Graduate Degrees
May 2014
PhD
Al-Musleh, Easa
Advisors: Rakesh Agrawal and Gintaris Reklaitis
Dissertation Title: "Efficient Processes for Power Generation and Energy Storage"
Austin, John
Advisor: Micheal Harris
Dissertation Title: "Investigation Into the Use of Microwave Sensors to Monitor Particulate
Manufacturing Processes"
Freer, Alex
Advisor: Micheal Harris
Dissertation Title: "Surface Mineralization and Characterization of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Biotemplated Nanoparticles"
Park, Hye Yeon
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal
Dissertation Title: "Novel Nanoparticles Synthesis and Nano-Ink Film For Phovoltaic
Applications"
Smith, Kathryn
Advisor: Stephen Beaudoin
Dissertation Title: "Particle Adhesion in Nano-Structured Microelectronics Systems"
Walker, Bryce
Advisors: Hugh Hillhouse and Rakesh Agrawal
Dissertation Title: "Low Cost Photovoltaics Through Nanotechnology"
MS
Adigun, Oluwamayowa
Advisor: Michael Harris
Thesis title: "Mechanistic Study of the Hydrothermal Reduction of Palladium on the Tobacco Mosaic Virus"
Joglekar, Chinmay
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal
Thesis Title: "CTSSe Thin Film Solar Cells: Surface Treatment"
MS Non-Thesis
Graeser, Brian (continuing for PhD)
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal
Huff, Josh (continuing for PhD)
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal)
Louvier, Matt (continuing for PhD)
Advisors: Venkat Venkatasubramanian and Gintaras Reklaitis
August 2014
PhD
Abbou Oucherif, Kaoutar
Advisors: James Litster and Lynne Taylor
Dissertation Title: "Precipitation of Poorly Soluble Pharmaceutical Compounds in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract"
Devaraj, Jayachandran
Advisor: Doraiswami Ramkrishna
Dissertation Title: "On an Expanded Framework for Personalized Cancer Treatment: Beyond Parmacogenomics"
Gupta, Anshu
Advisor: Gintaras Reklaitis
Dissertation Title: "Intelligent Alarm System Management & Value of Information Analysis Applied to Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing"
Hsu, Hsin-yun
Advisor: Michael Harris
Dissertation Title: "Crystallization of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient on Substrates"
Koswara, Andy
Advisors: Raj Chakrabarti and Arvind Varma
Dissertation Title: "Robust and Multiobservable Evolutionary Control of Quantum Dynamics"
Yang, Haoran
Advisor: Yue Wu
Dissertation Title: "Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Based on Solution Phase Synthesis: Towards Efficiency and Sustainability"
MS
Crawford, Morgan
Advisor: Nien-Hwa Linda Wang
Thesis Title: "Increasing Yiel in the in vitro Folding of Methinonin-Arginine Lyspro-Proinsulin-S-Sulfonate"
Negash, Bethlehem
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal
Thesis Title: "Preparation & Characterization of High Purity CU2ZnSn(SxSe1-x)4 Nanoparticles"
MS Non-Thesis
Devlin, Nicole (continuing for PhD)
Advisor: Michael Harris
Massa, Megan
Advisor: Stephen Beaudoin
Perrelli, Nicole
Advisor: Bryan Boudouris
Thete, Sumeet (continuing for PhD)
Advisor: Osman Basaran
December 2014
PhD
Fang, Haiyu
Advisor: Yue Wu
Dissertation Title: "Synthesis And Characterization Of Nanostructured Materials For Thermoelectric Energy Conversion"
Finefrock, Scott
Advisor: Yue Wu
Dissertation Title: "Solution Synthesized Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials"
Gao, Danni
Advisor: Arvind Varma
Dissertation Title: "Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation Of Guaiacol Over Noble Metal Catalysts"
Gharachorlou, Amir
Advisor: Fabio H. Ribeiro
Dissertation Title: "Surface Science Approach To Atomic Layer Deposition Chemistry"
Huff, Joshua
Advisor: Rakesh Agrawal
Dissertation Title: "Tools For Efficient Design Of Multicomponent Separation Processes"
Kelkar, Aniruddha
Advisors: David S. Corti and Elias I. Franses
Dissertation Title: "On The Theory Of Brownian Aggregation In Colloidal Dispersions"
Kim, Yeji
Advisor: Julie C. Liu
Dissertation Title: "Modulating Cell Differentiation With Protein-engineered Microenvironments"
Ling, Lei
Advisor: Nien-Hwa L. Wang
Dissertation Title: "Design Of Liquid Chromatography Systems For Capture And Purification"
Mehta, Dhairya
Advisors: Fabio H. Ribeiro and Rakesh Agrawal
Dissertation Title: "Kinetic Studies Of Model Reactions To Transform Biomass Into Fuels"
Sollberger, Fred
Advisors: Fabio H. Ribeiro and W Nicholas Delgass
Dissertation Title: "Structure And Activity Relationships Of Bimetallic Catalysts For Aqueous Phase Reforming And The Water-Gas Shift Reaction"
Switzer, Jeffrey
Advisors: Kendall T. Thomson and James M. Caruthers
Dissertation Title: "Quantitative Kinetic Analysis Of Olefin Polymerization By Single-site Group Iv Amine Bis-phenolate Catalysts"
Venkatakrishnan, Vinod Kumar
Advisors: Fabio H. Ribeiro and Rakesh Agrawal
Dissertation Title: "Lab-scale Fast-Hydropyrolysis And Vapor-Phase Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation For Producing Liquid Fuel Range Hydrocarbons From Intact Biomass"
Verma, Anuj
Advisors: Fabio H. Ribeiro and W Nicholas Delgass
Dissertation Title: "Fundamental Studies On Copper Zeolites For Catalytic NOx Abatement"
MS
Sanchez-Medina, Oscar
Advisor: Chongli, Yuan
Thesis: "Development Of A Protein Sensor For Detecting Histone Acetylation"
Sung, Seung Hyun
Advisor: Bryan W. Boudouris
Thesis: "Impact Of Nanostructure On Polymer-based Nonvolatile Memory Devices"
MS Non-Thesis
Allsop, Adam
Advisor: James M. Caruthers
Hacker, Christopher
Advisor: James M. Caruthers
Icten, Elcin
Advisors: Gintaras V. Reklaitis and Zolton Nagy
Ledden, Michael
Advisor: James M. Caruthers
Milah, Steven
Advisors: John A. Morgan and James M. Caruthers
Neukam, Joseph
Advisor: James M. Caruthers
Pirani, Badruddin
Advisor: James M. Caruthers
Voshol, David
Advisor: James M. Caruthers