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
2017 to date
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
Thesis Title |
|
Aditya Salunkhe |
Rene Overney & John Berg |
The Use of Boundary Lubricants for the Reduction of Particle Jamming in Jet Cutting |
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
2017 to-date
|
Student Name |
Faculty Advisor |
|
Steven Adelmund |
Cole DeForest |
|
Yi-Ting Lee |
Lilo Pozzo |
|
Sawyer Morgan |
Minoru Taya |
|
Yanbo Qi |
Venkat Subramaniam & Daniel T. Schwartz |
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 |
