Aditya Prajapati

Ph.D. : Fall 2016 - Fall 2021

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Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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Thesis: Artificial Photosynthesis for Conversion of Water and Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Fuels

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Awards:

• 2018 TA of the year award from the Department of Chemistry

• 2019 Provost's Graduate Research Award

• 2019 Award for Graduate Research

• 2021 CoE Graduate Student Award

• 2019 AIChE CRE Travel Award

• 2020 AIChE Environmental Division Best Student Paper Award

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Project Description:

• Development of low overpotential, stable and selective electrocatalysts for CO2RR

• Characterization of catalysts, membrane and light absorbers

• Development of test-beds and prototypes of artificial photosynthetic systems

• Mathematical modeling and simulation of electrochemical cells

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Background:

• M. S. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (2016)

• B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, SV National Insititute of Technology, Surat, India (2013)

Paria Coliaie

Ph.D. : Fall 2016 - Fall 2021

Current Position: Senior Scientist-1 at AbbVie Pharmaceuticals

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Thesis: Microfluidic Platforms for High-Throughput Screening of Pharmaceutical Compounds

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Awards:

• 2018 Chancellor’s Student Service Award

• 2020 Provost’s Graduate Research Award

• 2020 Provost’s Graduate Internship Award

• 2020 AIChE Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award

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Project Description:

• Development of microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip platforms for pharmaceuticals

• High-throughput screening of crystal growth, nucleation and polymorphs

• Multi-scale modeling and simulation

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Background:

• B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2016)

Anish V. Dighe

Ph.D. and M.S. : Fall 2016 - Fall 2021

Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Thesis: Controlling Self-Assembly of Molecules for Directed Nucleation and Growth of Pharmaceutical Polymorphs

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Awards:

• 2019 Provost’s Graduate Research Award

• 2021 Award for Graduate Research

• 2021 AIChE Separation Division Graduate Student Research Award

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Project Description:

• Multi-scale modeling and simulation of self-assembly of rigid molecules

• Mechanistic modeling of crystal growth rate and nucleation rate

• Experimental validation using microfluidic platforms

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Background:

• B. Tech. in Biotechnology, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, India (2016)

Ragavendra Hari

M.S. Non-Thesis ( Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)

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Background:

• B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India (2016)

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Project Description:

• Analysis of Particle Breakage

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Current Position:

• R&D Technician at PepsiCo

Victoria Smith

M.S. Non-Thesis (Fall 2017 - Spring 2018)

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Background:

• B. A. in Chemistry, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania, US (2015)

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Project Description:

• Development of Electrocatalysts for Dinitrogen Conversion

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Current Position:

• Engineer at Siemens

Michael Zepeda

M.S. (Spring 2020 - Spring 2021)

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Project Description:

• Phase-field simulation of Li-dendrite growth

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Sihang Chen

M.S. (Spring 2020 - Spring 2021)

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Project Description:

• Discrete element modeling of dendrite growth in solid-state electrolytes

Rabia Ali

M.S. (Spring 2021 - Spring 2022)

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Background:

• B.S in Industrial Chemistry, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan (2015-2019)

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Project Description:

• Post-fabrication processes of the 3D-printed microfluidic devices.

• Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) experiments for the batch sensitivity measurements of different metals.

• Growth rate measurement using the continuous-flow microfluidic device and the detection of the liquid-liquid phase separation boundaries.

Carrie Schoeneberger

Research Topic: Electrochemical Oxidation of Ethane to Ethanol

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Background:

• B. S. E. in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (2015)

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Project Description:

• Design, synthesis and evaluation of electrocatalysts for oxidation of Ethane

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Current Position:

• Ph.D. Candidate at Northwestern University

Sanjana Epari

Research Topic: Mechanism of Bone Remineralization

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Background:

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (2019)

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Project Description:

• Mechanism of bone regeneration using implants and scaffolds

Grzegorz Kokoszka

Research Topic: Transport Analysis of MEA for Integrated Carbon Capture and Reduction

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Background:

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (2018)

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Project Description:

• Membrane electrode assembly for integrated carbon capture and reduction

Emily Yolo

Research Topic: Solar-Driven Water Purification and Hydrogen Production

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Background:

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (2018)

• Associate of Science, Rock Valley College, IL - 2015

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Project Description:

• Design of solar-driven electrochemical system for simultaneous desalination of water and hydrogen production

Rosanna Granata

Research Topic: Design of a 500 MW Carbon-Neutral Thermal Power Plant

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Background:

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (2017)

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Project Description:

• Design of CO2 reduction unit to utilize waste heat and CO2 from the thermal power plant

Qinyang Fang

Research Topic: Electrochemical Oxidation of Phenol to Gaseous Fuels

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Background:

• B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA (2020)

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Project Description:

• ​Electrochemical oxidation of phenolic compounds to hydrocarbons

Karthikayini Thiyagarajan

Research Topic: High Throughput Screening

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Background:

• B.S. in Biology, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (2025 - Expected)

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Project Description:

• High Throughput Screening of Activity of CO2 reduction catalysts

• High Throughput Screening of Electrochemical Synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks

Vir Trivedi

Research Topic: High Throughput Screening

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Background:

• B.S. in Bioinformatics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (2025 - Expected)

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Project Description:

• High Throughput Screening of Activity of CO2 reduction catalysts

• High Throughput Screening of Electrochemical Synthesis of Metal Organic Frameworks

Christopher Kull

Research Topic: Computer-Aided Design and 3D Printing of Heat Exchanger, Distillation Column, Cyclone Separator, and Reactor

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Background:

• Senior High School Student, St. Ignatius College Prep (2017)

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Project Description:

• CAD and 3D Printing of Chemical Engineering Equipments

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Project Duration:

• May 2017 - July 2017

Mary L. Dekold

Research Topic: Computer-Aided Design and 3D Printing of Heat Exchanger, Distillation Column, Cyclone Separator, and Reactor

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Background:

• Graduated from St. Ignatius College Prep (2017)

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Project Description:

• CAD and 3D Printing of Chemical Engineering Equipment

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Project Duration:

• May 2017 - July 2017

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Current Position:

• B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame