ChE 41100 - ChE 41200 or HONORS RESEARCH PROJECTS
2015-16
Ronald P. Andres (FRYN 1146) Phone: 494-4047, ronald@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Nanoparticle Fabrication of Electric Storage Capacitor
2. Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles as MRI Contrast Agents
3. Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Bimetal Clusters
Rakesh Agrawal (FRNY 3053D) Phone: 494-2257, agrawalr@purdue.edu
1. Nanocrystal based solar cells
2. Novel and energy efficient muticomponent distillation processes
3. Modeling of energy systems
Osman A. Basaran (FRNY 3060) Phone: 494-4061, obasaran@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Drop dynamics: experimental analysis and ultra-fast (10 nanosecond or 100 million frames per second) digital imaging of
singularities during drop formation, drop coalescence, and drop impact
2. Drop-based methods for making particles and capsules for pharmaceutical (e.g. controlled release) and materials science (e.g.
ceramics) applications
3. MEMS/NEMS and ink jet printing: innovation through fundamental studies
4. Complex fluids: polymeric fluids (e.g. DNA solutions), foams, and surfactantcy (e.g. lung surfactants)
5. Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in Chemical Engineering
6. Safety and process/product assurance (especially flow assurance)
7. Mathematical analysis: finite elements and asymptotic methods
Bryan W. Boudouris (FRNY 2148) Phone: 496-6056, boudouris@purdue.edu
1. Synthesis of New Polymers
2. Design of Polymer Solar Cells
James M. Caruthers (FRNY 2043C) Phone: 494-6625, caruther@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Engineering Properties of Polymers
2. Molecular Design of Polymers and Polymer Composites
3. Kinetics of Polymerization
David S. Corti (FRNY 1055) Phone: 496-6064, dscorti@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Entropic Forces in Colloidal Dispersions
2. On the surface tension of nanoscale droplets and bubbles
3. Reactive Monte Carlo Methods for Demonstrating Chemical Equilibrium
4. Colloidal Stability of Inks and Pigment Dispersions (Co-Advised with Prof. Franses)
Rajamani P. Gounder (FRNY 2160) Phone: 496-7826, rgounder@purdue.edu
(Honors or 2 semester ChE 41100 commitment)
1. Synthesis of Zeolite Catalysts
2. Catalysis of NOx Abatement
3. Catalysis of Hydrocarbon Conversion
Jeffrey Greeley (FRNY 2154) Phone: 494-1282, jgreeley@purdue.edu
1. First Principles Studies of Electrocatalysis
Michael T. Harris (FRNY 3043) Phone: 494-0963, mtharris@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Pharmaceutical Powder Characterization using Microwave Spectroscopy
2. Colloidal Particle Deposition During Drop Evaporation.
3. Hydrothermal Metal Coating on Plant Viruses
Michael R. Ladisch (POTR 218) Phone: 494-7022
1. Bioseparation
a. Liquid Chromatography Modeling
b. Enzyme Mimetics
c. Protein Chromatography
2. Food Safety
3. Biofuels
James D. Litster (G027A) Phone: 496-2836, jlitster@purdue.edu
1. Twin screw granulation: granule property characterization and analysis.
2. Twin screw granulation: effects of material and bulk properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients on granules
Julie C. Liu (FRNY 1160) Phone: 494-1935, julieliu@purdue.edu
(Honors or 2 semester CHE 411 commitment)
1. Protein-based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Applications
Enrico N Martinez (Forney G015) Phone: 496-6998, marti309@purdue.edu
1. Catalysis in Petroleum Coking
2. Biodiesel from Spent Coffee Grounds
John A. Morgan (FRNY 1053) Phone: 494-4088, jamorgan@ecn.purdue.edu
(Honors or 2 semester CHE 411 commitment)
1. Kinetic modeling of Plant Metabolism
2. Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in Microalgae
3. Effect of light intensity on photosynthesis in photobioreactors
Zoltan K. Nagy (FRNY G027D) Phone: 494-0734, zknagy@purdue.edu
1. Advanced Control of Crystallization Processes
2. 2. Active feedback control of a continuous tablet manufacturing system
3. 3. Real-time release continuous crystallization (R2C2)
R. Byron Pipes (ARMS 2335) Phone:765-418-5447, bpipes@purdue.edu
1. Polymer Composite Materials
2. Composites Additive Manufacturing
Doraiswami (Ramki) Ramkrishna (FRNY 1164) Phone: 494-4066, ramkrish@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Bioreactor Modeling and Control
2. Computer Simulation of Advanced Materials
3. Modeling of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
4. Simulating Phase Transitions for Advanced Materials Design
5. Modeling Metabolic Regulation ad Control (based on small networks and omic data)
G. V. Reklaitis (FRNY G027B) Phone: 494-9662, reklaiti@purdue.edu
1. Real time management of continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing
2. On-line sensing strategies for continuous manufacturing of tablets
3. Drop on demand based manufacture of individualized dosage forms
4. Optimization strategies for batch processes for manufacture of specialty chemicals
5. Strategic planning of regional energy systems with multiple sourcing options
Fabio H. Ribeiro (FRNY 2158) Phone: 494-7799, fabio@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Decreasing the amount of NOx emissions from diesel engines
2. Generation of hydrogen using the water-gas shift reaction
3. Production of biofuels from biomass
Kendall Thomson (FRNY 1152) 496-6706, thomsonk@ecn.purdue.edu
Honors two-semester commitments or CHE 41100 for summer
1
Computational analysis of direct epoxidation pathways on Au-supported titanosilicates.
2
Computational analysis of Cu(1)-catalyzed aryl-halide coupling systems for pharmaceuticals synthesis.
Arvind Varma (FRNY 1060) 494-4075, avarma@purdue.edu
1. Catalytic Conversion of Biodiesel Waste Product Glycerol to High-Value Chemicals
2. Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-oils
3. Oxidative Coupling of Methane using Novel Catalytic Materials
4. Trickle-Bed Catalytic Reactor Fundamentals - Hydroprocessing for Energy and Pharma Applications
Nien-Hwa Linda Wang (FRNY 1015) Phone: 494-4081, wangn@ecn.purdue.edu
Two semester commitment of 411 or 412, or Honors BS Thesis
1. Recovery and Purification of Polymers
2. Continuous Chromatography for Chemical or Biochemical Separations
3. Separation and purification of rare earth elements
You-Yeon Won (FRNY 2031) Phone: 494-4077, yywon@ecn.purdue.edu
1. Polymer Lung Surfactant
2. Polymer Gene/Drug Delivery
3. Nanoparticle Radiation Therapy
Chongli Yuan (FRNY 1154) Phone: 494-5824, cyuan@ecn.purdue.edu
(Honors or 2 semester CHE411 commitment)
1. Structural characterization of protein-DNA supramolecular complex using fluorescence spectroscopy.
2. DNA-guided self-assembly of metal nanoparticles.
3. Recombinant protein synthesis and purification.
3/10/2015