Chemical Engineering
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemical Engineering .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
Recent deposits
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Separation of Phenols and Aniline from Water Streams using Poly(ether-block-amide) Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-14)Phenols and aniline are aromatic compounds in which a hydroxyl group and amine group are attached to the benzene ring, respectively. Both are common organic pollutants in a wide range of effluents from such industries as ... -
Designing Optimal Terpolymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery (Polymer Flooding)
(ACS, 2020-03-20)Terpolymers of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), acrylamide (AAm) and acrylic acid (AAc) have significant potential to be used in polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery. Our earlier work has explored ... -
Evaluation of Doped and Undoped Poly (o-anisidine) as Sensing Materials for a Sensor Array for Volatile Organic Compounds
(Wiley, 2020-06-02)Poly (o-anisidine) (PoANI) and PoANI doped with nickel oxide and zinc oxide were evaluated as sensing materials for four gas analytes (methanol, ethanol, acetone, and benzene). The sensing materials had high sensitivity ... -
Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals with Enhanced Mucoadhesive Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Salmon farms across Canada face millions of dollars in losses every year due to sea lice infestations, which is a cause for growing concern. The current treatment methods are limited and have adverse effects on the aquatic ... -
Empirical, Mechanistic and Hybrid Models for Mammalian Cell Cultures
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)To reach the increasing demand for monoclonal antibodies the pharmaceutical industry has been looking into ways to optimize productivity. Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are commonly synthesized in mammalian cell cultures. ... -
Development of genome editing technique and viability assays for Chlorella vulgaris
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)Microalgae have significant potential as sustainable bio-factories for the production of high value compounds such as astaxanthin and for the production of commodity chemicals, like biofuels. However, the use of microalgae, ... -
Wide bandgap conjugated polymer donors based on alkyloxime substituted thiophene for organic solar cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)Remarkable progress has been made for non-fullerene based organic solar cells (OSCs), with a power conversion efficiency (PCE) of over 18% having been achieved. Conjugated polymer donors consisting of alternating donor and ... -
Wide-bandgap Donor Polymers Based on Thiophene-Vinyl-Thiophene Ester (TVT-Ester) or Thiophene-Alkyloxime (TO) Units in Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-23)The organic solar cells (OSCs), a branch of the third-generation solar cell as a viable future energy resource has received a lot of attention in lab and industry today. The OSCs have advantages of low cost, light weight, ... -
Capacitive Storage of Ions Modelled in a Pore Network using Electrical Double Layer Theories: Helmholtz, Gouy-Chapman-Stern, and modified Donnan
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-01)Capacitive Deionization (CDI) is an electro-driven water desalination technology that has been researched extensively over the last two decades. A CDI cell consists of a pair of charged porous electrodes separated by a ... -
High Surface Area Cu/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst Synthesized by Reverse Microemulsion Method for CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water Gas Shift
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)Nowadays, catalytic conversion of CO2 has gained great attention due to environmental issues caused by CO2 emissions around the world. CO2 can be considered as a source of carbon with hydrogenation (using renewable hydrogen) ... -
Nanocellulose-based systems for the removal of perfluoroalkyl compounds from water
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)The contamination of drinking water sources with poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a cause for concern. These compounds have been linked to several health problems in humans, and thus there is an urgent need ... -
Antimicrobial activity of polyethyleneimine/polyurethane (PEI/PU) colloidal films
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)With the occurrence of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), the development of novel antimicrobial materials has drawn significant research attention. However, developing an antimicrobial material that can be long-term ... -
Machine Learning-Based Time Series Modelling with Applications for Forecasting Regional Wind Power and Air Quality Index
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Recently, time series forecasting has acquired a considerable academic and industrial interest in various areas for different applications. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are known for their ability to capture the chaotic ... -
Reaction Kinetics for High-Pressure Hydrogen and Methane Oxy-combustion in the Presence of High Levels of H2O and CO2
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Continued use of fossil fueled heat and power generation calls for a multi-faceted approach to ensure their associated emissions, in particular CO2 emissions, are mitigated in an economically viable manner. A path to ... -
Enzyme-instructed siRNA Release and Functional Self-assembly of Peptide-based Delivery System
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-based small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery is one of the approaches with great potential to achieve RNA interference (RNAi) applied in gene therapy. CPP-based siRNA carriers hold many merits, ... -
Rationally Engineering Porous Carbon-Based Metal Nanocomposites for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalysis Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-26)Electrocatalysis plays an essential role in electrochemical energy storage and conversion, enabling a number of sustainable processes for future technologies such as metal−air batteries, sulfur-based batteries, and carbon ... -
Functionalized Cellulose Nanomaterials for Integrated Environmental Management
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Bio-mass derived materials, such as cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) are naturally abundant, sustainable, and bio-degradable, and they are promising next generation materials to replace petroleum derived systems. The thesis ... -
Toward Optimization of the Baculovirus Expression Vector System - Development of Genetic Tools to Improve Biologics Production
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Small-molecule drugs have dominated the pharmaceutical industry and physician's prescription pads since the beginning of modern medicine. The most recent decades, however, are most aptly characterized as the era of ... -
OpenCMP: An Open-Source Computational Multiphysics Package
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-24)Computational multiphysics offers a safe, inexpensive, and rapid alternative to direct experimentation, but there remain barriers to its widespread use. One such barrier is the generation of conformal meshes of simulation ... -
Kinetic characterization and modelling of sequentially entrapped enzymes in 3D-printed PMMA microfluidic reactors for the synthesis of amorphadiene via the isopentenol utilization pathway
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-19)Recent technological developments in the field of additive manufacturing have gained researcher attention as a low cost, high resolution, method for the fabrication of microfluidic reactors. In recent years cascade immobilized ...
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