Graduate Degrees
May 2010
MS
O’Grady, John P.
Thesis Title: Effects of Substrates and Light on the Growth and Lipid Production of Chlorella Protothecoides
Advisor: Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PhD
Bhattacharya, Aparajita
Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation and Constitutive Modeling of the Large Deformation Mechanical Behavior of Unfilled and Carbon Black Elastomers
Advisors: Caruthers/Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: University Institute of Chemical Technology/Mumbai
Park, Yoonjee
Thesis Title: Developing Aqueous Lipid Formulations with Low Surface Tension Behavior at Physiological Conditions and Stability Against Aggregation
Advisor: Franses
Undergraduate Institution: Seoul National University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoctoral Associate, Boston University, Boston, MA
Sturtevant, Bryce D.
Thesis Title: Computational Studies of Model Colloidal Dispersions
Advisor: Corti
Undergraduate Institution: North Carolina State University
Werner, Sean R.
Thesis Title: Engineering Saccharomyces cerevisiae for Production of Non-Natural and Glycosylated Flavonoids
Advisor: Morgan
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position upon leaving Purdue: Researcher, ExxonMobil, Paulsboro, NJ
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Shukla, Aviral
Advisor: Venkatasubramanian
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University
August 2010
MS
Al-Musleh, Easa
Thesis Title: Efficient Liquefaction Cycles for Natural Gas
Advisor: Reklatis/Pinal
Undergraduate Institution: Qatar University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Luque, Maria Elisa
Thesis Title: Towards the Development of an Ontological Framework for Drug-Loaded Film Manufacture
Advisor: Agrawal/Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: University of Buenos Aires
Position upon leaving Purdue: Oil Loss/Off Sites Tech Coordinator, Esso Petroleva Argentina S.R.L., Campana-Provincia de Buenos Aires
Venkatesan, Anand
Thesis Title: Ion Exchange Pretreatment for Reverse Osmosis Desalination of Brackish Water
Advisor: Wankat
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Zarate, Nyah
Thesis Title: The Influence of Interfacial Condensed Moisture on Adhesion Between Solid Organic Particles and Surfaces
Advisor: Litster
Undergraduate Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PhD
Chaugule, Saurabh S.
Thesis Title: NOx Storage and Regeneration on Pt/BaO/γ-Al2O3 Lean NOx Traps
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Engineer, Shell Oil, Houston, TX
Fingland, Bradley R.
Thesis Title: Novel Approaches to Catalyst Characterization in Planar and Porous Systems
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Undergraduate Institution: University of Missouri – Columbia
Position upon leaving Purdue: Advanced Researcher, ExxonMobil, Clinton, NJ
Gary, Dana J.
Thesis Title: A-B-C Triblock Copolymer Micelles for Intracellular Delivery of Cancer-Targeted siRNA
Advisors: Won
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie-Mellon University
Position upon leaving Purdue: R & D Engineer, ExxonMobil, Paulsboro, NJ
Hodge, Bri-Mathias
Thesis Title: A Multi-Paradigm Modeling Approach for Energy Systems Analysis
Advisors: Pekny/Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: Carnegie-Mellon University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Postdoc, NREL, Golden, CO
Kar, Mahaprasad
Thesis Title: Formation Pathway of CuInSe2 Nanocrystals and Solution Deposition of CuInSe2 Films for Photovoltaic Applications
Advisors: Agrawal/Hillhouse
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Associate Engineer, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK
Lim, Jung-Sun
Thesis Title: Preparation of Uniform Sized Metal-Organic Nanocomposites Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Advisors: Harris
Undergraduate Institution: Kyung Hee University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Research Scientist, Hiroshi Matsui-Hunter College, Chm, New York, NY
Pathare, Rugved P.
Thesis Title: Design and Optimization of Binary Membrane-Based Separations
Advisors: Agrawal
Undergraduate Institution: University of Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Engineer, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI
Ramalingam, Santhosh K.
Thesis Title: Fluid Mechanics of Coupled Interfacial Systems
Advisors: Basaran
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Engineer, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX
Sharma, Pradeep K.
Thesis Title: Adsorption Based Novel Purification Processes
Advisors: Wankat
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Engineer, Algenol Biofuels, Fort Myers, FL
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Li, Jianfeng
Advisor: Litster
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
December 2010
MS
Bates, Shane A.
Thesis Title: A Study to Determine the Active Site in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethanol Over Mixed Fe2(MoO4)3-MoO3 Catalysts
Advisor: Baertsch
Undergraduate Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Kadrmas, Clancy R.R.
Thesis Title: Block Copolymer Toughened Polyimides and Quantitative Evaluation Of Epoxy Cure Kinetic Models
Advisor: Won/Caruthers
Undergraduate University of North Dakota/Grand Forks
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
PhD
Chen, Shuang
Thesis Title: In Vitro Folding of Methionine-Arginine Human Lyspro-Proinsulin: Pathways and Kinetics
Advisor: Wang
Undergraduate Institution: Zhejiang University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Scientist, Pfizer, Inc., Chesterfield, MO
Hamdan, Intan M.
Thesis Title: Exceptional Events Management Applied to Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Advisor: Venkatasubramanian/Reklaitis
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Scientist, Dow Chemical Inc., Freeport, TX
Shah, Vishesh H.
Thesis Title: Energy Savings in Distillation Via Identification of Useful Configurations
Advisor: Agrawal
Undergraduate Institution: University Institute of Chemical Technology � Mumbai
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Scientist, Dow Chemical Inc., Midland, MI
Shukla, Aviral
Thesis Title: Evaluating Trade-Offs for Profitable Design of Network Infrastructure Using Multi-Criteria Optimization
Advisor: Venkatasubramanian
Undergraduate Institution: Indian Institute of Technology/Madras
Position upon leaving Purdue: Senior Process Engr, Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Chen, Ye
Advisor: Reklaitis/Pekny
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Huang, Shisheng
Advisor: Agrawal/Reklaitis/Pekny
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Shenvi, Anirudh Arun
Advisor: Reklaitis
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Zhang, Rong
Advisor: Baertsch
Position upon leaving Purdue: Continuing on for PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN