Graduate Degrees
May 2016
PhD
Cybulskis, Viktor J.
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Dissertation Title: The Surface Chemical Origins of Catalytic Activity by Supported Metals for Water-Gas Shift and Alkane Dehydrogenation Reactions
UG Institution: Purdue University
Davis, Nathan J.
Advisor: Litster
Dissertation Title: Mechanical Dispersion of Semi-Solid Binders in High-Shear Granulation
UG Institution: Purdue University
DeVilbiss, Frank T.
Advisor: Ramkrishna
Dissertation Title: Is Metabolism Goal-Directed? Establishing the Validity of Modeling Biological Systems with Cybernetic Control via Omic Data
UG Institution: Purdue University
Degenstein, John C.
Advisors: Ribeiro/Agrawal
Dissertation Title: Fast-Pyrolysis of Biomass Related Model Compounds: A Novel Approach to Experimental Study and Modeling
UG Institution: University of North Dakota – Grand Forks
Icten, Elcin
Advisors: Reklaitis/Nagy
Dissertation Title: Manufacture of Individualized Dosing: Development and Control of a Dropwise Additive Manufacturing Process for Melt-Based Pharmaceutical Products
UG Institution: Bogazici University
Advisors: Pekny/Dietz
Dissertation Title: Analysis of A Next Generation Energy System Based on the Integration of Transportation Subsystem Details
UG Institution: Tsinghua University
Miskin, Caleb K.
Advisor: Agrawal
Dissertation Title: Solution-Processed Solar Cells via Nanocrystal Inks and Molecular Solutions
UG Institution: Brigham Young University
Mulvenna, Ryan A.
Advisor: Boudouris
Dissertation Title: Size and Chemistry Selective Membranes from Block Polymer Templates
UG Institution: Monash University
Sayin, Ridade
Advisor: Litster
Dissertation Title: Mechanistic Studies of Twin Screw Granulation
UG Institution: Bogazici University
Weeden, George S.
Advisor: Wang
Dissertation Title: Design of Mixed-Solvent Extraction and Size-Exclusion Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography to Recover Valuable Compounds from Electronic Waste
UG Institution: Purdue University
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Li, Zhe
Advisor: Ribeiro
UG Institution: Tianjin University – China
Vaive, Nicholas B.
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Michigan State University East Lansing
MS Degree with Thesis
Smith, Ian T.
Advisors: Ribeiro/Agrawal
Thesis Title: Targeted products from fast-hydropyrolysis and hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass
UG Institution: Purdue University
Wheeler, Robin E.
Advisor: Morgan
Thesis Title: Targeted LC/MS-MS on the Shikimate and Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis Pathways
UG Institution: University of Massachusetts – Amherst
August 2016
PhD
Adigun, Oluwamayowa O.
Advisor: Harris
Dissertation Title: Mechanisms of Metal Mineralization on Virus Templates for Nanorod Synthesis
UG Institution: Vanderbilt University
Baradwaj, Aditya G.
Advisor: Boudouris
Dissertation Title: Solid State Charge Transport in Radical Polymers
UG Institution: University of Maryland – College Park
Easton, Mckay W.
Advisors: Ribeiro/Kenttamaa
Dissertation Title: Density functional theory complements mass spectrometry in the investigation of biomass pyrolysis and ion-molecule reaction mechanisms
UG Institution: Brigham Young University
Gencer, Emre
Advisor: Agrawal
Dissertation Title: Enabling a Sustainable Economy through Energy Systems Modeling: Solar-centric Efficient, Integrated and Continuous Process Synthesis and Optimization
UG Institution: Bogazici University
Madenoor Ramapriya, Gautham
Advisor: Agrawal
Dissertation Title: Low-cost Solutions for Multi-component Distillation
UG Institution: Indiana Institute of Technology – Madras
Parekh, Atish A.
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Dissertation Title: Spectroscopic Study of Ammonia Selective Catalytic Reduction and NO Oxidation on Cu-Zeolites
UG Institution: Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay
Thete, Sumeet S.
Advisor: Basaran
Dissertation Title: Singularities in free surface flows
UG Institution: Government College of Engineering – Pune
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Abdallah, Hagar M. – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Wright State University
Chen, Bo Wei Cynthia – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign
Dalke, Shawn M. – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Loyola University of Chicago
Dong, Nanxi – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Tianjin University
Lagare, Rexonni B. – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: University of San Carlos
Lou, Yijun – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Zhejiang University
Lu, Fengming – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Chongqing University
Thiele, Satoshi K. – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: Andrews University
MS Degree with Thesis
Albarracin caballero, Jonatan D.
Advisor: Ribeiro
Thesis Title: Structure Activity Relationships of SSZ-13 and Other Small Pore Zeolites for Catalytic NOx Abatement
UG Institution: Universidad Industrial De Santander
Boyne, Robert W.
Advisor: Agrawal
Thesis Title: Alternative Architecture for Solution Processed Thin Film Solar Materials
UG Institution: University of Colorado/Boulder
December 2016
PhD
Cui, Yanran
Advisors: Ribeiro/Delgass
Dissertation Title: Influences of Interfaces and Promoters on the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Supported Noble Metal Catalysts
UG Institution: Beihang University China
Nurse, Nathan Patrick
Advisor: Yuan
Dissertation Title: Engineering Chromatin Vectors for Gene Therapy Applications
UG Institution: North Carolina State University
Yang, Yang
Advisor: Nagy
Dissertation Title: Development of Novel Design and Control Approaches for Integrated Crystallization Operation and Systems
UG Institution: Peking University – China
Yang, Yung-Jih
Advisor: Corti/Franses
Dissertation Title: Experimental and modeling studies of colloidal suspension stability of high-density particles in aqueous solutions
UG Institution: National Taiwan University
MS Non-Thesis Degrees
Lee, Joseph Yoon Young
Advisor: Morgan
UG Institution: Yonsei University – South Korea
Shih, Che-hsiao – Professional Master's Program
Advisor: Boudouris
UG Institution: National Taiwan University