Cryptosporidium parvum is responsible for an acute gastrointestinal disease that is self-limiting in immunocompetent people but potentially life-threatening for the immunocompromised. Until recently, C. parvum was the only ...

The elastin polymer, assembled from its molecular precursor tropoelastin, is the dominant component of elastic fibers, which confer elasticity and structural integrity to skin, lung, connective and vascular tissue. ...

Environmental aquatic flows are seldom free of vegetative influence. However, the impact of submerged vegetation on the hydrodynamics and mixing processes in aquatic flows remains poorly understood. In this thesis, I present ...

The mammalian gastrointestinal (GI) tract harbors a complex microbial ecosystem with hundreds of bacterial species at total levels as high as 10¹¹⁻¹² cells/g tissue. These bacteria play an important role in the health of ...

Ongoing efforts to mitigate climate change include the understanding of natural and engineered processes that can impact the global carbon budget and the fate of greenhouse gases (GHG). Among engineered systems, one promising ...

The engineering properties of soils are highly affected by clay content and clay-water interactions. However, existing macro-scale continuum models have no length scale to describe the evolution of the clay microstructure ...