Browsing by Author "Auad, Maria"

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Processing, Characterization, and Valorization of Soybean Hull

Etebari Alamdari, Navid (2023-07-31) ETD File Embargoed

This work aims to utilize soybean processing waste, soybean hull (SBH), as a low-cost, abundantly available biomass (annual global generation of ~23 million metric tons) for producing value-added products. Despite being ...

Production of Bio-Composite Filament using Lignin, Polylactic Acid and High Impact Polystyrene for Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing)

Wasti, Sanjita (2020-07-11)

Petroleum-based plastics, which are excessively used, are non-biodegradable, and lead to environmental pollution. Plant-based bio-products, on the other hand, are abundantly present, sustainable but are less exploited and ...

Sequential graft-Interpenetrating polymer networks based on polyurethane and acrylic/ester copolymers

Méndez, Ricardo (2015-12-04)

Highly transparent and tough graft-interpenetrating polymer networks (graft-IPNs) were synthesized using an elastomeric polyurethane phase (PU) and a highly stiff acrylate-base copolymer phase. The grafting points between ...

Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible PEG-based Block Copolymers

Li, Mei (2013-04-19)

A series of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based biocompatible tri-block copolymers, poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone-co-lactide) (PCLA-PEG-PCLA) and poly(D,L-lactide)-poly(ethylene ...

Synthesis of Ceria Nanomaterials to Enhance Catalytic Activity of CO Oxidation

Sim, Myeongseok (2019-11-14)

This thesis represents a comparative study of a series of ceria nanomaterials towards CO oxidation. Ceria particles were synthesized using microwave-assisted hydrothermal and one-step solvothermal methods, and ceria ...

Synthesis, Structure-Bioactivity Relationship, and Application of Antimicrobial Materials

Kocer, Hasan Basri (2009-12-14)

Antimicrobial N-halamine compounds were designed, synthesized and applied onto various materials to investigate and develop several properties of the N-halamine-based technologies. There are five projects covered in the ...

Thermosetting Polymers from Renewable Resources

Sibaja, Bernal (2016-08-26)

Polymer science was born as an answer to the need to produce and to understand materials such as plastics, rubber, adhesives, fibers, and paints. It has been recognize as an interdisciplinary field, combining theoretical ...

Validation of Laboratory Cracking Tests for Field Top-down Cracking Performance

Chen, Chen (2020-04-20)

Top-down cracking (TDC) has been widely reported as a primary mode of distress in asphalt pavements. Currently, there is no consensus on a practical laboratory cracking test that can reliably predict an asphalt mixture’s ...