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Education

  • Ph.D., Chem. Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR - Expected Jun. 2017
  • B.S., Chem. Engineering, Federal Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, PE – Brazil - Graduated Jan. 2012


Recent projects

Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR - Apr. 2013 - Present

  • Synthesis of nanomaterials for efficient light absorbing for more efficient photovoltaic devices
  • Synthesis of Cd/Pb free quantum dots
  • Optimization of continuous microwave-assisted synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
  • Modeling continuous flow microwave heating using finite elements (Comsol®)

 

Personal development

  • Co-lab-manager and website manager for Dr. Herman’s research group, 2014 – present
  • Petroleum Refining and Gas Processing Technologies emphasis curriculum was obtained as an addition to the standard chemical engineering curriculum


Patent

  • Co-inventor of patent “Continuous microwave-assisted segmented flow reactor for high-quality nanocrystal synthesis”.  US2015/0182936  –  Jul. 2015


Publications

  • “Gas-liquid segmented flow microwave-assisted synthesis of MOF-74(Ni) under moderate pressures”.  Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Robert C. Fitzmorris, Majid Ahmadi, Nick Wannenmacher, Praveen K. Thallapally, B. Peter McGrail, and Gregory Herman. Cryst EngComm, 17, 5502-5510 (2015).
  • “Hydrogen production from catalytic conversion of natural gas”. Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Cesar M. de Abreu. Chemical Engineering Honors thesis, Federal University of Pernambuco, 2011, Recife-PE-Brazil.


Presentations

  • "Microwave-assisted continuous flow synthesis of CuInS2 quantum dots". Robert C. Fitzmorris, Majid Ahmadi, Gustavo H. Albuquerque, and Gregory S. Herman. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Honolulu-HI. 
  • "Microwave-assisted continuous flow synthesis of MOF-74(Ni) under moderate pressures”. (Poster) Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Robert C. Fitzmorris, Majid Ahmadi, and Gregory S. Herman. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2015, Honolulu – HI
  • “Segmented flow microwave-assisted synthesis of CPO-27-Ni under moderate pressures”. (Poster) Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Robert C. Fitzmorris, Majid Ahmadi, and Gregory S. Herman. OSU Engineering EXPO 2015, Portland-OR
  • “Microwave-assisted continuous flow synthesis of CPO-27-Ni under moderate pressures”. (Poster) Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Robert C. Fitzmorris, Derek Wong, Joshua Motley, and Gregory S. Herman. 2014 Pacific Northwest American Vacuum Society meeting, Richland-WA
  • “Microwave-assisted synthesis of CPO-27-Ni under moderate pressures”. Gustavo H. Albuquerque, Robert C. Fitzmorris, Joshua Motley, and Gregory S. Herman. 2014 American Chemical Society Northwest regional meeting, Missoula-MT

 

Linkedin Profile

Email: 
albuqueg@oregonstate.edu
Interests: 
My research is strongly related to process engineering, optimization, and reactors design. Microwave-assisted synthesis of nanomaterials, microtechnology (reaction engineering and manufacturing), and supporting reaction engineering using finite elements methods modeling.
Position: 
Graduate Student