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Modeling and Development of Compact Onboard Fuel Processors for PEM Fuel Cell Applications.
(2012)
Liquid hydrocarbons are high energy density fuels, and micro-reactor based fuel processors are viable alternatives to generate hydrogen for portable fuel cell applications. Micro-reactors have high mass and heat transfer ...
Computer-aided design of nanostructures from self- and directed-assembly of soft matter building blocks
(2011)
Functional materials that are active at nanometer scales and adaptive to environment have been highly desirable for a huge array of novel applications ranging from photonics, sensing, fuel cells, smart materials to drug ...
Construction and Screening of Custom Peptide Libraries Derived from Synthetic DNA Pools.
(2011)
The latest technologic advancements in chemical synthesis of DNA and peptides led to a tremendous increase in protein engineering research. High throughput, economically feasible as well as design-flexible platforms are ...
Acoustic Concepts in Micro-Scale Flow Control and Advances in Modular Microfluidic Construction.
(2010)
Despite thirty years of research, the full scientific and social impact of microfluidics has not been realized. This dissertation focuses on addressing two key issues to accelerate this realization: micro-scale flow control ...
Computational and Rheological Study of Wax Deposition and Gelation in Subsea Pipelines.
(2008)
Highly waxy crude oils can cause significant problems such as blockage of a pipeline because of the precipitation and deposition of select wax components during the production and transportation of the crude oil. The cost ...
Structured Material Generation and Chemical Handling Advancements in Microfluidic Platforms.
(2011)
Microfluidic technology was developed, in part, to miniaturize chemical analysis techniques. However, difficulties remain in functionality. Several microfluidic techniques were developed to enhance microfluidic functionality ...
Understanding the Kinetics of Asphaltene Precipitation from Crude Oils
(2011)
The precipitation of asphaltenes from crude oils can lead to serious challenges during oil production and processing. This study investigates the kinetics of asphaltene precipitation from crude oils using n-alkane precipitants. ...
Assessing the Role of Polydispersity and Cocrystallization on N-Paraffins Crystallizing in N-Paraffin Solutions.
(2009)
Wax deposition in subsea oil pipelines is a major challenge in the petroleum industry. The solid components of these wax-oil gel deposits are primarily n-alkanes. Wax-oil gel properties are a function of the composition ...
Hsp70 chaperone Proteins and their Interactions with Various Drugs as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
(2011)
Chaperone proteins and their cochaperones are perhaps one of the most intriguing systems for investigation. Ubiquitous in nature, they can be found in every organism and that perhaps is the reason that their sequence shows ...
Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass.
(2009)
We performed Supercritical Water Gasification (SCWG) for cellulose and lignin for the first time in the absence of catalytic effects from metallic walls, by using quartz reactors. We quantified the catalytic effect of ...