Patents from 2025
Cellulose Based Anti-viral Anti-microbial Spray Coating, Soma Shekar Dachavaram, John P. More, Peter A. Crooks, and Jamie A. Hestekin
Optimized Electrocoagulation Pre-Treatment for Fouling Reduction During Nanofiltration of Lake Water Containing Microcystin-LR, Thomas McKean, Chidambaram Tharmaraiselvan, Sarah Do, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Release of Growth Factors at Wound Healing Stages, Joshua Sakon, Robert Beitle, Hazim S. Aljewari, Osamu Matsushita, and Stephanie Beitle
Submissions from 2024
Cellulose–Starch Composite Aerogels as Thermal Superinsulating Materials, Safoura Ahmadzadeh, Angelina Sagardui, David Huitink, Jingyi Chen, and Ali Ubeyitogullari
Liquid Crystalline Collagen Assemblies as Substrates for Directed Alignment of Human Schwann Cells, Homa Ghaiedi, Luis Carlos Pinzon-Herrera, Saja Alshafeay, Leonard Harris, Jorge Almodovar, and Karthik Nayani
Performance and Enhanced Efficiency Induced by Cold Plasma on SAPO-34 Membranes for CO2 and CH4 Mixtures, Fnu Gorky, Vashanti Storr, Grace Jones, Apolo Nambo, Jacek B. Jasinski, and Maria L. Carreon
Reactive Dye Wash-Off Processing of Cotton Fabrics Using Polymer Dye Transfer Inhibitors for Sustainable Dyeing, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Tuba Toprak-Cavdur, Safiqul Islam, Fatema Tarannum, and Keisha Walters
Electrocoagulation as a Pretreatment for Reverse Osmosis for Potable Water from Brackish Groundwater, Mahmood Jebur, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Hideto Matsuyama, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Stimuli-Responsive Phosphate Hydrogel: A Study on Swelling Behavior, Mechanical Properties, and Application in Expansion Microscopy, Yokly Leng, Collin N. Britten, Fatema Tarannum, Kayla Foley, Christopher Billings, Yingtao Liu, and Keisha B. Walters
Laser Doppler Velocimetry and Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements in a Wind Tunnel Model of the Jack Rabbit II Special Sonic Anemometer Study, Paulo V.d.F. Lopes, Thomas Spicer, and Chad T. Smith
A Multi-Tiered Mentoring Community Approach to Research Experiences for Local Students from Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Minority Backgrounds, Thomas McKean, LaShall Bates, GAry BAtes, Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosley, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Tempo-cellulose Structures And Related Methods, John P. Moore II, Jamie A. Hestekin, Peter A. Crooks, Narsimha Reddy Penthala, Shobanbabu Bommagani, and Soma Shekar Dachavaram
Carbon-Based Nanocomposite Membranes for Membrane Distillation: Progress, Problems and Future Prospects, Chhabilal Regmi, Yuwaraj K. Kshetri, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Recovery of Ionic Liquid from the Model Solution Mixture Mimicking the Catalytically Hydrolyzed Cellulose Product Utilizing Amberlyst Ion-Exchange Resin, Chhabilal Regmi, Chidambaram Thamariselvan, Zhexi Zhu, Xianghong Qian, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
A Liquid Crystal-Based Biomaterial Platform for Rapid Sensing of Heat Stress Using Machine Learning, Prateek Verma, Elizabeth Adeogun, Elizabeth S. Greene, Sami Dridi, Ukash Nakarmi, and Karthik Nayani
Patents from 2023
Bilayer Electrospun Membranes For Treating Fracking Wastewater Via Membrane Distillation, Jorge Almodovar, Ranil Wickramasinghe, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, and David Alfonso Castilla-Casadiego
Metal Oxide Core-shell Nanoparticles And Applications Thereof, Jingyi Chen, Lauren F. Greenlee, Ryan H. Manso, Prashant Acharya, and Cameron C. Crane
Innovative Approaches to Poultry Processing Wastewater Treatment: The Stainless Steel Ultrafiltration Membrane as a Viable Option, Saubana Olorunrola Dada, Chidambaram Thamariselvan, Mahmood Jebur, and Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe
Influence of Metal-Coordinating Comonomers on the Coordination Structure and Binding in Magnetic Poly(ionic Liquid)s, Kayla Foley, Lucas Condes, and Keisha B. Walters
Solution and Film Self-Assembly Behavior of a Block Copolymer Composed of a Poly(ionic Liquid) and a Stimuli-Responsive Weak Polyelectrolyte, Kayla Foley and Keisha B. Walters
Composite Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles And Applications Thereof, Lauren F. Greenlee, Mojtaba Abolhassani, Charles B. Gause, Colm G. Humphreys, and Alexis W. Carpenter
High Flux Novel Polymeric Membrane for Renal Applications, Christa N. Hestekin, Efecan Pakkaner, Jamie Hestekin, Leticia Santos De Souza, Partha Pratim Chowdhury, Juliana Louzada Marçal, John Moore, Sarah A. Hesse, Christopher J. Takacs, Christopher J. Tassone, Soma Shekar Dachavaram, Peter A. Crooks, Kate Williams, and Ira Kurtz
Local IL-10 Delivery Modulates the Immune Response and Enhances Repair of Volumetric Muscle Loss Muscle Injury, Tai Huynh, Cassandra Reed, Zain Blackwell, Peyton Phelps, Luis Carlos Pinzon-Herrera, Jorge Almodovar, David A. Zaharoff, and Jeffery Wolchok
Integrated Electrocoagulation, Ultrafiltration, Membrane Distillation, and Crystallization for Treating Produced Water, Mahmood Jebur, Yelyzaveta Bachynska, Xiaolei Hao, and Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe
Enhancing Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) Seed Shell Biochar Through Acid-Base Modification for Effective Phenol Removal from Aqueous Environments, Oyinlola R. Obanla, Jamie A. Hestekin, Modupe E. Ojewumi, Imen Bousrih, and Modupeoluwa C. Fawole
Transcriptome Profiling of a Synergistic Volumetric Muscle Loss Repair Strategy, Kevin Roberts, John Taehwan Kim, Jacob Schluns, Grady Dunlap, Jamie Hestekin, and Jeffery Wolchok
Publications from 2022
Cradle-to-Grave Life Cycle Assessment of Production and Consumption of Pulses in the United States, Prathamesh A. Bandekar, Ben Putman, Greg Thoma, and Marty Matlock
Assessment of Struvite as an Alternative Sources of Fertilizer-Phosphorus for Flood-Irrigated Rice, Kristofor R. Brye, Niyi Sunday Omidire, Leah Ashley English, Ranjan Parajuli, Laszlo Kekedy-Nagy, Ruhi Sultana, Jennie Popp, Greg Thoma, Trenton L. Roberts, and Lauren F. Greenlee
Biodegradable Microneedle Patch for Delivery of Meloxicam for Managing Pain in Cattle, David A. Castilla-Casadiego, Katherine A. Miranda-Munoz, Jesse L. Roberts, Anne D. Crowell, David Gonzalez-Nino, Dipankar Choudhury, Frank O. Aparicio-Solis, Shannon L. Servoss, Adrianne M. Rosales, Gary Prinz, Min Zou, Yuntao Zhang, Johann F. Coetzee, Lauren F. Greenlee, Jeremy Powell, and Jorge Almodovar
Electrospun Hydrophobic Interaction Chromatography (HIC) Membranes for Protein Purification, Shu-Ting Chen, Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe, and Xianghong Qian
Microcystin-LR Removal from Water via Enzymatic Linearization and Ultrafiltration, Abelline Fionah, Cannon Hackett, Hazim Aljewari, Laura Brady, Faisal Alqhtani, Isabel C. Escobar, and Audie K. Thompson
Effects of Heat Stress on Cyto(chemo)kine and Inflammasome Gene Expression and Mechanical Properties in Isolated Red and White Blood Cells from 4 Commercial Broiler Lines and their Ancestor Jungle Fowl, Elizabeth S. Greene, Elizabeth Adeogun, Sara K. Orlowski, Karthik Nayani, and Sami Dridi
Ultrafiltration Membranes Functionalized with Copper Oxide and Zwitterions for Fouling Resistance, Cannon Hackett, Mojtaba Abolhassani, Lauren Greenlee, and Audie K. Thompson
Immunomodulatory Functions of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells are Enhanced When Cultured on HEP/COL Multilayers Supplemented with Interferon-gamma, Mahsa Letter-Mahsa Haseli, David A. Castilla-Casadiego, Luis Carlos Pinzon-Herrera, Alexander Hillsley, Katherine A. Miranda-Munoz, Srikanth Sivaraman, Adrianne M. Rosales, Raj R. Rao, and Jorge Almodovar
Process- and Product-Related Foulants in Virus Filtration, Solomon Isu, Xianghong Qian, Andrew L. Zydney, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Development of Custom Wall-Less Cardiovascular Flow Phantoms with Tissue-Mimicking Gel, Megan Laughlin, Sam E. Stephens, Jamie A. Hestekin, and Morten O. Jensen
Prospective Life Cycle Assessment and Cost Analysis of Novel Electrochemical Struvite Recovery in a U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plant, Karla G. Morrissey, Leah English, Greg Thoma, and Jennie S. Popp Ph.D.
Development of an Integrated Salt Cartridge-Reverse Electrodialysis (Red) Device to Increase Electrolyte Concentrations to Biomedical Devices, Efecan Pakkaner, Jessica L. Orton, Caroline G. Campbell, Jamie A. Hestekin, and Christa N. Hestekin
Developing a Rational Approach to Designing Recombinant Proteins for Peptide-directed Nanoparticle Synthesis, Adithya Polasa, Imann Mosleh, James Losey, Alireza Abbaspourrad, Robert Beitle, and Mahmoud Moradi
Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater Streams Using Membrane Bioreactors: A Review, Arijit Sengupta, Mahmood Jebur, Mohanad Kamaz, and Sumith R. Wickramasinghe
In Vitro Blood Clot Formation and Dissolution for Testing New Stroke-Treatment Devices, Kayla Wood, Sam E. Stephens, Feng Xu, Alshaimaa Hazaa, James C. Meek, Hanna K. Jensen, Morten O. Jensen, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Publications from 2021
Wastewater-recovered Struvite Effects on Total Extractable Phosphorus Compared with Other Phosphorus Sources, Ryder Anderson, Kristofor R. Brye, Lauren Greenlee, Trenton L. Roberts, and Edward Gbur
Electrochemically Precipitated Struvite Effects on Extractable Nutrients Compared with Other Fertilizer-phosphorus Sources, Ryder Anderson, Kristofor R. Brye, Laszlo Kekedy-Nagy, Lauren Greenlee, Edward Gbur, and Trenton Roberts
Simple LAMP PCR design for low resource setting and minimal environmental footprint, Robert Beitle Jr., Christa N. Hestekin, Ahmed K. Ali Elmasheiti, Kimberly Cribbs, Michael Rienisch, Bryce Cameron Jones, Allysa Swearingen, Brandon Hart, Kevin Clark, and Vicki Thompson
Facile Synthesis of Tertiary Amine Pendant Polymers by Cu0-Mediated ATRP under Aqueous Conditions, Collin M. Britten, Kristen Lason, and Keisha Walters
High Performance Mixed-Matrix Electrospun Membranes for Ammonium Removal from Wastewaters, Shu-Ting Chen, Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe, and Xianghong Qian
Application of Zwitterions in Forward Osmosis: A Short Review, Yu-Hsuan Chiao, Arijit Sengupta, Micah Belle Marie Yap Ang, Shu-Ting Chen, Teow Yeit Haan, Jorge Almodovar, Wei-Song Hung, and S. Ranil Wickramasinghe
Hierarchically nanostructured films and applications thereof, Robert H. Coridan, Mya A. Norman, and Walker Perez
Nickel-Iron Alloy Nanoparticle Characteristics Pre- and Post-Reaction With Orange G, Shelby L. Foster, Prashant Acharya, Mojtaba Abolhassani, Skylar Watson, Sheldon Shinn, and Lauren F. Greenlee
Metal alloy core-shell nanoparticles and related methods, Lauren F. Greenlee and Prashant Acharya
