1. 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