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Development of Biomimetic Materials for Enhanced Maturation of Engineered Cardiac Tissue
(2016-05-06)
The creation of cardiac tissue constructs holds potential in the development of clinical and diagnostic platforms, including the creation of novel treatments for patients with heart disease and cost-effective platforms for ...
Creating a 3D Stem Cell Microenvironment to Produce Human Developing Cardiac Tissues for Scale-Up and Disease Modeling
(2016-08-03)
In the field of tissue engineering, the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) has proven extremely valuable based on their ability to differentiate into almost any cell type within the human body, but keep ...
Experimental Study of Sea Salt Particles (SSP) Filtration Performance for On-Board SOFCs
(2016-05-06)
This work described in the dissertation mainly focuses on the filtration of sea salt particles (SSP), which flow into the cathode side of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) on the ships. Currently, SOFCs are being considered ...
Effects of Carbon Nanotube Type and Surface Functionalization on the Carbon Nanotube-Unsaturated Polyester Resin Composite Properties
(2016-12-20)
The goal of this research was to understand the dispersion of carbon nanotubes (CNT) in unsaturated polyester resin (UPR), the relative strength of nanotube-resin interactions, and curing into nanocomposites. These are ...
Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Cancer Models for Tumorigenic Studies and Drug-Testing Applications
(2016-07-26)
Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases, affecting millions of people throughout the world in various forms. Significant multidisciplinary efforts are being conducted to improve detection, diagnosis and treatment of ...
Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Monomeric Sugars and Levulinic Acid: Alkaline Pretreatment, Enzymatic Hydrolysis, and Decrystallization
(2016-08-05)
The technical feasibility of applying uniform pretreatment conditions across the different switchgrass varieties to achieve similar sugar yields was investigated. Four different types of switchgrass species including, ...
Flow-Directed Assembly of Cellulose Nanocrystal Dispersions with Ordered Film Applications
(2016-07-28)
This dissertation presents the results of highly collaborative research on the fluid-phase assembly of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) into ordered films. Due to their extraordinary properties, CNC are increasingly being ...
Improving the homogeneity of superparamagnetic nanoparticles and a study of their physicochemical properties
(2016-08-05)
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have enormous potential in biomedical applications, including drug delivery, hyperthermia, and magnetic resonance imaging. However, the broad size distribution of SPIONs ...
Thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites
(2016-11-09)
This thesis describes the use of non-covalent functionalization of nanomaterials and pre-processing methods for improving thermal and mechanical properties of melt processed thermoplastic polymer nanocomposites. The effects ...
Process Design and Simulation of Propylene and Methanol Production through Direct and Indirect Biomass Gasification
(2016-07-26)
As a result of increasing environmental concerns and the depletion of petroleum resources, the search for renewable alternatives is an important global topic. Methanol produced from biomass could be an important intermediate ...