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CFE graduate students enjoy a welcome lunch |
| Student |
E-mail |
Thesis | Projected
Graduation |
Advisor |
| Nicholas Alvarez |
2011 |
Lynn Walker, Shelley Anna | ||
| Edward S. Atman | A New Method for Determination of Zeta Potential on Colloidal Particles by Measuring Electroosmotic Drag |
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Dennis C. Prieve | |
| Adam Bowles | abowles | AFM Measurements of Disjoining Pressure for Nano-scale Film-Substrate Systems |
2009 |
Jim Schneider, Lee White |
| Gordon Christopher | gfc | Microfluidic Synthesis of Structured Particles for Drug Delivery |
2008 |
Shelley Anna |
| Travis Crites | tcrites | Improving time to detection in DNA biosensors through reduction of dimensionality mass-transfer enhancement |
2008 |
Jim Schneider |
| Rong Fu | rongf | 2007 | Dennis C. Prieve | |
| Nicole Green | nlgreen | 2011 | Mohammad F. Islam | |
| Shane Grosser | sgrosser | Sequence Specific Separation of Target DNA in Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography |
2007 |
James W. Schneider |
| James Hoggard | jhoggard |
2008 |
Paul Sides, Dennis Prieve | |
| Danny Kuntz | dkuntz | Phase behavior of
concentrated rod-like polyelectrolyte-surfactant aggregate
solutions |
2008 |
Lynn M. Walker |
| Andy Kusumo | akusumo | Surface-Grafted
Stimulus-Responsive Polymers for Chromatography
Application |
2008 |
Jim Schenider, Bob Tilton |
| Theresa LaFollette | tlafolle |
2010 |
Lynn Walker | |
| Viet Lam | vlam |
2011 |
Lynn Walker | |
| Gregory Lapp | glapp |
2011 |
Mohammad F. Islam | |
| Wingki Lee | wingkil |
2010 |
Lynn Walker, Shelley Anna | |
| JitKang Lim | jitkangl | Plasmon Aided Magnetophoretic Microfluidic Cell/Biomolecule Sorting Mechanism |
2009 |
Bob Tilton, Sara Majetich |
| Sheetal Pai | sspai |
2011 |
Todd Przybycein, Bob Tilton | |
| Theresa Phillips | tlphilli |
2011 |
Bob Tilton | |
| Trishna Saigol | tsaigol |
2011 |
Bob Tilton | |
| Jeff Savard | jsavard | An Equilibrium Study of Hydrophobically-Modified DNA Adsorption on HIC Media |
2008 |
Jim Schneider |
| Oxana Selivanova | oselivan |
2009 |
Jim Schneider | |
| Shahab Shojaei-zadeh | shahab | Fluid Dynamics of Microscopic Defects in Layered Liquids |
2007 |
Shelley Anna |
| Kevin Sirk | ksirk | Development of Polymer-Decorated Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Remediation Agents to the Trichloroethylene/Water Interface |
2007 | Robert D. Tilton |
| Recent PhD Graduates (since 1995) |
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Michael Bevan received his PhD at the May 2000 hooding ceremony |
| Student | Thesis |
Graduation |
Advisor |
| A Compression Rheology Model of Batch Centrifugal Filtration |
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Lee R. White | |
| Michael Bartkovsky | A MEMS based Biosensor |
2006 |
Todd M. Przybycien, Steinar Hauan |
| Derek Berglund | Tuning Adsorption via Polymer-Surfactant Complexation |
2003 |
Todd M.
Przybycein |
| Michael A. Bevan | Weakening of van der Waals Attraction by Physisorbed Polymer Layers |
1999 |
Dennis C. Prieve |
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Alan
Braem |
Depletion Interactions Caused by Unadsorbed Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Mixtures |
2001 |
Robert D. Tilton Dennis C. Prieve |
| Kristen Buehler | Effect of Membrane-Support and Solvent Quality on Permeability Characteristics of Confined Polyacrylamide Gels |
1999 |
John L. Anderson |
| Hy Bui |
Rheological and Light Scattering Studies on Model Aqueous Gels |
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Guy C. Berry |
| Stephanie Butler |
Ionic Surfactant Adsorption Mechanisms |
2001 |
Robert D. Tilton |
| James R. Charron | Block Copolymer Adsorption to Phospholipid Monolayers at the Air-Water Interface |
1996 |
Robert D. Tilton |
| Xia Chen | Hydrodynamics Near Contact Lines Moving Over Thin Fluid Films | 2003 | Steve Garoff |
| Yenny Christanti | Influence of Viscoelasticity on the Atomization of Polymer Solutions |
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Lynn M. Walker |
| Ray Dagastine | The Measurement of Surface Forces at Deformable Interfaces using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (TIRM) |
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Lee
White Dennis C. Prieve |
| Susan Daly DiPasquo | Elucidating Structure-Function Rules for an Adsorbed Protein Layer |
2004 |
Robert D. Tilton, Todd M. Przybycien |
| Dimitar Draganov | The Structure of Polymer Melts Confined at Contact Lines |
2006 |
Steve Garoff |
| Michael Gerber | Structural Characterization of Polymerized Rod-like Surfactant Micelles |
2006 |
Lynn M. Walker |
| Scott Guelcher | Investigating the Mechanism of Aggregation of Colloidal Particles During Electrophoric Deposition |
1999 |
John L. Anderson |
| Jason Hamm | Redispersion of Colloidal Aggregates by Steric Forces |
2006 |
Robert D. Tilton, Steve Garoff |
| Keith D. Humfeld | Interface Shapes and Thin Film Structures of Complete, Partial, and Pseudo Partial Wetting Systems |
2004 |
Steve Garoff |
| Jane Tong Kapur | Partitioning and Diffusion of Macromolecules in Polyacrylamide Gels |
1995 |
John L. Anderson |
| Vivek Kapur | Transport in Polymer/Gel Modified Micropores |
1995 |
John L. Anderson |
| Hiroki Kasumi | Thermocapillary Flow and Aggregation of Bubbles on a Solid Wall |
2001 |
Paul J. Sides |
| Joon-Hyung Kim | Pyrene Solubilization in Micelles and Polymer-Surfactant Complexes |
1999 |
Robert D. Tilton co-advised by M. Domach |
| Junhyung Kim | Dynamics of Particles on Electrodes in AC Fields |
2004 |
John Anderson, Steve Garoff |
| Rebecca Burchett Liebert | A Study of Receptor-Ligand Interactions Using Total Internal Reflection Microscopy |
1995 |
Dennis C. Prieve |
| Barry Luokkala | Wetting by Surfactant Solutions |
2001 |
Stephen Garoff |
| Bruno Marques | Peptide Amphiphiles for Targeted Therapeutics |
2005 |
James W. Schneider |
| Marvi Matos | Enhancement of Mass Transport in Crosslinked Gels using Electroosmotic Techniques |
2006 |
Robert D. Tilton, Lee White |
| Terumi Nagase | Investigation of the Use of Total Internal Reflection Microscopy for Studying Surfaces Bearing Adsorbed Polymer Layers |
1995 |
Dennis C. Prieve |
| Jess Nauman | Transport and Binding of Growth Factors in Extracellular Matrices |
2005 |
John Anderson, Phil Campbell, Fred Lanni |
| Mechanical Probing of Bioactive Polymer Films with AFM |
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James W. Schneider | |
| Paul Odiachi | Effect of Clay Platelets on the Colloidal Interaction of Bitumen-Coated Particles |
2001 |
Dennis C. Prieve |
| Edward S. Pagac | Colloidal Forces in the Presence of Polymers and Surfactants |
1997 |
Dennis C. Prieve Robert D. Tilton |
| Danilo Pozzo | Manipulation of Nanoscale Structures through Particle-Polymer Interactions Under External Fields |
2006 |
Lynn M. Walker |
| Matt Preston | Dynamic Electrophoresis in Low Dielectric Fluids |
2005 |
Lee White |
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Brian
Priore |
Small-Angle Light Scattering Analysis of Immiscible Polymer Blends in Complex Flow Fields |
2001 |
Lynn M. Walker |
| Dan Qu | Hydrodynamics of Evaporating Precursing Films |
2001 |
Stephen Garoff |
| Julie L. Robeson | Application of Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence to Probe Surface Diffusion and Orientation of Adsorbed Proteins |
1995 |
Robert D. Tilton |
| Gita Seevaratnam | Wetting of Model Non-Newtonian Fluids |
2006 |
Lynn M. Walker, Steve Garoff |
| Michelle Lourette Sun | Coadsorption of Strongly Interacting Proteins and Surfactants |
1999 |
Robert D. Tilton |
| Yu Suo | Unsteady Motion of Contact Lines; Wetting by Non-Newtonian Fluids |
2001 |
Stephen Garoff |
| My Hang Truong | The Effect of Nonionic Polymer on the Rheology of Rod-Like Micellar Systems |
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Lynn M. Walker |
| Eric Tsung | A Novel Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Assay for the Catalytic Activity of Adsorbed Enzyme Monolayers |
2000 |
Robert D. Tilton |
| Jessica Tucker | Ligand-Receptor Binding Kinetics and Equilibrium on Cell Membrane Mimics |
2006 |
Robert D. Tilton, Todd M. Przybycien |
| Kalyani Varanasi | Wetting by Receding Contact Lines of Surfactant Solutions |
2005 |
Steve Garoff |
| Darrell Velegol | Determining the Forces between Colloidal Particles Using Differential Electrophoresis |
1997 |
John L. Anderson co-advised with Steve Garoff |
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Sequence-Specific DNA Purification Using PNA Amphiphiles |
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James W. Schneider |
| S. Vijaykumar | Rheological and rheo-optical studies on nematic solutions of a rodlike polymer : Poly(1,4-phenylene-2, 6-benzobisthiazole)PBZT) |
1996 |
Guy C. Berry |
| Hao Zhou |
2005 |
Robert D. Tilton, Lee White |