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Author:

Slipak, Sasha H

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF THE STATE OF WATER ADJACENT TO SOLID SURFACES USING DEUTERIUM NMR SPECTROSCOPY

Area of Honors:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Solid-state
Starch
Cellulose
NMR
Deuterium
D2O
Tetrahedral
C2
High symmetry

File:

Download SHS5026_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alan James Benesi, Thesis Supervisor
Alan James Benesi, Thesis Supervisor
Przemyslaw Maslak, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Bernhard Anderson, Faculty Reader

Author:

Russo, Daniel Alexander

Title:

Effects of Cellulose Synthase (cesa) Mutations on Catalytic Activity, Cell Wall Structure, and Isoform Expression Profile

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Site-directed Mutagenesis
Cellulose synthase
CesA
Cellulose
Molecular Biology
GUS
Gene Expression

File:

Download Russo_Daniel_Effectsofcellulosesynthase.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ming Tien, Thesis Supervisor
Craig Eugene Cameron, Thesis Honors Advisor
Scott Brian Selleck, Faculty Reader

Author:

Sau, Moujhuri

Title:

Investigation of the Effect of Mechanical Strain on the Orientation of Cellulose Microfibrils in the Primary Cell Wall

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Cellulose
Primary Cell Wall
SFG
Sfum Frequency Generation
Cellulose Microfibril

File:

Download Sau_FINAL_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Seong Han Kim, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jain, Preet K

Title:

Rheology of Native Cellulose in Ionic Liquids

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Rheology
Cellulose
Shear-thinning
Ionic Liquids
Polymer Solutions
Green solvents
Solvent quality
Associating polymers
Chain dynamics
Glass-transition temperatures
Time-temperature Superposition

File:

Download Jain_Preet_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ralph H Colby, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wattana, Ravisara

Title:

Rheology of Natural Polysaccharides in Ionic Liquids

Area of Honors:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Rheology
Natural Polysaccharides
Cellulose
Chitosan
Xanthan
Ionic liquids
Urea Effect

File:

Download HonorThesis_RAVISARA_WATTANA.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ralph H Colby, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Robert Allen Kimel, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Starr, Thomas

Title:

Characterizing the Degradation of Cellulose by Combinations of Cellulolytic Enzymes

Area of Honors:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Biomass Conversion
Cellulases
Cellobiohyrdolases
Cellulose
Enzyme Synergy
Endoglucanases

File:

Download Thomas_Starr_Honors_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Charles T Anderson, Thesis Supervisor
Teh-Hui Kao, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fliegel, Cara

Title:

Probing the Regulation of CSI1 Through its Phosphorylation

Area of Honors:

Biology

Keywords:

Cellulose
Cellulose Synthase Complex
Cellulose Synthase Interactive Protein 1
Phosphorylation
Hypocotyl Length
CSC Velocity
Cellulose Content
Arabidopsis thaliana

File:

Download Probing_the_Regulation_of_CSI1_Through_its_Phosphorylation_Fliegel.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ying Gu, Thesis Supervisor
Benoit A Dayrat, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Martin, Benjamin

Title:

Analysis of the Structural Role of Key Cell Wall Components in Arabidopsis thaliana via SAXS and GIWAXS

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

SAXS
GIWAXS
Arabidopsis thaliana
Cell Wall
Pectin
Cellulose
Xyloglucan
Growth Media
Methyl Esterification

File:

Download Martin_Benjamin_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Esther Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor