Graduate Students

Aditya Prajapati
PhD Thesis - Artificial Photosynthesis for Conversion of Water and Carbon Dioxide to Renewable Fuels
Educational Background
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M. S. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 2016
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B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, SV National Insititute of Technology, Surat - 2013
Project Description
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Development of low overpotential, stable and selective electrocatalysts for CO2RR
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Characterization of catalysts, membrane and light absorbers
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Development of test-beds and prototypes of artificial photosynthetic systems
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of electrochemical cells

Paria Coliaie
PhD Thesis - Microfluidic Platforms for High-Throughput Screening of Pharmaceutical Compounds
Educational Background
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B. Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran - 2016
Project Description
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Development of microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip platforms for pharmaceuticals
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High-throughput screening of crystal growth, nucleation and polymorphs
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Multi-scale modeling and simulation

Anish Dighe
PhD Thesis - Controlling Self-Assembly of Molecules for Directed Nucleation and Growth of Pharmaceutical Polymorphs
Educational Background
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B. Tech. in Biotechnology, Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune, India - 2016
Project Description
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Multi-scale modeling and simulation of self-assembly of rigid molecules
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Mechanistic modeling of crystal growth rate and nucleation rate
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Experimental validation using microfluidic platforms

Ayankola Ayansiji
Ph.D. Thesis - Magnetic Targeting for Site-Specific Drug Delivery (co-advised with Prof. Andreas Linninger)
Educational Background
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B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria- 2012
Project Description
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Mathematical Modeling of Magnetophoresis
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CFD Simulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid
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Experimental Measurement of Magnetophoresis

Nishithan Balaji
Ph.D. Thesis - Electrocatalytic Conversion of Dinitrogen to Ammonia
Educational Background
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M.S. in Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India - 2018
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B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology - Anna University, Chennai, India - 2015
Project Description
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Screening and Synthesis of Electrocatalysts
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Measurement of Activity and Selectivity of Ammonia Production
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Mechanistic Studies of Dinitrogen Reduction
Undergraduate Students

James Fell
Research Topic- Mathematical Modeling of Crystal Growth Rates
Educational Background
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B. S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL - 2020 (Expected)
Project Description
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Mathematical modeling of crystal growth rates