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Dissertation Topics for 2006

Below is a listing of Dissertation Topics approved for new students entering in the 2006-2007 academic year. An abstract of each topic and information for contacting the sponsoring faculty advisor is available by clicking on the project title. Additional details of the project may be available by directly contacting the advisor. It is expected that applicants interested in a particular Dissertation Topic as a first choice will apply to the Graduate Program or Graduate Programs identified in the abstract section.

Project ID/Title:06-01. Development of Glucose Biosensors Using Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Project ID/Title:06-02. A Novel Method to Synthesize Membranes

Project ID/Title:06-03. “Direct Protein/Cell Lithography” on Membranes

Project ID/Title:06-05. SYNTHETIC, SELF-ASSEMBLED EXTRACELLUAR MATRICES: Applied and Basic Studies

Project ID/Title:06-06. Non-Viral Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acids Using Synthetic Polymeric Vectors.

Project ID/Title:06-07. Computational Simulation of a Natural Olfactory Biosensor.

Project ID/Title:06-08. Integrating Computational & Genetic Approaches to Overcome Survival Signaling by Plasma Membrane Phosphatidylinositols

Project ID/Title:06-09. Energetics of Sorption in the Stratum Corneum

Project ID/Title:06-10. Nano-Structured Membranes for Preparative Purifications of Biopharmaceuticals

Project ID/Title:06-11. Temperature-Sensitive Conformational Changes of Coiled-Coil Proteins for Membrane Sensors and Controlled Drug Delivery Applications.

Project ID/Title:06-12. The Effect of Membrane Composition on Transmembrane Protein Conformation including Antibiotic Proteins, Membrane Channels and Drug Target Sites of G-Protein Coupled Receptors

Project ID/Title:06-13. Computational Model of Dopamine and the Bi-Stable Striatal Neuron Membrane.

Project ID/Title:06-14. Novel One-Stage Inorganic Membranes for Removal of Formaldehyde from Urea Aqueous Solutions during Separations of Biomolecules

Project ID/Title:06-16. Controlling Capillary Growth in Engineered and Regenerating Tissues via Regulation of Cell-Matrix Interactions

Project ID/Title:06-17. Neuronal Networks on Membranes

Project ID/Title:06-18. Hierarchically Structured Biocatalytic Membranes

Project ID/Title:06-19. Experimental & Theoretical Studies of Protein Adsorption