Carved from oxygenates

Analytical Methods for Fuel Oxygenates

A Concise Background on Fuel Oxygenates Fuel oxygenates are oxygencontaining compounds (e.g., ethers and alcohols) that are added to gasoline either to boost the octane rating, to make the fuel burn cleaner by increasing the oxygen content, or to achieve a combination of both. The most commonly used oxygenates are methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) and ethanol. Other oxygenates include tertiary...

Oxygenates Natural Attenuation : Is Dilution the Solution ?

The term “Natural Attenuation” (NA) has been defined as “naturally occurring processes in soil and groundwater environments that act without human intervention to reduce the mass, toxicity, mobility, volume, or concentration of contaminants in those media” (Wiedemeier et al., 1999). This popular definition goes on to mention that the “in-situ” processes of NA include biodegradation, dispersion,...

Hydrogenation of Biomass Derived Oxygenates

Predicting when seam carved images become unrecognizable

Acknowledgements I would like to thank my advisors, Shriram Krishnamurthi and Michael Tarr for all of their help along the way. You not only provided motivation for my progress, but were instrumental in helping target my research, design the experiment, calculate the results, and prepare for my presentation. Additionally, I would like to thank Cesalie Stepney for her help in performing statisti...

Protein–Protein Interaction Hotspots Carved into Sequences

Protein-protein interactions, a key to almost any biological process, are mediated by molecular mechanisms that are not entirely clear. The study of these mechanisms often focuses on all residues at protein-protein interfaces. However, only a small subset of all interface residues is actually essential for recognition or binding. Commonly referred to as "hotspots," these essential residues are ...