We are delighted to formally welcome the following students into the PhD program in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. All of these students successfully passed the PhD Qualifying Exam and reflect the excellence and diversity of research in our Department:
William Broomhead
Supervisor: Professor Cathy Chin
Thesis: Mechanistic Framework and Site Requirements for Selective Methanol Oxidation on Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts
Daniela Isaacs-Bernal
Supervisor: Professor Molly Shoichet
Thesis: Controlling Stability of Macromolecule Therapeutics to Enhance Delivery
Adrian Philip Lambert
Supervisor: Professor Gisele Azimi
Thesis: Developing a Supercritical Fluid Extraction Process for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Primary Resources
Sicheng Li
Supervisor: Professor Gisele Azimi
Thesis: Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Phosphogypsum Using Mineral Acids or Carbon Dioxide as the Solvent
Jaesuk Paeng
Supervisor: Professor Gisele Azimi
Thesis: Electrorefining for Steelmaking: A Breakthrough Solution for End-of-Life Steel Recycling
Heping (Leo) Shen
Supervisor: Professor Vladimiros Papangelakis
Thesis: Treatment of Pyrrhotite Tailings: Abiotic Ferric Leaching and Biotic Ferric Regeneration in a CSTR System
Yijia Wang
Supervisor: Professor Gisele Azimi
Thesis: Development of an Atmospheric Stable Rechargeable Aluminum-ion Battery