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Visualization Studies of Evaporation and Combustion of Alternative Liquid Fuels and Aviation Liquid Droplets in Controllable Environments
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation describes visualization studies of alternative fuel and aviation liquid droplet behavior in controlled environments. Three experimental setups using free-falling and suspended droplet techniques were ...
Exploring Phenotypes of a Promising Industrial Methanotroph: An Experimental and Computational Study
(2018-04-24)
Methanotrophs are bacteria that directly convert methane under ambient conditions. In doing so, renewed research interest in their bioconversion capabilities have grown with the current abundance of methane and the global ...
Composite Polymeric Delivery for Use as a Single Dose Vaccine
(2018-07-24)
Vaccinology in the 21st century is characterized by refinement of Jenner’s principle of protection using less pathogenic organisms with natural or induced reduction of virulence. The approach to the treatment of the new ...
Improving the homogeneity of superparamagnetic nanoparticles and a study of their physicochemical properties and applications
(2018-04-24)
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have enormous potential in
biomedical applications, including drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia treatment (MHT), and
contrast enhancement for magnetic resonance ...
Defatted Soy Flour Substitution in Phenol Formaldehyde and Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate Wood Adhesives and their Curing Kinetic Behavior
(2018-04-27)
Composite wood products are manufactured utilizing reconstituted cellulosic material formed with thermosetting adhesives, primarily adhesives made from non-renewable materials. Natural wood adhesives, or bio-adhesives, had ...
Process Intensified Gas-to-Liquids Technology Enhanced by Microfibrous Entrapped Catalyst Structure
(2018-12-10)
The increasing demand for liquid fuels draws attention to synthetic fuels. Currently, two well-known Gas-to-Liquids technologies are used to convert syngas to liquid fuels. One is Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS); the other ...
Tissue Engineered Cancer Models for in vitro Recapitulation of the Native Tumor Microenvironment
(2018-07-18)
Despite having been first documented over 5000 years ago, cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal diseases to plague the human race to date. According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly half of Americans ...
Directed Self-Assembly of Tethered Membranes on Nanoparticles
(2018-04-30)
Nanoparticles have demonstrated success in overcoming many barriers of therapeutic delivery. The advantages of these systems include increased drug loading, an ability to package poorly soluble and/or highly toxic drugs, ...
Optimization of Cellulose Nanocrystal Films for Optical and Micromechanical Applications
(2018-04-24)
The objective of this research is to understand the effect of microstructural helix orientations and alignment in aqueous cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) dispersions and films on mechanical, optical, and surface properties ...
Data Driven Methods for Chemical Process and Product Synthesis and Design
(2018-11-20)
Data driven methods for chemical process and product synthesis have become integrated in all aspects of design. The responsibly of the academic community should be to provide users with guidance when managing the ...