New Ph. D. Students!

We welcome Satish and Lida into the research group, coming to WPI in fall 2013 and just getting started on their research projects.

Spring 2014 New England Catalysis Meeting

The spring meeting of the New England Catalysis Meeting will take place this Friday May 9 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The meeting starts at 9am and should have many great speakers. Charles T. Campbell of the University of Washington will be the key-note speaker for the event. Contact Prof. Deskins for further details.

WPI’s Water Resource Center

Several faculty at WPI (including Professor Deskins) join together in the Water Resource Center to lead efforts in water preservation.

More Arepas

Juan’s wife was kind enough to cook up arepas for many of us. Good stuff!

Enjoying Arepas

At the national AIChE meeting in San Francisco this year myself, Juan, and his family enjoyed arepas from a local restaurant. The pictures don’t do justice to how good these taste.  

New Publication from Elli

Elli has authored a new publication on NDMA/water within MFI-based zeolites. Congratulations to her! http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2013.08.047

New England Catalysis Society Elections

Professor Deskins has been elected chair of the New England Catalysis Society! http://www.necatalysis.org/  

New publication

An article has been accepted on Mn3O4 pseudocapactive materials. doi:10.1002/cssc.201300027

Annual AICHE Meeting

The meeting in Pittsburgh was very good despite the hurricane! Several presentations were made based on work from the group. Juan received a Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Travel Award (which included a very nice meal). He also gave a great talk at the meeting.

NSF Funding

Prof. Deskins has been awarded two grants from the National Science Foundation, along with colleagues Drs. Xiaowei Teng of the University of New Hampshire and Anatoly Frenkel of Yeshiva University. The work will study Pd- and Ir-based alloys as potential ethanol oxidation catalysts in direct ethanol fuel cells.