Graduate Degrees
May 2005
M.S.
Patrick D. Figaro
Thesis Title: Preparation and Testing of Water Gas Shift Catalysts
Advisor(s): Fabio Ribeiro
Undergraduate Institution: University of Oklahoma
Position upon leaving Purdue: Advanced Manufacturing Engineer, 3M
Caitlin Morgan LaClair
Thesis Title: Covalent Immobilization of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae For Microscopy
Advisor(s): John Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: University of New Hampshire
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continued for PhD, University of Wisconsin
Sridhar V.V.S. Maddipati
Thesis Title: Determination of Kinetic Parameters for Multisite Homopolymerization and Copolymerization Reactions in a CSTR
Advisor(s): James Caruthers/Venkat Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continued for PhD, Purdue University
Ph.D.
Nadia Abunasser
Thesis Title: One Column Chromatographs with Recycle Analogous To a Simulated Moving Bed
Advisor(s): Philip Wankat
Undergraduate Institution: Jordan University of Science & Technology
Aditya Bhan
Thesis Title: Propane Aromatization over HZSM-5 and Ga/HZSM-5 Catalyst Design Perspective
Advisor(s): Nicholas Delgass/Jochen Lauterbach
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Kanpur
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley
Nicole Dingle
Thesis Title: A Finite Element Based Algorithm for Determining Interfacial Tension and Contact Angle from Pendant and Sessile Drop Profiles
Advisor(s): Michael Harris
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland/College Park
Position upon leaving Purdue: Advanced Engineer, Exxon Mobil
August 2005
M.S.
Shaun R. Graham
Thesis Title: Copper Surfaces during Chemical Mechanical Polishing
Advisor(s): Stephen Beaudoin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Detroit
Jin Il Kim
Thesis Title: A Hybrid Model of Anaerobic E. Coli: Cybernetic Approach and Elementary Mode Analysis
Advisor(s): Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Undergraduate Institution: Korea University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continued for PhD, Purdue University
Ph.D.
Andrew Worht Dorsey
Thesis Title: An Advanced Model Based Framework for Improved Monitoring And Quality Control of Batch and Semi-Batch Processes
Advisor(s): Jay Lee/Gintaras Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: University of Tennessee/Knoxville
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Engineer, DuPont Nylon
Hanxiao Jiang
Thesis Title: Metabolic Engineering of the Phenylpropanoid Pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Advisor(s): John Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
Sang-Yup Lee
Thesis Title: Preparation of Nanoscaled Bio-Inorganic Hybrid Materials from Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Advisor(s): Michael Harris
Undergraduate Institution: Yonsei University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
Qiang Qin
Thesis Title:To Improve Performance of Fischer Tropsch Synthesis, Model Studies on Catalysts, Reactors and Processes
Advisor(s): Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Undergraduate Institution: Tsinghua University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Lead Engineer, General Electric
Varma A. Vishal
Thesis Title: Development of Computational Models for Strategic And Tactical Management of Pharmaceutical R & D Pipelines
Advisor(s): Joseph Pekny
UG Institution: University of Chemical Technology/Bombay
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Systems Engineer, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Jamey D. Young
Thesis Title:A System-Level Mathematical Description of Metabolic Regulation Combining Aspects of Elementary Mode Analysis with Cybernetic Control Laws
Advisor(s): Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kentucky
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, M.I.T.
December 2005
M.S.
Kyung-Min Lee
Thesis Title:Kinetics of the Water Gas Shift Reaction Catalyzed by Noble Metals and Promoted by Basic Metal Oxides
Advisor(s): Fabio Ribeiro
Undergraduate Institution: Korea University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continued for PhD, Purdue University
Eric Joseph Ritchson
Thesis Title:Developing Methods for Catalyst Characterization in Micro Reactors
Advisor(s): Chelsey Baertsch
Undergraduate Institution: Florida State University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Production Engineer, Ablestik Laboratories
Ph.D.
Chim Yong Chin
Thesis Title:Versatile Simulated Moving Bed Equipment and Applications
Advisor(s): Linda Wang
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Scientist, Pure Vision Tech., Inc.
Delal Dink
Thesis Title:Approaches to 4-D Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Planning With Fraction Constraints
Advisor(s): Joseph Pekny/Gintaras Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: Bogazici University
Ki Bong Lee
Thesis Title:Optimal Design of Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography for Chiral Separations
Advisor(s): Linda Wang
Undergraduate Institution: Korea University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Associate, Lehigh University
Jin-Won Park
Thesis Title:Development of Biotechnologies for Membrane Protein Study
Advisor(s): Gil Lee
Undergraduate Institution: Korea University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Manager, Samsung Electronics, LCD
Bradlet Martin Taylor
Thesis Title:Gas-Phase Epoxidation of Propylene over Au/TS-1 Catalysis
Advisor(s): Nicholas Delgass
Undergraduate Institution: University of Delaware
Position upon leaving Purdue: Staff Engineer, Conoco Phillips
Chi-Ming Yu
Thesis Title:Methods to Reduce Fronting and Increase Yield in Batch Size Exclusion Chromatography
Advisor(s): Linda Wang
Undergraduate Institution: National Taiwan University