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Works from 2013

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Thermoelectric behavior of organic thin film nanocomposites, Gregory P. Moriarty, Sukanta De, Paul J. King, Umar Khan, Michael Via, Julia A. King, Jonathan N. Coleman, and Jaime C. Grunlan

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Engineering antiphagocytic biomimetic drug carriers, Alicia J. Sawdon and Ching An Peng

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Guanosine-based antiviral acyclovir incorporated in ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone, Alicia J. Sawdon and Ching An Peng

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Multifunctional Polymeric Micelles for Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Alicia J. Sawdon and Ching An Peng

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The safety and chemical engineering education committee-broadening the reach of chemical engineering process safety education, Thomas O. Spicer, Ronald J. Willey, Daniel Crowl, and Wendy Smades

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Increased carbon dioxide absorption rates in carbonate solutions through surfactant addition, B. P. Spigarelli, P. C. Hagadone, and S. K. Kawatra

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Opportunities and Challenges in Carbon Dioxide Capture, Brett P. Spigarelli and Surendra Komar Kawatra

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Production of pig iron by utilizing biomass as a reducing agent, Urvashi Srivastava, S. K. Kawatra, and Timothy Eisele

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Study of organic and inorganic binders on strength of iron oxide pellets, Urvashi Srivastava, S. K. Kawatra, and Timothy Eisele

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Comparison of the maximum gas combustion pressure of hydrogen/oxygen/ nitrogen-between chemical equilibrium calculations and experimental data, Gang Tao and Daniel Crowl

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Greenhouse gas emissions from milk production and consumption in the United States: A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment circa 2008, Greg Thoma, Jennie Popp, Darin Nutter, David R. Shonnard, Richard Ulrich, Marty Matlock, Dae Soo Kim, Zara Neiderman, Nathan Kemper, Cashion East, and Felix Adom

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Regional analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from USA dairy farms: A cradle to farm-gate assessment of the American dairy industry circa 2008, Greg Thoma, Jennie Popp, David R. Shonnard, Darin Nutter, Marty Matlock, Richard Ulrich, Wayne Kellogg, Dae Soo Kim, Zara Neiderman, Nathan Kemper, Felix Adom, and Cashion East

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Electricity storage in biofuels: Selective electrocatalytic reduction of levulinic acid to valeric acid or γ-valerolactone, Le Xin, Zhongtian Zhang, Ji Qi, David J. Chadderdon, Yang Qiu, Kayla M. Warsko, and Wenzhen Li

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High-Throughput screening of substrate chemistry for embryonic stem cell attachment, expansion, and maintaining pluripotency, Michael R. Zonca, Philip S. Yune, Caryn L. Heldt, Georges Belfort, and Yubing Xie

Works from 2012

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Regional carbon footprint analysis of dairy feeds for milk production in the USA, Felix Adom, Ashley Maes, Charles Workman, Zara Clayton-Nierderman, Greg Thoma, and David Shonnard

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Sustainability in chemical engineering education: Identifying a core body of knowledge, David T. Allen and David Shonnard

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Paradigm for pig iron nugget production, B. Anamaeric and S. K. Kawatra

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Feedstock mixture effects on sugar monomer recovery following dilute acid pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis, Michael Brodeur-Campbell, Jordan Klinger, and David Shonnard

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Investigation of jigging as a method for removing dolomite from high-MgO phosphate ores, J. T. Carlson, T. C. Eisele, and S. K. Kawatra

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Trevor Kletz, Friend and Mentor, Daniel A. Crowl

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Water chemistry analysis of an industrial selective flocculation dispersion hematite ore concentrator plant, Howard J. Haselhuhn, Joshua J. Carlson, and S. K. Kawatra

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The effect of CO2 sparging on the flocculation and filtration rate of concentrated hematite slurries, Howard J. Haselhuhn, K. P. Swanson, and S. Komar Kawatra

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Porcine parvovirus removal using trimer and biased hexamer peptides, Caryn L. Heldt, Patrick V. Gurgel, Lee Ann Jaykus, and Ruben G. Carbonell

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Gene transfection of Toxoplasma gondii using PEI/DNA polyplexes, Nasrin Salehi and Ching An Peng

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Green engineering: Integration of green chemistry, pollution prevention, and risk-based considerations, David Shonnard, Angela Lindner, Nhan Nguyen, Palghat A. Ramachandran, Daniel Fichana, Robert Hesketh, C. Stewart Slater, and Richard Engler

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Kinetics and mechanism of the charge-transfer polymerization of methyl methacrylate initiated with n-butyl amine and carbon tetrachloride catalyzed by palladium dichloride, Rajesh Tiwari and David A. Spivak

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Electrical conductivity modeling of carbon black/polycarbonate, carbon nanotube/polycarbonate, and exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet/polycarbonate composites, Michael D. Via, Julia A. King, Jason Keith, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Tensile modulus modeling of carbon black/polycarbonate, carbon nanotube/polycarbonate, and exfoliated graphite nanoplatelet/polycarbonate composites, Michael D. Via, Julia A. King, Jason Keith, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Mark J. Cieslinski, Jonathan J. Anderson, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Effects of multiple carbon fillers on the rheology of polycarbonate-based composites, Michael D. Via, Faith A. Morrison, Julia A. King, Edsel A. Beach, Kyle R. Wiese, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Simultaneous Generation of Mesoxalic Acid and Electricity from Glycerol on a Gold Anode Catalyst in Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Le Xin, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhichao Wang, and Wenzhen Li

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Supported gold nanoparticles as anode catalyst for anion-exchange membrane-direct glycerol fuel cell (AEM-DGFC), Zhiyong Zhang, Le Xin, and Wenzhen Li

Works from 2011

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In-plane thermal conductivity modeling of carbon-filled liquid crystal polymer-based resins, Tayloria N.G. Adams, Tamara R. Olson, Julia A. King, and Jason Keith

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Shrinking-core model for pig iron nugget production, B. Anameric and S. K. Kawatra

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Effects of CO2 on the zeta potential of hematite, J. J. Carlson and S. K. Kawatra

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Design of a dust tower for suppression of airborne particulates for iron making, C. R. Copeland and S. K. Kawatra

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Life cycle assessment of electricity generation using fast pyrolysis bio-oil, Jiqing Fan, Tom N. Kalnes, Matthew Alward, Jordan Klinger, Adam Sadehvandi, and David Shonnard

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Quantification of pH gradients and implications in insulator-based dielectrophoresis of biomolecules, Aytug Gencoglu, Fernanda Camacho-Alanis, Vi Thanh Nguyen, Asuka Nakano, Alexandra Ros, and Adrienne Minerick

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Asymmetric amyloid fibril elongation: A new perspective on a symmetric world, Caryn L. Heldt, Shuqi Zhang, and Georges Belfort

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Binding effects in hematite and magnetite concentrates, S. K. Kawatra and Joseph A. Halt

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Electrical and thermal conductivity and tensile and flexural properties: Comparison of carbon black/polycarbonate and carbon nanotube/polycarbonate resins, Julia A. King, Michael D. Via, Michelle E. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Explorations of ABO-Rh antigen expressions on erythrocyte dielectrophoresis: Changes in cross-over frequency, Kaela M. Leonard and Adrienne Minerick

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Anti-enteroviral Activity of Microalgal Extracts Probed by Bionanohybrids of Quantum Dots and Viruses, Ching An Peng and Chung Hao Wang

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Anti-neuroblastoma activity of gold nanorods bound with GD2 monoclonal antibody under near-infrared laser irradiation, Ching-An Peng and Chung-Hao Wang

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Familial 6p22.2 duplication associates with mild developmental delay and increased SSADH activity, Linda Siggberg, Aki Mustonen, Robert Schuit, Gajja S. Salomons, Birthe Roos, K. Michael Gibson, Cornelis Jakobs, Jaakko Ignatius, and Sakari Knuutila

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Direct current insulator-based dielectrophoretic characterization of erythrocytes: ABO-Rh human blood typing, Soumya K. Srivastava, Andreas Artemiou, and Adrienne Minerick

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A continuous DC-insulator dielectrophoretic sorter of microparticles, Soumya Keshavamurthy Srivastava, Javier L. Baylon-Cardiel, Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas, and Adrienne Minerick

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Kinetic study of Ru III -catalyzed polymerization of methylmethacrylate initiated with n-butylamine in the presence of carbon tetrachloride by a charge-transfer mechanism, Rajesh Tiwari and Gerard T. Caneba

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Comparison of rheological properties of carbon nanotube/polycarbonate and carbon black/polycarbonate composites, Michael D. Via, Faith A. Morrison, Julia A. King, Jeffrey A. Caspary, Owen P. Mills, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Gold nanorod stabilized by thiolated chitosan as photothermal absorber for cancer cell treatment, Chung Hao Wang, Chia Wei Chang, and Ching An Peng

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Photothermolysis of glioblastoma stem-like cells targeted by carbon nanotubes conjugated with CD133 monoclonal antibody, Chung Hao Wang, Shih Hwa Chiou, Chen Pin Chou, Yu Chih Chen, Yao Jhang Huang, and Ching An Peng

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Pd-Ni electrocatalysts for efficient ethanol oxidation reaction in alkaline electrolyte, Zhiyong Zhang, Le Xin, Kai Sun, and Wenzhen Li

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Fabrication and characterization of tunable polysaccharide hydrogel blends for neural repair, Jonathan M. Zuidema, Matthew M. Pap, David B. Jaroch, Faith A. Morrison, and Ryan J. Gilbert

Works from 2010

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Free-radical retrograde-precipitation polymerization (FRRPP): Novel concepts, processes, materials, and energy aspects, Gerard T. Caneba

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Effects of carbon fillers on tensile and flexural properties in polypropylene-based resins, Daniel López Gaxiola, Mary M. Jubinski, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, and Ibrahim Miskioglu

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Estimation of the flammability zone boundaries for flammable gases, Travis J. Hansen and Daniel Crowl

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Explosion characteristics of hydrogen-air mixtures in a spherical vessel, Young Do Jo and Daniel A. Crowl

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Interdisciplinary Minor In Hydrogen Technology At Michigan Technological University, Jason M. Keith, Daniel Crowl, David W. Caspary, Jeffrey Allen, Jeffrey Naber, Dennis Meng, Abhijit Mukherjee, John T. Lukowski, Jay Meldrum, and Barry Solomon

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Effects of carbon fillers in thermally conductive polypropylene based resins, Julia A. King, Beth A. Johnson, Michael D. Via, and Charles J. Ciarkowski

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Electrical and thermal conductivity and tensile and flexural properties of carbon nanotube/polycarbonate resins, Julia A. King, Michael D. Via, Jeffrey A. Caspary, Mary M. Jubinski, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Owen P. Mills, and Gregg R. Bogucki

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Modeling the temperature dependence of the Henry's law constant of organic solutes in water, K. Lau, T.N. Rogers, and D. A. Zei

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Effect of compaction on binder performance in copper heap leaching, K. A. Lewandowski and S. K. Kawatra

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Nanostructured Pt-Fe/C cathode catalysts for direct methanol fuel cell: The effect of catalyst composition, Wenzhen Li, Qin Xin, and Yushan Yan

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Uniform hazard versus uniform risk bases for performance-based earthquake engineering of light-frame wood construction, Yue Li, Yuejun Yin, Bruce R. Ellingwood, and William Bulleit

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Camelina-derived jet fuel and diesel: Sustainable advanced biofuels, David Shonnard, Larry Williams, and Tom N. Kalnes

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Varying the diameter of aligned electrospun fibers alters neurite outgrowth and Schwann cell migration, Han Bing Wang, Michael Mullins, Jared M. Cregg, Connor McCarthy, and Ryan J. Gilbert

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Carbon Nanotube Supported Platinum-Palladium Nanoparticles for Formic Acid Oxidation, Olumide Winjobi, Zhiyong Zhang, Changhai Liang, and Wenzhen Li

Works from 2009

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Free-radical retrograde-precipitation copolymerization of vinyl acetate and acrylic acid, Gerard T. Caneba, Zhiyong Xu, and Yadunandan L. Dar

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Suppression of airborne particulates in iron ore processing facilities, C. R. Copeland, T. C. Eisele, and S. K. Kawatra

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A century of process safety-and more, Daniel Crowl

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A method for determining the flammable limits of gases in a spherical vessel, Daniel Crowl and Young Do Jo

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Nielsen thermal conductivity model for single filler carbon/polypropylene composites, Daniel Lopez Gaxiola, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, and Beth A. Johnson

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Mineral carbonation for carbon sequestration in cement kiln dust from waste piles, Deborah N. Huntzinger, John S. Gierke, Lawrence Sutter, S. K. Kawatra, and Timothy Eisele

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Flame growth model for confined gas explosion, Young Do Jo and Daniel Crowl

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A technoeconomic and environmental life cycle comparison of green diesel to biodiesel and syndiesel, Tom N. Kalnes, Ken P. Koers, Terry Marker, and David Shonnard

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Tensile modulus modeling of carbon-filled liquid crystal polymer composites, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Samuel C. Roache

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Electrical conductivity of carbon-filled polypropylene-based resins, Julia A. King, Beth A. Johnson, Michael D. Via, and Charles J. Ciarkowski

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Synergistic effects of multiple carbon fillers on the rheology of liquid crystal polymer based resins, Julia A. King, Troy M. Tambling, Jason Keith, Andrew J. Cole, and Faith A. Morrison

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Correlation of H2 Heat of Adsorption and Ethylene Hydrogenation Activity for Supported Re@Pd Overlayer Catalysts, Michael P. Latusek, Brett P. Spigarelli, Rebecca M. Heimerl, and Joseph H. Holles

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Binders for heap leaching agglomeration, K. A. Lewandowski and S. K. Kawatra

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Polyacrylamide as an agglomeration additive for copper heap leaching, K. A. Lewandowski and S. Komar Kawatra

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Supportless PdFe nanorods as highly active electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Wenzhen Li and Pradeep Haldar

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Comparison of the effects of an ionic liquid and triethylbenzylammonium chloride on the properties of electrospun fibers, 1 - poly (lactic acid), Jeong Moon Seo, Ganesh Kumar Arumugam, Sourabh Khan, and Patricia Heiden

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Preparation and characterization of LDPE and pp - Wood fiber composites, Münir Tagdemir, Hasan Biltekin, and Gerard T. Caneba

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The Chem-E-Car competition and the integration of process safety management, Richard Zollars, Daniel Crowl, and Ronald J. Willey

Works from 2008

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Effect of particle shape on the filtration rate in an industrial iron ore processing plant, J. J. Carlson, T. C. Eisele, and S. K. Kawatra

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Factors influencing dust suppressant effectiveness, C. R. Copeland, T. C. Eisele, D. J. Chesney, and S. K. Kawatra

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Measuring and managing dust and nanoparticulates in pyrometallurgical processing, C. R. Copeland, T. C. Eisele, and S. K. Kawatra

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Thermal conductivity models for single and multiple filler carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites, Rebecca A. Hauser, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, and Jennifer L. Holdren

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Effects of carbon fillers on the thermal conductivity of highly filled liquid-crystal polymer based resins, Rebecca A. Hauser, Julia A. King, Rachel M. Pagel, and Jason Keith

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Kinetic characterization of biomass dilute sulfuric acid hydrolysis: Mixtures of hardwoods, softwood, and switchgrass, Jill Jensen, Juan Morinelly, Anwar Aglan, Adam Mix, and David R. Shonnard

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Individual Risk Analysis of High-pressure Natural gas Pipelines, Young Do Jo and Daniel Crowl

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Tensile properties of carbon filled liquid crystal polymer composites, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Peter W. Grant, Andrew J. Cole, Bryan M. Klett, and Ibrahim Miskioglu

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Synergistic effects of carbon fillers in electrically and thermally conductive liquid crystal polymer based resins, Julia A. King, Rodwick L. Barton, Rebecca A. Hauser, and Jason Keith

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Synergistic effects of carbon fillers on tensile and flexural properties in liquid-crystal polymer based resins, Julia A. King, Jason Keith, Odell L. Glenn, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Andrew J. Cole, Scott R. McLaughlin, and Rachel M. Pagel

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Effects of carbon fillers on the rheology of highly filled liquid-crystal polymer based resins, Julia A. King, Troy M. Tambling, Faith A. Morrison, Jason Keith, Andrew J. Cole, and Rachel M. Pagel

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Development of experimental procedures to analyze copper agglomerate stability, K. A. Lewandowski and S. K. Kawatra

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Wood-to-Wheels: A Multidisciplinary Research Initiative in Sustainable Transportation Utilizing Fuels and Co-Products from Forest Resources, David R. Shonnard, Jill Jensen, Jeffrey Naber, Qiong Zhang, Ann Maclean, Kathleen Halvorsen, Timothy L. Jenkins, Christopher Polonowski, and John W. Sutherland

Works from 2007

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Conditions for making direct reduced iron, transition direct reduced iron and pig iron nuggets in a laboratory furnace - Temperature-time transformations, B. Anameric and S. K. Kawatra

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Electrical conductivity model evaluation of carbon fiber filled liquid crystal polymer composites, Rodwick L. Barton, Jason Keith, and Julia A. King

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Flammability Envelopes for Methanol, Ethanol, Acetonitrile and Toluene, Mark R. Brooks and Daniel Crowl