Recent Ph.D Degrees & Dissertations

Faculty Advisor	Year	Student	Dissertation Title
Adler, Stuart	2007	Xiyong Chen	Thermo-mechanical, structural properties, and oxygen permeation behavior of mixed ionic electronic conductors La(1-x) Sr(x)CoO(3-delta)
	2007	Yunxiang Lu	Study of electrochemical performance of strontium doped lanthanum cobalt oxides using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and microelectrode array cell design
Adler, Stuart w/ Schwartz, Dan	2007	Jamie R. Wilson	Measurement and prediction of nonlinear harmonics as a tool for dynamic characterization of electrochemical systems
Allan, Graham	2007	Porranee Thanapakpawin	Spatially-distributed modeling of hydrology and nitrogen export from watersheds
Babb, A. Les	2001	Joseph C. Anderson	Quantification of pulmonary gas exchange
Baneyx, François	2006	Elyse Shapiro	Optimizing Escherichia coli for the detection of antimicrobial compounds
	2005	I-Ting Chow	Functional study of ClpB95 and ClpB80, the alternative translation products of the E. coli ClpB transcript
Berg, John	2007	Felix Nhanchau Nguyen	Improvement of mechanical properties of polymeric composites: Experimental methods and new systems
	2006	Alvin Huang	The effects of non-DLVO forces in colloidal aggregation
	2006	Daniel Ramrus	The creation and adhesion testing of patterned silane surfaces
	2005	Richard C. Daniel	Ink-media interactions in ink-jet printing
	2003	Alan C. Miller	The prediction of adhesion in filled polymeric composites
	2003	Chenhang Sun	Surface energetics and acid-based properties of modified and unmodified mineral oxides
	2002	Anthony Y. Kim	Heteroaggregation of oppositely charged colloids
	2001	E. Eric Aston	Quantifying single oil-particle interactions
Castner, Dave	2007	James Richard Hull	The interactions of group B streptococci with human fibronectin
	2007	Chi-Ying Lee	Characterization of DNA-functionalized surfaces for microarray and biosensor applications
	2006	Newton Samuel	Structural characterization of adsorbed helical and beta-sheet peptides
	2003	Nan Xia	Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) characterization of conformation and orientation of absorbed protein films
	2002	Matthew S. Wagner	Characterization of adsorbed protein films using tin mass spectrometry and multivariate analysis
Davis, E. Jim	2001	Feng Zheng	Thermophoretic force measurements of spherical and non-spherical particles
Davis, E. Jim w/ Swanson, Brian	2007	Christopher Brant Wilson	Measurement of chemical composition and pH profiles near the liquid-vapor interface of aqueous solutions using a unique confocal microscope system
Finlayson, Bruce	2006	Kristopher Schumacher	Direct numerical simulation of ferrofluid turbulence in magnetic fields
	2005	Haijun Sun	Molecular simulation studies of biological and chemical interfaces
Horbett, Tom	2006	Lan Cao	Tetraglyme glow discharge plasma modified biomaterials with ultralow protein adsorption and improved hemocompatibility
Jenekhe, Samson	2007	Abhishek Kulkarni	Studies of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
	2007	Yan Zhu	New conjugated polymers for organic electronics: Synthesis, properties, and applications
	2006	Amit Babel	Molecular engineering of polymer thin-film transistors
Jiang, Shaoyi w/ Ratner, Buddy	2006	Lingyun Liu	Controlling Protein Orientation, Conformation and Distribution on Surfaces to Modulate Cell Behavior for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications
	2005	Hua Wang	Control of Protein-Surface, Protein-Protein and Cell-Matrix Interactions for Biomaterials as Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Jiang, Shaoyi	2007	Zheng Zhang	Biocompatible, Functionalizable, and Nonfouling Surfaces and Materials for Biomedical and Engineering Applications
	2005	Christina Boozer	Surface functionalization for multi-channel surface plasmon resonance
	2005	Jie Zheng	Molecular simulation studies of biological and chemical interfaces
	2004	Lingyan Li	Self-assembled monolayers: An ideal platform for the studies of nanoscale surface and interfacial properties
Krieger-Brockett, Barbara	2004	Yinjie Tang	Measurements and mechanisms of microbial PAH bioremediation in undisturbed marine sediments
Lidstrom, Mary	2007	Xiaofeng Guo	Integrative study of metabolism of methylobacterium extorquens AM1 from a metabolomic perspective
	2004	Kelly A. Fitzgerald	Inducible expression of heterologous proteins in Methylobacterium extorquens AMI
	2004	Heather Rothfuss	Genetic engineering of Deinococcus radiodurans R1 for bioremediation of mixed waste
	2004	Meng Zhang	Regulation of methanol oxidation genes in methylobacterium extorquens AM1
Overney, René	2007	Tomoko Ohashi Gray	Exploitation of molecular mobilities for advanced organic optoelectronic and photonic nano-materials
	2004	Scott E. Sills	Interfacial nanorheology: Probing molecular mobility in mesoscopic polymeric systems
	2002	Cynthia Buenviaje	Thermal and rheological properties of ultrathin poly nanorheological techniques
	2002	Mingyan He	Material and transport properties of fluids in nanoco
Ratner, Buddy	2005	Andrew J. Marshall	Porous hydrogels with well defined pore structure for biomaterials applications
	2005	Ming Ni	The mechanism of osteoinduction by nacre: effects of soluble proteins and insoluble matrix
Ricker, N. Larry	2005	Kunakorm Poochinda	GaN and InGaN p-i-n photodiodes for radiation sensor development
	2001	Michael C. Johnson	In-situ and post growth investigation of low temperature Group III nitride thin films deposited via MOCVD
Rogers, J. W. (Bill)	2003	Allan C. Tuan	Expitaxial growth and characterization of cobalt doped zinc oxide and cobalt doped titanium
Schwartz, Dan	2007	Jeffrey Brian Nelson	Electrochemical printing: design, characterization and translation
	2006	Daniel Allred	Electrochemical nanomoulding through proteins
	2006	Jian Chen	Chemistry and physics in low Reynolds number micro steady streaming devices
	2005	Haixia Dai	Engineering nanomaterials with a combined electrochemical and molecular biomimetic approach
	2004	Barry R. Lutz	Microeddies as microfluidic elements: Reactors and cell traps
	2004	John D. Whittaker	Electrochemical printing
	2003	William A. Steen	Relationship between structure and ion intercalation properties in nickel hexacyanoferrate
	2002	Weihua Wang	Tools for flexible electochemical microfabrication
	2001	Kavita M. Jeerage	Characterization of electrodeposited nickel hexacyanoferrate for electrochemically switched ion exchange
Seferis, Jim	2004	John F. Timmerman	Characterization of cryogenic microcracking in carbon fiber/epoxy composite materials
	2004	Ebonee Williams	Process engineering of polynanomeric layered and infused composites
	2003	Eric N. Gilbert	Interlayer modified prepreg systems for customized density applications
	2002	Matthew S. Tillman	Analysis and development of inter phase matrices for composites and adhesives
	2002	Yi-Jui (Joy) Wu	Process innovation in high performance systems: PR#D to the design and build of airplane showers
	2001	Ki Mo Chung	Environmental effects on the long term durability and utilization of polymeric composites
	2001	Roman W. Hillermeier	Development engineering of advanced polymeric composite systems
Stuve, Eric	2004	Nallakkan Arvidan	Development of microreactor systems for electrocatalytic studies of methanol oxidation at elevated temperatures
	2003	Christopher Rothfuss	The influence of high electric fields on water and methanol surface electrochemistry
	2002	Thomas H. Madden	Novel technique development for characterizing ele platinum catalytic surfaces
	2001	Seng Woon (David) Lim	Surface reactions, solvation and adsorption phenomena of electrolytic adlayers on metal surfaces
Stuve, Eric/ Rogers, J. W. (Bill)	2004	Tiffany Kaspar	Materials and magnetic studies of cobalt-doped anatase titanium dioxide and perovskite strontium titanate as potential dilute magnetic semiconductors
Xia, Younan	2007	Benjamin J. Wiley	Synthesis of silver nanostructures with controlled shapes and properties