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Spring 2021

Wang, Ying

The problem of moving heat sources is central to a wide range of industrial fields, including welding, surface heat treatment and additive manufacturing. However, there are few general and easily applicable solutions to predict critical thermal characteristics of heat flow such as the cooling...

Spring 2021

Darius, Juan

At different stages during the extraction of bitumen from the Athabasca oil sands, the removal of unwanted fine solids  whether suspended in aqueous or non-aqueous liquids  continues to present serious challenges to the oil sands industry. These fine solids are unique in that their colloidal...

Spring 2021

Prabhakaran, Aswathi

Causality analysis using data-driven models helps in the construction of graphical models that illustrate the interaction among the variables of a process system. A majority of industrial processes operate in multiple operating modes and thus the measurements from these processes exhibit...

Spring 2021

Li, Dan

Advances in materials development are leading to the emergence of new classes of printable and inexpensive electronic devices, including sensors for healthcare monitoring. Most traditional sensors are built on rigid substrates, which restricts the use of these sensors. Research is driven by...

Spring 2021

Fozooni Kangarshahi, Aref

Particle settling in emulsions is encountered in a number of industrial processes. For instance, multiphase separators are used to separate oil from mixtures that also contain water, gas, and particles. In such separators, an “emulsion layer” forms through which the solid particles must settle....

Spring 2021

Choi, Howon

Oiling-out, also termed as liquid-liquid separation (LLPS), is a phenomenon well observed in cooling crystallization when the solution becomes cloudy due to the formation of a second liquid phase. One of the methods to control LLPS is solvent exchange where surface droplets are produce in bottom...

Spring 2021

Diaz Dussan, Diana M.

Advances in polymer science and nanotechnology have allowed the development of biomaterials for cell-based applications, such as the delivery of a variety of drugs and genes, as well as supporting technologies, such as stem cell therapies, tissue engineering and cryopreservation. The progress in...

Spring 2021

Yan, Guoyang

Networked control systems (NCSs) and distributed networked control systems (DNCSs) increasingly appear in the modern process industry due to continuous expansion of system scales, physical setups and functionalities. Control loops in a NCS are closed through information exchange between the...

Fall 2021

Zhang, Zhiqing

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is generally used as the primary processing aid in the water-based oil sands extraction for the recovery of bitumen. It was found by Syncrude Canada Ltd. that the combined use of sodium hydroxide and sodium citrate could effectively improve the bitumen recovery as compared...

Fall 2021

McDougall, Alexandra

It is well known that renewable energy, e.g., wind and solar power, are intermittent energy sources. This means that energy storage devices are needed to store the energy for when it is needed. Currently Li-ion batteries are used as these energy storage devices, not only for alternative energy...