We enjoyed two days of seminars from Prof. Devinder Mahajan and Dr. Rangachary Mukund. Devinder provided overview of hydrogen economy, specifically focusing on gas sector and on activities on the North East. Mukund provided perspective from national laboratories, showcasing research under H2NEW and M2FCT consortia. The students enjoyed all the interactions with the renowned hydrogen […]
Prof. Zenyuk travels to Fritz-Haber Institute in Berlin, Germany to deliver a keynote
Prof. Zenyuk travels to a workshop titled “Chemical Dynamics at Extended Scales” organized in Fritz-Haber Institute, Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany to deliver a keynote on a topic of x-ray computed tomography and pyrolysis (Ying’s work). The venue Harnack-Haus in Berlin is quite famous with 35 Nobel prize winners giving lectures there overtime.
Prof. Zenyuk comments on freight electrification for Automotive World
Prof. Zenyuk gave interview to a journalist from Automotive World: https://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/whats-delaying-freight-electrification/ “FCEV-powered freight could be a steppingstone to an efficient, cheaper, all-electric fleet.” By Elle Farrell-Kingsley ““Heavy-duty trucking, aviation, and shipping trains are all currently propelled by internal combustion engines (ICE),” says Iryna Zenyuk, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor at the University of California. “Battery-driven […]
The group celebrates the end of the year
The group had fun at bowling alley, showcasing their bowling skills. We learned about each other styles and learned from each other. Ice cream afterwards was a perfect way to end 2022.
The group attends World Fuel Cell Conference in Irvine
The group attends World Fuel Cell Conference hosted by Clean Energy Institute here at UC Irvine. Prof. Brouwer was an organizer and Prof. Zenyuk acted as a co-organizer along others. Prof. Zenyuk delivered a keynote presentation. 9 group members showed up for this early 8 am talk! Hicham also gave a contributing talk.
Masao will be spending the rest of his PhD at LBNL
The group is saying goodbye to Masao who will spend the remaining 1.5 years at LBNL, co-supervised by Prof. Zenyuk and Dr. Weber. We will miss you Masao but know that you will visit often.
Prof. Zenyuk travels to University of Minneapolis to deliver a department seminar
Prof. Zenyuk travels to University of Minneapolis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science to deliver invited departmental seminar. Prof. Michelle Calabrese was the host. It was impressive to visit this 100 year old department, which is one of the best in the nation. The seriousness and reverence to research was felt in every meeting. […]
The team travels to ALS, Berkeley, CA for beamtime and Prof. Zenyuk is a panelist for NYU Alumni Sustainability Conference in San Francisco
Cliff, Hung-Ming, Jack and Prof. Zenyuk traveled to x-ray CT beamtime at Advanced Light Source (ALS), Berkeley, CA and the team did amazing job of imaging various operando cells, reaching more than 200 scans (a record!). At the same time NYU hosted a Sustainability Conference in San Francisco and Prof. Zenyuk got to be a […]
Ying Huang and Kaustubh Khedekar defend their PhD theses (in the same day!)
Congratulations to Dr. Huang and Dr. Khedekar on their successful theses defenses. Both did phenomenal job during presentations and handled questions masterfully. The committees were truly impressed with their excellence. We will miss you and good luck in the next stages of your careers! And we had a great party to celebrate their successes!
Prof. Zenyuk travels to De Nora, OH to deliver keynote at De Nora symposium
It was fun visiting our collaborators and partners at De Nora, see their R&D facilities, manufacturing plant and to deliver a talk at their annual symposium. We are looking forward to continued collaboration!