Dissertations from 2011
An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Surfactant Dynamics at Microscale Interfaces, Nicolas J. Alvarez
Structure of Rod-like Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Aggregates in Solution and in Adsorbed Layers, Viet Duy Lam
Modeling and Optimization of a Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network Process, Weijie Lin
Nonlinear Programming Sensitivity Based Methods for Constrained State Estimation, Rodrigo Lopez Negrete de la Fuente
Sulfur Poisoning of Pd and PdCu Alloy Hydrogen Separation Membranes, Casey P. O'Brien
Advanced Optimization Strategies for Periodic Adsorption Processes, Sree Rama Raju Vetukuri
Dissertations from 2010
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control and Dynamic Real Time Optimization for Large-scale Processes, Rui Huang
Optimal Scheduling of Refinery Crude-Oil Operations, Sylvain Mouret
Submissions from 2009
Coalescence and splitting of confined droplets at microfluidic junctions, G F. Christopher, J Bergstein, N B. End, M Poon, C Nguyen, and Shelley L. Anna
Highly uniform micro-cavity arrays in flexible elastomer film, Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh, Shaun R. Swanson, and Shelley L. Anna
Submissions from 2007
An Algorithmic Framework for Convex Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programs, Pierre Bonami, Lorenz T. Biegler, Andrew R. Conn, Gérard Cornuéjols, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Carl D. Laird, Jon Lee, Andrea Lodi, François Margot, Nicolas Sawaya, and Andreas Wächter
Submissions from 2006
Microscale tipstreaming in a microfluidic flow focusing device, Shelley L. Anna and Hans C. Mayer
Submissions from 2005
An Algorithmic Framework for Convex Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programs, Pierre Bonami, Lorenz Biegler, Andrew Conn, Gérard Cornuéjols, Ignacio Grossmann, Carl Laird, Jon Lee, Andrea Lodi, Francois Margot, Nicolas Sawaya, and Andreas Wachter
Submissions from 2004
The nuclear envelope lamina network has elasticity and a compressibility limit suggestive of a molecular shock absorber, K N. Dahl, S M. Kahn, K L. Wilson, and D E. Discher
Naturally Chiral Surfaces, Joshua D. Horvath and Andrew J. Gellman
Titration of Chiral Kink Sites on Cu(6 4 3) Using Iodine Adsorption, Preeti Kamakoti, Joshua Horvath, Andrew J. Gellman, and David S. Sholl
Geometrically Mediated Breakup of Drops in Microfluidic Devices, D R. Link, Shelley L. Anna, D A. Weitz, and H A. Stone
Enantioselectivity on Surfaces with Chiral Nanostructures, David M. Rampulla and Andrew J. Gellman
Adsorbate Induced Kink Formation in Straight Step Edges on Cu(5 3 3) and Cu(2 2 1), Xueying Zhao, Scott S. Perry, Joshua D. Horvath, and Andrew J. Gellman
Submissions from 2003
Formation of dispersions using ‘‘flow focusing’’ in microchannels, Shelley L. Anna, Nathalie Bontoux, and Howard A. Stone
Chlorofluorocarbon Dechlorination on Pd(111): Effect of Chlorine Stoichiometry, Boonchuan Immaraporn, PingPing Ye, and Andrew J. Gellman
Desorption Energies of Linear and Cyclic Alkanes on Surfaces: Anomalous Scaling with Length, Ryan Z. Lei, Andrew J. Gellman, and B E. Koel
Ethyl Iodide Decomposition on Cu(1 1 1) and Cu(2 2 1), Dougyoung Sung and Andrew J. Gellman
Submissions from 2002
Desorption Kinetics of Polyether Lubricants from Surfaces, Andrew J. Gellman, Kris R. Paserba, and Nithya Vaidyanathan
Surface Chemistry in Tribology, Andrew J. Gellman and Nicholas D. Spencer
Effect of Humidity on Lubricated Carbon Overcoats, Nisha Shukla, Andrew J. Gellman, Xiaoding Ma, and Jing Gui
Water Adsorption on Lubricated a-CHx in Humid Environments, Nisha Shukla, Erik Svedberg, Rene J.M. van der Veerdonk, Xiaoding Ma, Jing Gui, and Andrew J. Gellman
Submissions from 2001
Elasto-capillary thinning and breakup of model elastic liquids, Shelley L. Anna and Gareth H. McKinley
An interlaboratory comparison of measurements from filament-stretching rheometers using common test fluids, Shelley L. Anna, Gareth H. McKinley, Duc A. Nguyen, Tam Sridhar, Susan J. Muller, Jin Huang, and David F. James
The Transition State in Catalytic Surface Chemistry, Andrew J. Gellman
The Current Status of Tribological Surface Science, Andrew J. Gellman and Jeff S. Ko
Thermal Stability of Fomblin Z and Fomblin Zdol Thin Films on Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon, Ryan Z. Lei, Andrew J. Gellman, and Paul Jones
Effects of Conformational Isomerism on the Desorption Kinetics of N-Alkanes from Graphite, Kris R. Paserba and Andrew J. Gellman
Kinetics and Energetics of Oligomer Desorption from Surfaces, Kris R. Paserba and Andrew J. Gellman
Thermal Decomposition of Tricresylphosphate Isomers on Fe, Dougyoung Sung and Andrew J. Gellman
Submissions from 2000
The Transition State for Surface-Catalyzed Dehalogenation: C–I Cleavage on Pd(111), Mark T. Buelow, Boonchuan Immaraporn, and Andrew J. Gellman
Chiral Single Crystal Surface Chemistry, Andrew J. Gellman, Joshua D. Horvath, and Mark T. Buelow
Comparative Study of the Tribological and Oxidative Properties of AlPdMn Quasicrystals and Their Cubic Approximants, Chris Mancinelli, Jeff S. Ko, Cynthia J. Jenks, Patricia A. Thiel, Amy A. Ross, Thomas A. Lograsso, and Andrew J. Gellman
Activation of the SiC Surface for Vapor Phase Lubrication by Fe Chemical Vapor Deposition from Fe(CO)5, Daxing Ren, Dougyoung Sung, and Andrew J. Gellman
Interaction of Alcohols with a-CHx Films, Nisha Shukla and Andrew J. Gellman
Carbon–Chlorine Bond Dissociation on the Pd(111) Surface, Ge Zhou and Andrew J. Gellman
Submissions from 1999
A compact dual-crystal modulated birefringence-measurement system for microgravity applications, Jeffrey R. Mackey, Kamal K. Das, Shelley L. Anna, and Gareth H. McKinley
Submissions from 1997
Interior point SQP strategies for structured process optimization problems, Joao S. Albuquerque
Dynamic optimization in planning under process model uncertainty, Tarun Bhatia and Lorenz T. Biegler
Analysis of a reversed Coleman-Conn reduced SQP method, Lorenz T. Biegler
MNLP [i.e., MINLP] model for optimal synthesis and operation of utility plants, J. C. Bruno
A successive linear programming approach for initialization and reinitialization after discontinuities of differential algebraic equations, Vipin Gopal and Lorenz T. Biegler
Multilevel-hierarchical MNLP [i.e., MINLP] synthesis of process flowsheets, Z Kravanja and Ignacio E. Grossmann
A case study for reactor network synthesis : the vinyl chloride process, Ajay Lakshmanan and Lorenz T. Biegler
Optimal control of a reactive distillation column, Stefan Walter
Submissions from 1996
Synthesis of optimal chemical reactor networks, Ajay Lakshmanan, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
LOGMIP : a discrete continuous nonlinear optimizer, Aldo Vecchietti and Ignacio E. Grossmann
Submissions from 1995
Dynamic operations in the planning and scheduling of multi-products batch plants, Tarun Bhatia, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Convergence analysis for a multiplier-free reduced Hessian method, Lorenz T. Biegler and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Optimization of stochastic planning models., R. L. Clay, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Optimization of stochastic planning models., R. L. Clay, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Nonsmooth dynamic simulation with linear programming based methods, Vipin Gopal, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Solution of algebraic systems of disjunctive equations, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Metin Türkay, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Synthesis of chemical reactor networks, Diane Hildebrandt, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Evaluation of design flexibility in distillation columns using rigorous models, Patricia M. Hoch, Ana M. Eliceche, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Optimal multiperiod operational planning for utility systems, Ramaswamy Iyer, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A mixed integer programming model for stochastic scheduling in new product development, Craig W. Schmidt, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Reformulating ill-conditioned DAE optimization problems, Purt Tanartkit, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Stable decomposition for dynamic optimization, Purt Tanartkit, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Submissions from 1994
A multiplier-free, reduced Hessian method for process optimization, Lorenz T. Biegler, Claudia Schmid, David J. Ternet, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Algorithmic approaches to process synthesis : logic and global optimization, Christodoulos A. Floudas, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Alternative bounding approximations for the global optimization of various engineering design problems, Ignacio Quesada, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Global optimization of process networks with multicomponent flows, Ignacio Quesada, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Management of the design process : the impact of information modeling, Jerry L. Robertson and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Insights into batch extractive distillation using a middle vessel column, Boyd T. Safrit and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Reduced Hessian successive quadratic programming for realtime optimization, Claudia Schmid, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Boundary value approach for dynamic optimization, Purt Tanartkit, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A sensitivity based approach for flexibility analysis and design of linear process system, Dimitrios K. Varvarezos, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
MILP model for scheduling and design of a special class of multipurpose batch plants, V. T. Voudouris, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Plans for ASCEND IV : our next generation equational-based modeling environment, Arthur W. Westerberg, Kirk Abbott, Ben Allan, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Submissions from 1993
A unified approach for the simultaneous synthesis of reaction, energy and separation systems, Subash Balakrishna, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A reduced Hessian method for large scale constrained optimization, Lorenz T. Biegler, Jorge Nocedal, Claudia Schmid, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
An Overview of the n-dim environment, Sean Levy and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Constraint handling and stability properties of model predictive control, Nuno M. C. de. Oliveira, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Quadratic programming methods for tailored reduced Hessian SQP, Claudia Schmid, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Multiperiod design optimization with SQP decomposition, Dimitrios K. Varvarezos, Lorenz T. Biegler, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Flowsheet optimization and optimal sensitivity analysis using exact derivatives, D Wolbert and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Submissions from 1992
A representation for algorithmic expansion of engineering designs, Vital Aelion, Jonathan Cagan, Gary J. Powers, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Risk reduction of operating procedures and process flowsheets, Vital Aelion, Gary J. Powers, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
From nonlinear programming theory to practical optimization algorithms : a process engineering viewpoint, Lorenz T. Biegler and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Tailoring optimization algorithms to process applications, Lorenz T. Biegler and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Iterated linear programming strategies for nonsmooth simulation : a penalty based method for vapor-liquid equilibrium applications, Lisa Gardner. Bullard, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Mathematical methods for heat exchanger network synthesis, Ignacio E. Grossmann and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Mixed-integer optimization techniques for the design and scheduling of batch processes, Ignacio E. Grossmann and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
PROSYN : an automated topology and parameter process synthesizer, Z Kravanja, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Accurate determination of optimal reflux policies for the maximum distillate problem in batch distillation, Jeffery Scott. Logsdon, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A relaxed reduced space SQP strategy for dynamic optimization problems, Jeffery Scott. Logsdon, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Marginal price : a unifying concept for insights into distillation column sequence heuristics, Ajay K. Modi, Arthur W. Westerberg, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Symbolic model verifier for formal testing of discrete process control systems, Il Moon, Gary J. Powers, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A global optimization algorithm for heat exchanger networks, Ignacio Quesada, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
A global optimization algorithm for linear fractional and bilinear programs, Ignacio Quesada, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Acceleration of reduced Hessian methods for large-scale nonlinear programming, Claudia Schmid, Lorenz T. Biegler, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Acceleration of cyclic steady state convergence for pressure swing adsorption models, Oliver J. Smith, Arthur W. Westerberg, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Design optimization of stochastic flexibility, David A. Straub, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.
Optimal synthesis of multiproduct batch plants with cyclic scheduling and inventory considerations, V. T. Voudouris, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Carnegie Mellon University.Engineering Design Research Center.