Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Innovative Techniques for Partially Upgrading Oil Sand Bitumen to Pipeline Transportable Crude, Moataz Abdrabou
Compressed Air Energy Transmission, Leila Bakhtiari
Drag Coefficient and Movement Phenomena of Free-rising Spherical Particles, Taige Cao
The Effect of Steam Explosion on Lipids Extraction From Microalgae and Derivation of Pectin Films from Waste Culture, Shahil Chhiba
Numerical Study of Ozone Decomposition Reaction Behaviours in Gas-Solids Circulating Fluidized Bed Reactors, Zhengyuan Deng
Scale-up and Measurement Enhancements of a BioGenerator Bioreactor, Jason J. Glas
Liquid Flow Rates Measurements Through Graphene Nanopores by Micro-PIV, Samuel Francisco De Jesus Gomez Suarez
Design of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Solid States in Crystallization Processes, Weizhong Gong
Development of Biolubricants from Vegetable Oils for Non-Internal Combustion Engine Applications, Behzad Kamiab
Adsorption and Desorption of Emerging Pollutants with Engineered Biochar Adsorbents, Heejin Lee
Optimization of Earth Friendly Quantum Dots for Luminescent Down Shifting in Si Photovoltaic Encapsulants, Devin D. Machin
Experimental Investigation of Hydrogen Sulfide Mitigation in Sewer Systems with Modified Adsorbent Material and Development of a Laboratory-Scale Sewer Model, Damanpreet Singh Pannu
Upgrading of Vapors and Gases from Pyrolysis to Valued Added Gaseous Products, Ivan Santiago
Nutrients recovery from effluent using membrane distillation., Arslan Tahir
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Application of Crystal Engineering in Multicomponent Pharmaceutical Crystals: A Study of Theory and Practice, Soroush Ahmadi Nasrabadi
Effect of process parameters on the mechanical properties of carbon fiber epoxy composites by wet compression molding, Saboora Ayatollahi
Catalytic Consequences of Catalyst Pellet Architecture on the Methanol to Oxymethylene Process, Sebastian M K Cook
Investigation of Microplastic Removal Using Foam Produced from Rhamnolipids, Ana M. Giron
Capacitive Wall Shear Stress Sensors Based on Carbon Nanotube Pillars, Brandon N. Julien
Modeling and multi-objective optimization of wastewater treatment process, Navneet Kaur
Investigation of Foam based Photobioreactor for the Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris CPCC 90, Anuradha Krishnan
Advanced oxidation of water micropollutants by ozone and hydrogen peroxide: Process intensification in a novel multiphase technology, Jaime F. Mata de la Vega
Investigation Of Heavy Metal Removal From Synthetic Desalter Effluent Using a Two-Step Approach by Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration and Microbial Fuel Cell, Carlos Munoz-Cupa
Conversion of Biomass Derived Tar in a Catalytic Post-Gasification Process, Floria Rojas Chaves
Value Added Products from Nonconventional Agricultural Biomass Waste Through Thermochemical Transformation, Nicolas A. Sarmiento
Biosurfactant Production by Fermentation, Rachel Schneiderman
Agglomerate Breakup in Recirculating Fluidized Beds, Davin M. Tang Mr
Catalytic Relevance of MgAlO Surface Functionalities in the Upgrade of Ethanol to Butanol, Wei Tian
Investigations of Press Bonded Zinc-Rich Powder Coatings, Wenhao Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Production of cellulose-based superabsorbent polymers for soil water retention, Rosa Maria Arredondo Ramirez
Highly efficient de-lignification and reengineering approach to modify wood into a bio-composite and an adsorbent material, Ramon Filipe Beims
Co-gasification of Plastic and Biomass Waste, Joshua J. Cullen
Co-gasification of biomass and plastic waste in a bubbling fluidized bed reactor, Islam ElGhamrawy
Development of a Cold Model Fuild Coker Pilot Plant, Jessica A. Godin
Development of Photocatalytic Reactor System for Dye Degradation from Lab to Pilot Scale, Waleed Jadaa
The electrical, thermal, and morphological properties of microinjection-molded polypropylene nanocomposites, Renze Jiang
Mechanical Recycling of Flame Retardant-Contaminated Expanded Polystyrene Waste into Structural Materials, Harrison E. Ng
Application of passive acoustic emissions for inline monitoring of segregation prone mixtures in a V-blender, Katherine Wilson
Development of Anti-corrosive Polyester Powder Coatings, Marshall Shuai Yang
Development of Carbon-based Nano-structural Fluorescent Biosensor, Yingqi Zhang
Identification and Distribution Analysis of the Mid-phase in a Low-velocity Gas-solid Fluidized Bed, Zhenan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Inherently Porous Atomically Thin Membranes for Gas Separation, Harpreet Atwal
Production of Engineered Carbons from Secondary Waste Streams for Environmental Applications, Ghazaleh Chegini
Mitigation of fouling and liquid losses in a Fluid Coker™: Influence of operating conditions and internals on wet-agglomerates contribution to liquid carry-under, Yohann Alain François Cochet
CO2 Derived Carbon Capture Using Microalgae in a PhotoBioCREC Unit, Maureen D. Cordoba Perez
Effect of Pretreatment of Resin Acids on Anaerobic Digestibility of Pulp and Paper Mill's Primary Sludge, Sreejon Das
Fibrin-Based Engineered Vascular Tissues as Platforms for Cellular Studies and Disease Modeling, Khalil Dayekh
Impact of post-pyrolysis wash on biochar powders and their respective granule formations, Anthony Fazzalari
Production of biopolymers by Aureobasidium pullulans on industrial waste streams, Islam Gawdat
Development of a recombinant brewing yeast to produce beer from hemp extract (Cannabis Sativa L.), Mehmet Ugur Gulmen
A Novel Submerged Photocatalytic Oscillatory Membrane Reactor for Effluent Water Polishing, Siddharth Gupta
Investigation of Electrochemical and Hybrid Microbial Desalination Cells for Environmental Applications, Shawn Nicholas Hamilton
Mitigation of Fluid Coker Cyclone Fouling with Consideration to Reactor Performance, Andrew J. Heaslip
Probing the Role of Silicates for Corrosion Control in Lead Plumbing, Hailey Holmes
Process Modifications and Additives for Anticorrosive Powder Coatings, Jinbao Huang
Growth viability assay assessment for disinfectant screening, Paavana Jayaram
Production of Bio-Based Concrete Water Reducer from Crude Cellulose derived from Woody Biomass, Anthony T. Johnson
Slow Pyrolysis of Vomitoxin-Contaminated Corn in a Batch Reactor, Shokooh Karami
Catechol-Containing Copolymers As An Active Ingredient for Denture Adhesives, Vincent Ying Wun Kong
Treatability of Micropollutants and Microplastics using Selected Wastewater Treatment Processes, Juan Li
Development of New Bonding Technologies for Powder Coatings, Wei Liu
Impact of Local Fluidized Bed Hydrodynamics on the Distribution of Liquid Sprayed into the Bed, Yuan Li
Thermodynamic Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium in Naphtha-Water Mixtures, Sandra Milena Lopez-Zamora
Thermochemical Conversion of Plastic to Value Added Products, Anastasia L. Maslak
Cluster Acceleration and Stabilization in Downflow Catalytic Reactors: Experimental and CPFD Simulation Studies, Cesar Alejandro Medina Pedraza
Using Ionic Liquids in Fabrication of VO2 for Thermochromic Coatings, Shidokht Nazari
Overcoming Technological Challenges for the Commercialization of the Circulating Fluidized Bed Bioreactor for Municipal Wastewater Treatment, Michael J. Nelson
Hydrogen Production Via Photocatalytic Water Splitting Under Near-UV and Visible Light Using Doped Pd TiO2, Bianca Rusinque
Investigation of Column Packing & Flow Profiles in Packed Chromatographic Columns, Karamjit Singh
A Multifunctional Treatment Process for Combined Sewer Overflow Pollutants and Nutrient Control, Tiziana Venditto
Atomically Thin Nanoporous Graphene Membranes for Fluid Separation, Anika O. K. Wong
Study on graphene-based nanocomposites with special magnetoresistance properties, Songlin Yang
Experimental study and characterization of bubble behaviors in the orifice-induced hydrodynamic cavitation, Haoxuan Zheng
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Development Of Technologies For High Value Products From Biomass Pyrolysis, Chiara Barbiero
Intensification of Clostridium pasteurianum Fermentation Producing n-Butanol From Glycerol using Microfiltration Cell Recycle, Colin W. Couper
CFD Simulations of Bubble Column Equipped with Bundles of Concentric Tubes, Glen C. DSouza
Thermo-catalytic Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids and Real-World Derivatives Towards Liquid Fuels, Shaun J. Fraser
Waste Hemp Fibers (HFs) Derived Porous Carbons: Preparation, Characterization, and Potential Applications, Manju Gurung
Light downshifting zinc oxide-ethylene vinyl acetate nanocomposite greenhouse films, David V. Hiscott
Multiphase Equilibrium in A Novel Batch Dynamic VL-Cell Unit with High Mixing: Apparatus Design and Process Simulation, Jeonghoon Kong
Experimental and Numerical Study of Polymorphism in Crystallization Processes, Mengxing Lin
Design, Fabrication and Applications of Efficient Conductive Polymers for Photocatalytic Antimicrobials, Chunbo Liu
Improved Fermentation Design and Screening Devices for Biobutanol Production, Garret Christopher Munch
Ultrasonic Techniques for Characterizations of Oils and Their Emulsions and Monitoring Oil Layer Depth of Spill, Kanu Raigan
Evolution and Flow of Vapors in a Fluidized Bed, Hansen Mangaranap Silitonga
Bubble Dynamics in a Sand Fluidized Bed in the Presence of Biomass Pellets, Nicolas Torres Brauer
The Effect of MoOx Reducibility on its Activity for Anisole Hydrodeoxygenation, Chantal Walker