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1. Assessing the Sustainability of Electrodialysis for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Phosphogypsum

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Author:
Brajovic, Alexandra
Title:
Assessing the Sustainability of Electrodialysis for Rare Earth Element Recovery from Phosphogypsum
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
electrodialysis
life cycle analysis
techonoeconomic analysis
Excel
ED
rare earth elements
REEs
phosphogypsum
electricity
current
impact
openLCA
LCA
TEA
oxalic acid
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Rui L Shi, Thesis Supervisor
Esther Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Understanding the Role of BRCA1 in Breast Cancer Progression: Evaluating the Effect of Tissue Viscoelasticity on BRCA1 Localization and Foci

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Author:
Adetayo, Olutomilola
Title:
Understanding the Role of BRCA1 in Breast Cancer Progression: Evaluating the Effect of Tissue Viscoelasticity on BRCA1 Localization and Foci
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
BRCA1
breast cancer
synthetic lethality
BRCA1 localization
BRCA1 foci
nuclear area
nuclear intensity
chromatin remodelling
chromatin organization
tissue viscoelasticity
chemotherapy
selective cancer therapy
etoposide
BRCA1 and etoposide
extracellular matrix
hydrogels
viscoelastic hydrogels
DNA damage
DNA repair mechanisms
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Thesis Supervisors:
Esther Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

4. Understanding The Role of Te and Nb in MoVTeNbOx Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane

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Author:
Idiculla, Abigail
Title:
Understanding The Role of Te and Nb in MoVTeNbOx Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
heterogeneous catalysis
oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane
MoVTeNbOx
sustainable chemical production
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Gina Noh, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Understanding Design Principles in Weakly Charged Polyacrylic Acid-Based Polymer Membranes at Varying External pH

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Author:
Szymanski, Jack
Title:
Understanding Design Principles in Weakly Charged Polyacrylic Acid-Based Polymer Membranes at Varying External pH
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Ion Transport
Water Transport
Polymers
Water Uptake
Membranes
Sustainability
Separation
Decarbonization
Energy
Environment
Health
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Thesis Supervisors:
Hee Jeung Oh, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Design, Processing, and Properties of Anisotropic Electrospun Rubber/Rubber Microcomposites

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Author:
Hoagland, Sophia
Title:
Design, Processing, and Properties of Anisotropic Electrospun Rubber/Rubber Microcomposites
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
polymer
material
thermoplastic polyurethane
silicone
anisotropic
composite
electrospinning
electrospun
rubber
elastomer
SEM
DMA
Pellethane
Sylgard
tensile
fiber
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Patrick Mather, Thesis Supervisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. The Effect of Matrix Viscoelasticity on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Apoptosis, and Genomic Instability.

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Author:
Vaneman, Zachary
Title:
The Effect of Matrix Viscoelasticity on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Apoptosis, and Genomic Instability.
Area of Honors:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
Disease Progression
Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Cell Migration
Viscoelastic Hydrogels
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Thesis Supervisors:
Esther Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor