RICE UNIVERSITY
Molecular modeling of microstructure and thermodynamics of bulk and
inhomogeneous polymer systems
by
Shekhar Jain
A THESIS PROPOSAL SUBMITTED
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
Doctor of Philosophy
Approved, Thesis Committee:
Walter G Chapman, Chair, William W. Akers Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Sibani L Biswal, Assistant Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kenneth R Cox, Professor-in-the-practice
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Enrique V Barrera, Professor
Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Houston, Texas
January 2009