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.
Thesis Option: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014
Non-Thesis Option: 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
Thesis Option
2020
| Student | Faculty Adviser | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| Yaqoub Albrikan | Qiuming Yu | Exploring Non-Stoichiometric Nickel Oxide (NiOx) as a Hole Transport Layer for Cesium Tin Triiodide (CsSnI3) Perovskite Solar Cells |
| Julia Boese | François Baneyx | Exploiting the Interactions of Solid Binding Proteins with Silica to form Colloidal Assemblies |
| Shrikakshmi Bonageri | Lilo D. Pozzo | Data Classification in High Throughput Screening |
| Guoyao Chen | Buddy D. Ratner | A High-resolution 3D Printable Porous Biomaterial |
| Jeffrey Chin | Hugh Hillhouse | Double Cation Substitution of CZTSSe Constituents to Reduce Detrimental Defects Clusters and Improve Device Performance |
| Ge Gu | Vince Holmberg | Supercritical Fluid-Liquid-Solid Growth of Alloyed Si1-xGex nanowires. |
| Shripathi Ramakrishnan | Samson A. Jenekhe | Wide Bandgap Donor Copolymers Containing Selenophene Moieties Enable Highly Efficient All-Polymer Solar Cells based on Naphthalene Diimide Biselenophene |
| David Shackelford | Elizabeth Nance | Comparing Machine Learning Classification Methods for Biological Tracking Data |
| Neel Arvind Shah | James Carothers | Development of RNA Aptamers through Supervised Learning and Capture-SELEX strategy |
| Kun-Lin Wu | Cole DeForest | Pharmacological Regulation of Protein-Polymer Hydrogel Stiffness |
| Zizhao Xu | Qiuming Yu | Synthesis of CsPbBr3 Quantum Dots for Photodetectors |
2019
| Student | Faculty Adviser | 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 | Faculty Adviser | 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 | Faculty Adviser | 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 Subramanian | 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 | Faculty Adviser | 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 Jian | 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 Entrapment in Silica Sol-gels |
2015
| Student | Faculty Adviser | 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 | Faculty Adviser | 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
| Student | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| Omkar Bhambure | Samson A. Jenekhe |
| Chih-Wei Hsu | Vince Holmberg |
| David Hurt | David Beck |
| Mihyun Kim | Daniel T. Schwartz |
| Julia King | Buddy D. Ratner |
| Zonglun Li | Qiuming Yu |
| Cheng-Wei Lin | David Beck |
| Christopher Nyambura | Elizabeth Nance |
| John Rumptz | Charles T. Campbell |
| Linnette Teo | Daniel T. Schwartz |
| Duyen Tran | Samson A. Jenekhe |
| Zichen Zhu | David Beck |
2019
| Student | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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/td> | 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| 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/td> | 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 | Faculty Adviser |
|---|---|
| John H. Bae | Qiuming Yu |
| Andrew D. Collord | Hugh Hillhouse |
| Rosa Daneshvar | Buddy D. Ratner |
| Michael A. Deighan | Jim Pfaendtner/td> |
| 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 |
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