• Polymer micelles for the protection and delivery of specialized pro-resolving meditators 

  de Prinse, Mitchell

  Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM) play a pivotal role in the resolution of acute inflammation events and have recently gained interest as a treatment for chronic inflammation. Polymer micelles are a promising ...

• An efficient process for the copper(0)-mediated controlled radical synthesis of acrylate-methacrylate block copolymers 

  Cooze, Morgan

  Cu(0)-mediated polymerization using tris[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]amine (Me6TREN) as ligand is a promising method to polymerize acrylates at ambient temperature with fast reaction rates that also maintains the high chain-end ...

• BIOREACTOR-BASED STRATEGY FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS TOWARDS NUCLEUS PULPOSUS CELLS 

  Ta, Ngoc

  Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) experienced by ~80% of worldwide population initiates in the nucleus pulposus (NP). This research aimed to establish a validated method for obtaining NP-like cells from adipose-derived ...

• Printing of Electrochemical Energy Storage Device Components 

  Mypati, Sreemannarayana

  Materials printing is a versatile technology used in a wide range of industrial-scale manufacturing processes that require high-precision transfer of materials on different substrates. Despite the numerous studies available ...

• Energy Recovery from High Salinity Biomass 

  Ghazizade Fard, Maryam

  Phytoremediation is a biological remediation technique where plants take contaminants from the soil into their biological structure. This technique removes pollutants from the ground leaving the grown biomass requiring ...

• Toll-like receptor mediated responses to adsorbed damage-associated molecular patterns on biomaterial surfaces 

  McKiel, Laura

  The foreign body reaction is a chronic inflammatory response to an implanted biomaterial that ultimately leads to fibrous encapsulation of the implant. It is widely accepted that the host response to implanted biomaterials ...

• Electrodeposited Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrates for Point-of-Care Drug Checking 

  Wilson, Nicholas

  Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an analytical technique that can provide ultra-sensitive chemical detection on a mobile platform when implemented on handheld Raman spectrometers. However, the large laser spot ...

• Evaluation of a Novel Polymeric Flocculant for Enhanced Water Recovery of Mature Fine Tailings 

  Lister, Kyle

  This thesis explores the feasibility of using a novel degradable cationic flocculant, poly(PLA4ChMA), for enhanced dewatering of mature fine tailings (MFT). Previous research indicated that this material provided improved ...

• Accelerated Monte-Carlo Techniques for Modeling of Chain Architecture and Semi-Batch Radical Polymerization Process Optimization 

  Nasresfahani, Amin

  This thesis introduces a new strategy to develop a comprehensive stochastic polymerization simulation with the capacity of considering the secondary reactions attributed to the radical acrylate/methacrylate/styrene ...

• Fabrication of novel power sources for portable and wearable devices 

  Khazaeli, Ali

  Practical applications of portable and wearable electronics is linked with the development of power sources that address the physical requirements of these electronic devices, such as flexibility and a small footprint. In ...

• Development and characterization of thermoplastic biopolyester compounds and their processing by 3D bioplotting 

  Gopi, Salim

  The objective of this thesis is to improve the properties of thermoplastic biopolyesters by reactive modification and blending, and to develop thermoplastic biopolyester compounds with suitable rheological, thermal and ...

• Kinetics and Modeling of Radical Copolymerization of Water-Soluble Cationic Monomers 

  Ezenwajiaku, Ikenna

  Polyelectrolytes (PELs) are a special class of charged water-soluble polymers utilized in both consumer and industrial applications such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, waste-water treatment, flocculating agents, oil drilling ...

• Development of a Screening Platform for Angiogenic Drug Delivery Systems Using Zebrafish Embryos 

  Motahhari Moghaddam, Ali

  The development of an angiogenic drug delivery system requires in vitro and in vivo testing before the system can used to treat a disease or condition. The zebrafish embryo is a promising animal model for screening potential ...

• A New Approach to Preparing Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials Using Starch Nanoparticles 

  Cazotti, Jaime

  Starch nanoparticles (SNP) are a new class of innovative biopolymers that can be obtained from native starch using different methods. Interest in bio-synthetic hybrid materials based on polysaccharides has been increasing ...

• Effect of Terminal Electron Acceptors on Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Oil Sands Tailings 

  Tawadrous, Michael

  Surface mining of Alberta's oil sands produces large volumes of water and solid wastes stored in oil sands tailings ponds. Tailings ponds contain numerous contaminants that have negative effects on the environment (air, ...

• Electrical Double Layer in Polar and Nonpolar Media in the Presence of Surfactants 

  Khademi, Mahmoud

  The objective of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the concept of electrical double layer (EDL). The EDL is the basis of all electrokinetic phenomena. Despite numerous studies in the span of over a century, ...

• Towards Improved Process Development for Biolubricant Production from Vegetable Oils 

  Ho, Calvin

  Biolubricants are lubricants with a base oil produced from biological feedstock. Ester-based biolubricants enjoy the most widespread commercial use, even though complex chemical modifications are required to improve their ...

• An Investigation of Antimicrobial Properties of Grafoid Inc. Graphene Coatings 

  Pourzeynali Miankooh, Siavash

  Graphene materials have been the center of attention due to their physicochemical properties. Moreover, in the past decade, these materials have attracted increasing attention because of their antimicrobial properties. A ...

• Molecular Orientation in Large-Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS) of Complex Fluids 

  Gilbert, Peter

  Polymer rheological properties are important to modern manufacturing, and though polymers have been studied for decades, we still do not fully understand how polymers flow. Subjecting a polymeric liquid to oscillatory shear ...

• Model-Based Optimal Design of Experiments with Noninvertible Fisher Information Matrix 

  Shahmohammadi, Ali

  In this thesis, different approaches are developed and compared to deal with a noninvertible Fisher Information Matrix (FIM) when designing sequential model-based (e.g., A, D, and V-optimal) experiments. Proposed approaches ...

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