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Author:

Harter, Allison Beth

Title:

PLASMID TRANSMISSION THROUGH NUCLEPORE TRACK ETCHED MEMBRANES

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

ultrafiltration
track etched membranes
plasmid DNA
sieving coefficient

File:

Download AHarter_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Siskind, Tamara Lynne

Title:

Modeling the Effect of Temozolomide on Brain Tumor Growth

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

temozolomide
mathematical modeling
glioblastoma

File:

Download Siskind_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Antonios Armaou, Thesis Supervisor
Antonios Armaou, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mueller, Thomas J

Title:

Development And Application Of The Annotation Integration Method For Developing Genome-scale Models

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

genome-scale reconstruction
metabolic model

File:

Download Tom_Mueller_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Costas D Maranas, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Howard, Michael Patrick

Title:

Theory and methods toward an understanding of flow-induced crystallization of isotactic polypropylene

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

crystallization
polypropylene
nucleation
shear flow

File:

Download 1-Howard_Michael_Theory_and_Methods_for_FIC.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

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:

electrochemistry
catalysis
electroreduction
carbon dioxide

File:

Download Bernstein_Nicole_DensityFunctionalTheoryStudyofCarbonDioxideElectrochemicalReductionontheFe_100_Surface.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ali Borhan, Faculty Reader

Author:

Huso, Walker D

Title:

Rapid Automated Optimization of Riboswitch Function for Synthetic Biology

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Riboswitch
riboswitches
aptamer
aptamers
DNT
dinitrotoluene
TNT
trinitrotoluene
in vivo
sensor
automated
biophysical

File:

Download Huso_Walker_RapidOptimizationofRiboswitches.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Howard M Salis, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dipaolo, Timothy Haines

Title:

Determination of Micelle Size Through Micelle Formation Energies

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

micelle
SDS
equilibrium
formation energy

File:

Download DiPaolo_Thesis_SP15.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Borhan, Shirin

Title:

Numerical Simulation of Transport and Uptake of Reactive Air Pollutants in Healthy and Diseased Human Lungs

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

respiratory tract
reactive inhalant
dosimetry

File:

Download Shirin_Thesis-Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali Borhan, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wu, Jingyu

Title:

DIFFUSIOPHORESIS AND MINERAL REPLACEMENT AT SATURATED SALT CONDITION

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Diffusiophoresis
Mineral Replacement
Microfluidic device
High Ionic Strength
Colloids System

File:

Download Jingyu_Wu_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Piasecki, Aleksander Felipe

Title:

A PRESYNTHESIS METHOD FOR INDUCING SELECTIVE GROWTH IN TWO DIMENSIONAL AND LAYERED MATERIALS

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

TMD
WSe2
Tungsten Diselenide
CVD
MOCVD
Selective Area Growth
Residual Polymer Layer

File:

Download Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joshua Robinson, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cook, Laura Ellen

Title:

Chemical Game Theory and Cooperation in Experimental Prisoner’s Dilemma Games

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

game theory
prisoner's dilemma
cooperation
chemical game theory
chemical engineering
gibbsian games
entropic choices
chemical physics

File:

Download Cook_Laura_CooperationCGT_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Noel, Grace Helen

Title:

Colloidal silica synthesis and evaporative assembly of Binary nanocrystal films

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

silica
nanoparticles
colloidal crystals
self-assembly

File:

Download Noel_SHC_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Becker, Matthew Louis

Title:

PURIFICATION OF VARIOUS OMPF MUTANTS FOR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

OmpF
Biomimetic
Membranes
Biomimetic membranes
Filtration

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Manish Kumar, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Sharma, Siddharth A

Title:

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANES (RO) TO ELIMINATE FOULING, CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION, AND REDUCE ATRAZINE IN WATER

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Reverse Osmosis
Membranes
Separations
Water Purification
Desalination

File:

Download final_thesis_schreyer__4.8.19_-merged.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Harry R Allcock, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miller, Hunter

Title:

IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE C8-BTBT THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR PERFORMANCE

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

C8-BTBT
transistor
charge mobility
crystallization

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Hunter_Miller.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Pradipta, Gregorius Rangga

Title:

Computational Study of of Flow Structures Within Microfluidic Channels with Trapezoidal Cross-Section

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Computational
Fluid Dynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Microfluidics
trapezoidal channel
navier-stokes
numerical simulation
asymptotic
shear stress
equilibrium position
particle focusing
particle trajectory

File:

Download grp5107-Pradipta__Gregorius-Honors_Thesis_Finalv3.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali Borhan, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Pawlik, Taylor Kristen

Title:

MECHANICAL DEGRADATION OF POLYACRYLAMIDE IN HIGH-SHEAR CAPILLARY FLOW EXPERIMENTS

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Hydraulic Fracturing
High Shear
Mechanical Degradation
Polyacrylamide
Power Law
High Pressure
Capillary Flow

File:

Download Pawlik_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Manish Kumar, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cover, Mike

Title:

Low-Cost Laboratory Equipment Monitoring and Automation

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

automation
arduino
arduino ethernet shield
webserver
lab automation

File:

Download COVER_MICHAEL_LOW-COST_LABORATORY_EQUIPMENT_MONITORING_AND_AUTOMATION.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Nugent, Lucas Alexander

Title:

First Principles Airlift Photobioreactor for the Energy Balance of Microalgae for Biofuels Applications

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Microalgae
Biofuels
Photobioreactor
Photosynthetic Efficiency
Airlift
Energy Balance
Alginator
Chlorella vulgaris

File:

Download Lucas_Nugent_Final_Honors_Thesis.pdfDownload Final_Alginator_Figures.xlsx

Thesis Supervisors:

Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kazour, Mark

Title:

The Mixed Ion Effect on Ion Aggregation in Ionomers

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Batteries
Chemical Engineering
Sodium
Polymer
Battery
Polymers
Salts
Lithium
Material Science
Polymer Science
Electrolyte
Aggregation
Ionomers
Poly(ethylene) Oxide
Electrochemistry
Energy
Green Energy
Environmentally Friendly
Energy Storage
Environment
Mass Transport
Electric Car
Glass Transition
Ion Transport
Solid Polymer Electrolyte
Conductivity
Green Alternative
Engineering
PEO
SPE
Amorphous
Crystalline
Crystal
Mechanical Strength
Ions
Percolation
Stability
Mixed Salt
Sodium Perchlorate
Sodium Iodide

File:

Download Mark_Kazour_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hillsley, Jordan

Title:

The Effects of a Prefilter on the Sterile Filtration of Glycoconjugate Vaccines

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Sterile Filtration
Glycoconjugate Vaccines
Prefilter
Membrane Fouling

File:

Download Jordan_Hillsley_Thesis_Final_Draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miller, Joshua

Title:

Electrocatalytic properties of an iron organometallic complex and its role in the reduction of nitroaromatic compounds

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrocatalysis
density functional theory
nitroaromatic compounds
iron organometallic complex

File:

Download Miller_Joshua_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Buckingham, Emily

Title:

Synthesis of Bottlebrush Polymers with Conjugated Backbones and Nonconjugated Sidechains for Improved Solubility

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Bottlebrush polymer
Conjugated backbone
Nonconjugated sidechain

File:

Download Buckingham_SHC_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Huang, Shufang

Title:

Analysis of Mass Transfer in Twisted Elliptical Fiber

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

CFD
Filtration
Membrane
Concentration Polarization

File:

Download master.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali Borhan, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Faculty Reader

Author:

Hook, Michael

Title:

Modeling Hydrogen Generation from Hydroreactive Chemical Hydrides

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Hydrides
Hydrogen
Mathematical Model
Battery Cells
Dimensional Analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Michael_Hook_Final1.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ali Borhan, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor
Michael John Janik, Faculty Reader

Author:

Fortuna, Ethan

Title:

Temperature- and Region-Resolved Diffusion Coefficient of Oxygen in PVA-co-PE Copolymer Study using Molecular Probes

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

PVA-co-PE
Copolymer
Diffusion
DSC
Luminescent Probe
Molecular Probe

File:

Download PVA-co-PE_Oxygen_Diffusion.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Butts, Thomas

Title:

An Exploration of the Role of Electrostatic Interactions on Monoclonal Antibody Behavior

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Engineering
Virus
Filtration
Pharmaceutical
biotech
purification
mAb
Monoclonal Antibody

File:

Download Thomas_Butts_Schreyer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dyke, Kevin

Title:

Analysis of Operating Conditions for Commercially Available Depth Filters

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Depth Filtration

File:

Download SHC_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Zydney, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fisher, Matthew

Title:

Analyzing the Selectivity of Commercial Cation Exchange Membrane by Electrodeposition of Polyethyleneimine (PEI)

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Polyethyleneimine
Trivalent Ions
Rare Earth Elements
Permselectivity
Ion Exchange Membranes
Cations
Potentiostat
Phosphogypsum
Cerium Chloride
Electrodeposition
Wastewater

File:

Download Matthew_Fisher_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bruce Logan, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Andreyo, Luke

Title:

Hairy Nanocellulose Hydrogels

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanocellulose
Hydrogel
Crosslink
AHCNC

File:

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Thesis Supervisors:

Amir Sheikhi, Thesis Supervisor
Ali Borhan, Thesis Honors Advisor