Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Author "Eden, Mario R."

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The Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program Investigation of Polyvinyl Alcohol Film Developments Pertaining to Radioactive Particle Decontamination and Industrial Waste Minimization

Mole, Tracey (2005-12-15)

Formula optimization of new products and improvement of existing merchandise is practiced in many different industries including paints and dyes, polymers and plastics, foods, personal care, detergents, pharmaceuticals and ...

Chemical Process Design Approaches Leveraging Process Modularization, Intensification, and Large Language Models

Mukta, Chinmoy Basak (2024-12-17)

This dissertation investigates critical aspects of chemical engineering, including reactor intensification, process expansion, distributed natural gas desulfurization, and large language models. The key findings of this ...

Computer-Aided Molecular Design with Multi-Dimensional Characterization

Robert, Herring, III (2014-10-10)

In this work, a methodology for the solution of computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) problems with property models utilizing descriptors of varying dimensionality has been presented. The problems encountered within this ...

Economic Analysis of Various Reforming Techniques and Fuel Sources for Hydrogen Production

McGlocklin, Kristin (2006-12-15)

Hydrogen is emerging as a future replacement fuel for the traditional fossil fuels that will be capable of satisfying our energy needs. Hydrogen may enable future energy systems to be cleaner, more reliable, and much more ...

Fate and Remediation of Biomass Gasification Gas Contaminants

Abdoulmoumine, Nourredine (2014-07-29)

The development of alternative and renewable energy and fuels is at the forefront of research because of the forecasted depletion of crude oil reserves and the growing concern of irreversible environmental damage caused ...

Fischer Tropsch Catalyst Structures & Process Design for JP-5 Fuel Integrated with MFEC

Dokun, Tunde B. A. (2010-05-11)

Modern societies are seeking new sources and corresponding technology as traditional fossil fuels are becoming more difficult to access because of their remote locations. A potentially attractive solution is to convert ...

Initial Investigation on Xylose Fermentation for Lignocellulosic Bioethanol Production

Chen, Yanli (2009-05-15)

Bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass has drawn tremendous attention, not only because bioethanol has a number of attractive traits as an alternative fuel to fossil fuel, but also due to attractive characteristics ...

Integrated Framework for Process and Product Synthesis/Design

Bommareddy, Susilpa (2014-01-09)

Future growth within the chemical process industries depends on various factors such as raw material and energy availability, sustainability etc. A systematic process synthesis and design framework integrated with molecular ...

Preliminary Study of Tribology: Uniform Control of the Density Control of the Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles on a Modified Silicon Surface

Kang, Chan (2007-05-15)

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) are important in diverse fields such as BioMEMS, optical MEMS, and radio frequency MEMS. The low cost, small device size and high reliability are contributing to successful commercialization ...

A Property Based Approach to Integrated Process and Molecular Design

Eljack, Fadwa (2007-05-15)

In this work, a new simple yet effective, systematic method to synthesize and design molecules is presented. Visualization of the problem is achieved by employing an annex to the recently developed property clustering ...