Browsing by Author "M. Douglas LeVan"
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Harl, Robert Randall, Jr. (2013-12-10)Department: Chemical EngineeringCombustion synthesis leverages the exothermic reaction between a fuel and an oxidizer to provide the energy needed to form crystalline refractory oxides. In many cases combustion syntheses are less energy intensive and ...
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Talley, Anne Douglas (2016-03-24)Department: Chemical EngineeringApproximately 1.5 million bone grafting surgeries are performed annually in the United States for patients suffering traumatic injury, tumor, infection, or degenerative disease. The fiscal burden of these procedures is ...
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Leamy, Alexandra Kathlene (2015-04-06)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe steady rise in Western obesity rates has been closely linked to significant increases in a multitude of accompanying health problems including obesity, type II diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). ...
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Koparde, Vishal Nitinchandra (2006-07-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringMolecular dynamics simulations are used to study various aspects of nanoparticles of anatase and rutile, which are the two most abundant polymorphs of titanium dioxide (TiO2). The phenomenon of sintering of nanoparticles ...
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Bai, Dongshun (2007-04-17)Department: Chemical EngineeringPolymer films that respond to pH have broad applications in chemical and biological sensors, smart membranes, and dynamic surfaces. We have engineered a new class of pH-responsive copolymer films on gold electrode surfaces ...
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Tuberquia, Juan Carlos (2011-07-24)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe modification of surface properties has become a vital focus in materials research and is fueled by the interesting ways of tailoring composition, modifying architecture, and optimizing surface characteristics to impact ...
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Barpaga, Dushyant (2016-03-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringAdsorbent technology employing specificity towards a broad range of target molecules is becoming increasingly important for a variety of applications such as filtration, separation, purification and/or storage of fluids. ...
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Moate, Joseph R. (2009-09-01)Department: Chemical EngineeringCHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING TEMPERATURE SWING ADSORPTION COMPRESSION AND MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS JOSEPH R. MOATE Dissertation under the direction of Professor M. Douglas LeVan The feasibility of the capture and ...
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McNew, Coy Phillip (2015-12-04)Department: Environmental EngineeringThe sharp increase in production of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) combined with their high potential for aquatic toxicity, mean that understanding the transport of these materials throughout the environment is of utmost ...
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Rutherford, Mark Leland (2006-03-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringTHE THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTITIONED ERROR CONTROL Mark Leland Rutherford Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Debelak Partitioned Error Control (PEC) is a two-degree-of-freedom ...
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Wan, Li (2015-04-05)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn recent years, the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) has received intense attention and effort. However, studies on nanoconfined fluid phase behavior has given ...