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Author:

Dong, Emily Rae

Title:

Integrated Analysis of RNA-RNA Interactions for the Rational Design of Synthetic Metabolic Regulators

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

RNA
Regulatory RNA
Synthetic Biology
Metabolic Engineering

File:

Download Dong_Emily_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Howard M Salis, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ashar, Parth Kamlesh

Title:

The effects of microenvironmental stiffness on expression of tropomyosin in TGFβ-induced mammary epithelial cells

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
Tropomyosin
microenvironmental stifness
TGFβ

File:

Download Ashar_Parth_EffectsofMicroenvironmental.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Esther Winter Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Regula, Michael John

Title:

Determining potential dependent activation barriers for elementary electrocatalytic reactions using density functional theory

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Potential Dependent Activation Barriers
Electrocatalysis
Density Functional Theory
Butler-Volmer Kinetics

File:

Download Thesis_-_Michael_Regula.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Taylor, Christine Alana

Title:

A Continuous Bioreactor to Study the Persistence of Extracellular Biofuel Candidate Molecules in a Non-axenic Algae Culture

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

weed algae
product degradation
chemostat

File:

Download Christi_Taylor_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Kaitlyn Meghan

Title:

The Influence of Mechanical Signal on the Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition in Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

endothelial
mesenchymal
transition
transforming growth factor beta
pulmonary fibrosis
pulmonary hypertension

File:

Download Kaitlyn_Johnson_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Esther Winter Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Myers, John Austin

Title:

The Scaled-up Process Design and Economic Analysis of an Electrofuels Platform for Producing Botryococcene as an Alternative Transportation Fuel

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Biofuel
Alternative Fuel
Electrofuels
Process Design
Economic Analysis

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Version_John_Myers.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Michaelis, Charles Allen

Title:

Creating Polloids - A Symthesis of Colloidal Polymer Chains

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

colloid
polymer
chains
assemblies

File:

Download michaelis_charles_creatingpolloids.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Darrell Velegol, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Faculty Reader
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Held, Jacob T

Title:

Mechanistic Analysis of the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene Over NiZn Surface

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

DFT
catalysis
NiZn
Hydrogenation
ethylene
polyethylene
acetylene

File:

Download Held_Jacob_SelectiveHydrogenationofAcetylene.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Faculty Reader

Author:

Lewis, Sean A

Title:

Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Nanoparticles and Tubules

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

self-assembly
amphiphilic
nanoparticles

File:

Download Self-Assembly_of_Amphiphilic_Nanoparticles_and_Tubules_Final_-_Sean_Lewis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Escotet Espinoza, Manuel Sebastian

Title:

Development Of Optimization Procedure For The Expression Of The Membrane Protein Aquaporin In Rhodobacter Sphaeroides

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Aquaporin
membrane protein
fluorescence
genetic engineering
screening
western blot

File:

Download Escotet_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Darrell Velegol, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Manish Kumar, Faculty Reader