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Bekeris, Michael Joseph | Block Copolymers and Nanosphere Lithography as a Bottom-up Fabrication Tool for Facilitating Deterministic Lateral Displacement | With the capability to separate red blood cells and exosomes, deterministic lateral deisplacement (DLD) has established itself as a great utility in biological sparation applications on both the microscale and nonoscale. Current methods of employing DLD on the nonoscale require electron beam lithogr... | | 2020 |
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Peterson, Ezekiel | Calibration of Low-Cost Ozone Detectors to Measure a Key-Indicator of Summertime air Quality in the Salt Lake Valley | The air quality measurement boards developed by the University of Utah department of electrical engineering and evaluated by the department of chemical engineering were calibrated for the measurement of ozone. The redox sensors in these boards had a strong inverse response to increases in ozone conc... | | 2018 |
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DeHaan, Matthew | Citizens West residential building energy modeling | Citizens West is a newly-built development in Downtown Salt Lake City. This building was built by the Giv Group and is 100%. The Giv Group strives to build sustainable but affordable living. In order to determine ways to decrease prices, a digital twin of Citizens West was built, validated, and simu... | | 2023 |
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Gibbons, Michael E. | CuO-SiO2 Particle Development and Experimental Apparatus for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) | Chemical looping combustion (CLC) is a clean coal technology. It allows a nearly pure CO2 exhaust from a carbon based fuel burning power plant, which allows for more cost effective carbon sequestration. Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling (CLOU) is a subset of CLC that specialized in the transfe... | | 2018 |
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Rahislic, Emir | Development of a Copper-Based Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling | Chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) is a CO2-capture technology that is a special form of chemical looping combustion (CLC). It requires an oxygen carrier that cycles between two reactors picking up oxygen from one and delivering it to another for the combustion of solid fuels. An oxygen ... | | 2017 |
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Robertson, Stuart J. | Development of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Hypersaline Wastewater Treatment Applications | The proper treatment of wastewater generated by human activity is of paramount importance for the preservation of the quality of water sources. For effluents containing high salt concentrations, treatment requires expensive methods that require high energy usage and additional chemicals. Halotoleran... | | 2019 |
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Bowman, Sadie | Development of non-toxic, inexpensive DNA Gel electrophoresis kit for CH EN K-12 outreach | The biochemical and biopharmaceutical industries are growing rapidly, and promoting hands-on STEM education in high schools is essential in getting kids interested. One of the most common and easily understood experiments is separating DNA samples using gel electrophoresis. However, Utah has consist... | | 2022 |
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Sriram, Ananya | Electrochemical Impedance Analysis of Gold-Polyurethane Nanocomposite | Neural prosthetic devices are used to record and transmit electrical signals to modulate neural tissue functionality. Electrodes in the devices are currently made using traditional electronic materials. These materials are generally not biocompatible and those that are, can be stiff, triggering an i... | | 2020 |
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Tony Butterfield | The electrolytic deposition of iron ore: a green alternative to traditional smelting | | | 2024 |
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Fontaine, Nick | Evaluating conductive pedot:PSS hydrogel in promoting neural rehabilitation | Peripheral nervous injuries (PNI) affect millions of individuals every year and present a significant challenge for physicians. Surgeons have used suturing techniques to repair short sections of damaged nervous tissue, but past a critical distance must resort to nerve guidance conduits (NGC). One ma... | | 2022 |
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Immonen, Jacob | Integrating Smartphone Technology in Chemical Engineering Research, Education, and Outreach | Since smartphones are such a widely used and popular technology in modern times it makes sense to integrate a technology that is easily accessible and incredibly useful into chemical engineering research, education and outreach. Upon completion of this project two Android applications (apps) have be... | | 2014 |
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Nelson, Kelli R. | Label-Free Visualization of Nanoparticles Subjected to Dielectrophoretic Forces | Previous studies have shown that nanoparticle separation may be achieved to very high resolution based on size and other properties in a sawtooth-patterned gradient insulator-based dielectrophoretic microfluidic device. This work integrates this dielectrophoretic capture of nanoparticles from a liqu... | | 2019 |
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Abraham, Jacob Isaac Kalunakaahele | Optimization of hydraylic fracturing of tight gas formations in horizontal wells | The discoveries of significant resources of oil and gas in the Barnett, Bakken, Marcellus, and other shale formations have presented an opportunity for national petroleum independence and possible export in the relatively near future. These formations are considered to be "unconventional" resources ... | Hydraulic fracturing | 2013-04 |
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Anthony Butterfield | Optimization of nitrogen and phosphorus removal in extended aeration oxidation ditch | | | 2024 |
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Galvez, Heilly | Porosity Control in Titanium Dioxide Thin Films Through Low Temperature Block Copolymer Annealing | Perovskite solar cells have gained popularity in recent years due to their simplicity in manufacturing. The aim of this work is to provide a direct means to increase perovskite solar cell efficiency by increasing the contact surface area between the perovskite and the electron-transfer material (ETM... | | 2019 |
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Oyler, Anthony Fratto | Residential Photovoltaic and Storage in Utah: an in-Depth Analysis into Policy and Infrastrature | Variable fuel prices and the interest in pursuing less carbon intensive energy has led to a variety of federal and state policies for renewable energy. Solar photovoltaic (PV) has become a commonly used renewable technology. Despite a high upfront cost, solar PV has a long economic life, little main... | | 2017 |