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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...

Fall 2013

Hashemi, Seyed Abolreza

The aim of this research was to investigate experimentally the turbulent flow of concentrated slurries in horizontal pipelines and to improve the fundamental understanding of mechanism(s) that govern these. High speed Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) was combined with advanced signal...

Spring 2013

Ahmadi Khoshooei, Milad

A new method for collecting vapour-liquid equilibrium data for binary mixtures is proposed in this work. A modified differential scanning calorimetry technique was used by evaluating the sample temperature instead of the heat flow. This method was tested on three well known systems and the...

Fall 2012

Bu, Weida

The kinetics of vapor phase cracking of bitumen derived heavy gas oil and the quality of liquid products were investigated at temperatures of 600-700 °C. Fixed and condensed gases were analyzed by gas chromatography. The quality of liquid products was characterized using simulated distillation,...

Fall 2021

Lawson, Matthew H.

Current mainstream fertilizers are disruptive to the environment. This includes pollution, soil quality degradation, and even air pollution. Alternative methods for supplying nutrients to plants is important, as there is a high demand for improving crop yields to sustain the growing population....

Spring 2014

Saadat, Marzieh

Clay flocs exist in different streams of the oil sands extraction process and in tailings treatment. The clay fraction in these streams has a significant effect on design and operation of slurry pipelines, flotation efficiency, sludging in the separation vessel, froth treatment and tailings...

Fall 2024

Han, Sumin

Infections in the respiratory system not only cause individual illness but can also spread to others and potentially develop into pandemics or epidemics. Various types of vaccines have been used to control the spread of pathogens. However, vaccine development has limitations due to time-consuming...

Fall 2015

Nusri, Saeed El Khair

Bitumen extraction from oil sands operation in Fort McMurray, Canada produces an immense quantity of slurry waste that is discharged to tailings ponds. These ponds now stretch over a region which is roughly 1.5 times the area occupied by Vancouver city mainly due to slow consolidation process of...

Spring 2011

Shalchi Amirkhiz, Babak

We have designed and engineered bi-catalyst magnesium hydride composites with superior sorption performance to that of ball milled magnesium hydride catalyzed with the individual baseline catalysts. We have examined the effect of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-metallic nanoparticle...

Spring 2019

Santhanakrishnan, Ananthan

Metallurgical coke, a porous carbon material produced by carbonization of coking coal at high temperature, generally above 900 ○C, is an integral part of iron-making in the blast furnace. During iron making, coke serves several important roles in the blast furnace such as a source of energy, as a...