Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Theses

Ph. D. Theses

Mr. Ajith Kumar Arumugham Achari. Numerical simulation of fluid dynamics and transport phenomena in electrostatically charged volatile sprays.Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Co-supervised by Prof. Jordi Grifoll. Defended on October 7th, 2014. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/277387

Md. Eszter Bodnár. Electrospraying of polymer solutions for the generation of micro-particles, nanostructures, and granular films. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Defended on Jan. 28th, 2016. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/379820

Mr. Nikolas Sochorakis Saloustros. Electrospray scale-up for the production of particles of pharmaceutical interest. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Defended on October 18th, 2018. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/664720

Mr. Ievgenii Liashenko. Ultrafast electrohydrodynamic 3D printing with submicrometer resolution. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Co-supervised by ICREA Prof. Dr. Andreu Cabot (IREC, Barcelona, Spain). Defended on July 16th, 2020. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/669812

Mr. Jordi Aixart Forés, Characterization of graphene oxide obtained from modifications of Hummers' method and its application for reinforcing textiles. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Co-supervised by Prof. Francesc Díaz. Defended on November 26th, 2021. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/673442

Mr. Antonio Carrasco Muñoz, Production of homogeneous particles by controlled neutralization of electrosprays. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Defended on January 13th, 2022. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/673423

Mr. Alberto Ramón Ferrer, Electrohydrodynamic jet printing: stability and reproducibility. Universitat de Barcelona. Co-supervised with ICREA Prof. Dr. Andreu Cabot, (IREC, Barcelona, Spain). Defended on January 16th, 2023.

Md. Yaride Pérez Pacheco, Cancer cell encapsulation. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Co-supervised by Prof. Ricard Garcia Valls and by Dr. Bartosz Tylkowski. Defended on October 23rd, 2023.

Md. Reyda Akdemir, Characterization of nanofibers produced by electrospinning for biomedical applications. Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Defended on November 16th, 2023.

Current PhD students: Md. Elena Barbero Colmenar (FPI Fellow, since Nov. 2017), Md Paula Martínez Cánovas (FPU Fellow; since Oct. 2020; co-supervised with Prof. Francesc Medina Cabello, URV), Mr. Deepak Parajuli (EU COFUND Fellow; since May 2021).

Master’s Theses

Sergi Paredes Egea. Electrohydrodynamic atomization for the generation of nanoparticles. DEA Thesis. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2006. Bruno Sersante Vásquez. Water electrosprays in standard carbon dioxide. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2007.

Nikolas Sochorakis. Study on a linear electrospray system, with auxiliary electrodes for the production of polymer particles. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2013.

Richard Ahorsu. Enhanced hydrogen evolution of mesoporous TiO2/C nanofibers decorated with Pd nanoparticles in water splitting driven by visible light. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2017. (Cosupervised with Prof. Francesc Medina.)

Reyda Akdemir. Nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(methyl methacrylate) coating on 316L stainless steel by electrospinning. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2018.

Wardah Latif. Characterization of initial droplet size for polymer solutions in electrosprays. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2019. (Co-supervised with Dr. Eszter Bodnár.)

Havvagül Ermiş. Mechanical properties of aligned PCL and PCL/HAp nanofibers made by electrospinning. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2019. (Co-supervised with Ms. Reyda Akdemir.)

Paula Martínez Cánovas. Porosity determinations of electrospun nanofibers by microscopy techniques. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2020. (Co-supervised with Ms. Reyda Akdemir.)

Tamer Ben Hassan. Porosity determination of polystyrene (PS) nanofibers by microscopy techniques. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2022. (Co-supervised with Ms. Reyda Akdemir.)

Maria Laura Mauriello. Method for investigating particle aggregation in particulate films by electrospray deposition. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2023. (Co-supervised with Mr. Deepak Parajuli.)