Methane Conversion to Liquid Fuels and Chemicals
Project Topics
Cargnello Group
The Cargnello group focuses on the preparation and use of uniform and tailored materials for heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis and the technological exploitation of nanoparticles and nanocrystals. Reactions of interest are related to sustainable energy generation and use, control of emissions of greenhouse gases, and better utilization of abundant building blocks (methane, biomass).
Majumdar Group
The Majumdar Group researches the science and engineering of nanoscale materials and devices, especially in the areas of energy conversion, transport and storage as well as biomolecular analysis. Current research focuses on electrochemical and thermochemical redox reactions that are fundamental to a sustainable energy future, multidimensional nanoscale imaging and microscopy, and a new effort to re-engineer the electricity grid using data science, including deep learning techniques.
Spormann Group
The research interests of the Spormann Group in our lab are at the interface of fundamental metabolic processes of anaerobic microorganisms and their application in bioenergy, bioremediation, and human intestinal health. We explore the distinguishing features of novel microbial metabolism and how molecular and biochemical differences in metabolism shape microbial fitness. We study novel microbial metabolism with relevance to bioremediation, bioenergy, and intestinal microbiology.
Zheng Group
The Zheng group studies the interfacial science among combustion, nanomaterials and energy conversion. Our goal is to bridge combustion science with scalable synthesis and applications of high-dimensional nanomaterials to provide innovative and revolutionary solutions to solve some of today’s most challenging problems, such as energy and the environment. The Zheng group is also interested in innovating new manufacture methods for flexible and attachable inorganic electronics.
Find Courses
- Microkinetics - Molecular Principles of Chemical Kinetics
CHEMENG 130A (Spr) - Special Topics in Nanostructured Materials for Energy and the Environment
CHEMENG 521 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - When Chemistry Meets Engineering
CHEMENG 31N (Aut) - Electrochemical Energy Conversion
CHEMENG 432 (Spr) - Energy: Chemical Transformations for Production, Storage, and Use
CHEMENG 25E, ENGR 25E (Win) - Special Topics in Energy and Catalysis
CHEMENG 516 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum) - Environmental Biotechnology
CEE 271B (Win) - Energy Systems I: Thermodynamics
ME 370A (Aut) - Engineering Thermodynamics
ME 30 (Aut) - High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory Research Project Seminar
ME 390A (Spr) - Nanomaterials Synthesis and Applications for Mechanical Engineers
ME 373 (Win) - Environmental Microbiology I
BIO 273A, CEE 274A, CHEMENG 174, CHEMENG 274 (Aut) - Microbial Bioenergy Systems
BIO 273B, CEE 274B, CHEMENG 456 (Win)
Related Publications
- S., El Abbadi Criddle. “Engineering the Dark Food Chain”.
- S., Dubrawski Shao Milton Deutzmann Spormann Criddle. “Microbial Battery Powered Enzymatic Electrosynthesis for Carbon Capture and Generation of Hydrogen and Formate from Dilute Organics”.
- F., Duyar Tsai Snider Singh Gallo Yoo Medford Abild-Pedersen Studt Kibsgaard Bent Norskov Jaramillo. “A Highly Active Molybdenum Phosphide Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis from CO and CO2”.
- M., Aitbekova Wu Wrasman Boubnov Hoffman Goodman Bare Cargnello. “Low-Temperature Restructuring of CeO2-Supported Ru Nanoparticles Determines Selectivity in CO2 Catalytic Reduction”.
- Cargnello, Cody Wrasman Alexey Boubnov Andrew Riscoe Adam Hoffman Simon Bare And Matteo. “Synthesis of Colloidal Pd Au Dilute Alloy Nanocrystals and Their Potential for Selective Catalytic Oxidations”.
- M., Huang Goodman Losch Cargnello. “Deconvoluting Transient Water Effects on the Activity of Pd Methane Combustion Catalysts”.
- B., Gross Jaramillo Pruitt. “Cyclic-Voltammetry-Based Solid-State Gas Sensor for Methane and Other VOC Detection”.
- T., McEnaney Rohr Nielander Singh Norskov Jaramillo. “Electrochemical Cycling Strategy for Selective and Sustainable C2H2 Production from CO2 or CH4 at Atmospheric Pressure Using H2O”.
- Lee, Rodriguez Gerrard Glaze Chandorkar Chen Flader Shin Kenny. “UNANTICIPATED RESULTS IN THE FIRST DIRECT MEASUREMENTS OF ANCHOR DAMPING IN MEMS RESONATORS”, IEEE.
- Y., Lu Chen Siahrostami Chen Liu Xie Liao Wu Lin Liu Jaramillo Norskov Cui. “High-Efficiency Oxygen Reduction to Hydrogen Peroxide Catalysed by Oxidized Carbon Materials”.
- W., Chen Flader Shin Ahn Rodriguez Kenny. “Robust Method of Fabricating Epitaxially Encapsulated MEMS Devices With Large Gaps”.
- K., Shi Siahrostami Li Zhang Chakthranont Studt Jaramillo Zheng Norskov. “Understanding Activity Trends in Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Form Hydrogen Peroxide”.
- J, Wu Willis McKay Diroll Qin Cargnello Tassone. “High-Temperature Crystallization of Nanocrystals into Three-Dimensional Superlattices”.
- A., Sonmezoglu Flader Chen Shin Kenny Horsley. “DUAL-RESONATOR MEMS MAGNETIC SENSOR WITH DIFFERENTIAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION”.
- W., Gerrard Chen Chandorkar Yu Rodriguez Flader Shin Meinhart Sigmund Kenny. “TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR REDUCTION OF THERMO-ELASTIC DISSIPATION IN MEMS RESONATORS”.
- W., Yang NG Polunin Chen Flader Shaw Dykman Kenny. “Nonlinearity of Degenerately Doped Bulk-Mode Silicon MEMS Resonators”.