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Author:

Thomas, Chandler

Title:

Gamma Brass Structures as Catalyst for Selective Hydrogenation of Crotonaldehyde

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

crotonaldehyde
chemical engineering
hydrogenation
catalyst

File:

Download The_Path_of_Least_Resistance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ingalls, Megan

Title:

Investigating the Surface Chemistry of Hydrogenation Reactions on Supported Metal Catalysts

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Self-Assembled Monolayer
Single Atom Catalyst
Hydrogenation
Catalysis
DFT

File:

Download INGALLS_MEGAN_AN_EXPERIMENTAL_AND_COMPUTATIONAL_STUDY_OF_HYDROGENATION.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Zydonik, Zachary Lee

Title:

MODULATING ION AGGREGATION AND MOBILITY IN IONOMERS

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Solid Polymer Electorlytes
Sodium Ion
Sulfonation
PEO
batteries
ion content
mechanical properties
percolation
ion transport
transport mechanism
ionomers

File:

Download thesis_zydonik_zachary.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Janna Kay Maranas, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Michael John Janik, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gill, Michael

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF CONJUGATED POLYMERS VIA RANDOM COPOLYMERIZATION TO INVESTIGATE THERMAL PROPERTIES

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

conjugated polymers
organic-photovoltaics
PPTBT
PPT6BT
PFTBT
PFT6BT
copolymers
crystallinity
liquid-crystalline
differential scanning calorimetry
synthesis
Suzuki polycondensation

File:

Download Gill_SHC_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Enrique Daniel Gomez, Thesis Supervisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Callo, Anthony V

Title:

Creating a Stronger and More Water-Resistant Material Using Spruce Wood

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Spruce
Wood
Densification
Spruce Wood

File:

Download Creating_a_Stronger_and_More_Water-Resistant_Material_Using_Spruce_Wood.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zofchak, Everett

Title:

Polymerization-Induced Nanostructural Transitions in Diblock Copolymer Monomer Blends

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

self-assembly
diblock copolymers
polymers
SAXS
nanotechnology

File:

Download Everett_Zofchak_SHC_Thesis_Final_041019.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Robert John Hickey, III, Thesis Supervisor
Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Manish Kumar, Faculty Reader

Author:

Cai, Yusheng

Title:

A study of solvation energy using molecular dynamics and density functional theory

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics
Density Functional Theory
Solvation energy
Thermodynamic integration
Gromacs
proton
water

File:

Download Senior_Thesis_4_8_2019.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Scott Thomas Milner, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Trauger, Marena Allison

Title:

TEMPORARY IMMERSION BIOREACTORS: DEVELOPMENTS TOWARDS YAM PROPAGATION AND AFRICAN FOOD SECURITY

Area of Honors:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

bioreactors
plant propagation
mass transfer
temporary immersion bioreactors
plants

File:

Download Trauger_Marena_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Wayne Roger Curtis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Stephanie Butler Velegol, Faculty Reader

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