Graduation

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.

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Congratulations, Dr. Doan!

We congratulate and celebrate with Hieu A. Doan, who is the first student to graduate from our group. Today, Hieu successfully defended his dissertation titled “Computational Screening of Bifunctional Catalysts for CO and CH4 Oxidation”. A large portion of his Ph.D. work was based on productive collaborations with Profs. Bert Chandler and Chris Pursell at

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