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Works from 2010

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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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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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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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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

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Vapor Flammability Above Aqueous Solutions of Flammable Liquids, Mark R. Brooks and Daniel Crowl

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Are nanoparticulates present in typical mineral processing practices and can they be suppressed?, C. R. Copeland, T. C. Eisele, and S. K. Kawatra

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The Hazards and Risks of Hydrogen, Daniel Crowl and Young Do Jo

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Thermal conductivity models for carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Kara M. Lenhart, and Bridget Zimny

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Electrical conductivity and rheology of carbon fiber/liquid crystal polymer composites, Julia A. King, Jason Keith, Ryan C. Smith, and Faith A. Morrison

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Nanoscratch testing to assess the fiber adhesion of short-carbon-fiber composites, Julia A. King, Ibrahim Miskioglu, Debra D. Wright, and Charles Van Karsen

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FEM calculations of capillary rheometer flow for carbon-filled liquid crystal polymer composites, Emily Kunen, Jason Keith, Peter W. Grant, Julia A. King, and Faith A. Morrison

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Characterization of free and immobilized (S)-aminotransferase for acetophenone production, Abraham R. Martin, David Shonnard, Sachin Pannuri, and Sanjay Kamat

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Waste Reduction in Metals Manufacturing, Carl C. Nesbitt

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Averaging theory for diesel particulate filter regeneration, Haishan Zheng and Jason Keith

Works from 2006

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Laboratory study related to the production and properties of pig iron nuggets, B. Anameric and S. K. Kawatra

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Recovery of scrap iron metal value using biogenerated ferric iron, Nicholas R. Ballor, Carl C. Nesbitt, and Donald R. Lueking

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Measuring and predicting in-plane thermal conductivity of carbon-filled nylon 6,6 polymer composites, Jason Keith, Carl D. Hingst, Michael G. Miller, Julia A. King, and Rebecca A. Hauser

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Electrical conductivity modeling of carbon-filled liquid-crystalline polymer composites, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, and Rodwick L. Barton

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Thermal conductivity of carbon fiber/liquid crystal polymer composites, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Michael G. Miller, and Amanda M. Tomson

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Creating a mutant luciferase resistant to HPV chemical inhibition by random mutagenesis and colony-level screening, Eileen Kim-Choi, Christiane Danilo, Jeffrey Kelly, Ronnie Carroll, David Shonnard, and Irina Rybina

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Thermal and electrical conductivity of carbon-filled Liquid Crystal Polymer composites, Julia A. King, Michael G. Miller, Rodwick L. Barton, Jason Keith, Rebecca A. Hauser, Karl R. Peterson, and Lawrence L. Sutter

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Electrical conductivity and rheology of carbon-filled liquid crystal polymer composites, Julia A. King, Faith A. Morrison, Jason Keith, Michael G. Miller, Ryan C. Smith, Mariana Cruz, Amanda M. Neuhalfen, and Rodwick L. Barton

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Measuring thermal conductivities of anisotropic synthetic graphite-liquid crystal polymer composites, Michael G. Miller, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Brian J. Edwards, Nils Klinkenberg, and David A. Schiraldi

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Comparison of the guarded-heat-flow and transient-plane-source methods for carbon-filled nylon 6,6 composites: Experiments and modeling, Michael G. Miller, Jason Keith, Julia A. King, Rebecca A. Hauser, and Angela M. Moran

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Microfabrication by X-ray-induced polymerization above the lower critical solution temperature, Vijay R. Tirumala, Gerard T. Caneba, Derrick C. Mancini, and H. H. Wang

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In vitro flexural properties of hydroxyapatite and self-reinforced poly(L-lactic acid), Debra D. Wright-Charlesworth, Julia A. King, Darinda M. Miller, and Cho Hui Lim

Works from 2005

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Dust suppression in iron ore processing plants, C. R. Copeland and S. K. Kawatra

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Shielding-effectiveness modeling of carbon-fiber/nylon-6,6 composites, Nicholas B. Janda, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Warren F. Perger, and Troy J. Oxby

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Shielding effectiveness density theory for carbon fiber/nylon 6,6 composites, Jason Keith, Nicholas B. Janda, Julia A. King, Warren F. Perger, and Troy J. Oxby

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Estimating Sonic Gas Flow Rates in Pipelines, Jason M. Keith and Daniel Crowl

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Electrical Double-layer Effects on the Deposition of Zeolite A on Surfaces, Bovornlak Oonkhanond and Michael E. Mullins

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The Bhopal Tragedy: Its Influence on Process and Community Safety as Practiced in the United States, Ronald J. Willey, Daniel Crowl, and Wil Lepkowski

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Nanoindentation of injection molded PLA and self-reinforced composite PLA after in vitro conditioning for three months, Debra D. Wright-Charlesworth, Darinda M. Miller, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Julia A. King

Works from 2004

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Identifying Criteria to Classify Chemical Mixtures as "Highly Hazardous" due to Chemical Reactivity, Daniel Crowl and Timothy I. Elwell

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Tensile and impact properties of carbon filled Nylon-6,6 based resins, Jessica A. Heiser, Julia A. King, Jeremiah P. Konell, Ibrahim Miskioglu, and Lawrence L. Sutter

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Electrical conductivity of carbon filled nylon 6,6, Jessica A. Heiser, Julia A. King, Jeremiah P. Konell, and Lawrence L. Sutter

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Shielding effectiveness of carbon-filled nylon 6,6, Jessica A. Heiser, Julia A. King, Jeremiah P. Konell, and Lawrence L. Sutter

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Synergistic effects of carbon fillers on tensile and impact properties in nylon 6,6 and polycarbonate based resins, Jeremiah P. Konell, Julia A. King, and Ibrahim Miskioglu

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Tabu search algorithm for chemical process optimization, B. Lin and D. C. Miller

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Ignition analysis of wall-flow monolith diesel particulate filters, Haishan Zheng and Jason Keith

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New Design for Efficient Diesel Particulate Trap Regeneration, Haishan Zheng and Jason Keith

Works from 2003

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Amphiphilic styrene-acrylic acid copolymers from the free-radical retrograde-precipitation polymerization (FRRPP) process, Gerard T. Caneba, Yi Zhao, and Yadunandan L. Dar

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Automating hierarchical environmentally-conscious design using integrated software: VOC recovery case study, Hui Chen, Tony N. Rogers, Bruce A. Barna, and David Shonnard

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Development of an additive equation for predicting the electrical conductivity of carbon-filled composites, Matthew L. Clingerman, Erik H. Weber, Julia A. King, and Kirk H. Schulz

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Studies on the relationship between plate water absorption and unfired iron ore pellet strength, S. K. Kawatra and S. J. Ripke

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Tensile modulus modeling of carbon-filled nylon 6,6 and polycarbonate-based resins, Jeremiah P. Konell, Julia A. King, and Ibrahim Miskioglu

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Synergistic effects of carbon fillers on shielding effectiveness in conductive nylon 6,6- and polycarbonate-based resins, Quinton J. Krueger and Julia A. King

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Effect of cations on unfired magnetite pellet strength, S. J. Ripke and S. K. Kawatra

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Catalysis Today: Preface, Panagiotis Smirniotis and Jason Keith

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Nanoparticles from a controlled polymerization process, Vijaya R. Tirumala, Gerard T. Caneba, Yadunandan Dar, Hsien Hau Wang, and Derrick C. Mancini

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Thermally conductive nylon 6,6 and polycarbonate based resins. II. Modeling, Erik H. Weber, Matthew L. Clingerman, and Julia A. King

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Thermally conductive nylon 6,6 and polycarbonate based resins. I. Synergistic effects of carbon fillers, Erik H. Weber, Matthew L. Clingerman, and Julia A. King

Works from 2002

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Evaluation of electrical conductivity models for conductive polymer composites, Matthew L. Clingerman, Julia A. King, Kirk H. Schulz, and Jeffrey D. Meyers

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Synergistic effects of carbon fillers in electrically conductive nylon 6,6 and polycarbonate based resins, Matthew L. Clingerman, Erik H. Weber, Julia A. King, and Kirk H. Schulz

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Novel scheme for delaying reverse-flow reactor runaway, Jason Keith

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Studies of spinodal decomposition in a ternary polymer-solvent-nonsolvent system, Rahul Saxena and Gerard T. Caneba

Works from 2001

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Green engineering: Environmentally conscious design of chemical processes and products, David T. Allen and David Shonnard

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Factorial design approach applied to electrically and thermally conductive nylon 6,6, Julia A. King, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jeffrey D. Meyers, Erik H. Weber, Matthew L. Clingerman, and Kip R. Ambrosius

Works from 2000

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Derivation of Le Chatelier's mixing rule for flammable limits, Chad V. Mashuga and Daniel Crowl

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Effects of impact modifiers on the properties of rigid PVC/wood-fiber composites, Fatih Mengeloglu, Laurent M. Matuana, and Julia A. King

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Laser-guided direct writing of living cells, David J. Odde and Michael J. Renn

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Safety Aspects during Transient and Steady-State Operation of a Pilot-Scale Distillation Column, Douglas E. Stark, David Shonnard, and Daniel Crowl

Works from 1999

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Flammability zone prediction using calculated adiabatic flame temperatures, Chad V. Mashuga and Daniel Crowl

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Polymerization Control Through the Free-Radical Retrograde-Precipitation Polymerization Process, Bo Wang, Yadunandan Dar, Linhuo Shi, and Gerard T. Caneba

Works from 1998

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Kinase and phosphatase inhibitors cause rapid alterations in microtubule dynamic instability in living cells, B. Howell, D. J. Odde, and L. Cassimeris

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Application of the Flammability Diagram for Evaluation of Fire and Explosion Hazards of Flammable Vapors, Chad V. Mashuga and Daniel Crowl

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Diffusion inside microtubules, David J. Odde

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Process Simulation and Control Center: An Automated Pilot Plant Laboratory, Anton J. Pintar, David W. Caspary, Tomas B. Co, Edward R. Fisher, and Nam K. Kim

Works from 1997

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Consequence modeling for the EPA Risk Management Plan (RMP), Daniel Crowl

Works from 1996

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Studies of the polymerization of methacrylic acid via free-radical retrograde precipitation polymerization process, Anuj Aggarwal, Rahul Saxena, Bo Wang, and Gerard T. Caneba

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Analysis of polymer membrane formation through spinodal decomposition. Part 4: Computer simulation of early-stage coarsening, Gerard T. Caneba and Rahul Saxena