Recent Ph.D. Degrees and Thesis Titles
Ph.D. candidates work closely with faculty members to earn their degree. Before being awarded their degree, they must submit a dissertation based on the research work they have conducted. A list of recent students following, including the students' faculty advisors and dissertation, titles by the year their degree was awarded.
2011
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Cortney Kreller | Stuart Adler | Measurement and Modeling of Material and Micro-structural Factors Governing Performance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Cathodes |
| Kenny Tran | Hong Shen | Engineering Immunity Through the Rational Design of Vaccines |
| Sirnegeda D Techane | David G. Castner | Functionalization and Characterization of Fold Nanoparticles |
2010
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Knorr | René Overney and Samson Jenekhe | Molecular Relaxations in Constrained Nanoscale Systems |
| Hongyan Ma | James Bryers | Non-invasive Quantification of plasmid Dynamics within Mixed Culture Biofilms |
| Saran Poovarodom | John Berg | Manipulation of Colloidal Aggregation Phenomena |
| Pei-Tzu Wu | Samson Jenekhe | New Polymer Semiconductors for Organic Electronics |
2009
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Julia Apte/td> | David G. Castner | Investigating peptide adsorption and orientation using surface analysis techniques |
| Sarah Atzet | Buddy Ratner | Degradable poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) for use in cardiac tissue engineered constructs |
| Christopher Barnes | Buddy Ratner | Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Characterization of Natural Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering |
| Fang Cheng | David G. Castner | XPS, ToF-SIMS and SPR characterization of protein surfaces |
| Gang Cheng | Shaoyi Jiang | Design and Development of Integrated Ultralow Fouling and Antimicrobial Zwitterionic Matierals |
| Perry Cheung | Daniel T. Schwartz | Dynamic characterization of partially-saturated porous media using hydraulic admittance |
| Joseph Fairweather | Daniel T. Schwartz | Capillary Properties of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Media: Experimental Characterization and Modification |
| Jason Hower | Shaoyi Jiang | Molecular Mechanisms of Protein-Surface Interactions |
| Jason Killgore | René Overney | Interfacial confinement effects on material and transport properties of polymeric gas separation membranes |
| Joseph Wei | René Overney and David Ginger | Dip-pen nanolithography for template-directed organization: polymer thin films, positive resists, engineering polypeptides, and electrochemical synthesis |
2008
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Liney Arnadottir | Eric M. Stuve | Experimental and theoretical investigations of methanol oxidation and related reactions on platinum electrodes |
| Matthew Bernards | Shaoyi Jiang | Biomolecular Interfaces: Controlling Protein Adsorption for Biomaterial and Biosensor Applications |
| Dinesh Baskar | Stuart Adler | High temperature magnetic properties of transition metal oxides with perovskite structure |
| Alexandra D. Holland | Mary Lidstrom | Characterization and engineering of the phosphate and polyphosphate metabolisms in Deinococcus radio durans R1 for radioactive metal biosequestration and evidence for novel regulatory mechanisms |
| Yi He | Shaoyi Jiang | Molecular Simulation Studies of Biomolecular Interfaces |
| Jon Ladd | Shaoyi Jiang | Development of Surface Chemistries and Protein Arrays for Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing in Complex Media |
| Peter Laxton | John Berg | Linking the macroscopic rheological properties of gels to micro- and nano-scopic colloidal phenomena |
| Derek Mortisen | Buddy Ratner | Scaffolds as functional templates for cardiac tissue engineering |
| Allen Taylor | Shaoyi Jiang | Surface Chemistries for Surface Plasma Resonance Biosensors |
| Zheng Zhang | Shaoyi Jiang | Biocompatible, functionalizable, and nonfouling surfaces and materials for biomedical and engineering applications |
2007
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation TItle |
|---|---|---|
| Xiyong Chen | Stuart Adler | Thermo-mechanical, structural properties, and oxygen permeation behavior of mixed ionic electronic conductors La(1-x) Sr(x)CoO(3-delta) |
| Tomoko Ohashi Gray | René Overney | Exploitation of molecular mobilities for advanced organic optoelectronic and photonic nano-materials |
| Xiaofeng Guo | Mary Lidstrom | Integrative study of metabolism of methylobacterium extorquens AM1 from a metabolomic perspective |
| James Richard Hull | David G. Castner | The interactions of group B streptococci with human fibronectin |
| Abhishek Kulkarni | Samson Jenekhe | Studies of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes |
| Chi-Ying Lee | David G. Castner | Characterization of DNA-functionalized surfaces for microarray and biosensor applications |
| Yunxiang Lu | Stuart Adler | Study of electrochemical performance of strontium doped lanthanum cobalt oxides using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and microelectrode array cell design |
| Jeffrey Brian Nelson | Daniel T. Schwartz | Electrochemical printing: design, characterization and translation |
| Felix Nhanchau Nguyen | John Berg | Improvement of mechanical properties of polymeric composites: Experimental methods and new systems |
| Porranee Thanapakpawin | Graham Allan | Spatially-distributed modeling of hydrology and nitrogen export from watersheds |
| Benjamin J. Wiley | Younan Xia | Synthesis of silver nanostructures with controlled shapes and properties |
| Christopher Brant Wilson | E. Jim Davis and Brian Swanson | Measurement of chemical composition and pH profiles near the liquid-vapor interface of aqueous solutions using a unique confocal microscope system |
| Jamie R. Wilson | Stuart Adler and Daniel T. Schwartz | Measurement and prediction of nonlinear harmonics as a tool for dynamic characterization of electrochemical systems |
| Zheng Zhang | Shaoyi Jiang | Biocompatible, Functionalizable, and Nonfouling Surfaces and Materials for Biomedical and Engineering Applications |
| Yan Zhu | Samson Jenekhe | New conjugated polymers for organic electronics: Synthesis, properties, and applications |
2006
| Student | Faculty Advisor | Dissertation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Allred | Daniel T. Schwartz | Electrochemical nanomoulding through proteins |
| Amit Babel | Samson Jenekhe | Molecular engineering of polymer thin-film transistors |
| Lan Cao | Tom Horbett | Tetraglyme glow discharge plasma modified biomaterials with ultralow protein adsorption and improved hemocompatibility |
| Jian Chen | Daniel T. Schwartz | Chemistry and physics in low Reynolds number micro steady streaming devices |
| Alvin Huang | John Berg | The effects of non-DLVO forces in colloidal aggregation |
| Lingyun Liu | Shaoyi Jiang and Buddy Ratner | Controlling Protein Orientation, Conformation and Distribution on Surfaces to Modulate Cell Behavior for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications |
| Daniel Ramrus | John Berg | The creation and adhesion testing of patterned silane surfaces |
| Newton Samuel | David G. Castner | Structural characterization of adsorbed helical and beta-sheet peptides |
| Kristopher Schumacher | Bruce Finlayson | Direct numerical simulation of ferrofluid turbulence in magnetic fields |
| Elyse Shapiro | François Baneyx | Optimizing Escherichia coli for the detection of antimicrobial compounds |
Graduate Admissions
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
phone: (206) 543-2250
fax: (206) 543-3778