarchical morphology

Clayton, Robert

Balakotiah and Harold

Steady-state and cyclic studies of platinum/barium oxide/aluminum oxide lean nitrogen oxide traps

Darby, Mark

Nikolaou

Studies of online optimization methods for experimental test design and state estimation

Guha, Joydeep

Donnelly

Study of the plasma surface interactions by the "spinning wall" technique

Kalia, Nitika

Balakotiah

Modeling and analysis of reactive dissolution of carbonate rocks

Kang, Sung

Donnelly

Studies of plasma diagnostics for carbon nanotube growth with plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition

Kemper, Steven

Willson

Immunoassays based upon micro-fabricated retroreflectors

Lewis, Edward

Mohanty

Sweep efficiency in miscible enhanced oil recovery processes

Ranjan, Alok

Donnelly and Economou

Diagnostics of fast neutral beams

Sani, Abu

Mohanty

Effect of clay nano-particles on foam stability and mass transfer resistance

Tripathi, Ila

Mohanty

Pore structure and wettability

Whittenton, Jeremiah

Mohanty

Development of liver therapies: Analysis of biomaterial-HepG2 cell interactions and targeted drug delivery for hepatocellular carcinoma

Xu, Liang

Krishnamoorti

Tailoring polymer properties with layered silicates

Anez, Mariaclara

Willson

Nucleic acid detection: Computational PCR primer design and compaction agents

Bhambri, Pankaj

Mohanty

A three-dimensional four phase compositional streamline simulator with parallel implementation

Goel, Vivek

Krishnamoorti

Structure-dynamics in brush-like polymer nanocomposites

Hamilton, Phillip

Luss

Effects of catalyst particle design on polyolefin synthesis using supported metallocene catalyst

Meza, Cesar

Balakotiah

Modeling and experimental studies of large waves on free-falling wavy thin films

Potty, Ajish Radhakrishnan

Willson

Biophysical characterization of aptamer-protein interactions

Tatavalli, Nirmal

Niklolauo and Economou

Efficient design of experiments for complex response surfaces with application to etching uniformity in a plasma reactor

Wang, Chunyu

Donnelly

Plasma etching of high dielectric constant materials

Xu, Lin

Donnelly and Economou

Nanopantography: A new method for massively parallel nanopatterning over large areas

Zhang, Shishan

Randy Lee

Stabilization of monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles, and the growth of gold nanodendrites and their arrays

Adibhatla, Bhargaw

Mohanty

Mechanisms of surfactant enhanced oil recovery in oil-wet fractured carbonate reservoirs

Agrawal, Rachana

Balakotiah

Analysis and modeling of temperature patterns in adiabatic catalytic reactors

Camp, James

Capitano

Induction of zoned liver functions by controlling oxygen diffusion

Gadalla, Hani

Richardson

Graduated loading of catalyst on reticulated ceramic foam

Georgiou, Dimitra

Vekilov

Phase transitions in insulin solutions and possible implications in living organisms

Gerdes, Kirk

Luss

Enhanced ionic oxygen flow through mixed ionic-electronic conducting membranes: Directional dependence, composite construction and the partial oxidation of methane

Ghaghada, Ketankumar

Mohanty and Annapragada

Novel nanoparticle contrast agents for blood pool imaging

Jackson, Bill

Willson

Microbial identification by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry of ribosomal RNA

Katsonis, Panagiotis

Vekilov

Simulations of the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions in protein solutions

Kumar, Kamlesh

Mohanty

Study of wettability of surfaces and its implications in flow through porous media

Mudunuri, Ramesh

Balakotiah

Dynamics of free falling thin viscous films

Nair, Balamurali

Harold

Permselective palladium membranes for hydrogen separation

Nam, Sang Ki

Economou

Particle-in-cell simulation of beam extraction from a plasma through a grid: Application to neutral beam sources and nanopantography

Pan, Weichun

Vekilov

Dynamics and structures in protein solutions

Pinkerton, Brian

Luss

Spatiotemporal temperature patterns of acetylene hydrogenation in a fixed bed catalytic reactor

Qutub, Yasser

Vekilov

Phase behavior, self-assembly, and transport of membrane proteins and lipids

Sundar Ram, Sandhya

Luss

Transversal temperature patterns in a shallow packed bed reactor during single or multiple reactions

Wang, Qiang

Economou

Plasma diagnostics and modeling of direct current microplasma discharges at atmospheric pressure

Filobelo, Luis

Vekilov

Kinetics of phase transition in protein solutions on microscopic and mesoscopic length scales

Kabin, Karen

Harold

Nitrogen oxide storage and reduction studies on platinum/barium/alumina monolithic catalysts

Karathanasis, Efstathios

Mohanty and Annapragada

Triggered and autoregulated pulmonary delivery of insulin

Lattner, James

Harold

Autothermal reforming (ATR) and ATR membrane reactors for hydrogen production: Experiments and modeling

Setoodeh, Mona

Luss

Generation of electrical fields during SHS

Shah, Mrinal

Vekilov

Phase separation in protein solutions as a tool for protein chip fabrication

Sharma, Manish

Balakotiah and Harold

Modeling and simulation of periodic storage and reaction in nitrogen oxide traps

Sun, Xuefei

Mohanty

Modeling of hydrate formation and dissociation in porous media

Ajose Ogunlana, Damillola

Mohanty

Compositional upscaling in heterogeneous reservoirs

Bhattacharya, Maduchhanda

Balakotiah and Harold

Analysis of transport and reaction interactions in single and multiphase reactors

Cano, Luis

Willson

Studies in Bioseparations: Conformational Control and Competitive Adsorption

Cantu, Otoniel

Richardson

Improved Catalyst for Low NOx Catalytic Combustion

Hill, David

Luss

Metallocene Catalyst Particle Growth and Heating During Polyolefin Synthesis

Jeon, Keesu

Krishnamoorti

Crystallization of polyethylene thin films

Mitchell, Cynthia

Krishnamoorti

Carbon Nanotube Based Polymer Nanocomposites

Ramanathan, Karthik

Balakotiah

Analysis of Light-Off and Cumulative Emissions in Catalytic Monoliths

Song, Hao

Luss

Bounds on operating conditions leading to melting during olefin polymerization

Viswanathan, Ganesh

Luss

Transversal Temperature Patterns in Packed Bed Reactors

Chakraborty, Saikat

Balakotah

Averaging Theory and Low-Dimensional Models for Homogeneous and Catalytic Reactors

Deng, Jinxia

Briggs

Structure-Based Drug Design on HIV-1 Integrase and Brownian Dynamics Tudies of the Phosphate Receptor From M. Tuberculosis

Gautam, Pankaj Singh

Mohanty

Multiphase Transport Through Complex Composite Media

Marwaha, Bharat

Luss

Dynamics of Transverse Hot Zones in Shallow Packed Bed Reactors

Misra, Pratik

Nikolaou

Studies on Identification and Nonlinearity Assessment of Multivariable Control Systems

Raju Panga, Mohan Kanaka

Balakotiah

Multiscale Transport and Reaction: Two Case Studies

Sagias, Dimitrios

Nikolaou

Control of Nonlinear Processes at Various Steady States: Nonlinearity Measurement Control Performance Monitoring and Control

Sankaran, Sathish

Nikolaou

Development of Process Models from Operation Data-Studies in Hydraulic Fracturing and Predictive Control

Saputelli, Luigi

Economides

Self-Learning Reservoir Management An Application of Model Predictive Control for Continuous Oilfield Optimization

Scates, Robert

Richardson

In Situ XRD Studies of the Reduction of Nickel Oxide catalysts

App, Jeffrey

Mohanty

Relative Permeability Estimation From Production Data

Garg, Rohit

Luss

Dynamics of Countercurrent Flow and Revers-Flow Reactors

Hidajat, Irwan

Mohanty

Study of Carbonates Structure and Transport Properties Using NMR and X-Ray CT-Scanner

Kim, Doosik

Economou

Plasma Molding Over Steps and Trenches: Numerical Simulation and Comparison With Experiments

Kourentzi, Ekaterini

Willson

Molecular Recognition Using Nucleic Acids

Ramamurthi, Badri

Economou

Simulation of Low-Pressure Inductively Coupled Plasmas: Non-Local Effects and Pulsed Power Operation

Ren, Jiaziang

Krishnamoorti

Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Based Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites

Shafiei, Mohammad

Richardson

Optimized Catalyst for Steam Reforming of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

Uehara, Christian

Willson

Towards Automatic Analysis of DNA Microarrays

Yurekli, Koray

Krishnamoorti

Structure and Dynamics of Filled Polymeric Systems

Zhang, Haiyang

Nikolaou

Spatial Uniformity Control of Plasma Etching in Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactor