03-05-2024: Michael Tomechko presented at the Denman Forum about methane conversion research and got an honorable mention (4th place out of 33)! Congratulations!
05-10-2023: Minjung Kim and Amir Arjomand Kermani presented our work on dry reforming of methane to produce syngas in the 2023 Ohio State Materials & Manufacturing Conference. Congratulations!
03-24-2023: Shang Zhai presented sustainable hydrogen production pathways in Graduate Seminar series at Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
03-17-2023: Publication “A semi-continuous process for co-production of CO2-free hydrogen and carbon nanotubes via methane pyrolysis” went online in Cell Reports Physical Science (link).
01-26-2023: Shang Zhai talked about greenhouse-gas-free hydrogen in the Mechanics & Materials Seminar Series at Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department in UC San Diego.
01-21-2023: Shang Zhai obtains a courtesy appointment with the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University, beginning Feb 1st, 2023.
11-29-2022: Pathways for the Hydrogen Economy to Enhance Sustainability, led by Dr. Jeff Bielicki, was one of two proposals awarded a President’s Research Excellence (PRE) Catalyst grant at Ohio State for the 2022 cycle. Dr. Zhai is part of this interdisciplinary team and focuses on hydrogen production.
11-08-2022: Shang Zhai gave a Graduate Seminar on hydrogen in The William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University.
10-28-2022: Zhai Research Group successfully held a lab open house during the Scarlet and Grey Preview Day today! We are glad to chat with prospective graduate students!
06-21-2022: Michael Tomechko has been awarded a research grant by Undergraduate Honors Committee in the College of Engineering. With this award, Michael is committing to graduate with “Honors Research Distinction”. Way to go, Michael!
04-22-2022: Shang Zhai gave an invited seminar on poly-cation oxide materials for sustainable hydrogen production in Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California.
04-15-2022: Michael Tomechko has been awarded a Student Grant from the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State (link) to work on thermochemical looping conversion of CO2 and H2O. Congratulations Michael!
