Graduate Degrees Awarded

Doctoral Degrees

• Vikram V. Bhide , Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Developing Stable Foams from Polymeric Surfactants for Water Production Control. (Thesis Advisor: Clarence A. Miller and George J. Hirasaki)
• Jiansheng Chen , Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: NMR Surface Relaxation, Wettability and OBM Drilling Fluids. (Thesis Advisor: George J. Hirasaki)
• Gang Cheng , Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Hybrid Computational Modeling of Cell Population and Mass Transfer Dynamics in Tissue Growth Processes. (Thesis Advisor: Kyriacos Zygourakis)
• Cheng-Ying Chou , Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Phase Equilibria, Microstructure, and Transport Properties of Confined Colloid-Polymer Systems. (Thesis Advisor: Marc Robert)
• Auleen Ghosh, Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Molecular Modeling of Shape and Polydispersity Effects on Polymer Solution Phase Behavior. (Thesis Advisor: Walter Chapman)
• Elizabeth Ann Lipke, Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Localized Drug Delivery from Poly(ethylene glycol) Copolymers for the Prevention of Restenosis. (Thesis Advisor: Jennifer West)
• Alberto Montesi, Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Interplay of Flow and Microstructure in Complex Fluids: Semiflexible Polymer Solutions and Emulsions. (Thesis Advisor: Matteo Pasquali)
• Parul Natvar Patel, Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Development and Characterization of a Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogel Scaffold System for Adipose Tissue Engineering. (Thesis Advisor: Charles Patrick)
• Sandeep Tripathi, Ph.D. 2005. Dissertation in Chemical Engineering: Microstructure and Phase Behavior of Inhomogeneous Complex Fluids. (Thesis Advisor: Walter Chapman)

Master of Science Degrees

• Pauline Contou-Carrere , M.S. 2005. Mathematical Modeling of Calcium Dynamics in Astrocytes (Thesis Advisor: Nikolaos Mantzaris).
• Zuze Mu , M.S. 2005. Synthesis, Photostability and Photocatalytic Properties of Water-suspended CdSe and CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots. (Thesis Advisor: Michael Wong).

Master of Chemical Engineering Degrees

• Karim Shary Gonzalez, M.Ch.E. 2005.

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