Awards, Honors, & Recognitions Of Students
1) Ph.D.
- Vishnu Sriram won the 2019 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Distinguished Master’s Thesis competition in the Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering category.
- Zhouyang Liu won the 1st Place Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Air & Waste Management Association, and was recognized on June 27, 2018 at the 111th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Hartford, CT.
- Vishnu Sriram won Chemical Engineering graduate student award in 2018.
- Zhouyang Liu won Chemical Engineering graduate student award in 2015 & 2017.
- Zilan Zhou won Chemical Engineering graduate student award in 2014 & 2016.
- Zhouyang Liu won the URC summer scholarship in 2014.
- Janice Zhuang won the best undergraduate poster presentation at the University of Virginia's EnviroDay Research Symposium in 2014.
- Xin Li won the 2nd Place Doctoral Dissertation Award for the Air & Waste Management Association Doctoral Dissertation, and was recognized on June 26, 2013 at the 106th Annual Conference & Exhibition, Chicago, IL.
- Zhouyang Liu won the best session paper at the annual AIChE meeting in 2012.
- Hari Bharadwaj won the best session paper at the annual AIChE meeting in 2012.
- Christina Ahting and Rachel Johnstone won the best research project award from the NSF Summer REU Project in 2012.
- Flor Favela won the Best Undergraduate Research Poster Competition at Society of Mexican American Engineers, MAES Symposium in 2011.
- Jinsoo Kim won the URC summer scholarship in 2010.
1) Ph.D.
- Can Li (Dissertation Title: Advanced SCR Catalyst for Simultaneous NOx Reduction and Hg(0) Oxidation from Coal Combustion Flue Gases, in progress)
- Mina Jafari (Dissertation Title: Delivery of ROS-Responsive Doxorubicin Prodrug and NS-309 Activator Targeting Ion Channels in T cells, in progress)
- Vishnu Sriram (Dissertation Title: ROS-Responsive Cisplatin Delivery System for Sustained and Controlled Release, in progress)
- Zhouyang Liu (graduated in 2017; Dissertation Title: Heterogeneous Catalytic Elemental Mercury Oxidation in Coal Combustion Flue Gas, current placement: Merichem Company)
- Zilan Zhou (graduated in 2017; Dissertation Title: Engineered Nanoparticles for Targeted and Controlled Drug Delivery, current placement: Shenzhen Neptunus Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Research Institute in China)
- Jinsoo Kim (graduated in 2014; Dissertation Title: Effects of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, pH, and Light on Growth and Lipid Accumulation in Microalgae; current placement: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
- Lei Cheng (graduated in 2013; co-advisor, Dissertation Title: CO2 Separation from Coal-Fired Power Plants by Regenerable Mg(OH)2 Solutions; current placement: Global Energy)
- Xin Li (graduated in 2012; Dissertation Title: Mercury Oxidation and Adsorption over Cupric Chloride-Based Catalysts and Sorbents for Mercury Emissions Control; current placement: Process Systems Enterprise)
- Yao Ma (Dissertation Title: Energy-Efficient and Thermally-Stable CO2 Adsorbent, in progress)
- Vishnu Sriram (graduated in 2017; Thesis Title: Study of Reaction Kinetics of Elemental Mercury Vapor Oxidation; current placement: PhD at UC)
- Carly Kennell (graduated in 2016; Thesis Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Hybrid Co-Delivery Nanoparticles for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment; current placement: Proctor & Gamble)
- Apurva Badkas (graduated in 2014; Thesis Title: Modified Antibody for Targeted Drug Delivery and Reduced Immunogenicity; current placement: MS in systems biology at University of Luxembourg)
- Zhouyang Liu (graduated in 2012; Thesis Title: Nitrogen Removal and Lipid Production from Secondary Wastewater Using Green Alga Chlorella vulgaris; current placement: Merichem Company)
- Hari Bharadwaj (graduated in 2012; Thesis Title: CO2 Separation Using Regenerable Magnesium Hydroxide Solution; current placement: Trinity Consultants)
- Emily Smith (graduated in 2012; Thesis Title: Conjugation of Anti-HER2 Monoclonal Antibody onto a PLGA-PEG Nanoparticles; current placement: Michelman)
- Bala Lingaraju (graduated in 2011; Thesis Title: Removal of Nitrogen from Wastewater Using Microalgae; current placement: ExxonMobil)