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Energy research in ChEMS is focused on developing enablng technologies that improve the performance of alternative energy sources (biofuels, solar power, solid oxide fuel cells, advanced nuclear energy production), and improve the energy efficiency of critical systems (advanced gas turbines, LED-light sources).
Featured Student
Sneha Srikrishnan, Second-year Ph.D. Student
Advisor: Nancy DaSilva
"My research involves using the tools of biotechnology to help resolve the nation's energy crisis. Specifically, I am genetically engineering two yeast (Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to convert biomass, such as switch grass, to fermentable sugars which can be used to produce bioethanol."
Nancy Da Silva, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering
Albert Yee, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry
Advisor: Nancy DaSilva
"My research involves using the tools of biotechnology to help resolve the nation's energy crisis. Specifically, I am genetically engineering two yeast (Pichia pastoris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae) to convert biomass, such as switch grass, to fermentable sugars which can be used to produce bioethanol."
Faculty
Nancy Da Silva, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Molecular biotechnology
Research Presentation Slides
Email: ndasilva @ uci . edu
G. Wesley Hatfield, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Henry Lim, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Email: ndasilva @ uci . edu
G. Wesley Hatfield, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Computationally optimized DNA assembly (CODA) and translational engineering technologies for the self-assembly of synthetic genes for optimal protein expression in non-native organism
Email: wes.hatfield @ uci . eduHenry Lim, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Research Interests: Bioreaction and bioreactor engineering, modeling, optimization and control of bioreactors, cellular regulation, recombinant DNA technology, and bioremediation
Email: hclim @ uci . edu
Martha Mecartney, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Daniel Mumm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Mikael Nilsson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Actinide chemistry, solvent extraction fundamental chemistry and process development, extraction and detection equipment development, radiolysis and phase composition of organic solvent
Research Presentation Slides
Email: nilssonm @ uci . edu
Peter Rentzepis, Ph.D., Presidential Chair and Professor, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Martha Mecartney, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Sol-gel processing of oxide ceramics, including thin films, grain boundaries in ceramics, interfacial engineering of superplastic ceramics, and analytical transmission electron microscopy
Research Presentation Slides
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Email: martham @ uci . edu
Ali Mohraz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Understand and exploit colloidal interactions, chemistry, assembly, and response to external fields to design microstructured materials with enhanced functionality for composites, biomimetic applications, alternative energy, and environmental remediation
Research Presentation Slides
Research Presentation Slides
Email: mohraz @ uci . edu
Daniel Mumm, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Development of materials for power generation systems, propulsion, integrated sensing, advanced vehicle concepts and platform protection
Email: mumm @ uci . edu
Mikael Nilsson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research Interests: Actinide chemistry, solvent extraction fundamental chemistry and process development, extraction and detection equipment development, radiolysis and phase composition of organic solvent
Research Presentation Slides
Email: nilssonm @ uci . edu
Peter Rentzepis, Ph.D., Presidential Chair and Professor, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Picosecond time-resolved x-ray diffraction and EXFAS to determine the structures of ultrashortlived intermediates in chemical and biological reactions in liquids; subpicosecond kinetics to probe non-linear phenomena of molecules used for 3D optical storage and electronic switching
Email: pmrentze @ uci . edu
Frank Shi, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Frank Shi, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research Interests: Optoelectronic Devices and Materials, Optoelectronic device packaging materials, optoelectronic medical devices and packaging, white LED technologies, high power LED packaging
Research Presentation Slides
Research Presentation Slides
Email: fgshi @ uci . edu
Albert Yee, Ph.D., Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemistry
Research Interests: Materials science aspects of polymers and soft materials, particularly on how they are used to impact nanotechnology
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Email: afyee @ uci . eduResearch Presentation Slides
