2007

ARORA, Salil (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal) “Life Cycle Assessment and Biodegradability of Biobased Composites”
Previous degree granting institution: Regional Engineering College , Rourkela

BALU, Deebika (Advisor: Christina Chan) “Regional Disparities in Expressing Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology – An Inferential Study”
Previous degree granting institution: Anna University , Madras

2006

WANG, Kai (Advisor: Prof. Mark Worden) “Physiological Studies of Recombiant Protein Expression in Escherichia Coli”
Previous degree granting institution: Zhejiang University

2005

BRADSHAW, Tamika Calicia (Advisor: Prof. Bruce E. Dale) “Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX) Pretreated Reed Canarygrass and Switchgrass”
Previous degree granting institution: Prairie View A & M University

2004

BROOKES, Chisa Kandyda (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan) “A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: Polyethylene and Starch Foams”
Previous degree granting institution: North Carolina State University

FISHER, Laura Marie (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan) “Engineered Polysaccharide Carboxylate Matrices for Ocular Drug Delivery”
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University

GALVEZ, Iris A. (Advisor: Prof. K. Jayaraman) “Thermal Performance of High Power TVS Diode Assemblies with Solder Voids”GALVEZ, Iris A. (Advisor: K. Jayaraman) “Thermal Performance of High Power TVS Diode Assemblies with Solder Voids”
Previous degree granting institution: University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

MEHTA, Geeta, (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal) “Biocomposites from Engineered Natural Fibers and Unsaturated Polyester Resin for Housing Panel Applications”
Previous degree granting institution: Panjab University

PRESTON, Casey, (Advisor: Prof. R. Mark Worden) “Optimization and Control of Recombinant Protein Expression”
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University

SANOCKI, Victoria A. (Advisor: Prof. Robert Y. Ofoli) “Cell Culture at the Liquid-Liquid Interface: Effects of Fluorocarbon Layer Thickness on Cell Growth.”
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University

VICARY, Ryan D. (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan) “Thermally Stable Vegetable Oil Based Lubricants Via Reductive Ozonolysis”
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University

2003

LINDEMANN, Deirdre Jane, (Advisor: Prof. Kris Berglund) "Real Time Monitoring of Fruit Spirit Distillation with High Speed Gas Chromatography."
Previous degree granting institution: Albion College

KINI, Hemant Kamalakar, (Advisor: Prof. Charles A. Petty), "Equilibrium Microstructure for Liquid Crystalline Polymers."
Previous degree granting institution: Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Surathkal.

NAMANI, Madhu, (Advisor: Prof. Andre Lee) "Effect of Phenyl-Functional Structured Silanol on the Network Formation of Epoxy-Amine Systems."
Previous degree granting institution: Andhra University

SUTTON, Joel Kellogg, (Advisor: Prof. Michael Mackay) "Analysis of Hyperbranched/Linear Polymer Extrudates."
Previous degree granting institution: Auburn University

WALDEN, Douglas Harrison, (Advisor: Prof. Michael Mackay) "Modification of the Surface Chemistry of Graphite Nanoplatelets and the Effect on Graphite Nanocomposites."
Previous degree granting institution: LeTourneau University, Longview, TX

2002

ANDRAOUS, Johnny I, (Advisor: Prof. Kris Berglund), "The Effect of Temperature and the Use of Liquefaction Enzymes on the Congener Concentration in Distilled Fruit Brandies."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

BELCHER, La Keya Ann, (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal) "The Development of Biocomposites from Aligned Biofiber and Biobased Epoxy Resin."
Previous degree granting institution: Central Michigan University

MONDRO, Jason R., (Advisor: Prof. Christian Lastoskie), "Cellular Dynamics Simulation of Microbial Chemotaxis in Porous Media."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan Technological University.

2001

PAPWORTH, Paul Andrew, (Advisor: Prof. K. Jayaraman), "Flow Line Formation of Injection Molded Polypropylene/EP Rubber Blends."
Previous degree granting institution: Saginaw Valley State University.

SHAH, Chirag Ashok, (Advisor: Prof. Carl Lira), "Aqueous Phase Adsorption of Benzaldehyde, Benzoic Acid and Benzyl Alcohol and their Mixtures."
Previous degree granting institution: L.D. College of Engineering, India.

YAMASAKI, Ryoko, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Reactive Extrusion Polymerization with Polycaprolactone."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

2000

GOLLAPALLI, Lisa Elisheba, (Advisor: Prof. Bruce Dale), "Predicting Digestibility of ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX) treated Rice Straw."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

NGUYEN, Khanh P., (Advisor: Prof. Alec Scranton), "Kinetic Studies for Cationic Photopolymerization of Epoxide Monomers."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

PALMER, Kent, (Advisor: Prof. Christian Lastoskie), "Configurational Bias Monte Carlo Simulations of Phase Segregation in Networked Block Copolymers."
Previous degree granting institution: Brigham Young University - Utah.

SEYMOUR, Scott, (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal), "Extension of the Aligned Discontinuous Fiber Process in Manufacturing."
Previous degree granting institution: Purdue University.

1999

LOPEZ, Jonathan Michael, (Advisor: Prof. K. Jayaraman), "Morphology Variations in Extrustion of Polypropylene / EP Rubber Blends."
Previous degree granting institution: University of Maryland - Baltimore.

SMITH, Aaron C., (Advisor: Prof. Martin C. Hawley), "Microwave Pultrusion of Unidirectional reinforced Epoxy Composites using single frequency and variable frequency processing techniques."

1998

BASKARAN, Rajesh. (Advisor: Prof. Dennis J. Miller), “Condensed Phase Conversion of Lactic Acid to 2,3-Pentanedione”
Previous degree granting institution: Osmania University

CORBIN, Shawn M. (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal), "Improvements in Adhesion between Carbon Fibers and Vinyl Ester Materials."
Previous degree granting institution: University of Iowa.

KRISHNASWAMY, Arvind, (Advisor: Prof. Lawrence T. Drzal), "Adhesion of Vapor Grown Carbon Fibers to Epoxy Matrices and its relation to Fiber and Composite Properties."

PRINCE, Jamaica L., (Advisor: Prof. Robert Ofoli), "Effects of Physiological Conditions on the Binding of the Fluorescent Probe 1-Anilino-8-Naphthalene Sulfonate to Bovine Serum Albumin."

ROUSH, Caroline Jean, (Advisor: Prof. Christian Lastoskie), "Environmental Perspectives: Near Critical Adsorption in Model Porous Carbons and Chemotactic Transport of Pseudomonas Sp. Strain KC."

SOULE, Aaron, (Advisor: Prof. Carl Lira), "Studies of Gas Adsorption on Activated Carbon and Cherry Flavor Recovery from Cherry Pitts."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

TWIGG, Weston David, (Advisor: Prof. Martin C. Hawley), "Catalyst Development for Sugar Hydrogenolysis Using a 2,4-Pentanediol Model Compound."

WAIKUL, Lalita Harish, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Processing Parameter-Property Relations of Soy Protein-Copolyester Blends."
Previous degree granting institution: Pune University.

WEAVER, Justin, (Advisor: Prof. Bruce Dale), "Extrusion Processing for Ammonia Fiber Explosion (AFEX)."

1997

FRANCE, Lawrence M., (Advisor: Prof. Martin C. Hawley), "Chemical, Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Neat and Polymer Modified Asphalt Binders."

LEUDERALBERT, Connie, (Advisor: Prof. Robert Ofoli), "Effect of Heat Treatment and Surface Charge Heterogeneities on the Initial Rate of Flocculation of Polystyrene Particles."
Previous degree granting institution: University West Florida.

NARAYANAN, Vijaykumar, (Advisor: Prof. Alec Scranton), "Design of Initiating Systems for Ultraviolet Photopolymerization of Thick Polymer and Composite parts."
Previous degree granting institution: Mangalore University.

SEYBOLD, Kenneth Randall, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Design and Economic Analysis of a Maleated Soybean Oil and Ester Production Facility."

SHAH, Rhutesh, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Studies on Synthesis of Copolyester-Amides."
Previous degree granting institution: L D College of Engineering.

SMITH, Cassandra A., (Advisor: Prof. Carl Lira), "Adsorption of Water on Carbon: A Study using the ESD Equation of State."
Previous degree granting institution: Michigan State University.

ZHANG, Zhigang, (Advisor: Prof. Dennis Miller), "Reactive Properties of Hydrogen Adsorbed on Carbon Surfaces."
Previous degree granting institution: Hebei Chemical Engineering Institute.

1996

KARNANI, Rajeev, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Kenaf - Reinforced Polypropylene Composites."
Previous degree granting institution: Osmania University.

MIKOLA, Mark R., (Advsor: Prof. Mark Worden), "Optimization of Biocatalytic 3-Dehydroshikimic Acid Production from D-Glucose in Escherichia Coli."

MURSHAK, MAYA, (Advisor: Prof. Charles Petty), "Characterization of Particle Size Distributions for Kerosene-water Dispersions in Complex Forms."

MOORJANI, Shailender Kumar, (Advisor: Prof. Alec Scranton), "Polymers from Renewable Resources: Cationic Photopolymerization of Epoxidized Natural Oils."

RICHARDS, Robert J. (Prof. Kris Berglund), "The Use of Raman and Flourescence Spectroscopy to Study Crystallization In Situ."

SHIDAKER, Trent, (Prof. Martin C. Hawley), "Development of a microwave part-shaped cavity for resin transfer molding."

THIEL, Melissa A. (Advisor: Prof. Dennis Miller), "Conversion of 2,3-Pentanedione to Value-Added Chemicals."

VARADARAJAN, Sriraman, (Advisor: Prof. Dennis Miller), "Chemical Process from Hydrogenation of Succinate Esters."

1995

CARLSON, Denise Lynn, (Advisor: Prof. Ramani Narayan), "Modification of Polylactide Via Reactive Extrusion."

CHEN, Jinglei, (Advisor: Prof. K.Jayaraman), "Process Modeling for Liquid Composite Molding."

FURNEY, Todd D. (Advisor: Prof. Martin C. Hawley) "A Mechanism and Selectivity Study of Sugar and Sugar Alcohol Hydrogenolysis using 1,3-Diol Model Compounds."

JACOBS, Jeffry L. (Advisor: Prof. Alec Scranton), "Characterization of Cationic Photopolymerizations of Divinyl Ether Systems Involving A Diaryliodonium Salt Initiator and Photosensitized by Anthracene."

KALYANARAMAN, Prasad, (Advisor: Prof. K. Jayaraman), "Permeability Characterization of Stitched Bi-directional Fiber Preforms."
Previous degree grating institution: Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli.

NIMALAKIRTHI, Rajasinghe, (Prof. Alec Scranton), "A Continuous Monte Carlo Method for Simultaneous Growth and Equilibration in Gelation."

NOWACZYK, Paul, (Prof. Daina M. Briedis), "Natural Production of Gamma-Undecalactone."

SHULL, Jeffrey C. (Prof. Martin C. Hawley), "An Investigation of the Fundamental Chemical, Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Polymer Modified Asphalt Cement."