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Author:

Held, Jacob T

Title:

Mechanistic Analysis of the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Over NiZn Surface

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

DFT
catalysis
NiZn
Hydrogenation
ethylene
polyethylene
acetylene

File:

Download Held_Jacob_SelectiveHydrogenationofAcetylene.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Faculty Reader

Author:

Foscaldi, Leah Meredith

Title:

Analysis of Inner and Outer Sphere Hydrophobicity Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Solution Thermodynamics

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Heterogeneous catalysis
sulfonic acid
hydrophobicity

File:

Download Foscaldi_Leah_analysisofinnerandoutersphere.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sim, Richard Sueyong

Title:

Preparation, Synthesis, and Physical and Catalytic Analysis of Nizno Catalysts for Selective Acetylene Hydrogenation

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

acetylene
ethylene
catalyst
organo
synthesis
selective
hydrogenation
chemical
engineering
conversion

File:

Download Richard_Sim_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

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:

DFT
Metal Oxide
Single atom catalyst
catalysis

File:

Download Thesis_final_O_Connor.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Faculty Reader