Student Poster Sessions 2014

Core Programming Area at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting

Atlanta, Georgia, USA 16-21 November 2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Robust Bifunctional Catalysts Via Grafting Polyoxometalates to Mesoporous Silica with Intercalated Noble Metals........................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Yazhou Ji, Frida Damian, Ryan M Richards

Mechanistic Examination of Acid-Base Bifunctional Aminosilica Catalysts through Hammett Analysis ..................... 2 Virginia E. Collier, George I. Lindy, Eric G. Moschetta, Christopher W. Jones

Catalyst Preparation By Addition of Metal Ions during the Synthesis of Silica Aerogels ............................................... 3 Jennifer Youngpeter

Propylene (C3=) Metathesis By Supported Wox/SiO2 Catalysts: Structure-Reactivity Relationship and Reaction Kinetics ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Edgar Macuil, Soe Lwin, Israel E. Wachs

Effects of Temperature on Activation Energy and Pre-Exponential Factor in C-C Bond Forming Reactions Using a Cooperative Aminosilica Catalyst ......................................................................................................... 6 George Lindy

The Adsorption of PEM Degradation Products on Pt Catalyst ......................................................................................... 7 Charles Staub

Ethane and Methane Dehydrogenation over Pt and PtSn Alloys ...................................................................................... 8 Jacob D. Massa, Alec Hook, Fuat E. Celik

Uncertainty Quantification of a Theoretical Study of the (reverse) Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Pt (111) ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Donald Mitchell, Eric Walker, Andreas Heyden

Photocatalytic Reactor Design and Synthesis of Selected Metal-Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Reduction................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Taher Hussein

Thermochemical CO2 and H2O Splitting Via Chemical-Looping with Cerium and Cobalt Mixed Oxides for Oxygen Generation ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Ari Fischer, George Bollas

Role of C2H4 during CH4 Conversion to Benzene By Supported MoOx/ZSM-5 Catalysts............................................ 13 Christopher Walker

The Synthesis and Oxygen Transport Properties of La2NiO4 Nanoparticles ................................................................ 14 Enxhi Xhafa, Xianfeng Ma, Bingwen Wang, Eranda Nikolla

Characterizing Coke Deposition on ZSM-5 during Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis ................................................................. 15 Rachel Minor, Kristiina Iisa

Optimization of the Synthesis of Koser's Reagent Using Electron Deficient Arenes ..................................................... 16 Justin Tran, Thomas Seidl, David Stuart

A Systematic Study of Cu, Fe Based Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Use As PEM Fuel Cell Cathodes ............................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Aston Thompson, Gabriel Goenaga, Nelly Cantillo, Thomas Zawodzinksi Jr.

High Stability, High Activity Pt/ITO Fuel Cell Catalysts................................................................................................. 18 Abbey Wangstrom, Shaui Zhao, William E. Mustain

Electrochemical Evaluation of Novel Binders for Alkaline Fuel Cell Applications ....................................................... 19 Samantha Medina, Gabriel Goenaga, Samuel St. John, Shane Foister, Thomas Zawodzinski

Engineering the Nano/Microstructure of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes ..................................................................... 20 Max Laylson Ribeiro Sampaio Lucena

A Study of Kinetics for a Fuel Cell Contamination Model............................................................................................... 21 Christian LeDoux, Michael Nathanson, Hyunseok Cho, J.W. Van Zee

Catalyst Study and Characterization for a Polysulfide Bromine Redox Flow Battery.................................................. 22 Christopher Bruneau

Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Biodiesel Fuels Produced from Soybean Oil with Honeycomb Monolithic Catalysts ............................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Priscilla Lang, Shamim Begum, Jonathan Mbah, Nader Vahdat, Kyung C. Kwon

Residence Time Distribution Studies on a Rotary Calciner with Flights........................................................................ 24 Ingrid J. Paredes, Heather N. Emady, Benjamin J. Glasser, Fernando J. Muzzio, Alberto Cuitiño, William G. Borghard, Bereket Yohannes, Jean W. Beeckman, Samia Ilias, Paul Podsiadlo, Joseph Baumgartner, George E. Jezek

Catalytic Biomass Pyrolysis: The Micropore Effect ......................................................................................................... 25 Luzmary Sabino

Synthesis and Characterization of Palladium-Iron Nanoparticle Catalyst for the Conversion of Biomass................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Zhexi Lin, Naila Al Hasan, Ayman M. Karim, Dionisios G. Vlachos

Analysis of Catalytic Conditions for Biochemically Produced p-Toluic Acid................................................................. 27 Andrew Fox

Interactions Between SO2 and Fly Ash Components for Oxycombustion Conditions ................................................... 29 Robert MacDonald, Benjamin Galloway, Bihter Padak

Palladium Theory of Aqueous-Phase Heck Alkynylations............................................................................................... 30 Jasmine Sabio, Ria C. Domier, Jane N. Moore, Kevin H. Shaughnessy, Ryan L. Hartman

Enhancing Rate of Selective Hydrogenation Catalysts By Modulation of Pd Crystallite Diameter ............................. 31 Nathan A. Prisco, Simon Pang, Carolyn Schoenbaum, J. Will Medlin

TiO2 As a Catalyst in Thin Film Coatings of Glass Beads for Water Purification Purposes ........................................ 32 Sydney Quinton-Cox

Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts for Solid-State Alkaline Water Electrolysis ................................................... 33 Yanxin Li

Techno- Economic Analysis of Bio-Based Production of Hydroxy-Methyl-Furfural (HMF)........................................ 34 Jingyao Wang, Zhaojia Lin, Marianthi Ierapetritou

Development of an Ipad Application for Distillation Analysis......................................................................................... 36 Sephra Thomas, Jason E. Bara

A Multiphysics Simulation of a Simplified Tri-Reforming Reactor ................................................................................ 37 Charles Suleskey

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Polybenzimidazole Hollow Fiber-Based Membrane Systems for Water-Gas Shift Reaction Applications ........................................................................................................ 38 Andrew Radcliffe, Fernando V. Lima

Optimization of a Two Step Batch-Cooling Crystallization Process ............................................................................... 39 Jared King

Modeling Flow Characteristics in a Perfusion Bioreactor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics............................... 40 Matthew J. Robeson, Jarel Gandhi, R. Eric Berson, Eric M. Brey

Predicting Three Phase Boundary Density and Interfacial Areas through Mechanistic Modeling.............................. 41 Andrew J. L. Reszka, Ryan C. Snyder, Michael D. Gross

Tribological Study of Polyethylene Glycol Monolayers on Silica Substrate ................................................................... 42 Nadiah Nordin, Christoph Klein, Christopher R. Iacovella, Peter T. Cummings, Clare McCabe

Simulated Annealing Polymerization: A General Algorithm for Preparing Atomistic Model Structures of Amorphous Polymers ................................................................................................................................... 43 Michael Wurmstein, Sriramvignesh Mani, Rajesh Khare

Protracted Colored Noise Dynamics Applied to Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Block Copolymers .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Daniel Nicoloso, Andrew J. Peters, Clifford L. Henderson, Peter J Ludovice

Contact Angles and Hysteresis on Nanoscale Textured Surfaces Via Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations........................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Mitchell Slovin, Michael Shirts

Molecular Modeling of ssDNA-Salt Interactions .............................................................................................................. 46 Katherine Driscoll, Mark J. Uline

Partitioning of Fluoroalcohols and Their Environmental Implications .......................................................................... 47 William Zygmunt, Jeffrey Potoff

Experimental and in silico Study of the Thermophysical Properties of Ionic Liquids with Less Common Imidazoium Cations ............................................................................................................................................ 48 Shuwen Yue, Matthew S. Shannon, Jason E. Bara

Conformational Analysis of Lacritin Simulations in Solution ......................................................................................... 49 Alexander Yang, Michael R. Shirts

Simulation of Mechanical Properties: Strain Rate Dependence of Epoxies.................................................................... 50 Allison Ecker, Stephen A. Barr, Rajiv Berry, James Moller, Dhriti Nepal, Timothy Breitzman, Gary M Leuty, Gary Kedziora

Molecular Simulation of Bismuth Telluride Exfoliation in an Ionic Liquid Solvent...................................................... 51 Thomas Ludwig, Zhongtao Zhang, Haley Gordon, Hung-Ta Wang, C. Heath Turner

Understanding the Early Stages of Metal Nanoparticle Growth Using Density Functional Theory Calculations.......................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Olabobola Shobayo, Giannis Mpourmpakis

Computational Study of Copper As a Catalyst for Gaseous Carbon Dioxide ................................................................ 53 Ashaen Patel

Matlab Based Analysis of Eds Spectral Imaging Acquired By AC-STEM ..................................................................... 54 Eric D. Romero, Ping Lu

The Effect of Stabilizers on Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticle Stability, Reactivity, and Toxicity................................... 55 Hannah Bulovsky

Cerium Oxide Adsorption Efficiency of Antimicrobial Drugs in Water Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography ..................................................................................................................................................... 56 Francisco Negron

Gold Nanoparticle Interactions with Model Cell Membranes ......................................................................................... 58 Christina Bailey, Elaheh Kamaloo, Kellie Waterman, Kathleen Wang, Terri A. Camesano

Removal of Phenanthrene from Aqueous Solution Using Fenton's Reagent As an Oxidant and BioChar As an Adsorbent......................................................................................................................................................... 59 Phillip Stringer

Use of Sericulture Subproducts As Adsorbent and Absorbent of Water Pollutants...................................................... 60 Lida M. Bello, Andres F. Espinosa, Diana C. Avella, Diana P. Fonseca, Daniela Montaño

Use and Evaluation of Chitosan As a Water Recovery Agent in an Inorganic Ionic Solution ...................................... 63 Ramon J. Chavez

Removal of Organic Dyes from Wastewater Using Porous Semiconductor Hexaniobate Nanotubes .......................... 64 Roya Edalatpour, Maryam Zarei Chaleshtori, Victor Correa, Natalie López, Manuel Ramos, Nancy Rondeau, Russell R. Chianelli

Carbon-Based Renewable Hydrogel Nanocomposites for Water Purification ............................................................... 66 Erik Hurley, Samantha A. Meenach

Functionalized Membranes As a Flexible Platform for Water Detoxification ............................................................... 67 Joseph Papp, Minghui Gui, Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Design of Photoreactor for the Treatment of Synthetic Wastewater............................................................................... 68 Priyanka Padmanabhan, Ankit Kumar

Digital Farming for Small Scale Agricultural Applications ............................................................................................. 71 Rémon Goulbourne, Yanique Dickson

Magnetophoresis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Oil Recovery from Emulsions......................................................... 72 Shiyu Xia, Yong Kai Saw, Chao Wang

Studies on Briquetting of Chromite Ore with Waste Plastic Binder ............................................................................... 73 Md Danish Akhtar

Configuration and Development of TSI Powersight Solid State Laser-Based LDV System ......................................... 74 John Dominick III

Algal Remediation of Landfill Leachate ............................................................................................................................ 75 Shanna Myers, Steven White, David Hackleman

Financial Cost of Excess Pharmaceuticals......................................................................................................................... 76 Rennie Tankersley, Christopher Serfass

Growth of Anaerobic Cultures Under Diluted Conditions to Monitor Changes in Activity and Microbial Community Structure........................................................................................................................................ 77 Jenny Green

Ionicity of Silylamine Reversible Ionic Liquids................................................................................................................. 78 Juan Jimenez, Sungyup Jung, Elizabeth J. Biddinger

Biodegradable and pH-Responsive Nanoparticles Designed for Site-Specific Delivery in Agriculture........................ 79 Elliot J. MacKrell, Megan R. Hill, Carl P. Forsthoefel, Shaun Jensen, Gloria Moore, Zhenli L. He, Brent S. Sumerlin

Thermodynamic Study of Anthracene + Phenanthrene Solid Mixtures ......................................................................... 80 Jenna Ditto, James W. Rice, Jinxia Fu, Emma Sandstrom, Eric M. Suuberg

Asphalt Recovery from Used Roofing Shingles................................................................................................................. 81 Gavin J. Donley, Michael Misovich

Investigating the Effects of Biodiesel Composition on Emissions from a Compression Ignition Engine...................... 82 Joshua Jachuck, Dylan Jantz, Christopher D. Depcik, Chenaniah Langness, Jonathan Mattson, Ray E. Carter Jr., Edward Peltier

Two Stage Distillation of Landfill Leachate for Removal of Ammonia and Volatile Organic Compounds .......................................................................................................................................................................... 83 Steven White

Measuring Surface Tension of Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols Using Atomic Force Microscopy ........................................................................................................................................................................... 84 Andrew Hritz, Dr. Tim Raymond, Dabrina Dutcher

Ewb-USA JHU Guatemala: The Design and Implementation of a Freshwater Pump and Piping System................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Milonee Mehta, Roderick Go, Clea Baumhofer, Afroditi Xydi

Exploring Potential Consumer Exposure - Determining Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance............................................. 87 Niru Senthilkumar, Jennifer Jay, Cristina Echeverria

The Fate of Radium in Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback Water ...................................................................................... 88 Adam Johns

Polysorbate-80/Lecithin Mixtures As Possible Alternative Oil Spill Dispersants........................................................... 89 John Neilsen

CO2 Valorization Via Solar Thermochemical CexZryHfzO2-Cycle............................................................................... 90 Mehak Jilani, Jamila Folady, Dareen Dardor, Shahd Gharbia, LJP van den Broeke, Anand Kumar, Ivo Alxneit, Rahul Bhosale

Evaluating Nanocomposite Microparticles for the Delivery of Therapeutics for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ........................................................................................................................................................................ 91 Julie Cuddigan, Samantha A. Meenach

Citrate-Capped Gold Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Effect of BSA Addition on Macrophage Uptake ............................................................................................................................................................ 93 Thomas Hercula

Targeted Drug Delivery with Peptoid- Based Nanospheres ............................................................................................. 95 Kaylee Smith, Shannon L. Servoss

Role of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Against UVB-Induced DNA Damage and Apoptosis in Human Keratinocytes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 96 Lilia Rusu

Synthesis and Characterization of Anticancer Nanoparticles.......................................................................................... 97 Steven Jacek, Matthew Pratt

Water in Oil Microemulsion for Nanocomposite Particles and Its Application in Oral Drug Delivery ....................... 98 Colton Martinez

Evaluation of the Cancer-Preventive Effect of Resveratrol-Loaded Nanoparticles on the Formation of Tumor Spheroids ................................................................................................................................................................. 99 Alexandra Tsoras, Samantha A. Meenach

Synthesis of Protein Loaded Nanoparticles in the Presence of Surfactants Utilizing a High Throughput Automation System ...................................................................................................................................... 100 Lucas Dunshee, Jonathan Goodman, Akash Mitra, Balaji Narasimhan

Synthesis of Monodisperse Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors .................................................. 101 Gregory Carnes

Internalization and Trafficking of Protein Nanoparticles in Dendritic Cells ............................................................... 102 Erika Staskevicius

Mathematical Modeling of Electroosmotic Flow in Tumor Cells for Tumor Treating Fields (TTF) Therapy .............................................................................................................................................................................. 104 Leora Maxwell

Modeling Breast Cancer Extravasation Using Nanoarrays in-Vitro............................................................................. 105 Kristina Maxwell

Development of a Novel Embryonic Zebrafish Xenograft Model for Early-Stage Glioblastoma Tumor Cell Invasion....................................................................................................................................................................... 106 Christine Kang, John Gamble, Julie Greenwood

Combining Radiation and Hyperthermia Methods for the Vitro Cancer Treatment of Multicellular Tumor Spheroids ............................................................................................................................................................... 107 Sarah Patterson, Anastasia M. Kruse, J. Zach Hilt, Kimberly Anderson

Efficacy of Select Viability Assays in Multicellular Tumor Spheroid Culture ............................................................. 108 Jonathan F. Coburn, Sarah E. Patterson, Anastasia K. Hauser, Kimberly W. Anderson, J. Zach Hilt

Computational Modeling of the in Vivo Effects of Cannabinoids on Glioma Tumors ................................................ 109 Daniel Bier, Colleen Fridley, Megan Kelly, Pavlos Pachidis

Targeted Delivery and Macrophage Reprogramming for Tumor Suppression ........................................................... 110 Rachel Lieser, Hannah Bygd, Paige Dettman, Kaitlin Bratlie

Development of Gold-Lipid Nanocomposites As a Two-Stage Drug Delivery System................................................. 111 Connor Dobson, Christina Pickering, Allan David, Peter Panizzi, Robert Arnold

Targeting Key Genes of Cervical Carcinogenesis in Cancer Cell Lines Via siRNA..................................................... 113 Khiem Lam, Oleh Taratula, Andriy Morgun

Computational Modeling of Cancer Stem Cell Sphere Formation................................................................................ 114 Erin Retzlaff-Roberts, Yonghyun (John) Kim, David A. Dozier

Biomarker Significance of Exosomes in the Initiation and Progression of Breast Cancer .......................................... 115 Kendall Huddleston, Farrukh Aqil, Ramesh Gupta, Radha Munagala

Dwr-SECM Testing of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms............................................................................................ 116 Curran Gahan

Determination of Evaporative Loss in Revolving Algal Biofilm Systems...................................................................... 117 Vernon Mascarenhas, Martin A. Gross, Zhiyou Wen

Behavior of Biofilms in Microfluidic Devices .................................................................................................................. 118 Bowen Huo, Nil Tandogan, Edgar D. Goluch

Rule-Based Modeling of B-Cell Receptor Clustering ..................................................................................................... 120 Christopher M. Dundas, James R. Faeder

Intracellular Heterogeneity: Seeing the Branches through Gaussian Mixture Modeling ........................................... 121 Daniel Cardona, Chakra Chennubhotla, Robert Boltz

Modeling the Compartmentalization of Tetrahydrobiopterin Production in the Yeast .............................................. 122 Morgan Rex

Investigation of Tailoring Enzymes in Pradimicin a Biosynthesis................................................................................. 123 Eugenio Soto

Bionano Enzyme Conjugates for Efficient Bacterial Decontamination of Surfaces..................................................... 124 Andrew Maloney, Alan Campbell, Cerasela Zoica Dinu

Use of Peptoids Microspheres to Improve Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Microarrays........................................................................................................................................................................ 125 Valerie Reyes

Development of a Selection Marker for Automated Genome Construction ................................................................. 126 Eduardo Aponte, Julie E Norville, George M Church

Mutational Analyses of Amyloid Beta Using Yeast Model for Alzheimer's Disease .................................................... 127 Kristin Casey, Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran, Yury O. Chernoff

Designing Peptide Ligands Against the Ras Proteins Using mRNA Display ................................................................ 128 Zhiyin Qin, Mary Boyd

Development of a Paper-Based Test for Salmonella Dublin Detection in Cow Milk ................................................... 129 Wyatt Self

Ultrasound Mediated Transfection of Yeast for Bio-Sensing Applications .................................................................. 130 Andrew Hunt

Evaluationg in Vitro Neutralizing Activity of Anit-Pertussis Antibodies ..................................................................... 131 Alexis Prybutok

Development of Novel Sentinel Species-Based Bacterial Biosensors for Estrogenic Compounds............................... 132 Angela Chen, Miriam Shakalli, David W. Wood

Isothermal Double Stranded DNA Detection Using Modular Dnazyme Sensors ......................................................... 133 Nicholas Baker, Steven Graves, Darko Stefanovic, Carl Brown III, Matthew Lakin, Aurora Fabry-Wood, Eli Horwitz

Optimization and Effects of Sequential Mixing on Plasmid DNA-Polyethylenimine-Polyaspartic Acid Ternary Complexes As Synthetic Gene Delivery Vectors .............................................................................................. 134 Logan Warriner

Characterization and Optimization of α -Polyglutamic Acid and Branched Polyethyleneimine Polyplexes for Gene Transfection Via a Combinatorial Approach ............................................................................... 135 Robert Mines, Jason Absher, Dr. Younsoo Bae, Daniel W. Pack

Validation of a Systems Model for Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells with and without Cystic Fibrosis.................. 136 Lauren E. Musgrave, Matthew R. Markovetz, Robert S. Parker, Timothy Corcoran

The Efficacy of Poly(trolox ester) Antioxidant Therapy in Cancer Metastasis Inhibition .......................................... 137 Paige Clark

Interactions Between Opioid Receptor Subtypes............................................................................................................ 138 Kimberly Stevens, Faruk Moonschi, Chris Richards

Identification of Enhancer Elements for Onecut1 and Onecut2 Genes in Retinal Development................................ 139 Sneha Gopal

APTT, PT, and Spectrophotometric Analysis of Coagulation Cascade Activation and Inhibition............................. 140 Heidi Oldenkamp, Owen J.T. McCarty, Cristina Puy

Stochastic Electrotransport of Activity-Modulated Molecules for Rapid and Scalable 3D Phenotyping .................. 141 Austin Hubbert, Sung-Yon Kim, Jae Hun Cho, Evan Murray, Naveed Bakh, Areum Jo, Kimberly Ohn, Luzdary Ruelas, Kwanghun Chung

Development of a Microfluidic Emulsion Generating Device for Increased Throughput ........................................... 142 Jasmine Naik, Christopher Easley

Interfacing Cancer Cells with Silicon Nanowires on Soft Substrates............................................................................ 143 Alex Heatherly, Hung-Ta Wang, Yonghyun (John) Kim, Elizabeth Haley

Reliable Bonding of Microfluidic Devices to Gold for Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Bacteria ................. 144 Richard Crowley

Exploring Applications for Digital Microfluidics in the Realm of Medical Diagnostics and Environmental Sampling .................................................................................................................................................. 146 Carmen Gondhalekar, Branden Kusanto

Automated, Tablet-Based Microscope for Imaging 3D Culture Models of Breath Epithelial Growth and Behavior ...................................................................................................................................................................... 147 Sarah McFann

Graphene Field Effect Transistors for Breast Cancer Diagnosis................................................................................... 148 Rodrigo Rodriguez

Single Cell Encapsulation Using a Droplet-Microfluidic Array .................................................................................... 149 Seleipiri Charles, Corey Landry, Adam Melvin

Microfluidic Device for Washing Frozen/Thawed Erythrocytes ................................................................................... 150 Anica Neumann, Audrey Dickinson, John Lahmann, Adam Z. Higgins

The Effect of pH and Ionic Strength on the Filtration of Bacteriophage φX-174 through a Commercial Virus Removal Filter ................................................................................................................................... 151 Ki-Joo Sung, Matthew Micklin, Shudipto Konika Dishari, Andrew L. Zydney

Development of a Flow-Free Microfluidic Gradient Generator .................................................................................... 152 Kelly O'Quinn, Michael Tullier, John Pojman, Adam Melvin

Filter Integrity Test: Wetting & Procedures ................................................................................................................... 153 Johnny E. López Calero

Thermophysical Properties and Gas Solubilities of Brominated Vegetable Oil ........................................................... 154 Katlyn Bramblett

Ribosomal Protein L29 Enhances Protein Expression in Bacteria By Increasing Translated mRNA Transcript........................................................................................................................................................................... 155 Sang Hyun Ju, Seung Hee Cho, Lydia M. Contreras

Regulation of ABI3 Transcription Via Cloning of Drought-Responsive Promoters in Arabidopsis thaliana ............................................................................................................................................................................... 156 Zubair Bhuiyan

Deglycerolization of Human Red Blood Cells in Microfluidic Devices ......................................................................... 157 Audrey Dickinson

Genome Sequence, Metabolic Model Reconstruction and 13C-Metabolic Flux Analysis of an Extremely Thermophilic, Fast Growing, Xylose-Consuming Geobacillus Strain LC300............................................ 158 Lauren Cordova, Maciek R. Antoniewicz

Synthesis, Characterization, and Cellular Internalization of Mitochondrial Targeting PAMAM Dendrimer Nanocarriers................................................................................................................................................... 159 Matthew Brown, Elizabeth Bielski, Qian Zhong, Sandro R.P. da Rocha

The Effects of 4-Hydroxynonenal on Reactive Oxygen Species Generation By Pressurized Macrophages ...................................................................................................................................................................... 160 Marcos N. Barcellona, Thomas D. Dziubla, Hainsworth Y. Shin

CHO Platform Evaluation for Biopharmaceuticals Production.................................................................................... 161 Emily Facchine, Justine Panian, Anna Crumbley, Joanna Urli, Michael Steadman, Ningning Xu, Margaret Liu

E. coli Pilot-Scale One-Step Purification of Amine Dehydrogenases Employing an Aqueous TwoPhase Extraction System ................................................................................................................................................... 162 Junxian Wu, Bettina Bommarius, Samantha Au, Andreas S. Bommarius

Microalgae Production in an Open Raceway Pond: Analyzing the Paddle Wheel Velocity Effects on the L/D Frequency ............................................................................................................................................................. 163 Soo Hyun Park, Jay H. Lee

Purification of Invertebrate Hemoglobins for Use As an Alternative to Donated Blood............................................. 164 Jack A. Dienes, Devon C. Zimmerman, Jacob Elmer

Purification of Maltose Binding Protein By Starch Precipitation.................................................................................. 165 Hannah Zierden

New Carbon Source for GDP-L-Fucose Synthesis.......................................................................................................... 166 Jiangyang Xu

Role of Vibrational Motions on Thymidylate Synthase Catalysis ................................................................................. 168 Catherine Suchanek

Process Engineering of Clostridium Tyrobutyricum to Improve Butyric Acid Production........................................ 169 Karthika Solai Venkatesh Babu, Chao Ma, Margaret Liu

Investigating a Three Step Deglycerolization Method for Cryopreserved Red Blood Cells........................................ 170 Jolynn Meza Wynkoop

Biodegradable, Selectively Permeable Membranes for Crosslinking of Polypeptides ................................................. 171 Kevin Reed, Nick Carroll, Joseph Simon, Ali Ghoorchian, Gabriel P. Lopez

Antimicrobial Effectiveness of Silver-Containing Sulfonated Pentablock Copolymers............................................... 172 James Parks

Hydrogels in Spinal Disk Replacement............................................................................................................................ 173 Kylee Mockler Martens

Effects of Cross Linking Time and Temperature on Alginate Beads Dissolution ........................................................ 175 Ai Lin Chin, J. Robby Sanders

PEGDA Cross-Linked Pnipam Microgel Particles for Protein Delivery to Macrophages .......................................... 176 Christopher Isely, Kiva Forsmark, Kaitlin Bratlie

Evaluation of Porous Polycaprolactone Microspheres for Extended-Release Drug Delivery ..................................... 177 Shasta N.K. Rizzi

Developing Correlations Between Bulk Powder Properties and DEM Contact Model Parameters........................... 178 Charles Foster, Amanda Rogers, Marianthi Ierapetritou

Understanding the Effects of Nanotopography on Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition ........................................ 180 Akili Smith-Washington, Jessica Allen, Tejal Desai

Measurement of Elastin Expression after in Vitro Application of Potassium Channel Openers in RFL6 Cells.......................................................................................................................................................................... 181 Jaya Parulekar

Using Fluorescence Lifetime Flow Cytometry for Leukocyte Counting ....................................................................... 183 Diego Gomez

Image Alignment and Segmentation Algorithms for Image-Based Screens of Subtle Features Using C. Elegans................................................................................................................................................................................ 184 Daniel Puleri

The Effects of Y-27632 on the Propagation of Glioblastoma Stem Cells ...................................................................... 187 Samantha G. Tilson, Elizabeth M. Haley, David A. Dozier, G. Yancey Gillespie, Yonghyun (John) Kim

Semi-Quantitative Readout in a Paper-Based Test for the Home Monitoring of Phenylalanine Levels in Phenylketonuria Patients.............................................................................................................................................. 188 Liam Wong

The Investigation of Reovirus Induced Thymic Stromal Lymphoietin Expression through the Analysis of NF-Kb and Its Link in the Signaling Pathway............................................................................................................ 189 Brock Karolcik

Development of a Thermostable Microneedle Patch for Influenza Vaccination .......................................................... 190 Miraj Desai

Construction of Gene Deletion Mutants in Teredinibacter Turnerae to Determine Gene Function .......................... 191 Jessica Steigerwald, Hiroaki Naka, Margo Haygood

Correlation of Concentration Versus Pressure: A Step in the Direction Towards a New Method for Measuring Endotoxin ........................................................................................................................................................ 192 Melea Gilmore, Andrew Denny, J. Robby Sanders

Measurement of Tag Translocation Efficiency in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Via Confocal Microscopy .................. 193 Jonathan Striepen, Amy M. Ehrenworth, Mitchell Haines, Pamela Peralta-Yahya

Early Atherogenesis: Aquaporin-1 and Pressure Affect Intima Thickness and Water Transport Across Rat Aorta Walls..................................................................................................................................................... 194 Roman Yakobov

Towards Inducing hMSC Chondrogenesis in Hydrogels through Treatment with Kartogenin ................................. 195 Theresa Cloutier, Anita Shukla

Effect of Substrate Properties on the Growth Kinetics of Encapsulated Human Embryonic Stem Cells.................. 196 Sierra Barner, Thomas Richardson, Prashant N. Kumta, Ipsita Banerjee

The Development of Injectable Hydrogels for the Management of Chronic Pain........................................................ 198 Maggie Manspeaker, Brandon M. Vogel

Polymer Film Coatings on Erythrocytes for Extended Release of Chemotherapy....................................................... 199 Katherine Donaldson, Jacob Lilly, Hainsworth Shin, Brad Berron

Development of Chitosan-GAG Fibers As a Platform for Modular Tissue Engineering............................................. 200 Alexander Gagliardi

Characterization of E. coli Encapsulated in mPEG-Pdlla Polymersomes .................................................................... 202 Jacob Barlow, Kevin Gozzi

Polymer Therapeutics for Protein Drug Delivery System.............................................................................................. 203 Adrian Salgado

Optimization of an Ultra-Fast Degrading Polymer Coating for Temporary Reinforcement of Cortical Electrodes during Implantation........................................................................................................................................ 205 Jared Forman

Development of Polymersomes for Delivery of Therapeutics to the Brain Via Intravenous Injection....................... 206 Elizabeth Pearce, Jessica Larsen, Doug Martin, Mark Byrne

Nanostructured Nickel-Cobalt Oxide Spinel Films As a Bi-Functional Electrocatalyst in Alkaline Media .................................................................................................................................................................................. 207 Julian A. Vigil, Timothy N. Lambert, Danae J. Davis, Suzanne E. White

Galactomannans As Silicon Binders for Lithium-Ion Batteries .................................................................................... 208 Kimberly Dennis

High Performance Nickel Oxide Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries ....................................................................................... 209 Nicole Beauregard, Neil Spinner, Alessandro Palmieri, William E. Mustain

Studying Voltage Stability of Polymer Electrolyte on Planar Metal Electrodes .......................................................... 210 Alexander Rausch, Daniel T. Hallinan Jr.

Polymer-Based Manufacturing of a Microscale Fuel Cell.............................................................................................. 211 Daniel Doleiden, Adam S. Hollinger, Gary Smith, Jason Williams

Simulation of a Fuel Cell - Focused on Dynamic Behavior of Oxygen Concentration................................................. 212 Siyoung Kim

Thermal Energy Storage for the Mitigation of Thermal Cycling in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ....................................... 213 Tom Grigg

Advanced Germanium Nanoparticle Composite Anodes Using Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Conductive Additives......................................................................................................................................................... 214 Michael Dzara, Michael W. Forney, Amanda Doucett, Matthew Ganter, Jason Staub, Brian J. Landi

Effect of PEM Equivalent Weights and Carbon Electrodes on the Performance of All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries......................................................................................................................................................... 215 Melanie B. Lindsey, Ramez A. Elgammal, Zhijiang Tang, Gabriel A. Goenaga, Thomas A. Zawodzinski

Effects of Ethylene/Di-Ethylene Carbonate (EC/DEC) Organic Additive on Pp13TFSI and Emitfsi Ionic Liquid Based Lithium-Ion Batteries Using High Capacity Cathode Materials .................................................. 216 Stanley Dieleman

The Electrolyte Equilibrium in Ion Exchange Polymers................................................................................................ 217 Christopher Ludtka, Ramez A. Elgammal, Zhijiang Tang, Gabriel A. Goenaga, Thomas A. Zawodzinski

Characterization of Microbial Fuel Cell Materials......................................................................................................... 218 Christian Wilson, Douglas Aaron, Gabriel Goenaga, Thomas A. Zawodzinski

Acetic Acid Tolerance in Bio-Hybrid Fuel Cells ............................................................................................................. 219 Reed Pyers

Microbial Fuel Cells: Effect of Electron Mediation on Alcohol Production in Baker's & White Wine Yeast ................................................................................................................................................................................... 220 John Bohnhoff

Solar Fuel Production Via Thermochemical Dissociation of H2O/CO2 Via Ferrite Based Redox Reactions ............................................................................................................................................................................ 221 Jamila Folady, Dareen Dardor, Shahd Gharbia, Mehak Jilani, LJP van den Broeke, Anand Kumar, Ivo Alxneit, Rahul Bhosale

Biofuels: Conversion of Microalgae to Diesel .................................................................................................................. 222 Vincent Raimondi

Butanol Production Improvement By Metabolically Engineered Clostridium Tyrobutyricum with Proteomics Analysis........................................................................................................................................................... 223 Wanqi Sun, Chao Ma, Margaret Liu

Effect of Water on Whole Cell-Catalyzed Transesterification of Bean Oil Via Rhizopus Oryzae for Biodiesel Production.......................................................................................................................................................... 224 Gilda Naka, Qiyang He

Biodiesel from Alligator Fat: A Comparison Between Supercritical and Conventional Transesterification Conditions ......................................................................................................................................... 225 Patrick T. Spiller

Understanding the Formation and Thermal Dissociation of Methane Hydrates ......................................................... 226 Samhita Kattekola

Carbon Dioxide Gas Delivery to Thin-Film Aqueous Systems Via Hollow Fiber Membranes ................................... 227 Alex Moix, Lauren Merriman, Bob Beitle, Jamie A. Hestekin

Incorporation of High Pressure Clc into IGCC Systems for Carbon Capture............................................................. 228 Oscar Nordness, Zhiquan Zhou, George M. Bollas

Glucose Sensor Fusion Using a Kalman Filter ................................................................................................................ 231 Samantha Weiss, Gilles Clermont, Timothy Knab, Ari Pritchard-Bell, Robert S. Parker

Electrochemically Active Composite Nanofibers By Electrospinning........................................................................... 233 Ziev Basson, Prashanth Jampani, Prashant N. Kumta

Central Africa Energy: Utilizing NASA Earth Observations to Explore Flared Gas As an Energy Source Alternative to Biomass in Central Africa............................................................................................................ 234 Christopher Castillo, Kenny Nguyen

The Study of Engineering the Industry Fuels, Petrochemicals, and Energy Engineering, the CoRelations to the Global Fuel and Biochemical Research and Development.................................................................. 235 Ethenia Scott

N-Doped Graphene-Based Bulk Materials for Energy Storage Applications............................................................... 238 Ashley Ware, David Baah, Jonathan C. Mbah

Increasing Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Integrated High Temperature Electrolysis for a Coal to Liquids Plant.................................................................................................................................................................. 239 Stephen DeWitt, Richard Boardman, Michael G. McKellar

Theoretical Studies on Functionalized Graphene-Metal Cluster Interactions ............................................................. 240 Dawei Chen

Effect of Solvent Chain Length on Crystallization and Gelation of Long Chain n-Alkanes in Solution .................... 241 John Jarboe, Michael Senra, Manohar Grewal

Electrodeposition of Palladium from Extracted Nuclear Waste.................................................................................... 242 Eriugen Gjoka, Elizabeth J. Biddinger, Sujan Shrestha

First Principles Quantum Chemical Modeling of Radium in Barite for Fracking Wastewater Remediation ....................................................................................................................................................................... 243 Gina Wagner, Karthikeyan Saravanan, John A. Keith

Exploring Properties of Conceptual Models for Hydraulic Fracture Network Growth.............................................. 244 Sid Senthilnathan

Effect of Salt on the Rheological Properties of Guar- Based Fracturing Fluid ............................................................ 245 Tatiana M. Colon Martinez

Characterization of Anaerobic Digesters during FOG Co-Digestion Shock Loading.................................................. 246 Rahasudha Kannan, Tyler S. Radniecki

Role of Aromatics in Synthetic Jet Fuels ......................................................................................................................... 247 Mohamed Hafis, Muaz Selam, Nimir El-bashir

Reactor Design and Analysis of a Simulated Moving Bed Reactor for Chemical-Looping Combustion ................... 249 Clarke Palmer, Lu Han, George M. Bollas

Performance of an IC Engine Fueled By Landfill Gas and Syngas............................................................................... 250 Leah Curry

Flash Point Estimation of Ternary Alcohol Mixtures..................................................................................................... 251 Katie De Hoedt

Special Topics in Multiphase Mixing - Cloud Height ..................................................................................................... 252 Matthew Eisenschmied, Michael Cimorelli, David Miller, Paulina Kruszewski, Arthur W. Etchells III, Robert P. Hesketh

Thermodynamics Curriculum Redesign.......................................................................................................................... 253 Hayley Neebe

Incorporation of Plant Architectures within Microfluidic Devices ............................................................................... 254 Kim Le, Ning Ge, Brad Berron, Christine Trinkle

A Unified Cloud-Based Solution to Large-Scale Multidimensional Student to Project Assignment .......................... 255 Brad Johnson, Smitesh Bakrania

Wavelet-Based De-Noising of Cellular Images................................................................................................................ 256 Roshan S. Patel, Yiider Tseng, Stephen Arce

Expression for Aqueous Electrolyte Solution Viscosity Based on Andrade Equation ................................................. 257 Matt Kovalski

A New Approach to Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Property Prediction from Cubic Equations of State ...................... 258 Daniel Vessells, Michael Misovich

Study of the Thermal Decomposition of Dicumyl Peroxide Under Runaway Conditions Using Adiabatic Calorimetry....................................................................................................................................................... 259 Rizan Baig, Hind Barnieh, Luc Vechot, Rinchu Mathews, Atif Ashraf, Olga Valdes

Improving Plant Economy By Preventing Heat Loss in Edible Oil Refinery ............................................................... 260 Maneet Goyal, Shrawana Lohare

Developing Amphiphilic Diblock Co-Polymers for the Delivery of Cytosolically Active Immunostimulants............................................................................................................................................................. 261 Kathryn Bumila, Max Jacobson, Sema Sevimli, John Wilson

Spin-Coated, Photo-Polymerized Temperature and Humidity Sensitive Polymer Thin Films ................................... 262 Zhengyuan (Jung) Fang, Adam Nolte

Alkaline Fuel Cell Characterization with a Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymer As the Anion Exchange Membrane......................................................................................................................................................... 263 Rishon Benjamin, Jacob Nykaza, Yossef Elabd

A Novel Synthesis for Tough Polymer Coatings ............................................................................................................. 264 Paul A. Kempler

Ruthenium-Poly(Vinyl Pyridine) (RuPVP) Metallopolymer for Catalyzing Self-Oscillating Gels............................. 265 Minchul Kim, Matthew Smith

Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Azulene Polymers for Use in Electric DoubleLayer Supercapacitors ...................................................................................................................................................... 266 Andrew F. Harrison, Jonathan Yarranton, Thomas F. Guarr

Synthesis and Characterization of Radical Polymers for Use in Flexible Polymer Thermoelectric Devices ................................................................................................................................................................................ 267 Alexander Muller

Side Chain Structure Modification for Improving the Properties of Π-Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers ............................................................................................................................................................................. 268 Yundi Jiang

Improving Photopolymerization Rates and Conversion of Common Monomers through Formation of Coordinated Ionic Liquids ................................................................................................................................................ 270 Kelsey Terrill, John W. Whitley, W. Jeffrey Horne, Matthew S. Shannon, Spenser Hayward, Jason E. Bara

Anti-CD123 Antibody Labelled Polymer Micelles Target Leukemia Cells .................................................................. 271 Steven Tau, Michael Baranello, Danielle Benoit, David Foster

Block Copolymers of Biobased Materials Via. Reversible Addition Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization ................................................................................................................................................................... 272 Joshua Potvin

Dart Mass Spectrometry of Non Polar Polymers and Development of a Novel Data Analysis Program (MIRA-MER)..................................................................................................................................................................... 273 Alex Mirabal

Characterizing Protein Corona Formation on Polystyrene Nanoparticles Using Single-Molecule Analysis............................................................................................................................................................................... 274 Jonathan M. Gigas, Xiaolu Zhang, Eric A. Grulke, Robert Yokel, Jason DeRouchey

Synthesis of Polypeptides for Hydrogel Scaffolds ........................................................................................................... 275 Kiara Cui

Mechanistic Understanding of Distearyl Thiodipropionate As an Antioxidant in the Cross-Linking of Polyethylene ....................................................................................................................................................................... 276 Charles Winslow, Fiaz Mohammed, Mark Conley, Harris Eldridge, Pamela Pollet, Charles Liotta, Charles A. Eckert

Chemically Amplified, Positive Tone Polynorbornene Dielectrics ................................................................................ 279 Alexandra Sutlief, B.K Mueller, J.M Schwartz, Paul A. Kohl

Pressure Sensors with Microstructured Polydimethylsiloxane Dielectrics Fabricated Via the Breath Figures Method .................................................................................................................................................................. 280 Sophie E. Miller

Block Copolymer Interfacial Control: Photo-Patternable Interfaces ........................................................................... 281 Jeffrey Self, Michael Maher, C. Grant Willson

Synthesis of a Block Copolymer Containing and Self-Immolative Block...................................................................... 282 Anthony Engler, Austin Lane, C. Grant Willson

Analyzing the Dynamic Behavior of Amphiphilic Peptides on the Surface of Lipid-Coated Microbubbles ..................................................................................................................................................................... 283 Pierre Desir

Determining the Rate of ROS Generation from Composite Magnetic Nanoparticle Hydrogels in an Alternating Magnetic Field ............................................................................................................................................... 284 Helen Yao, Robert J. Wydra, Thomas D. Dziubla, Kimberly Anderson, J. Zach Hilt

Shape Actuation of Dual-Cured Networks ...................................................................................................................... 285 Jisu Jiang, Yuan Meng, Mitchell Anthamatten

Thermally Reversible Hydrogels ...................................................................................................................................... 286 Skylar Heidema, Matthew Smith

Cavitation Rheology of Alginate Gels .............................................................................................................................. 287 Kinsey Naas, Meysam Hashemnejad, Santanu Kundu

Nature Inspired Tetherless Metallic Spiked Surfaces for Tissue Collection................................................................. 288 Alex Abramson

Deformation and Bonding of Cold Sprayed Iron-Based Amorphous Metal Particles ................................................. 289 Maryvivian Okwara, Constance Ziemian, Wendelin Wright, David Cipoletti

Combined Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Behaviors of Metallic Glasses........................ 290 Melanie Cantwell

Synthesis of Molecular Electronic Components for Self-Assembly Onto Metal Electrodes........................................ 291 Kindle Williams, Joseph Meany, Stephen Woski

Cytotoxicity of Thermoresponsive Polymer Coated Silver Nanoparticles .................................................................... 292 Yehou Gnopo

Sputter Deposition of Metal Oxide Thin Films and Their Plasma-Assisted Transformation into Metal Dichalcogenides.................................................................................................................................................................. 293 Trevor Haak, Rachel Morrish, Colin A. Wolden

Controllable Barrier Properties of Graphene Oxide Emulsions.................................................................................... 294 Finn van Krieken, Megan A. Creighton, Robert H. Hurt

Direct Fabrication of Mesoporous Graphene from Graphene Oxide By Magnesiothermic Reaction........................ 295 Joshua Halsted, Zhenyu Xing, Wei Luo, Xuilei Ji, Raghu Subashchandrabose, William Stickle, Bao Wang

Synthesis of Manganese Zinc Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications...................................... 296 Stephen Gibbs

Modification of the Co-Precipitation Method to Synthesize Iron Oxide Nanoparticles with Higher Specific Absorption Rates ................................................................................................................................................. 297 Esmarline J. De León Peralta, Fernando Mérida Figueroa, Madeline Torres Lugo

Nanoparticle Photoresists: Synthesis and Characterization of Next-Generation Patterning Materials..................... 298 Pavel Shapturenka, Jing Jiang, Ben Zhang, Christopher K. Ober

Comparative Study of Gold Nanoparticle Structure Modifications Induced By Aggregation Reagents ................... 299 Elizabeth Stafford, Siyam Ansar, Ganganath Perera, Dongmao Zhang

Creating Monodisperse Particles Using Membrane Emulsification Technique for Use in Environmental Sensing Applications ............................................................................................................................... 300 Shelby Thies, Christine Duval, Scott M. Husson, Timothy DeVol

Nanoporous Carbons As Gas Sensors: Exploring the Surface Sensitivity .................................................................... 301 Kavindra Singh

High Temperature Oxygen Sensors Based on Ruddlesden-Popper Type Oxides ........................................................ 302 Scott D. Essenmacher, Emir Dogdibegovic, Xiao-Dong Zhou

Explosive Thermal Reduction of Graphene Oxide Based Materials ............................................................................. 303 Collin Felten, Indrek Kulaots, Yang Qui

Band-Gap Tuning of Colloidal Silicon-Based Quantum Dots By Surface Functionalization Using Conjugated Organic Ligands............................................................................................................................................ 304 Rebecca Pinals, Ryan Anderson, Alan Sellinger

Characterizing the Thermoelectric Properties of PEDOT:PSS/Te Nanowire Composite ........................................... 305 Cooper Vajner, Shilin Ma, Ali Yousuf, David A. Wallace, Kimberly Anderson, Hung-Ta Wang, Greg Szulczewski

Exploring the Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoscale Multifunctional Surfaces............................................... 306 Andres F. Chaparro, Erick S. Vasquez, Keisha B. Walters

Modulated Solvothermal Synthesis of Large (3 mm) Single Crystals of Cu3(BTC)2 Metal-Organic Framework......................................................................................................................................................................... 309 William T. Nunn, Junjie Zhao, Gregory N. Parsons

Fabrication of Non-Wetting Copper Surface Via Solution Immersion Process ........................................................... 310 John B. Votaw, Won Tae Choi, Dennis W. Hess

Enhanced Infrared Molecular Sensing Via Localized Surface Plasmon Resonances (LSPRs) in DopedSilicon Nanowires .............................................................................................................................................................. 311 Emily Tucker

Highly Conductive Silver Thin Films Synthesized at Room Temperature Using a Continuous Flow Deposition Process ............................................................................................................................................................. 312 Elizabeth Allan-Cole, Chang-Ho Choi, Chih-hung Chang

Microstructural Analysis of Colloidal Silver Precipitates .............................................................................................. 313 Nathaniel Gomes

Fabrication and Optimization of Deep UV Photonic Crystals ....................................................................................... 314 Temi Olonilua, Kyle Hufziger, Sanford Asher

Dispersion of Carbon Nanotubes in a Complex Biological Medium ............................................................................. 315 Arthur Sloan, Alinne Pereira, Joyanta Goswami, Mark R. Liles, Virginia A. Davis

Thermal Degradation of Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots.................................................................................................... 316 Christopher Kim, Mark Weidman, William A. Tisdale

Characterization of Material Properties Using Multiple Wavelength Interferometry ................................................ 317 Anna Brown, Akshay Kundan, Joel L. Plawsky, Peter C. Wayner Jr.

Hierarchical Assembly of DNA Bio-Templated Nano-Wire and Nano-Tube Films for Lightweight Multi-Functional Materials............................................................................................................................................... 318 David Brown

Preliminary Characterization of Al-Mg/Al-12B Alloy from Al-Mg Found in Soda Cans ........................................... 319 Angel Maymi

3D Printing Using Extrusion of Micro-Particles Dispensed in a Liquid ....................................................................... 320 Jeffery Redpath

The Studies of Short-Chain Phosphatidylcholine Effect on the Spontaneous Lipid Transfer in Phospholipid-Based Vesicles Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry ....................................................................... 321 Kamil Charubin, Yan Xia, Mu-Ping Nieh

Underground Water Pipeline Corrosion ......................................................................................................................... 323 Saud Alghwienm

Ionic Liquid and Gel Electrolytes for Carbon Based Supercapacitors ......................................................................... 324 Cody Hancock, Gaind Pandey, Jun Li

Effect of Methanol on Intra- and Intermolecular Bonds of Ionomer Solutions ........................................................... 325 Elliot Taylor

Characterization and Identification of Alpha and Beta-RDX Polymorphs on Stainless Steel Substrates ................. 326 Amanda Figueroa

Dynamic Rheological Properties of Field Responsive Nanomaterials for Application in Transtibial Prosthesis............................................................................................................................................................................ 327 Keyi Xu

Fluorescence Nitro-Explosive Detection through Electrospun Pyrene-PES Nanofiber ............................................... 328 George Shaw

Biohybrid Fibro-Porous Vascular Scaffolds: Effect of Crosslinking on Properties..................................................... 329 Danna Nozik, Harsh Patel, Yogesh K. Vohra, Vinoy Thomas

Correlation Between Concentration and Thickness of Alpha- and Beta-RDX Deposits on Stainless Steel Substrates .................................................................................................................................................................. 330 Humberto González-Ribot

Effect of Solvent Induced Dipole in ALD of Al2O3 on HOPG ........................................................................................ 331 Danielle Lizarazo

Fabrication of Amphiphobic Paper with Improved Mechanical Strength ................................................................... 333 Hanyang Li, Zhenguan Tang, Lu Jiang, Victor Breedveld, Dennis W. Hess

Synthesis of Tunable Spongy PVDF Membranes for Water Treatment Applications................................................. 334 Douglas Davenport, Li Xiao, Dibakar Bhattacharyya

Validation of High Throughput Electrochemial Gas Sensing Screening System ......................................................... 335 Zixuan Wang, Benjamin Ruiz-Yi, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Jochen Lauterbach

Effects of Chemical Dopants on the Electrical Conductivity of Carbon Nanotubes for Novel Use in Wire Applications .............................................................................................................................................................. 336 Colleen Lawlor, Brian Landi, Christopher Schauerman, Andrew Bucossi

The Effects of Gxp Annealing on a PCBM/P3HT Bulk Heterojunction Layer's Surface Roughness ........................ 337 Jameson L. Tyler

Small Molecule Diffusion through Membranes for Use in Flow Battery and Fuel Cell Applications ........................ 338 Mary McBride, Samuel St. John, Gabriel Goenaga, Thomas Zawodzinksi Jr.

A Synthetic Route for High-Yield Phospho-Olivine Cathode Material for Use in Lithium-Ion Batteries through Liquid-State Salt Medium .................................................................................................................................. 339 Darren W. Kwee, Alfredo A. Martinez-Morales

Material Specifications for Biocompatible Implant Designed to Effect Force Transmission of Wrist Muscles By Connecting Muscle and Tendon ................................................................................................................... 346 Omar Sheikh

Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of an Aqueous Alkaline Developable Molecular Resist for Euv Lithography................................................................................................................................................................ 348 Ashten L. Fralick, Clifford L. Henderson, Laren M. Tolbert, Brandon L. Sharp, Richard A. Lawson, Hannah L. Narcross

Composition Effects on the Optical and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Nanocrystal Films ............................... 349 Joshua M. Passantino, Alexander D. Haywood, Partha Saha, Virginia Davis

Full Spectrum Phosphor Based LEDs.............................................................................................................................. 350 Jannatul Ferdaous

Construction Board Made from Coconut Fiber.............................................................................................................. 351 Christina Fenny, Richard Parnas, Cheng Diao

Enhancement of Stability and Superhydrophilicity of Plasma-Modified Microfluidic Materials .............................. 352 Lea Winter, Bradley Da Silva, Guillaume Schelcher, Cedric Guyon, Daniel Bonn, Michael Tatoulian

Design and Manufacturing of Microfluidic Devices ....................................................................................................... 353 Kevin Nagle

Effect of Stresses during Algae Growth on the Dimensions of Extracted Cellulose Nanocrystals.............................. 354 Aaron Lindsay, Jessica Miller, Reza Foudazi, Abbas Ghassemi, Jalal Rastegary

Effects of Aging Time and Crystallization Time and Temperature in the Synthesis of Ideal LTA Zeolites................................................................................................................................................................................ 355 Julia King

Reduced Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Differentiation on the Surface of MMP-Inhibiting Substrates....................... 356 Catherine E. Le Denmat, Kiva D. Forsmark, Kaitlin M. Bratlie

Utilization of Optical Emission Spectroscopy in Characterization of Microwave Plasma .......................................... 357 Anna-Marie Weed, Vincent M. Donnelly, Demetre J. Economou, Vladimir Samara

Pre-Treatment By Common Anion Intercalation ........................................................................................................... 358 Jacob Tenhoff

Towards an Improvement in Energy Density of Supercapacitors; Study of the Effects of Different Redox Couples ................................................................................................................................................................... 359 Marzieh Tousi, Brian Evanko, Galen D. Stucky, Martin Moskovits

Investigation of Materials in Solid State Thin Film Lithium Ion Batteries .................................................................. 360 Rahul Kini, Chen Xi, Ahmed Al-Obeidi, Carl Thompson

Elastic Properties of Bismuth Telluride Two-Dimensional Nanosheets ........................................................................ 361 Haoming Yan, Hung-Ta Wang, Lingling Guo

Sol-Gel Synthesis of Clear Uncracked Silica Glass with Large Pore Sizes ................................................................... 362 Shabab Saad, Feng Shen, Ravi Jain

Deposition of Cu(i)I for Thin Film Transistors Via Inkjet Printing.............................................................................. 363 Marshall Allen, Chih-hung Chang, Chang-Ho Choi

An Interpretation and Modification on Kapustinskii Lattice Energy Equation .......................................................... 364 Mokhtar Shakerian Ghahfarokhi

Atomic Layer Deposition for Solar Energy Applications ............................................................................................... 365 Katharine V. Greco, Jie Qi, Brian G. Willis

Novel Silver/Carbon Material for 2, 4-Dinitrotoluene Detection................................................................................... 366 Bianca Davis, Kiara Moorer, Shamim Begum, Nader Vahdat, Samuel Hernandez-Rivera, Jonathan Mbah

Passivation of Silicon Using Aluminum Oxide: A Novel Spray Pyrolysis Method....................................................... 367 Mathew Lee

Effects of Branched and Cycloalkyl Functionality on CO2 Separation Performance of Poly(IL) Membranes......................................................................................................................................................................... 368 Spenser Hayward, W. Jeffrey Horne, Mary Andrews, Matthew S. Shannon, Kelsey Terrill, Joshua Moon, Jason E. Bara

Synthesis and Gas Separation Performance of Poly(ionic liquid) Membranes Containing Branched and Cycloalkyl Group Functionalities ............................................................................................................................. 369 Mary Andrews

A New Thin Film Nanofiltration Membrane for Mixed Salt Rejection......................................................................... 370 Gianna A Credaroli

Performance of Positively and Negatively Charged Nanofiltration Membranes Under Various Operating Conditions ........................................................................................................................................................ 371 David A. Whitehead, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Andrew Colburn

Detailed Finite-Element Calculations of Permeation in Mixed-Matrix Membranes ................................................... 372 Thomas Giordano

Transport Properties of Graphene Oxide Membranes................................................................................................... 373 Naser G. A. Mahfouz

Membrane Technology for CO2 Removal....................................................................................................................... 374 Ibrahim Homos Sr.

Formulating Novel Draw Solutions for Forward Osmosis ............................................................................................. 380 Gabriella Frey, Daniel Anastasio, Jason T. Arena, Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

Osmotic Pressure Generation Model for a Pressure Retarded Osmosis System.......................................................... 381 Torrie Sewell

Computational Modeling of Filtration Fundamentals.................................................................................................... 383 Nicole Salamacha, J. J. McCarthy

Understanding Behavior of Ionic Liquid and Water Interface Via Molecular Dynamics Simulations...................... 384 Shehab Alzobaidi, Shanmuga Venkatesan, Neeraj Rai

Effects of the Ratio of Excipient and Solute on Amorphous Particle and Unique Polymorph Formation........................................................................................................................................................................... 385 Victoria Karakis, Ryan C. Snyder

Using Experimental Data to Model Small-Scale Batch Stills for the Purpose of Scaling-up the Column .................. 386 Matthew Hancock

Separations Using Super Critical CO2 Deposition Catalyst .......................................................................................... 387 Seth Woodard

Design of Bis(imidazole) Monomers for Step-Growth Polymerizations........................................................................ 388 Frank Foley II

Using Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data to Evaluate Solvent Selection in the Synthesis of a Model Ionic Liquid ................................................................................................................................................................................. 389 Kyle Harrigan

Amine Polymer Impregnated MCM-36 for Carbon Dioxide Capture .......................................................................... 390 Justin Ramberger

Oxidative Degradation of Aqueous Amine Solvents for CO2 Capture ......................................................................... 392 Hanbi Liu, Omkar Namjoshi, Gary T. Rochelle

3-D Printing for CO2 Capture and Chemical Engineering Design ............................................................................... 395 Alexander H. Jenkins, Jason E. Bara

Reactive Absorption of CO2 from Industrial Flue Gas Using Aqueous Solution Containing Renewable Prepared Amine................................................................................................................................................................. 396 Shahd Gharbia, Mehak Jilani, Jamila Folady, Dareen Dardor, LJP van den Broeke, Anand Kumar, Vijaykumar Mahajani, Rahul Bhosale

Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cells with Peroxide Formation ............................................................ 397 Warren Shearman Jr.

Simwatachela, Zambia, Africa Sustainable Water Project ............................................................................................ 398 Liz Rayfield

Towards Structure-Cytotoxicity Correlations for Complex Engineered Nanomaterials ............................................ 399 Yutao Gong, Sharlee Mahoney, Thomas Richardson, Kimaya Padgaonkar, Suzanna Hinkle, Ipsita Banerjee, Götz Veser

Optimization of Low Cost Biodiesel Washing Process from Locally Sourced Materials for SubSaharan Africa................................................................................................................................................................... 400 Maxwell Croft

Thin Film Photovoltaics Response to Heat on Various Substrates................................................................................ 401 Erin Cheese

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) into Design Process...................................................................................... 402 Armando Maldonado Rosario

Thermochemical Storage of Concentrated Solar Radiation Via Two-Step Iron Oxide – Iron Sulfate Cycle ................................................................................................................................................................................... 403 Dareen Dardor, Shahd Gharbia, Mehak Jilani, Jamila Folady, LJP van den Broeke, Anand Kumar, Rahul Bhosale

Business Models for Solar Powered Charging Stations to Develop Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles .................. 404 Jessica Robinson

Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage ........................................................................................................................... 437 Joanna Julien, Jeremy Grunewald, Conrad Cole, Kelvin Randhir, Nathan Rhodes, Like Li, Nicholas AuYeung

An Overview of the Efficiency of Human Waste Pyrolysis Using Concentrated Solar Power .................................... 438 Anthony Anderson

Optimizing Energy Efficiency Under Uncertainty for Appropriate Technology Based Renewable Energy Processes in Developing Regions ......................................................................................................................... 439 Chandni Joshi, Jeffrey R. Seay

Towards Understanding Nanoparticle Toxicity .............................................................................................................. 440 Kimaya Padgaonkar, Thomas Richardson, Sharlee Mahoney, Ipsita Banerjee, Götz Veser

Determining an Appropriate Solvent for Extracting Oil from Spent Coffee Grounds for Producing Biodiesel.............................................................................................................................................................................. 442 Devan Buckhalter, Dr. Jeffrey Seay

Nanoparticle Tracer Method: Exploring the Viability, Possibility and Stability of CO2 Geological and Simultaneously Enhancing Shale Gas Recovery ............................................................................................................. 443 Nan Yang

Modeling and Simulation of a Tubular Photobioreactor for Spirulina Platensis Biomass Production...................... 446 Radhika Narain

A Proposed Alternative Measure for Climate Change Potential ................................................................................... 447 F. DeGroff

Rethinking the Traditional Wall- Thermodynamic and Hygrothermal Modeling of a Textile Wall Assembly Systems for Healthier Energy Efficient Structures........................................................................................ 448 Helen Bergstrom, Ryan Abendroth

Carbonation of Thermally Activated Serpentine Minerals: Potential for Portland Cement Replacemnt ................. 449 Andre Brewer, Hamdallah Bearat

Tumbleweed Mitigation through Biochar Production.................................................................................................... 450 Andrea Salazar, Catherine E. Brewer

General Thermodynamic Modeling of Gasification of Diverse Biomasses ................................................................... 451 Alexandra Slimmer, Gholamreza Zahedi, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Author Index