The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute and UH Libraries virtually hosted Annual Data Visualization Day on 30th April 2021, a data visualization contest aimed to promote research synergy at UH. Our graduate student Surya Pratap Singh Solanki entered with an image illustrating the dynamic evolution of a Palladium active site during Passive NOx Adsorption […]
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UH graduate James Sutjianto, now a PhD student at Penn State, shares his inspiring story to encourage other individuals with disabilities to enter STEM research. While at UH, James performed synthesis experiments and carried out first-principles simulations as undergraduate research project on zeolite catalysis in the groups of Dr. Rimer and Dr. Grabow. He then
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Senior graduate student Sravan Kumar presented his research on the role of water on preferential oxidation (PROX) of CO in water-gas shift streams over Au/TiO2 catalyst at the 2019 OChEGS Symposium. PROX is a cost-effective way to purify H2 streams for industrial applications. The objective of PROX is to eliminate trace amounts of CO in H2
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Graduate student Quan Do won his 4th Best Poster Award at the 2019 OChEGS Symposium at UH. In his poster “From Theoretical to Real Catalysts: A Case Study using Methanol Dehydrogenation” Quan discussed aspects of catalyst stability, particle size and shape and their role in determining catalytic selectivity and conversion, uspokerfed.com what are blinds in
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For his work on “Balancing the Site Requirements for Hydrodeoxygenation of Bio-oil over Mixed Molybdenum Oxy-carbide Phases”, Sashank Kasiraju received the prestigious Richard J. Kokes Award from the North American Catalysis Society. This award supported his travel to the 25th North American Meeting in Denver, CO, where he and the other winners enjoyed exclusive access
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Yes, our group is now doing rocket science! Our first year graduate student Karun Kumar Rao received a prestigious and highly competitive Space Technology Research Fellowship from NASA to conduct research on solid state electrolytes for lithium ion batteries. His computational research in our group is complemented with experimental work in the lab of our
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As one of three students presenting in the area of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, Sashank Kasiraju gave an excellent talk on “The nature of the active site of MoO3 for biomass hydrotreating, and ways to improve it” at the 2016 Annual Symposium organized by our UH Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS). This event is our
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Congratulations to graduate student Yuying Song, who was selected by the International Precious Metal Institute (IPMI) as the winner of the 2016 Colt Refining Student Award!! This award honors Yuying’s contributions to the computational design of bimetallic catalysts for new applications in the areas of low temperature emission control and biomass upgrade. Notably, Yuying has
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We congratulate Samantha Bryant and Manuel Rojas for being selected for a Provost Undergraduate Research Scholarship (PURS). With support through the University of Houston Office of Undergraduate Research Samantha will continue to work under the mentorship of Juan Manuel Arce Ramos and study the hydrodeoxygenation pathways of phenol on palladium catalysts. The process is relevant
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The UH Center for Advanced Computing & Data Systems (CACDS) held its 2nd Vizapalooza, a data visualization contest aimed to promote research synergy at UH. Our postdoc Hieu Doan entered with an image illustrating the electron density during methane activation and won the public vote for 2nd place! His award comes with an iPad Mini
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