Technical Reports to Industrial Partners
- Suresh S. Narine, Physical Properties of Low Trans Lipid Shortenings created through transesterification, A report submitted to Archer Daniel Midland, August, 2003.
- Suresh S. Narine, Use of Vegetable Oils as a Potential Feedstock for Candles, A report submitted to Bunge Foods, September, 2002
- Suresh S. Narine, Use of Soy Free Fatty Acids in the Manufacture of Diacylglycerols, A report submitted to Archer Daniel Midland, September, 2002.
- Suresh S. Narine (2001) Structural Modifications via Manipulation of Processing Parameters to Produce Superior Cocoa Butter Replacements, A Report Submitted to Bunge Foods, August 19, 2001, Bradley, IL, U.S.A.
- Suresh S. Narine and Alejandro G. Marangoni (1999) The use of fractal models in the analysis of factors affecting the texture of Milka Chocolate, A report submitted to Kraft Foods, April 15, 1999, Glenview, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Theses
- Suresh S. Narine, Structure and Mechanical Properties of Fat Crystal Networks, A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of the University of Guelph, March, 2000 (Ph.D. Thesis, University of Guelph).
- Suresh S. Narine, A High Resolution Quartz Microbalance for Surface Studies, A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Graduate Studies of Trent University, 1998. (MSc. Thesis, Trent University).
Student Theses
Current Graduate Students
Navindra Sodoo, PhD (Sept 2018), Bio-based Phase Change Materials and Lubricants
Graduate Students
Kosheela Poo Palam, PhD (October 2015), Bio-based polymers
Avinash Persaud, MSc (September 2016), Renewable Polymers from Metathesis Modified Vegetable Oils
Vishol Kishun, MSC (September 2016), Doing it Right: Eliminating Mercury Use in Gold Mining in Guyana
Thien Nguyen Quoc, PhD (June 2016), Modification of soybeans so as to influence the fatty acid profiles to be more industrially beneficial
Kira Ramphal, MSc (December 2015), Novel strains of algae for the production of stearidonic acid, and the use of hormonal pathways to cause variations in fatty acid profiles
Athira Mohanan, PhD (December 2015), Multi-length scale phase behavior of binary eutectic-forming lipid molecules
Shegufa Merchant, PhD (December 2015), Hybrid Bio-silicate Materials Synthesis and Characterization
Prasanth Pillai Kumar, PhD (December 2015), Synthesis of Lipid Based Polyols from 1-Butene Metathesized Palm Oil for Use in Polyurethane Foam Applications
Latchmi Raghunanan, PhD (November 2015) Trent University, Novel Aliphatic Lipid-Based Diesters for Use in Lubricant Formulations: Structure-Property Investigations
Michael C Floros, PhD (October 2015) Trent University, Novel Functional Materials from Renewable Lipids: Amphiphilic Antimicrobial Surfaces and Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage
Michael Tessier, MSc (January 2015) Trent University, Investigation of using Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage in Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage
Emily Morrison, MSc (January 2014) Trent University, Learning from One Another: A comparative study between Canada and Brazil on University Technology Transfer through Biomaterial Spin-off Development
Ghazaleh Pourfallah, MSc (January 2013) Trent University, Structure and functionality of green polyesters from lipids
Jiaqing Zuo, MSc (Fall 2010) Trent University, Synthesis and characterization of polyester amide derived from lipid-based components
Marie-Josée Dumont, PhD (Fall 2009) U of A, Polyurethanes Plastic Sheets and Foams Synthesized from Aromatic Triols
Guoguang Liu, MSc (Fall 2008) U of A, Polyesters Synthesized from 9-Hydroxynonanoic Acid Derived from Lipid Materials
Darren Walkey, MSc (Fall 2008) U of A, Research Valuation and Project Decision Making Processes
Jin Yue, PhD (Fall 2007) U of A, Synthesis of Novel Polyols and Polyacids from Vegetable Oils ortheir Derivatives for Polymer Use and their Chemical Identification
Kerry L. Humphrey, PhD (Fall 2007) U of A, Phase Behaviour Studies of Edible Lipids and their Industrial Applications
Marc V. Boodhoo, MSc (Fall 2007) U of A, The binary phase behaviour of positional isomers of triacylglycerols
Weihua Liu, M. Eng. (Summer 2007) U of A, Phase Behavior of a Binary Lipid System: 1,3 propanediol dimyristate and 1,3 propanediol distearate
Pornpa Suriyamongkol, MSc (Fall 2006) U of A, Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana seeds
Sandra S. Dyal, MSc (Fall 2005) U of A, Maximizing the production of gamma-linolenic acid in Mortierella ramanniana var. ramanniana as a function of pH, temperature, carbon source, nitrogen source, metal ions, and oil supplementation