CEProTECH NEWS and EVENTS

• The Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research co-hosted a webinar with the University of South Carolina on March 2nd 2016. This webinar: “An Introduction to CEProTECH – Center for Electrochemical Processes and Technology” presented the capabilities and value proposition that CEProTECH provides for industrial partners and the synergy offered by a potential partnership with the University of South Carolina. This webinar can be found here.

• The CEProTECH Industry Advisory Board Meeting was to be held October 27 and 28, 2015 at CEProTECH headquarters.

• The EPSuM Technology Innovation Workshopwas held July 8 and 9, 2015 at Embassy Suites (2886 Airport Drive, Columbus, Ohio 43219).

• The EPSuM Workshopwas held April 16, 2015 at Bayer Material Science (100 Bayer Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205).

• PolymerOhio is conducting a Needs Assessment of chemical manufacturing companies to analyze and evaluate opportunities to improve current electrochemical processes being used by industry, and identify opportunities to develop new electrochemical processes to address industry needs and challenges. If you would like to participate, please contact Gary Walzer at Gwalzer@polymerohio.org.

• A webinar on Electrochemical Pathways for Sustainable Manufacturing was held on October 22. View a recording of the webinar featuring Dr. Gerardine Botte (Director of CEER and CEProTECH), Kent Shields (CEO of E3 Clean Technologies), and Gary Walzer (VP Manufacturing Services, PolymerOhio).

• Dr. Gerri Botte, CEER Director discuses the NSF I/UCRC CEProTECH as an Open Innovation Model at the Electrochemical Society Meeting in Cancun.

• Dr. Gerri Botte presented her GreenBox technology in the Edison Theatre at the Electrochemical Society Meeting in Cancun.

• Russ Professor Gerri Botte to teach at 2015 European Electrochemical Engineering summer school. The The 7th European Summer School on Electrochemical Engineering (ESSEE2015) will take place in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands on 21 – 25 June 2015.

• The Fall issue of The Electrochemical Society’s Interface magazine features an article by Dr. Gerardine Botte, Director of CEER and CEProTECH. Read the article, entitled “Electrochemical Manufacturing in the Chemical Industry“.

• Dr. Gerardine Botte named Fellow of the Electrochemical Society.

• CEER receives Coal to Graphene award from the Ohio Development Services Agency.

• CEProTECH had a booth at the 248th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition on August 10 through 12, 2014 in San Francisco, CA.

• CEProTECH is awarded the NIST AMTech advanced manufacturing technology planning grant.  The Electrochemical Pathway for Sustainable Manufacturing (EPSuM) Consortium and its partners will develop the organizational structure for operating and sustaining an industry-led consortium.

• CEProTECH held its first Industry Advisory Board Meeting on May 7 and 8 in Athens, Ohio.  Representatives from the National Science Foundation (NSF), industry, and CEER faculty, staff, and students came together to discuss the research of CEProTECH.

• CEProTECH has been awarded center status by the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Read the article “NSF creates industry electrochemical research at OHIO” for details.

• Dr. Gerardine Botte received the Outstanding Faculty Innovation award given by TechGROWTH Ohio at the Innovation Awards gala on March 18, 2014 at the Ohio University Baker Center Ballroom. Visit www.ohio.edu/research/communications/innovationawards14.cfm for more details. 

• National Science on Screen presented Soylent Green with Dr. Gerardine Botte Monday, March 31, 2014 at 7:00 pm at the Athena Cinema on Court Street, Athens. Science on Screen pairs films with science and technology experts to highlight the rich and varied connections between science, technology, and film. Visit athenacinema.com/national-science-on-screen-night-soylent-green-with-russ-professor-gerri-botte/ for more information. Read the article “Russ Professor hosts futuristic Science on Screen

• Luis Diaz-Aldana successfully defended his dissertation on “Mathematical Modeling of Ammonia Electro-Oxidation on Polycrystalline Pt Deposited Electrodes.” Congratulations Dr. Diaz. (February 2014)

• Welcome to Dr. Omar Movil-Cabrera who joins CEER, from the University of Puerto-Rico, as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate under Dr. John Staser.

• Five  abstracts (presenters in bold) were accepted for the 225th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society in Orlando, Florida from May 11 – 15 2014 (January 2014):
  • Carbon Coated Fe₃O₄ Nanoparticles As Solid Electrolyte Interface for Improving Graphite Anodes in Lithium Ion Batteries by Bahar Moradi Ghadi and Gerardine G. Botte
  • Electrochemical Oxidation of Urea on Nickel Catalyst in Alkaline Medium: Investigation of the Reaction Mechanism (ECS Student Achievement Award) by Vedasri Vedharathinam and Gerardine G. Botte
  • Kinetics Analysis of Ammonia Electrolysis by Luis A. Diaz-Aldana and Gerardine G. Botte
  • Evaluating the Thermodynamics of Electrochemical Ammonia Oxidation for Hydrogen Production by Damilola A. Daramola and Gerardine G. Botte
  • Powder X-ray Diffraction As a Tool for In Situ Characterization of Electrochemical Systems by Dan Wang, Damilola A. Daramola and Gerardine G. Botte

• Wei Yan has successfully defended his dissertation on “Nickel-based Catalysts for Urea Electro-oxidation.” Congratulations Dr. Yan. (January 2014)

• The Ohio University Electrochemical Society Student Chapter was awarded the ECS Student Chapter of Excellence by the Electrochemical Society. (January 2014)

• Welcome to Hamed Bateni, who joins CEER as a PhD candidate. (January 2014)

• Congratulations to Vedasri Vedharathinam, the 2014 winner of the IEEE Student Achievement Award of the Industrial Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering Division of the Electrochemical Society. Vedasri is the second student at CEER to receive this award. (November 2013)

• A paper by Ramasamy Palaniappan, David C. Ingram and Gerardine G. Botte entitled “Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Kinetics on Electrodeposited Pt-M (M = Ir, Ru, Rh, and Ni) Cathodes for Ammonia Electrolysis” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society. (November 2013)

• Professor Gerardine Botte has been invited to speak at XXI Congresso de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Electroquimica (21^st Congress of the Ibero-American Electrochemical Society) occuring from 6^th – 11^th of April 2014. (October 2013)

• Hanspeter Zollig, a PhD student at ETH Zurich, will be conducting a seminar on “Electrolysis – A treatment option for source-seperated urine?” on October 1, 2013.

• Professor Gerardine Botte has been invited to speak at Michigan State University on October 7^th. She will be discussing “Ammonia Electrolysis: from fundamentals to applications“. (September 2013)

• Congratulations to Vedasri Vedharathinam and Santosh Vijapur, who were offered travel grant from the Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division and High Temperature Materials Divisions respectively, to attend the upcoming Electrochemical Society conference. (September 2013)

• Professor Gerardine Botte was invited to speak on “Strategies in Teaching Electrochemistry for Energy Storage” at the recent 64th annual meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry. (September 2013)

• A paper by Vedasri Vedharathinam and Gerardine G. Botte entitled “Direct evidence of the mechanism for the electro-oxidation of urea on Ni(OH)₂ catalyst in alkaline medium” has been accepted for publication by Electrochimica Acta. (September 2013)

• We would like to welcome Dr. John Staser to the Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research. John is a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Ohio University and will be affiliated with the Center’s activities. (August 2013)

• Several abstracts (presenting authors in bold) were accepted for presentation for the upcoming National Conferences of the Electrochemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, both taking place in San Francisco. (July 2013)
  1. Effect of bubbles coverage in gas evolving rotating disk electrodes by Luis Diaz, Madhivanan Muthuvel and Gerardine G. Botte (ECS)
  2. Deammonification of Wastewater through Ammonia Electrolysis by Ali Estejab, Luis Diaz and Gerardine G. Botte (ECS)
  3. Ammonia synthesis from urea using an electrochemical approach by Fei Lu, Madhivanan Muthuvel and Gerardine G. Botte (ECS)
  4. Investigation of potential oscillations during the electro-oxidation of urea on Ni catalyst in alkaline medium by Vedasri Vedharathinam and Gerardine G. Botte (ECS)
  5. Coal derived graphene – Pt nanocomposites for hydrogen production via ammonia electro-oxidation by Santosh H. Vijapur, Dan Wang and Gerardine G. Botte (ECS)
  6. Kinetics Studies for Ammonia Electro-oxidation on Pt Deposited Electrodes by Luis Diaz, Madhivanan Muthuvel and Gerardine G. Botte (AIChE)
  7. Mathematical Model of Parallel Plate Alkaline Water Electrolyzers by Ali Estejab, Damilola A. Daramola and Gerardine G. Botte (AIChE)

• A paper by Ramasamy Palaniappan and Gerardine G. Botte entitled “Effect of Ammonia on Pt, Ru, Rh, and Ni Cathodes During the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Physical Chemistry. (July 2013)

• The Transmission Electron Microscope is currently being installed at the new facility. (May 2013)

• The Center for Electrochemical Engineering Research is moving from 166 Stocker Center to 182 Mill Street. This move will increase the research space from 5,500 ft² to 20,000 ft² (May 2013).

• The planning grant meeting for I/UCRC: Center for Electrochemical Processes and Technology (CEProTECH) June 19th and 20th 2013. For more information, please contact Shannon Bruce. (May 2013)