Eilers Alumni
2025
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Damian Agi
- Project Title:
- Physics-Informed Machine Learning Surrogate Kinetic Modeling for the Design and Optimization of Oligomerization Reactors for Sustainable Shale Gas Processing
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Alexander Dowling
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Noah Cabanas
- Project Title:
- Irradiation-Induced Changes of (Th1-xUx)O2 Materials towards Improved Nuclear Energy Safety
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Ani Aprahamian
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Mawuli Degbevi
- Project Title:
- Surface Radical Reactions at Quantum Dots for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and CO2 Reduction
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Emily Tsui
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Jizhou Jiang
- Project Title:
- Electrochemical Validation of Donnan Exclusion Mechanisms in Molecular Layer-by-Layer Membranes
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jennifer Schaefer
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Jose Rebolledo-Oyarce
- Project Title:
- Understanding Copper Sites in Cu-Zeolites through Mechanistic Insights from H₂-TPR
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- William Schneider
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Alba Scotto d'Apollonia
- Project Title:
- Single Ni2+ Active Sites Isolated on Polyoxometalates for Light Olefin Oligomerization
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jason Hicks
2024
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Barnabas Agbodekhe
- Project Title:
- Computational Investigation and Discovery of Novel Materials for the Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Phaseout of Hydrofluorocarbons
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Edward Maginn
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Irina Gushchina
- Project Title:
- Chalcohalide Nanocrystals for Solar Energy Harvesting: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Applications
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Masaru Kuno
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Etinosa Osaro
- Project Title:
- Development of a Universal Adsorption Model for Efficient Energy Applications: Simultaneous Exploration of Molecule and Material Space using Active Learning
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Yamil Colón
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Hope Otor
- Project Title:
- Elucidating Plasma-Catalytic Interactions for Nitrogen Fixation
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jason Hicks
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Jonathan Ouimet
- Project Title:
- Diafiltration Cascades for Critical Mineral Separations to Support a Clean Energy Transition
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- William Phillip
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Gábor Szabó
- Project Title:
- Revealing the Role of Iodine Expulsion in Perovskite Solar Cells
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Prashant Kamat
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Ke Wang
- Project Title:
- Bayesian Optimization of Additive Manufacturing for Thermoelectric Materials
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Alexander Dowling
2023
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Humu Braimah
- Department:
- Economics
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Carmen Chamberlain
- Project Title:
- High Pressure Studies of Uranium (VI) Minerals to Promote a Safer and More Sustainable Future for Nuclear Energy
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Peter C. Burns
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Russell Clarke
- Project Title:
- Low-Temperature Dehydrogenation and Coupling of Light Alkanes using Nonthermal Plasma-Assisted Catalysis
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jason C. Hicks
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Wedage Lakna Nuwanthi Dayaratne
- Project Title:
- Hybrid Molybdenum Bronzes for Energy-Related Applications
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Adam Jaffe
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João Dinis Oliveira Abranches
- Project Title:
- Novel Sustainable Materials Design with Thermodynamics-Informed Machine Learning
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Yamil J. Colón
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Garam Lee
- Project Title:
- Understanding the formation and reactivity of metastable azide (N3) on metal surfaces from the interaction with non-thermal plasma-activated nitrogen (N2)
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Casey O'Brien
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Agboola Suleiman
- Project Title:
- Discovery of High-Performance Gas Separation Polymer Membranes Assisted by Machine Learning
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Ruilan Guo
2022
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Michael Dugas
- Project Title:
- Understanding Electrostatic Interactions in Functionalized Copolymer Organic Solvent Nanofiltration Membranes
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- William Phillip
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Anthony Kipkorir
- Project Title:
- Designing AgInS2-CdS Heterostructure with improved charge separations
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Prashant Kamat
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Deanna Poirier
- Project Title:
- Plasma-Assisted Catalysis for Upgrading Ethane to Valuable Liquid Products through Carbon-Nitrogen Coupling
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jason Hicks
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Hui Xu
- Project Title:
- Operando Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Platform for Studying the Structure and Dynamics of Amine-based Membranes in Complex Environments
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Casey O'Brien
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Lingyu Yang
- Project Title:
- Development of a Novel Polymer Membrane Platform for Alkaline Fuel Cell Electrolyte Application
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jennifer Schaefer
2021
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John Hoffman
- Project Title:
- Spatially-Controlled Functionalization of Nanofiltration Membranes
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- William Phillip
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Krishnendu Mukherjee
- Project Title:
- Computational Materials Discovery and Design for Water Vapor Adsorption using Nanoporous Materials
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Yamil Colón
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Agust Olafsson
- Project Title:
- Infrared Nano-spectroscopy of Plasmonic Materials Using High-resolution STEM-EELS
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Jon Camden
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Preethi Susan Mathew
- Project Title:
- Understanding the Effect of Crystallinity on Perovskite Stability
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Prashant Kamat
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Yujia Wang
- Project Title:
- Computational Investigation of the Identity and Reactivity of Exchange Cu Sites in Zeolites for Selective Activation of Methane
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- William Schneider
2020
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Shelby Brantley
- Project Title:
- Understanding the Dynamics of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in Sodium Ion Batteries with Fluoroethylene Additive
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Steven Corcelli
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Jeffrey DuBose
- Project Title:
- Understanding How Phase Segregation Occurs in Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Prashant Kamat
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Elvis Eugene
- Project Title:
- Revolutionizing Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling with Membrane Separations: Multiscale Modeling, Optimization, and Uncertainty Quantification
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Alexander Dowling
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Hunter Ford
- Project Title:
- Electrochemically Stable Ionomers with Minimal Sulfur Affinity for Mitigating the Polysulfide Shuttle in Metal-sulfur Batteries
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jennifer Schaefer
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Mitsugu Hasegawa
- Project Title:
- Development of a Drag Reduction Technique Using a Microfiber Coating Inspired by Hair-follicles on the Seal
- Department:
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Hirotaka Sakaue
2019
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Nayara Aguiar
- Project Title:
- Electricity Market Design to Increase Integration of Renewables in the Power Grid
- Department:
- Electrical Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Vijay Gupta
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Michael Brennan
- Project Title:
- Compositionally Insensitive Size-Dependent Stokes Shifts in CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) Nanocrystals
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Masaru (Ken) Kuno
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Laura Merrill
- Project Title:
- The Role of Morphology and Electrochemical Interface on the Electrodeposition/Dissolution Efficiency of Magnesium Batteries
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jennifer L. Schaefer
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Samuel Perry
- Project Title:
- Intercalation of Uranyl Peroxide Nanoclusters into Synthetic Layered Double Hydroxide Clays
- Department:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- Advisor(s):
- Peter C. Burns
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Qinnan Zhang
- Project Title:
- Toward a better understanding of iptycene-based polyimide membranes: structure, microporosity and gas separation performance
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Ruilan Guo
2018
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Yolanda Bonita
- Project Title:
- Catalytic performance of molybdenum based bimetallicphosphide catalysts for C-O bond activation for renewable energy production
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Jason C. Hicks
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Feng Gao
- Project Title:
- Elucidating the Role of Electrostatic Interactions in Facilitating Ion Transport through Charge-Mosaic Membranes for Water Purification and Desalination Applications
- Department:
- Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- William A. Phillip
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Rebecca Scheidt
- Project Title:
- Charge Carrier Migration and Halide Ion Movement in All-Inorganic Perovskite Films for Photovoltaic Applications
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- Prashant V. Kamat
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Andrew Schranck
- Project Title:
- Urea electrolysis cells for producing hydrogen fuel
- Department:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- Advisor(s):
- Kyle Doudrick
2017
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Hanyu Ma
- Project Title:
- Size Effect on Ruthenium Nanoparticle-Catalyzed Hydrogen Generation from Hydrazine Borane
- Department:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- Advisor(s):
- Peter Burns
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Randal Marks
- Project Title:
- Selective conversion of nitrate to ammonia using earth-abundant hydrogenation catalysts
- Department:
- Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
- Advisor(s):
- Kyle Doudrick
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Triet Nguyen-Beck
- Project Title:
- Rationalizing the Size-dependent Stoke Shifts in Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals
- Department:
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Advisor(s):
- John Parkhill
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Jize Zhang
- Project Title:
- A Comprehensive Computational Framework for Layout Optimization of Wave Energy Converters that Addresses Large Dimensional Arrays, Causal Control and Uncertain Wave Environments
- Department:
- Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Advisor(s):
- Alexandros Taflanidis