Research projects presented by graduate students during the Symposium include the following:
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Daniyal Kiani:
Synthesis and Structure of Model Silica-supported Na-doped Tungsten oxide Catalysts for Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM)
Benjamin Moskowitz:
Structure-activity relationships in the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene over supported ZnO/ZrO2/SiO2 catalysts
Eli Ream:
Direct Conversion of Ethylene to Propylene through Simultaneous Ethylene Dimerization and Olefin
John Sakizadeh:
Ligand Exchange Mediated Assembly of a Biomineralized Nanocomposite Photocatalyst
Lohit Sharma:
High selectivity tin modified γ-alumina for propane dehydrogenation under H2S co-feed
Manoj Silva:
Transition metal-doped MgO nanoparticles for nutrient recycling: an alternate Mg source for struvite synthesis from wastewater
Erin Sobchinsky:
Ethylene Dimerization to n-Butene with Nickel Sulfate on Zirconia: Investigation of the Molecular Structure and Activity of Surface Nickel and Sulfate Species
Sagar Sourav:
OCM Reaction Pathways over Supported Na2WO4/SiO2 Catalysts
Tiancheng Pu:
Unraveling the Reactivity of Ethylene with Oxygen Species on/in Silver Catalysts
Bin Zhang:
Tuning the Surface Active Sites by Surface Modification of Supported ReO4/(SiO2-Al2O3) Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis
SYSTEMS AND COMPUTATION
Yuyu Yao:
Dynamic modeling and predictive control of cardiovascular system using vagal nerve stimulation
Christopher Rzepa:
Computational Investigation of Correlations in Adsorbate Entropy for Pure-Silica Zeolite Adsorbents
BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCE
Shannon Collins:
Outer Membrane Vesicles as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles
Shivani Desai:
Rheological characterization of covalent adaptable thioester networks
Ziang Li:
Toxin-Triggered Vehicle for Controlled Delivery of Antibiotics
John McGlynn:
Human mesenchymal stem cell-engineered length scale dependent rheology of the pericellular region measured with bi-disperse multiple particle tracking microrheology
Nan Wu:
Microrheological characterization of covalent adaptable hydrogel degradation in response to temporal pH changes that mimic the gastrointestinal tract
MATERIALS AND INTERFACES
Hao Dong:
Lubricated Sliding Friction Enhancement for Soft Materials with an Embedded Mesh Structure (EMS)
Jinghui Gao:
The fabrication of magnetic Janus particles
Shiqin He:
Characterizing the rheological properties for both polydisperse and monodisperse colloidal rod systems
Nur Ozdemir:
Scalable biomineralization of CdS quantum dots by immobilized cystathionine γ-lyase
Kunli Yang:
Electrochemical Production of NH3 Using Proton-Conducting Ceramic Electrolytes