Kasiraju

Sashank recieves Kokes award to attend NAM25 along with four other group members

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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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Oral Presentation and Best Poster Award at the 2016 OChEGS Symposium

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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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Sashank receives AIChE CRE Travel Award to attend the 2015 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City

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Sashank Kasiraju has been selected as recipient of one of the AIChE CRE travel awards this year. The award includes a $400 check and a ticket to the CRE Division Dinner. Congratulations! Sashank will present his PhD research at this year’s AIChE conference in Salt Lake City in the session “Rational Catalyst Design II” on Thursday,

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Strong presence and poster award at the 2015 OChEGS Symposium

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Our group shows a strong presence at the 2015 Symposium by the Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS) at the University of Houston with a total of 6 presentations and two notable honors. Byeongjin Baek was selected to give the opening presentation on “Experimental and theoretical insights into the hydrogen-efficient direct hydrodeoxygenation mechanism of phenol over Ru/TiO2(110)”.

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Sashank Kasiraju wins Best Poster Award at the 2014 CAMD Summer School on Electronic Structure Theory and Materials Design

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The 2014 CAMD Summer School on Electronic Structure Theory and Materials Design is co-sponsored by Psi-k & Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. It is held every two years at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and attracts a large number of high quality speakers and participants. 3rd year graduate student Sashank Kasiraju presented

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