1. POROUS PLATINUM NANOSTRUCTURES VIA ETCHING OF INTERMETALLIC PLATINUM LEAD Open Access Author: Bisbey, Ryan Patrick Title: POROUS PLATINUM NANOSTRUCTURES VIA ETCHING OF INTERMETALLIC PLATINUM LEAD Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: porous platinumnanostructurescatalysisplatinum lead File: Download Thesis_Full_merged.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis SupervisorRaymond Edward Schaak, Thesis SupervisorPrzemyslaw Maslak, Thesis Honors AdvisorBenjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader
2. Mechanistic Analysis of the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Over NiZn Surface Open Access Author: Held, Jacob T Title: Mechanistic Analysis of the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Over NiZn Surface Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: DFTcatalysisNiZnHydrogenationethylenepolyethyleneacetylene File: Download Held_Jacob_SelectiveHydrogenationofAcetylene.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors AdvisorRobert Martin Rioux Jr., Faculty Reader
3. Determining the Electrocatalytic Oxidation Mechanism of 1,2-propanediol Using Density Functional Theory Open Access Author: Brady, Brian Matthew Title: Determining the Electrocatalytic Oxidation Mechanism of 1,2-propanediol Using Density Functional Theory Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: Density Functional Theorycatalysiselectrocatalysisbiomassreaction mechanism File: Download Brian_Brady_Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors AdvisorThemis Matsoukas, Faculty Reader
4. Density Functional Theory Study of Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction on the Fe (100) Surface Open Access Author: Bernstein, Nicole J Title: Density Functional Theory Study of Carbon Dioxide Electrochemical Reduction on the Fe (100) Surface Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: electrochemistrycatalysiselectroreductioncarbon dioxide File: Download Bernstein_Nicole_DensityFunctionalTheoryStudyofCarbonDioxideElectrochemicalReductionontheFe_100_Surface.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors AdvisorAli Borhan, Faculty Reader
5. Mechanism Determination for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 1,2-propanediol Over Gold and Platinum Open Access Author: Miller, Julie Ann Title: Mechanism Determination for the Electrocatalytic Oxidation of 1,2-propanediol Over Gold and Platinum Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: catalysis12-propandiolelectrocatalytic oxidation File: Download Miller_Julie_MechanimDeterminationOfOxidationof12Propanediol.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorDr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor
6. Trends in single transition metal atom/oxide support interactions from density functional theory Open Access Author: O'Connor, Nolan J Title: Trends in single transition metal atom/oxide support interactions from density functional theory Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: DFTMetal OxideSingle atom catalystcatalysis File: Download Thesis_final_O_Connor.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorDr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors AdvisorRobert Martin Rioux Jr., Faculty Reader
7. Multicomponent catalysis: Interfacial properties directing furfuryl alcohol hydrodeoxygenation pathways at doped TiO2-Pd core shell catalysts Open Access Author: Weikel, Kelly Title: Multicomponent catalysis: Interfacial properties directing furfuryl alcohol hydrodeoxygenation pathways at doped TiO2-Pd core shell catalysts Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: catalysishydrodeoxygenationbiomassfurfuryl alcoholDensity Functional Theoryvacancies File: Download Kelly_Weikel_thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michael John Janik, Thesis SupervisorMichael John Janik, Thesis Honors AdvisorRobert Rioux, Faculty Reader
8. Performance of Ceria Supported Monometallic and Bimetallic Single-atom Catalysts in Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Open Access Author: Pantelis II, Nicholas Title: Performance of Ceria Supported Monometallic and Bimetallic Single-atom Catalysts in Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: Heterogeneous catalysiscatalysissingle atomsceriapalladiumplatinumnickeladatomsoxidationkineticsbimetallicmonometalliccatalystDRIFTSArrheniusMars van Krevelenreaction orderICPnanoparticlesactivityspecific activity File: Download Thesis_Pantelis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Robert Rioux, Thesis SupervisorScott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor
9. Photoredox Catalysis Under Confinement Open Access Author: Schubach, Matthew Title: Photoredox Catalysis Under Confinement Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: organicphotoredoxcatalysispolymersingle-chain polymer nanoparticle File: Download Schubach_Honors_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis SupervisorBenjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors AdvisorRaymond Edward Schaak, Faculty Reader
10. First Principles Kinetic Modeling and Reactor Simulations for the Efficient Utilization of Stranded Methane Resources Open Access Author: Rys, Ethan Title: First Principles Kinetic Modeling and Reactor Simulations for the Efficient Utilization of Stranded Methane Resources Area of Honors: Chemical Engineering Keywords: platinumDFTcomputational chemistryVASPnon-oxidative methane couplingcatalysis File: Download Rys_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Konstantinos Alexopoulos, Thesis SupervisorThemis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor
11. Synthesis of Homogeneous Polymer-based Photoredox Catalysts Restricted (Penn State Only) Author: Griggs, Anna Title: Synthesis of Homogeneous Polymer-based Photoredox Catalysts Area of Honors: Chemistry Keywords: photoredoxcatalysispolymer File: Login to Download Thesis Supervisors: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis SupervisorBenjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors AdvisorKatherine Mary Masters, Faculty Reader