Month: December 2015

Alex Pankiewicz’s Blog Post featured on Forbes.com

Undergraduate student and Tier One Scholar Alexander Pankiewicz participates in the UH Energy Ambassadors program and his blog post “The Paradox Of China — Rising Standards Of Living, More Pollution” was recently featured on Forbes.com. Read more in the Cullen College of Engineering News.

Congratulations, Dr. Ghorbanpour

The third Ph.D. graduate from our group this semester is Arian Ghorbanpour. Congratulations, Arian! Arian was co-advised with Prof. Jeff D. Rimer and his dissertation is titled “Computational Modeling and Advanced Synthesis Techniques for the Improved Design of Zeolite Catalysts”. In his Ph.D. work Arian focused on zeolite ZSM-5, which has many industrial applications, and …

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Congratulations, Dr. Baek!

Byeongjin Baek is the second student successfully graduating with a Ph.D. from our group. Congratulations! Byeongjin defended his thesis entitled “First-principles investigation of Bio-oil hydrodeoxygenation over Ru/TiO2” and is all set to continue his professional career at SABIC. We wish him all the best and a successful future.