Chemical Engineering Honors Alumni
This will be an ongoing project to collect the thesis topics of former honors students. It is only complete to the extent that faculty provide the information.
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Chemical Engineering Honors Alumni
This will be an ongoing project to collect the thesis topics of former honors students. It is only complete to the extent that faculty provide the information. |
| Student | Thesis | Advisor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | |||
| Russel E. Green | Fabrication of hydrogel nanofibers and aligned polypyrrole nano-fibers using electrospinning (Sp05) -|- | ________ | |
| Alex Radovic-Moreno | Determining forces on nano-particles using differential electrophoresis and small-angle light scattering(Sp05) -|- | Velegol | |
| Brian Werner | Statistical analysis of turbulent disruption data for red blood cells(Sp05) -|- | Curtis | |
| Benjamin Wong | Growth of fungal symbiont on root cultures(Sp05) -|- | Curtis | |
| 2004 | |||
| Vinnie Gallo | Light scattering studies of forces between nanoparticles (Sp04) -|- | Velegol | |
| 2003 | |||
| Jason Clark | Pressure Effects on Segmented Dynamics of Polyolefins (Sp03) -|- | J. Maranas | |
| Amber Clausi | Gel Remodeling due to cell traction forces (Sp03) -|- ABSTRACT | Velegol | |
| William Riordan | Cell encapsulation on microelectronic Device (Sp03) -|- | Pishko | |
| Greg Thurber | Expression of virus replication genes in transgenic N. benthamiana tissue culture (Sp03) -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| Laura Sailer | Therapeutic protein expression in transgenic N. glutinosa tissue culture (Sp03) -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| Amy M. Seeman | Development and characterization of Agrobacteria Auxotrophs using suicide vector mutagensis (Sp03) -|- ABSTRACT -|- paper | Curtis | |
| 2002 | |||
| Maureen Donovan | Fabrication of an optical nitric oxide sensor (Fa02) -|- | Pishko | |
| Susan Fullerton | Structure-Shape Relations in Boron Oxide Nanoparticles (Fa02) -|- | J. Maranas | |
| Karen E. Jerardi | Construction of a GUS-Intron Gene for Transient Protein Expression Studies in Plant Tissue Culture (Sp02) -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| James Hall | Size Distribution in Deaggregation of Nanoparticles (Sp02) -|- | Matsoukis | |
| Anthony J. Kumar | Preparation of Well-Characterized Supported Pd Catalysts (Sp02) -|- ABSTRACT | Vannice | |
| Scott McAllister | Computer Modeling in Directed Evolution (Sp02) -|- | C. Maranas | |
| Bill Schaeffer | Segment Dynamics in Polyolefin Blends (Sp02) -|- | J. Maranas | |
| Kristin Tirio | Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis (Sp02) -|- | Matsoukis | |
| Chris J. Wigoda | Bioreactor design: influence of root culture morphology liquid holdup and trickle-bed bioreactor (Fa02) -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| 2001 | |||
| Brian F. Moore | Determination of the Cumulant Expansion for Autocorrelation of Polymer Coiling (Sp01) -|- ABSTRACT | Matsoukis | |
| John D. Hatjopoulos | Titania Nanoparticles: A proposed mechanism for the Colloidal System Peptization (Sp01) -|- ABSTRACT | Matsoukis | |
| 2000 | |||
| Abdule(Hameed) Aziz | Sub-lethal effects of turbulence on red blood cells | Curtis | |
| Kimberly R. Bell | Drop motion through a non-newtonian medium in a Hele-Shaw cell | Borhan | |
| David M. Bohonak | Pressure decay studies and error analysis of diffusivity and solubility of atmospheric gases in polyvinylbutyral -|- ABSTRACT | Danner | |
| Anthony P. Burgard | Genotype optimization through DNA recombination of metabolic phenotypes (Sp00) | C. Maranas | |
| Kathryn R. Gacek | The Effects of Surfactants on the Nucleation and Growth of Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate in Phosphoric Acid Solution -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis/Collins | |
| Tim Gaydos | Short-Term Planning (Su00) -|- | C. Maranas | |
| Amanda Greer | Influence of Connectivity on the Composition Dependence of SANS Data (Sp01) -|- | J. Maranas | |
| Sara E. Leister | Experimental evaluation of turbulence based disruption of blood cells; Establishment of asceptic plant parasitic nematode culture; Blood cell disruption in turbulence -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis/Collins | |
| 1999 | |||
| Brian Bonnell | Surfactant Design | C. Maranas | |
| H. Michael Borovetz | The effect of component blending on low temperature properties of canola oil | Perez | |
| Steven A. Brewer | Study of Polymer Motion with Dynamic Light Scattering (Fa99) -|- ABSTRACT | Matsoukas | |
| Robert Guy Bruch | Lubricant additive detection using linear sweep voltammetry | Perez | |
| Casey Carlos | Giving hairy roots the blues: Cloning the GUS reporter gene into hairy roots | Curtis | |
| Kevin Dorfman | A method to determine the oxidative stability of greases with the Penn State microoxidation test | Perez | |
| Amy Hsiao | Design of a continuous flow turbulence chamber for cell distribution -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| Thomas M. Lancaster | Numerical simulation of the simultaneous diffusion and reaction of methanol in 88% poly(vinyl alcohol) via the implicit finite difference technique -|- ABSTRACT | Duda | |
| Raouf Malek | Mass and heat transfer in the Ohaus moisture determination balance for thin-film polymer-solvent systems | Duda | |
| Kristina Mann | Mixing studies of hairy root shake flask cultures: implications on growth; measurment of methyl-salicylate vapor pressure; measurement of root-medium mass transfer rates -|- ABSTRACT | Curtis | |
| Dai Shen | Use of auxin transport inhibitors to manipulate root hair development and reduce bioreactor flow resistance | Curtis | |
| 1998 | |||
| Tracy Hsiao | The development and validation of new sterilization methods for bioreactors - | - paper | Curtis | |
| Gregory Christopher Itle | Determination of interaction parameters for UNIFAC for chlorinated and fluorinated hydrocarbons using binary vapor/liquid equilibrium data -|- ABSTRACT | Danner | |
| James Lease | The Study of polymer-induced phase transitions in microemulsion systems (Sp98) | Matsoukis | |
| Douglas T. Lee | Polymer film drying experiments | Duda | |
| Sarah B. Marple | Diffusive behavior of various liquid solvents in polyethylene | Duda | |
| Edward R. Marx | The effects of ionic interactions on the hydraulic conductivity of endothelial cells | Tarbell | |
| Jeffrey D. Mintzes | The spray drying of large, porous particles for aerosol drug delivery to the lung | Edwards | |
| Jacquelyn M. Nice | Aerosol properties of large, porous particles for inhalation | Edwards | |
| Eric P. Reinheimer | The development of a new ambient pressure gravimetric sorption apparatus | Duda | |
| Heather Young | Calcium phosphate-mediated transient transfection in Hyocyamus muticus; transient transfaction of plant tissue culture via plasmid endocytosis | Curtis | |
| 1997 | |||
| Jeffrey A. Borek | The influence of thermal barrier coatings on diesel engine emissions | Perez | |
| Ross Brindle | Determination of the effect of relative humidity on root respiration rates in arabidopsis columbia using fluorescent microscopy | Curtis | |
| David Henninger | A study of the effects of pore diffusion on biotransformation rate within Bidens pilosus cell aggregates | Curtis | |
| Jennifer J. Hsu | A visual investigation of the effect of shear stress and angiotensin II on attached rat aortic smooth muscle cells | Tarbell | |
| Ryan Koch | The Study of Phase behavior induced by the addition of poly(ethylene oxide) to microemulsions (Sp97) | Matsoukis | |
| Jonathan Miller | Growth of silverleaf nightshade cultures for the biological control of silverleaf nightshade using Orrina phyllobia; development of plant culture system for parasitic nematodes | Curtis | |
| Luke Osborne | Visualization of regurgitant flow through a mitral valve | Tarbell | |
| Albert Shung | Development and calibration of Shikonin analysis | Curtis | |
| Brian R. Stoll | A theory of molecular absorption from the small intestine with application to oral drug delivery | Edwards | |
| Yi Tank | Monte Carlo Simulation of Particle Coagulation and Break-up (Sp97) | Matsoukis | |
| 1996 | |||
| Francis B. Arieta | The search for a non-Newtonian blood analog fluid | Tarbell | |
| Larry Binkley | Light Scattering From Microemulsions (Sp96) | Matsoukis | |
| Michelle Brincat | Nutrient diffusion and uptake from plant tissue culture | Curtis | |
| John Kit Carson | Experimental determination of the critical temperatures of polyoxygenated compounds and evaluation of the second-order predictive model | Daubert | |
| Adam L. Leathery | A computer software package for calculations of diffusion coefficients in polymer-solvent systems | Danner | |
| Jennifer Neal | Structural Studies of Microemulsions (Sp96) | Matsoukis | |
| Melissa A. Schonhardt | The diffusion of penetrants into polymers | Duda & Danner | |
| Beth Schubert | Monte Carlo Simulations of multiple light scattering (Sp96) | Matsoukis | |
| 1995 | |||
| Devin T. Babcock | Critical temperatures of polyoxygenated organic compounds: experimental measurements and group contribution predictive models | Daubert | |
| Arthur Bergman | Oxygen diffusion coefficient measurement in Ca-alginate beads | Curtis | |
| Paula Flowers | Corn oil as a lubricant: an oxidation study | Perez | |
| Bobbie W. Griffith | Polymer solvent diffusion and equilibrium parameters by capillary column inverse gas chromatography-|- ABSTRACT | Danner | |
| Ronald C. Hedden | Study of diffusion of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon blowing agents in a polyurethane sample by gravimetric desorption technique | Duda | |
| Eric O. Mueller | The effect of partial digestion of the endothelial glycocalyx on albumin permeability and hydraulic conductivity | Tarbell | |
| Keith Welp | In situ extraction of secondary metabolites using surfactant mesophases | Curtis/Nagarajan | |
| 1994 | |||
| Evdokia Achilleos | Designing a mechanical cell stimulator: a device for studying the effects of mechanically induced stress on skeletal muscle cells in vitro | Frangos | |
| Beth (Pearsall) Powell | Image and fractal analysis of bioreactor root cultures; characterization of root morphology by image analysis for correlation to reactive fluid flow characteristics - | - paper | Curtis | |
| Christopher M. Wentz | The effect of varying growth conditions on dextran permeability of cultured endothelial monolayers | Tarbell | |
| 1993 | |||
| Melissa Baron | Growth inhibition of Hyocyamus muticus "hairy roots" caused by the production of allelochemicals from beet, potato, and Trichosanthes kirilowii "hairy roots"; co-culture of roots: synergistic / antagonistic interactions | Curtis | |
| Sean Holihan | Hydraulic permeability of packed beds of roots; correlation of root morphology with reactor performance | Curtis | |
| Shawn A. Mitchell | The effects of hoop strain on the hydraulic conductivity of bovine aortic tissue | Tarbell | |
| Gregory A. O'Neil | Experimental determination and second-order group prediction of critical properties for oxygenates | Danner | |
| Ronald M. Resele | Liquid-liquid equilibria of solutions of polymethacrylates and polystyrene in tetrahydrofuran | Danner | |
| William J. Senge | Experimental determination and first-order group prediction of critical properties for oxygenates | Daubert | |
| Leah Sullivan | Sugar utilization of plant cell and root tissue cultures; carbohydrate utilization by plant root cultures | Curtis | |
| John J. Waclawski | Use of polystyrene standards and gel permeation chromatography to determine the molecular weight distributions of polymers | Danner | |
| Matthew W. Weston | Effects of diameter mismatch on the wall shear rate distribution near the end-to-end anastomosis of a rigid graft and compliant artery | Tarbell | |
| 1992 | |||
| James Corry | In situ extraction of secondary metabolites from Hyoscyamus muticus in a continuous bioreactor. - | - paper | Curtis | |
| Scott McKelvey | Effect of bioreactor design on growth in Agrobacterium transformed "hairy root" cultures of Hyoscyamus muticus; - | - paper | Curtis | |
| 1991 | |||
| Steven F. Davis | The measurement of viscosity at low temperatures for organic solvents | Klaus & Duda | |
| Jonathan T. Rager | Two methods of critical temperature determination for thermally unstable compounds | Daubert | |
| Sharon Warmbrodt | Reduction of abnormalities in somatic embryos using phosphate limitation; reduction of abnormalities in somatic embroy's using phosphate limitation | Curtis | |
| 1990 | |||
| Dave Dunlop | Combined effects of phosphate limitation and fungal elicitation of sesquiterpene production in Agrobacterium transformed "hairy root" cultures of Hyoscyamus muticus; phosphate limited fungal elicitation in root cultures - | - paper | Curtis | |
| Clint B. Rogers | Fluid shear stress induced cell membrane pertrubations | Frangos | |
| Marc Sheilikoff | Intracellular free calcium: theoretical models for calcium oscellation and effect of fluid shear on cytosolic ca2+ in human umbilical vascular endothelial cells | Tarbell | |
| 1987 | |||
| Amy R. Ericson | Studies of the permeability of bovine aortic endothelial cells cultured on porous supports | Tarbell | |
| Timothy R. Gotshall | Oxidative degradation of selected lubricants using a four-ball wear test | Duda & Klaus | |
| Robert F. Pinchot | Subatmospheric vapor pressures of several organic compounds and the Thodos qualification technique | Daubert | |
| 1986 | |||
| Eric G. Hills | The analysis of two closure models of turbulent mixing in a series-parallel reaction system | Tarbell | |
| W. Andrew Elmes | The effects of chemical additives on crankcase oil oxidation | Klaus & Duda | |
| Glenn C. Reichart | Vapor pressure measurement and prediction for polar compounds | Daubert | |
| 1985 | |||
| David R. Bailey | The catalytic effects of suspended iron/iron oxide particles on a lubrical oil | Klaus & Duda | |
| Kevin Buzdygon | Development of a four-ball wear test procedure using microliter samples of lubricant | Duda & Klaus | |
| Mark A. Denlinger | Techniques to reduce thermal property data to departure form | Daubert | |
| 1984 | |||
| Wayne Curtis | A mathematical model for a vapor deposition reactor | White/Phillips | |
| 1983 | |||
| Merrill D. Colmery | Thermodynamics and kinetic analysis of solvent diffusion into coal | Duda | |
| Christopher E. Durham | A study of the interaction of solvents with coal | Klaus & Duda | |
| Clyde Lee Rhoades | Development of computerized chemical structure analysis for group contribution calculations | Danner | UNLISTED |
| Eric Lawrence | Characterization of polymers by use of gel permeation chromatography | Danner | |
| Frederick I. Bernardin, III | Ternary phase equilibria of tetrahydrofuran-polystyrene-polytetrahydrofuran | Danner | |
| Scott M. Thurston | Evaluation of two methods for fractionating dextran | Danner | |
| Matthew C. Fashold | Techniques for making coated capillary and packed columns for analysis of polymer-solvent systems using inverse gas chromatography -|- ABSTRACT | Danner |
