Browsing Department of Chemical Engineering Graduate Theses by Title
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An evaluation of hyaluronic acid and poly-L-lysine polyelectrolyte layers on alginate microspheres for use in protein-triggered drug release
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in developed countries in those 50 years of age and older. Increased expression of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a ... -
Evaluation of semi-passive treatment technologies for septic lagoon capacity expansion
(2016-06-06)In Canada, increases in rural development has led to a growing need to effectively manage the resulting municipal and city sewage without the addition of significant cost- and energy- expending infrastructure. Storring ... -
Evaluation of the immobilized soil bioreactor for treatment of naphthenic acids in oil sands process waters
(2013-06-20)Extraction of bitumen from Alberta oil sands produces 2 to 4 barrels of aqueous tailings per barrel of crude oil. Oil sands process water (OSPW) contains naphthenic acids (NAs), a complex mixture of carboxylic acids of the ... -
An Experimental and Modelling Study of Oxygen Reduction in Porous LSM/YSZ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes
(2010-07-20)Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) are electrochemical devices that can convert a variety of fuels directly into electricity. Their commercialization requires efficient operation of its components. The sluggish kinetics for ... -
Experimental investigation of electrokinetic phenomena in planar and porous substrates
(2014-06-11)Nowadays, there are various electrokinetic phenomena which are utilized in a wide range of applications, ranging from microfluidics and colloid and interface science to electrochemistry. However, even after 200 years of ... -
Exploiting the Unique Plasmonic Phenomenon of Metallic Nanostructures for Sensing and Biosensing Applications
Real-time, accurate sensing promoted by analytical sensors is extremely important for advances in drug discovery, disease diagnosis and for studying biological systems. In particular, label-free surface plasmon resonance ... -
Expression, Purification, And Characterization Of Elastin-Like Polypeptides Containing Chondroitin Sulphate Binding Domains
(2013-01-07)The development of small-diameter artificial blood vessels that mimic the properties of natural blood vessels has proven to be a clinical challenge. While autologous vessels are the standard, they can be difficult to obtain ... -
Fabrication of a Bioactive Scaffold Material for Meniscus Tissue Engineering
(2013-11-20)Injuries to the meniscus are a common and important source of mobility issues in the knees of young active individuals, as well as elderly individuals. Conventional treatments for these injuries involve surgical resections ... -
Fabrication of novel power sources for portable and wearable devices
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 ... -
Fast and Sensitive Detection of Bacteria by Means of AC Electrokinetics and Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
(2015-12-01)Rapid diagnosis of pathogens requires the ability to detect the presence of a target pathogen in a sample at as low concentrations as possible. In the present thesis, a surface-based method that can provide early and ... -
Flame Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Photocatalytic Titanium Dioxide Coating on Aluminium Fin Stock
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FRAP Measurements of Solute Diffusion Through Hydrogels
(2014-11-04)The distribution of therapeutic agents such as proteins or drug-loaded nanoparticles within a hydrogel following release influences their rate of absorption at the desired site of action. For formulation design purposes, ... -
Free Radical Copolymerization of Hydroxy-Functional Monomers: Kinetic and Semibatch Studies
(2013-02-27)Acrylic resins used as polymeric binders in automotive coatings are complex copolymers containing reactive functional (often hydroxyl) groups. A better understanding of the copolymerization kinetics of these monomers is ... -
Free Radical Polymerization studies of vinyl ester monomers using Pulsed-Lased Polymerization with Size Exclusion Chromatography (PLP-SEC)
(2015-12-02)Polyvinyl acetate and other polyvinyl esters, and their copolymers are used in coatings, adhesives and plastics, and hence fundamental understanding of the mechanisms and polymerization kinetics is vital for process ... -
Free Radical-Mediated Reactive Extrusion of Commodity Polymers
The objective of this thesis is to improve the melt and solid-state properties of poly (propylene) (PP) and poly(lactide) (PLA) by reactive extrusion. Peroxide-mediated melt-state reactive extrusion in the presence of ... -
Functional Chemometrics: Automated Spectral Smoothing with Spatially Adaptive Splines
(2012-10-02)Functional data analysis (FDA) is a demonstrably effective, practical, and powerful method of data analysis, yet it remains virtually unheard of outside of academic circles and has almost no exposure to industry. FDA adds ... -
Functional Nitroxyls for Polypropylene Modification
Chemistry for introducing a long-chain branch (LCB) architecture to linear, isotactic polypropylene (PP) is described, wherein degradation of the polymer matrix through β-scission of macroradicals is inhibited by an additive ... -
Functional Nitroxyls in Polypropylene Based Thermoplastic Vulcanizates
Peroxide vulcanization of polypropylene (PP) based thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) is hindered by PP’s susceptibility to radical degradation. PP degradation occurs through chain scission of tertiary alkyl macroradicals, ... -
Functionalized-Nitroxyls for Use in Peroxide-Initiated Modifications of Polymers
(2014-09-17)Delayed-onset crosslinking of commodity polymers is accomplished by peroxide-initiated reactions of 4-acryloyloxy-2,2,6,6,-tetramethylpiperidine-N-oxyl (AOTEMPO) under solvent-free conditions. Consistent with previous ... -
Geometric Aspects of Interconnection and Damping Assignment - Passivity-Based Control
(2011-02-01)This dissertation deals with smooth feedback stabilization of control-affine systems via Interconnection and Damping Assignment - Passivity-Based Control (IDA-PBC). The IDA-PBC methodology is a feedback control design ...