Chemical Engineering Research Areas
Faculty researchers in chemical engineering are making advances in the areas of Membranes and Separations, Soft Matter and Polymers, Catalysis and Electrocatalysis, and Biochemical Engineering.
Membranes/Separations
Membranes and Separations
Junhang Dong,
George Rieveschl Eminent Scholar Chair Professor in Membrane Science and Technology
513-556-3992
Research Areas: Membranes for strorage flow batteries, water electrolyzers, brine desalination, and gas separations in hydrogen production and CO2 capture and conversion
Research Areas: Process synthesis, design, simulation and control, membrane separations, biological treatment of air, water, and soil
Vadim Guliants,
Chair of the George Rieveschl Advanced Membranes and Materials Group
513-556-0203
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Nanotechnology Laboratory
Research Areas: Synthesis, characterization, and processing of nanostructured materials including CNTs and graphene for electronics, aerospace, and medicine
Research Areas: Molecular sieves for catalytic processes, heterogeneous catalysis for environmental restoration, hydrogen generation, photocatalytic processes for environmental protection, CO2 removal
Soft Matter & Polymers
Anastasios Angelopoulos,
Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
513-556-2777
Research Areas: Fuel Cells and batteries, electrocatalysis, colloid synthesis, metal plating, nanostructured polymeric membranes, sensors
Research Areas: Scattering, polymers, nanomaterials, soft matter
Energy, Environmental, and Nanomedicine Lab
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Research Areas: Structure and Dynamics of Soft Matter and Biological Materials. Biomaterials, Biofuels, Membranes and Water. Neutron, X-ray and Light Scattering, Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
Biomedical Colloid and Interface Lab
Research Areas: Colloids, biophysics, drug delivery, and imaging
Research Areas: Soft matter, polymers, interfaces, wetting, adhesion, soft materials mechanics
Research Areas: Rheology, polymer processing, advanced materials and composites, scattering and rheo-optics, polymer physics
Catalysis & Electrocatalysis
Anastasios Angelopoulos,
Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
513-556-2777
Research Areas: Fuel Cells and batteries, electrocatalysis, colloid synthesis, metal plating, nanostructured polymeric membranes, sensors
Vadim Guliants,
Chair of the George Rieveschl Advanced Membranes and Materials Group
513-556-0203
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Research Areas: Molecular sieves for catalytic processes, heterogeneous catalysis for environmental restoration, hydrogen generation, photocatalytic processes for environmental protection, CO2 removal
Energy, Environmental, and Nanomedicine Lab
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Junhang Dong,
George Rieveschl Eminent Scholar Chair Professor in Membrane Science and Technology
513-556-3992
Research Areas: Membranes for strorage flow batteries, water electrolyzers, brine desalination, and gas separations in hydrogen production and CO2 capture and conversion
Research Areas: Heterogeneous/electro/photo catalysis of C1 and light alkane feedstock, atomic scale materials, electrochemical energy storage
Biochemical Engineering
Anastasios Angelopoulos,
Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
513-556-2777
Research Areas: Fuel Cells and batteries, electrocatalysis, colloid synthesis, metal plating, nanostructured polymeric membranes, sensors
Vadim Guliants,
Chair of the George Rieveschl Advanced Membranes and Materials Group
513-556-0203
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Research Areas: Regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, biomaterials, extracellular matrix, and microscopy
Nanotechnology Laboratory
Research Areas: Synthesis, characterization, and processing of nanostructured materials including CNTs and graphene for electronics, aerospace, and medicine
Research Areas: Process synthesis, design, simulation and control, membrane separations, biological treatment of air, water, and soil
Energy, Environmental, and Nanomedicine Lab
Research Areas: Heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental applications, nanomedicine for gene and drug delivery
Research Areas: Structure and Dynamics of Soft Matter and Biological Materials. Biomaterials, Biofuels, Membranes and Water. Neutron, X-ray and Light Scattering, Molecular Dynamics Simulations.
Biomedical Colloid and Interface Lab
Research Areas: Colloids, biophysics, drug delivery, and imaging
Research Areas: Micro-fluidics and micro-scale physics, biophysics, computational fluid dynamics, chaotic flows, POC diagnostics, bioengineering