Recent M.S. Degrees
All M.S. candidates work closely with faculty members and do independent research to earn their degree. In addition, some submit a thesis. The list below names recent M.S. awardees along with their faculty advisors and thesis titles.
Thesis Option
2019
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Hao Dong |
Qiuming Yu |
Tuning Work Function and Conductivity of Methylhydroxyl Functionalized PEDOT-MeOH:PSS as a Hole Transport Material for Perovskite Solar Cells |
|
Baochen Li |
Stuart Adler, Daniel Schwartz & Venkat Subramanian | Develop a supercapacitor Real Time Model for PHIL simulation |
|
Joel MacArthur |
Shaoyi Jiang | Development of a High-Strength Zwitterionic Hydrogel to Combat Biofouling in Marine and Medical Applications |
|
Liquan Niu |
Shaoyi Jiang | A Study of Zwitterionic Polypeptide-Protein Conjugates |
|
Zhiyin Niu |
Qiuming Yu | Development of Chloromethyl Functionalized Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivative (PEDOT-MeCl:PSS) Hole Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells |
|
Rossana Scavone |
Cole DeForest | Stiffness modulation in hydrogels using the LOV2-Jalpha system |
|
Maitri Uppaluri |
Stuart Adler, Daniel Schwartz & Venkat Subramanian | Power Hardware in the Loop (PHIL) Simulation of Battery Packs |
|
Yuening Wang |
David Beck | A generalized framework for machine re-learning of complex process and kinetic models |
|
Chenggang Xi |
James Carothers | Multi-Ribozyme-gRNA-Aptazyme (RGA) networks for biosensing and gene regulation |
|
Lena Xiao |
François Baneyx & David Beck | Machine Learning of Amino Acid Composition Models for Protein Redesign |
|
Yundi Zhao |
François Baneyx | Stimuli-responsive assembly of nanoparticles with solid binding proteins |
2018
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Rahul Avadhoot |
David A.C. Beck |
PyMolSAR: A Python-based toolkit to predict the activity and property of small molecules |
|
Trevor Corrigan |
Shaoyi Zhang | Hunt for a Genetically Engineered, Rationally Designed, Stealth Peptide to Prevent Non-Specific Protein Interactions |
|
Sonja Glaser Dunakey |
François Baneyx |
Selective labeling of single-walled carbon nanotubes using solid binding proteins |
|
Mengdi Fan |
Venkat Subramanian | Review of Capacity Fade Models for Lithium-ion Batteries - Effects of Mechanisms on Numerical Implementation |
|
Jiayuan Guo |
David A.C. Beck | Developing a visualization tool for unsupervised machine learning techniques on *omics data |
|
HyunJong Lee |
Samson A. Jenekhe | Studies and Optimization of All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on Napthalene Diimide-Biselenophene Copolymer Acceptors |
| Yi-Yu Lin | Qiuming Yu | Solvent Effect on Morphologic, Crystalline and Electronic Properties of Triple-Cation Lead-Tin Double-Halide Perovskite Thin Films and Their Air Stability |
|
Jinrong Ma |
Shaoyi Zhang | Development of novel zwitterionic materials and their application |
| Tai-Yu Pan | Jim Pfaendtner | Accelerating Peptoid-Survade Simulations: Peptoid Binding on Au(111) and Au(100) |
|
Sabiha Rustam |
Vincent Holmberg | Exploring Copper as a Catalyst for Supercritical Fluid-Based Silicon Nanowire Growth |
| Khushmeen Sakloth | Jim Pfaendtner | Simultaneous Prediction of Density, Viscosity and Heat Calacity of Ionic Liquids- A Deep Learning Approach |
|
Canfeng Wei |
Lilo D. Pozzo | Making Ceramic Membranes Used in Redox Flow Batteries with Sol-gel Process |
| Kejia Wu | Jim Pfaendter | Exploring Serine-lysine Peptide Aggregation in Water and Interaction with Inorganic Surfaces Using Molecular Dynamics |
| Shijie Zhang | Buddy D. Ratner | Mechanical Simulation of Human Pleura for Medical Training by Crosslinked Polyurethane |
| Xiaoyu Zhang | Qiuming Yu | Flexible Narrowband Ultraviolet Photodetectors with Photomultiplication Based on Wide Band Gap Conjugate Pilymer and Inorganic Nanoparticles |
2017
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Chih-Chung Chen |
Elizabeth Nance |
Curcumin-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles for Neuroprotection in Neonatal Rats with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) |
|
Chiawei Hsu |
François Baneyx | Mineralization of titania with sfGFP-Car9 variants |
|
Taejin Jang |
Venkat Subramaniam |
Orthogonal Collocation on Finite Element Method for Driven Cavity Flow |
|
Luman Liu |
Cole DeForest |
Cyclic Stiffness Photomodulation of Cell-Laden Protein- Polymer Hydrogels |
|
Pearl Philip |
David A.C. Beck |
Analyzing small molecule inhibition of enxymes: A preliminary machine learning approach towards drug lead generation |
|
Aditya Salunkhe |
Rene Overney & John Berg |
The Use of Boundary Lubricants for the Reduction of Particle Jamming in Jet Cutting |
|
Vineet Venkatanarayanan |
John C. Berg | Suppression of Asphaltene Adsorption in Porous Media |
|
Brian W. Williamson |
Hugh Hillhouse | Bil3: A Lower Toxicity Route to Tandem Solar Cells |
|
Jiawei Xue |
Shaoyi Jiang |
Environmentally friendly self-polishing anti-fouling coatings for marine applications |
|
Erjin Zheng |
Qiuming Yu |
Solution-processed Visible-blind UV-A Photodetectors Based on CH3NH3PbCl3 Perovskite Thin Films |
2016
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Jia-Ruey Ai |
Shaoyi Jiang |
Mixed-charge Copolymer as Environmentally Friendly Low fouling Marine Coatings |
|
Kannan Aravagiri |
François Baneyx |
Affinity Tag Excision Strategies for Car-9 Tagged Positions |
|
Julie Blanchfield |
Qiuming Yu |
Characterization and Degradation of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters and Biodiesel in Artificial Seawater Under UV Exposure Using Raman Spectroscopy |
|
Xinran Che |
Shaoyi Jiang | Bioinspired Anti-fouling Coating on Hydrophobic Surfaces |
|
Prathamesh Gawade |
Cole DeForest | Logic Based Delivery of Site-Specifically-Modified Proteins from Gels through Engineered Biomacromolecular Architecture |
|
Soohyung Lee |
Vincent Holmberg | A Comparative Study of Copper Chalcogenide Nanocrystals as Agents for Photothermal Therapy |
|
Hsin-Ju Tung |
Jim Pfaendtner | Accelerating Protein Unfolding Simulations: Effect of Ionic Liquids on Villin Headpiece Unfolding Time |
|
Wenlan Yang |
François Baneyx | Chemically Addressable Protein Emtrapment in Silica Sol-gels |
2015
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Michael P. Comerford |
Cole A. DeForest |
Programmable Logic-Based Delivery of Small Molecule Therapeutics from Gels |
|
Yu-Han Ho |
Qiuming Yu |
Development of Microfluidic Devices For In Situ Investigation of Cells Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy |
|
Changlong Zou |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
Implementation of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy on the Mobile Phone |
2014
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Stephanie Marie Hoffmann |
Jim Pfaendtner |
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Poly(3-hexyl thiophenes) in Dilute Solutions |
|
Michael T. Lombardo |
Lilo D. Pozzo |
Self-Assembly of Nanoparticle Surfactants |
Non-Thesis Option
2020 to date
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Omkar Bhambure |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
2019
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Sarah Alamdari |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Suyash Bhagwat |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Vuthithorn Chinthammit |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Erica Eggleton |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Luke Gibson |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Shao-Feng Hsu |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Christine Kang |
David Baker |
|
Prabhleen Kaur |
Buddy D. Ratner |
|
Yusong Liu |
Stuart Adler, Venkat Subramanian & Daniel Schwartz |
|
Sijin Luozhong |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Caitlin D. Parke |
Venkat Subramanian |
|
Jaime Rodriguez |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Griffin Ruehl |
Charles T. Campbell |
|
Akshay Subramaniam |
Venkat Subramanian |
|
Jingtian Zhang |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
2018
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Brittany Bishop |
Vincent Holmberg |
|
Neal Dawson-Elli |
Venkat Subramanian |
|
Ian Faulkner |
James Carothers |
|
Brian Gerwe |
Stuart B. Adler |
|
Yi-Fan Hsieh |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Victor Hu |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Andrea Joseph |
Elizabeth Nance |
|
Yu Liu |
David A.C. Beck |
|
Michael McKenna |
Elizabeth Nance |
|
Patrick McMullen |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Mary Beth O'Kelly |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Elena Pandres |
Vincent Holmberg |
|
Benjamin Ponto |
John C. Berg |
|
Emily Ruskowitz |
Cole DeForest |
|
Jay Rutherford |
Jonathan Posner |
|
Alexander Thomas |
François Baneyx |
|
Nicole Thompson |
Vincent Holmberg |
|
Gabriella Tosado |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Jonathan Witt |
Stuart B. Adler and Eric Stuve |
|
Caitlyn Wolf |
Lilo D. Pozzo |
|
Tong Zhang |
François Baneyx |
|
Yiheng Zhang |
Vincent Holmberg |
|
Le Zhen |
Buddy Ratner |
2017
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Steven Adelmund |
Cole DeForest |
|
Sai Varun Aduru |
David A.C. Beck |
|
Barry Badeau |
Cole DeForest |
|
Gil Benezer |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Jerry Chen |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
James A. Clark |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Jiarong Cui |
David. A.C. Beck |
|
Chad Curtis |
Elizabeth Nance |
|
Garrett Davidson |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Monica Esopi |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Yuan Gao |
David A.C. Beck |
|
Yatong Ge |
François Baneyx |
|
Kyle Harrigan |
Jonathan Posner |
|
Yi-Ting Lee |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Rick Liao |
Elizabeth Nance |
|
Sawyer Morgan |
Minoru Taya |
|
Vidit Parekh |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Yanbo Qi |
Venkat Subramaniam & Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Michael A. Newton |
James Carothers & David Castner |
|
Jared Shadish |
Cole DeForest |
|
Joshua K. Smith |
W. James Pfaendtner & Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Ryan Stoddard |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Ziwei Zhou |
Lilo D. Pozzo |
|
Yuyan Zhu |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
2016
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Fahad Abdullah Alamer |
Vincent Holmberg |
|
Mohammed Aldighaithir |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Wesley Beckner |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Kyle Caldwell |
John C. Berg |
|
Christopher Fu |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Daniel Galvan |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Elisa Harrison |
David G. Castner |
|
Oliver Jan |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Kiran Kanekal |
Lilo Pozzo |
| Ryan Kastilani |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Matthew Murbach |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Jessica Soto-Rodriguez |
François Baneyx |
|
Stephen Susantyo |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Caroline Tsao |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Zehua Wei |
Rene Overney |
|
Kan Wu |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Yuyin Xi |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Peng Zhang |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Dejie Zhou |
Hugh Hillhouse |
2015
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Hussain Aloufi |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Ian Braly |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Brett A.E. Courtright |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
|
Frank Eberle |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
|
Kevin Fu |
Qiuming Yu |
|
John Katahara |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Gary Kerr |
Samson A, Jenekhe |
|
Fei Li |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Xinpei Li |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Erik J. Liu |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Karl Ray Oleson |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Warren Pinkard |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Arushi Prakash |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Manoj Saiprasad |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Honorio Valdes |
Eric M. Stuve and Stuart B. Adler |
|
William E. Voje, Jr. |
James Carothers |
|
Jie Xu |
Stuart B. Adler |
|
Yao Xu |
Qiuming Yu |
2014
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Tao Bai |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Mark D. Borysiak |
Jonathan Posner |
|
Trevor M. Braun |
Daniel T. Schwartz |
|
Matthew Crane |
Peter Pauzauskie |
|
Yanfen Fu |
Mary E. Lidstrom |
|
Alexey Gilman |
Mary E. Lidstrom |
|
Blake Robert Hough |
Daniel T. Schwartz and Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Razieh Y. Khalifehzadeh |
Buddy D. Ratner |
|
James M. Lownsbury |
Charles T. Campbell |
|
Edward L. Michor |
John C. Berg |
|
Kayla G. Sprenger |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Yimin Wang |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Minquian Zhang |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
2013
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Yina An |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Cori N. Bucherl |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Patrick R. Burney |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Moses Cho |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Charlie Corredor |
Jonathan D. Posner |
|
Pablo de la Iglesia |
Lilo D. Pozzo |
|
Kelly L. Fleming |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Rami N. Foster |
David G. Castner |
|
Vance Q. Jaeger |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Xiaoyu Liang |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Janet Bickford Matsen |
Mary E. Lidstrom |
|
Christina E. Nelson |
François Baneyx |
|
Genaro A. Perez Selsky |
Stuart B. Adler |
|
Andrew William Sinclair |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Fang Sun |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Brian J.F. Swift |
François Baneyx |
|
Xuezhen Wang |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Weiran Zhang |
François Baneyx |
2012
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
John H. Bae |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Andrew D. Collord |
Hugh Hillhouse |
|
Rosa Daneshvar |
Buddy D. Ratner |
|
Michael A. Deighan |
Jim Pfaendtner |
|
Matthew Michael Gacek |
John C. Berg |
|
Tim C. Geary |
Stuart B. Adler |
|
Ye-Jin Hwang |
Samson A. Jenekhe |
|
Timothy J. McDonald |
Stuart B. Adler |
|
Ann K. Nowinski |
Shaoyi Jiang |
|
Beau J. Richardson |
Qiuming Yu |
|
Lige Tonggu |
Hong Shen |
|
Christopher A. Wolcott |
Charles T. Campbell |
|
Xi Zhan |
Hong Shen |
|
Leize Zhu |
Qiuming Yu |
