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Author:

Littles, Dionna J

Title:

A Study of Controllable Aggregation using Silane Treated Silica Nanoparticles

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

colloidal silica
silane surface treatment
controllable aggregation
pH

File:

Download Dionna_Littles_Thesis_Spring_2014.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jones, Michael Joseph

Title:

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Studies of Nickel-Gallium Bimetallic Catalysts for Partial Acetylene Hydrogenation

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Engineering
Catalysis
Hydrogenation
Reaction
Acetylene
Ethylene
Nickel
Gallium

File:

Download Jones_Michael_Honors_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mays, Benjamin E

Title:

Mineral Replacement Reactions Enabled through Electrokinetic Fluid Flow within Pores

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

mineral
replacement
electrokinetics
diffusiophoresis
pseudomorphic
potassium
bromide
chloride
ion exchange
quantum dots

File:

Download Ben_Mays_Honors_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, 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:

Nidzyn, Robert Michael

Title:

Using Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi relations to predict electrode potential-dependent activation energies

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Catalysis
Bronsted-Evans-Polanyi
Potential-Dependent Activation Energies

File:

Download RMNIDZYN_THESIS_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Faculty Reader

Author:

Narukatpichai, Jenwarin

Title:

A MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF THE ORIENTED ATTACHMENT MECHANISM OF SILVER NANOPLATES IN PRESCENCE OF POLYVINYLPYRROLIDONE

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

silver nanoplate
ag nanoplate
nanoplate synthesis
oriented attachment
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
PVP
Molecular dynamics simulations
MD simulations
Molecular Dynamics

File:

Download JenwarinNarukatpichaiThesis04122017.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kristen Fichthorn, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Espinoza Soto, Paula

Title:

Scale-Up of Moringa Coated Sand Filters to Produce Clean Drinking Water

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Moringa oleifera
water
binary mixtures
collector size
activated carbon
total organic matter
water filters
Moringa seeds

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephanie Butler Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gillespie, Colin

Title:

Using Osmotic Pressure Simulations to Test Potentials for Ions

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Osmotic Pressure
Simulation
Ions
Potentials

File:

Download Colin_Gillespie_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Burke, Jennifer

Title:

Chemical Game Theory: Strategy in Repeated Games

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Game Theory
strategic decisions
Process Control
Prisoner's Dilemma
Learning
Bounded Rationality

File:

Download Jennifer_Burke_Thesis_SHC_2020_with_edits.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Alberti, Ellie

Title:

Social Tipping Points Analyzed Using an Econochemical Approach

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Econochemistry
Tipping points
Cooperative binding
Micellization
Threshold models
Decision making

File:

Download Alberti_thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor
Themis Matsoukas, Faculty Reader