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Fall 2011

Low, Qing Xun

Electrodeposition and co-electrodeposition methods were used to prepare: (1) copper coated nickel foam; (2) copper-ceria coated nickel foam. Both of these coatings formed a copper-nickel alloy after heat treatment in reducing atmosphere. These coatings have low, stable resistance when exposed to...

Spring 2014

Wasylkiewicz, Monika J

Introduction of a binding or reacting liquid into a gas-solid fluidized bed is common in industrial processes (e.g. fluid coking, catalytic cracking, granulation). Ability of the liquid to spread and the attractive effect on particles due to liquid bridge formation alter the fluidization behavior...

Spring 2020

Bo, Song

Open-loop irrigation is a common practice in agriculture which leads to excessive consumption of water resources. Closed-loop is a promising alternative to reduce water consumption and to better maintain the health of crops, which requires soil moisture information of the investigated fields. An...

Fall 2011

Hooshiar Fard, Mohammad Ali

Production of oil from the second largest oil deposit in the world, i.e., the Alberta oil sands containing approximately 13% of total proven oil reserves in the world (169.9 billion barrels), has been shown to be significantly influenced by clay minerals. Clay minerals in particular play a key...

Fall 2019

Jing Chang

Kaolinite is one of the most commonly-used clay minerals in the production of paper, plastics, and ceramics, etc. However, kaolinite is also a hard-to-remove mineral in the processing of valuable minerals or energy resources, such as bauxite, metal sulphide ores, and oil sands. The main problem...

Spring 2015

Raghu, Abhinandhan

The high heterogeneity of petroleum reservoirs, represented by their spatially varying rock properties (porosity and permeability), greatly dictates the quantity of recoverable oil. In this work, the estimation of these rock properties, which is crucial for the future performance prediction of a...

Spring 2011

Jain, Mranal

Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices promises automation of conventional bio-analytical laboratory tests with little reagent/ sample usage. These devices however require pumping and mixing of samples/reagents in order to attain desired functionalities. Therefore, study of fluid flow at micron length...

Fall 2019

Yuan, Duowei

In nature, the molybdenite ores are frequently associated with copper sulfide minerals such as chalcopyrite, and the flotation separation of copper-molybdenum (Cu-Mo) sulfides largely relies on the use of toxic and hazardous depressants such as cyanides, Na2S/NaHS. It is desired to replace these...

Fall 2015

Tong, Xuhang

Nanocrystalline metallic materials demonstrate superior mechanical, optical, and electric properties. Claims are often found in the literature that metallic materials can be nanocrystallized by severe plastic deformation (SPD). However, SPD does not generate a well-defined nanocrystalline...

Spring 2016

Shokri, Rouholluh

The turbulent motion of particles and their interactions with the turbulence of the carrier phase make a complex system. Hence understanding the physics and consequently developing a well-stablished model becomes very difficult. With insufficient computational power to numerically resolve all the...