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Spring 2024

Huang, Zhiyinan

Advanced process control has been considered as a promising tool for addressing various control objectives for complex industrial applications, including ensuring safe operation, reducing operational cost, improving process efficiency, achieving more environmentally friendly practices, etc....

Spring 2024

Mohseni, Amir

In the bitumen extraction process, precise control of the froth-middling interface in the Primary Separation Cell (PSC) is critical for maximizing bitumen recovery. Traditional methods for monitoring this interface suffer from reliability issues due to sensor clogging and challenging process...

Spring 2024

Malamace da Silva, Victor Hugo

The oil sands of Western Canada are among the most abundant and economically important unconventional petroleum resources. Hydrocarbon extraction from oil sands is conducted using warm water or in situ technologies that face considerable environmental challenges. Oil sands can also be valorized...

Spring 2024

Mao, Yiren

Despite recent advancements in molecular dynamics (MD) methods, the computational costs of \emph{ab initio} molecular dynamics simulations for explicit solvation systems are still too significant. If accuracy is to be left uncompromised, new methods must be employed to reduce computational...

Spring 2024

Shahsavari, Nima

The necessity to secure reliable water resources has always been a challenge for human societies. Numerous factors contribute to heightened concerns, often resulting in serious crises for governments striving to ensure the provision of clean potable water for diverse purposes. At the same time,...

Spring 2024

Memarian, Amirreza

Abnormal events in chemical processes present significant challenges, often disrupting the performance of industrial operations. Accurate detection and diagnosis of abnormal behavior among control system elements are crucial to prevent potential process degradation and associated economic losses....

Spring 2024

Kazoun, Tamara

Microalloyed steels are high strength steels with low alloying additions of Ti, Nb, and V. These microalloying elements form carbonitride precipitates during thermomechanical controlled processing (TMCP), which enhance the mechanical properties of steel. TiN is one of the first precipitates to...

Spring 2024

Dhawan, Himanshi

Scarce and expensive iridium, known for its high activity and corrosion resistance, is the most used catalyst for acidic oxygen evolution reaction (OER); however, reduc- ing its use by enhancing catalyst performance and utilization is vital for advancing proton exchange membrane water...

Spring 2024

Zhang, Gaoxin

With the increasing demand for energy storage and declining lithium stores around the globe, sodium is emerging as an alternative source due to its natural abundance and similar reaction kinetics and chemical properties to lithium. While sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries started development at...

Spring 2024

Atsegbua, Joshua

In the construction industry, safety standards are not only a priority but a necessity due to the dynamic nature of the field. Workplace safety is a complex issue influenced by a variety of factors that are constantly evolving. Each incident has the potential to impact the industry's intricate...