Please access the pitch slides for these proposed projects through the shared OneDrive folder inside the sub-folder "04. Project Proposal Slide Decks"
I.01 | Bimetallic Single Atoms, Clusters, and Nanoparticles via Switched Solvent Chelate Enhanced Synthesis | JR Regalbuto, CT Williams, John Monnier, John Tengco (USC), Simon Bare (UCD) |
I.02 | Influence of Drying Parameters on Metal Dispersion of Supported Pt Catalysts | Chris Williams (USC), JR Regalbuto (USC), Frank Gupton (VCU) |
I.03 | Diffusion Coupled with Electrostatic Adsorption on Formed Supports: Extension of Project 26 | John R. Regalbuto (USC), Sirivatch Shimpalee (USC) |
I.04 | Understanding Pt utilization by quantitative characterization of isolated Pt modified by promoters on alumina supports | R. Runnebaum, C. Kronawitter, A. Katz, A. Kulkarni, and B. C. Gates |
I.05 | Periodic Trends in the Synthesis of Transition Metal/Graphene Solid Matrix Catalysts | Daniel Gregory (VCU), Tai Yue (VCU), Frank Gupton (VCU) |
I.06 | Synthesis of robust oxygen evolution electrocatalysts from calixarene-templated nanoporous gold | A. Katz (University of California, Berkeley) and W. E. Mustain (University of South Carolina) |
I.07 | Atom Isolation Versus Chemisorption Capacity | JR Regalbuto, Chris Williams, John Monnier |
I.08 | Navigating the Solvent Space of SwiSS: P46 Extension | John Regalbuto, Chris Williams (USC), Frank Gupton (VCU) |
II.01 | Synthesis of Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles over Surface Functionalized Alumina: Extension of Project 47 | Jochen Lauterbach, JR Regalbuto |
II.02 | Using Atomic Layer Deposition to Achieve Strong Metal-Support Interactions | Aaron Vannucci, JR Regalbuto |
II.03 | Probing reversible nanoparticle formation and resulting zeolite damage in Pt-medium-pore-zeolite systems | R. Runnebaum, C. Kronawitter, A. Kulkarni, S. Bare, J. Monnier, A. Katz, and B. C. Gates |
II.04 | Selective localization of P modification of HZSM-5 catalysts to interior pores | A. Katz, C. Kronawitter, R. Runnebaum, A. Kulkarni, and B. C. Gates |
II.05 | Understanding the high chemical and thermal stability of the copper-chromium oxide catalyst | AC Reber, CE Castano |
II.06 | Synthesis of Noble metal Nanoparticles on Mixed-Oxide Supports | Rahat Qazi, Chris Williams, Jochen Lauterbach |
II.07 | Determining the Metal Oxide-Support Wetting Mechanism for Easier Catalyst Development | Regalbuto, Chen and McEwen |
III.01 | Synthesis and characterization of zeolites for improving non-thermal plasma-assisted lignin hydrolysis | Jochen Lauterbach, Zhenmeng Peng |
III.02 | Understanding Humid CO2 Adsorption Under Equilibrium Control in Small-Pore Zeolites | A. Katz, A. Kulkarni, and J. R. Monnier |
III.03 | Understanding olefin feedstock aromatization with MFI-supported non-precious metal catalysts | R. Runnebaum, C. Kronawitter, A. Kulkarni, A. Katz, and B. C. Gates |
III.04 | Promoted copper-based bimetallic catalysts prepared using electroless deposition and galvanic displacement for carbon dioxide conversion to higher alcohols (Project 55 Year 2) | John Monnier and John Tengco (USC) |
III.05 | Design of electrodes for combined thermal-electrocatalytic olefin upgrading using air and water as co-reactants | Coleman Kronawitter (UC Davis) |
III.06 | Transitional Metal Sulfides and Nitrides as Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting | Yuehe Lin and Jean-Sabin McEwen (WSU) |