School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE)
Formerly known as "Chemical Engineering," the School officially added "Biomolecular" to our name. Our graduates are crucial to the manufacturing of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, computer chips, plastics, paper, and fibers; they are essential in providing the everyday energy needs of the nation.
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School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate Research Option Theses [8]
Research Thesis Option for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Majors
Recent Submissions
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Biomass as Fuel and Feedstock for Reduction of Carbon Emissions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-17)Biomass holds great promise as a fuel or feedstock for carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative processes, including power, heat and chemical production. This talk discusses pathways for biomass utilization as a fuel or ... -
Computational Design of Organic Photocatalysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-03)Inorganic catalysts have been workhorses in many important industrial processes while many biological systems, such as photosynthesis, rely on organic catalysts. In this talk I will discuss the use of computational chemistry ... -
Electrokinetic Control of Interfacial Instabilities
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-10-10)This talk will describe three examples of interfacial patterns – viscous fingers, deionization shocks, and metal dendrites – whose stability can be controlled by electrokinetic phenomena in charged porous media, as ... -
Gaussian Processes for Hybridizing Analytical & Data-Driven Decision-Making
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-26)Surrogate models are widely appreciated in chemical engineering. The typical setting focuses on expensive-to-evaluate, possibly uncertain functions. Resources are typically limited, so effective decision-making requires ... -
The Moral and Ethical Imperatives to Achieve Health Equity
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-19)As partisan politics becomes more and more entrenched in our society and continue to creep into the policy decisions that impact the everyday lives of individuals, the fight for health equity is becoming an increasingly ... -
FexNi1-xO(H)y Nanocatalysts for Alkaline Electrocatalysis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-12)Sustainability in energy conversion processes requires materials that are designed to be high-performance and durable, yet cost-effective. Alkaline electrochemical systems provide an opportunity to explore non-precious ... -
Epigenomic Profiling With Ultralow-Input Microfluidic Assays: Technology, Biology, and Medicine
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-09-05)Epigenome dictates turning on and off genes during normal development and diseases, forming another layer of regulation on top of gene sequence. Epigenome is cell-type-specific and highly dynamic over the course of disease ... -
Deep Work, Shallow Work, and Frippery
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-08-29)We are all surrounded by a never-ending stream of information, demands on our time and distractions. This talk will discuss how to establish habits that will allow you to focus deeply on long term tasks that will improve ... -
Effects of solution concentration on properties of P3HT films
Past experiments have studied Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) by examining the roles of parameters including molecular weight, aggregation methods, and dispersion method on device performance. However, the role of ... -
Particle affinity for oil-water interfaces and selective adsorption
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-21)Many applications require the selective removal of particulate contaminants from aqueous solutions. Standard froth flotation is a very efficient process that is commonly used in these applications to indiscriminately remove ... -
Systems design and uncertainty quantification of co2 capture from air
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-08)The rapid increase in concentration of atmospheric CO2 has stimulated the recent development of CO2 capture technologies. One of the strategy is to capture CO2 directly from ambient air which, if successfully implemented, ... -
Engineering localized surface plasmons in doped semiconductor nanomaterials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-21)Doped semiconductors materials have emerged as the preeminent materials platform for development of optoelectronic technologies harnessing the LSPR phenomena in the infrared spectral regime. The capacity to engineer a ... -
Enhanced contaminants removal for paper recycling by adsorption deinking and new flotation methods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-27)The recent progress and increasing popularity in digital printing technology created new challenges in recycled paper quality and recycling process runnability due to the sub-micron size, strongly negative charge, and ... -
Controlling residual metal in carbide-derived carbons for acid gas removal
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-21)Carbide-derived carbons (CDC) contain a porous network of uniform pore sizes created through the removal of the metal heteroatoms and the reorganization of the remaining carbon. A key advantage of CDCs is that the metal ... -
Transition metal-containing carbon molecular sieve membranes for advanced olefin/paraffin separations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-21)In this work, carbon molecular sieve (CMS) dense film membranes derived from 6FDA-DAM:DABA (3:2) polyimide precursor were studied for separation of mixed olefins (C2H4 and C3H6) from paraffins (C2H6 and C3H8). Olefin-selective ... -
Defect engineering and conversion of metal-organic frameworks for adsorption and electrical energy storage applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-19)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid porous materials, constructed by the assembly of inorganic metal ions or clusters and organic ligands. MOFs have attracted considerable research interest in the fields of gas ... -
Scalable technologies to control liquid wetting and adhesion on fiber based substrates
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-18)In this thesis, we explored how wetting properties change with surface chemistry and the topology of the fiber network through controlled plasma etching with combined coating techniques and pulp pretreatment. The approach ... -
Multi-scale modeling of ice crystal formation in clouds
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05-23)Understanding human impact on climate is the foremost challenge of the 21st century. In particular, significant work remains to explain how anthropogenic emissions affect cloud properties and how cloud properties, in turn, ... -
Investigation into obstacles to the implementation of the directed-self assembly of block copolymers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-11)To meet the growing demands of the microelectronics industry and their desire to continue Moore’s Law, a variety of routes to extend or replace optical lithography have been suggested. Among these options is the directed ... -
Control of diffusive time scales in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for the kinetic separation of light hydrocarbons
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-03)The goal of this thesis is to investigate new sorbent materials for the kinetic separation of light hydrocarbons and incorporate them into a viable mass transfer contactor for use in a pressure swing adsorption unit. Three ...
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