Árnadóttir Research Group

2023

• Qiu Jin is awarded the 2023 Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award
• Christian Andrade Herrera presented a poster at the PNW-AVS meeting in Boise September 2023
• Líney Árnadóttir is named AVS fellow
• Líney Árnadóttir is promoted to Professor
• The Árnadóttir group hosts SESEY team
• Hoan K.K. Nguyen published a first author paper in Journal of Physical Chemistry C

2022

• Hoan K.K. Nguyen co-authors a paper in JACS https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c05673
• Qiu Jin joins the group as a post doctoral researcher.
• Hoan K.K. Nguyen gets the Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship 2022.
• Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the RISE professional internship in Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany Summer 2022.
• Kingsley Chukwuma Chukwus first author paper accepted in ACS Catalysis.

2021

• Hoan K.K. Nguyen get second price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2021
• As a UW alumin Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the Early Career Impact Award from the University of Washington Chemical Engineering Department 2021.
• Dr. Sumandeep Kaur joins our teams as a postdoctorial scholar, welcome Suman.
• A collaboration between ForgeNano, INL and the Arnadottir group for Catalyst Active Site Design by ALD for Advanced Chemical Manufacturing is funded by DOE EERE.
• Our paper in Nature partner journal Material Degradation was highlighted as Science Success on the XSEDE website 
• Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Applied Surface Science
• Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Journal of the Electrochemical Society

2020

• Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
• Kofi Oware Sarfo wins first price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020 and Hoan Nguyen gets honorable mention.
• Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the College of Engineering the Graduate Mentoring Award 2020
• Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Nature Partner Journal: Materials Degradation
• Kingsley C. Chukwus first author paper get accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Corrosion

2019

• Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the Margaret and Thomas Meehan honors College Eminent Mentor award 2019
• Líney Árnadóttir was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and was awarded the 2019 Emerging Scholar Award (April 10th 2019)
• Alvin Chang receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Spring 2019
• Lynza H. Sprowls first author paper get accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Corrosion Science

2018

• Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the OSU College of Engineering the Engelbrecht Young Faculty Award 2018
• Kinsgley Chukwuma Chukwu received a fellowship from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to spend the summer working at LBNL
• Qin Pang co-authored a paper in Nature partner journal Material Degradation with our OSU collaborators from civil engineering, Hossein DorMohammadi (1st author), Líney Árnadóttir and O. Burkan Isgor. DOI: 10.1038/s41529-019-0081-6
• Lynza H. Sprowl first author paper get accepted in Surface Science
• Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
• Former group member, Colin F. Dickens publishes in Science in 2016 and 2017
• Our latest paper in ACS Nano gets highlighted in C&EN News

 

Defenses:

• Stuart Helikson defended his honors thesis (June 9, 2023)
• Kingsley Chukwuma Chukwu defended his Ph.D. thesis titled Theoretical Study of Solvent Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis using Density Functional Theory. (August 20, 2021) Kingsley is also graduating with a minor in computer science.
• Kofi Oware Sarfo defended his Ph.D. thesis titled Predicting the effect of local conditions on metal-oxides: Pt/g-Al₂O₃ Interface and degradation of a-Cr₂O₃ Passive film, (August 6, 2020)
• Qin Pang defended her Ph.D. thesis titled Density functional theory study of the reaction mechanism of chloride-induced depssivation of a-Fe₂O₃ (May 8, 2019)
• Jude O. Ighere defended his Ph.D. thesis titled Defects and Impurities Adapted Phonon Thermal Properties of Zirconium Diboride: Its Influence on Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Expansion and Specific Heat. (April 11, 2019)
• Sean Seeking defended his M.Eng. Fall 2018 (December 5, 2018)
• Lynza H. Sprowl defended her Ph.D. thesis titled Analyzing the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Surface Reactions using Density Functional Theory (May 9, 2018)
• Michael A. Rebarchik defended his honors thesis (February 26, 2018)
• Weinan Zhao defended his M.S. thesis titled Density Functional Theory Study of CO₂ Dissociation on Ni and Ni Based Alloy surfaces (December 5, 2017)
• Merissa Schneider-Coppolino defended her honors thesis (August 5, 2016)
• Dennis Petersen defended his M.S. thesis titled Density Functional Theory Investigation of CH Coupling and CH Hydrogenation Reactions on Different Cobalt Surface Facets and Fisher-Tropsch Temperature Swing Reactor Optimization (March 3, 2016)
• Nicholas A Silva defended his honors thesis (May 28, 2015)

 

Most Recent Student Awards and Honors:

• Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the Richard J. Kokes Travel Award, for the 28th North American Catalysis Society meeting in Providence, RI, 2023
• Poster awards, Stuart Helikson (honor student), 2^nd place, PNW-AVS  Undergraduate Student poster competition PNNL, 2022.
• Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the RISE professional internship in Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany Summer 2022.
• Hoan Nguyen gets second price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2021
• Kofi Oware Sarfo wins first price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020
• Hoan Nguyen gets honorable mention in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020
• Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), Oregon State University, College of Engineering, Graduate Research Award for contributions beyond the level normally expected of a graduate research assistant, June 2019
• Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), Graduate Research Award from the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, June 2019
• Kingsley Chukwuma Chukwu received a Sustainable Research Pathway program award from the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) to spend the summer working at LBNL, June 2019
• Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), Best Technical Presentation 1^st Runner Up, Idaho National Laboratory Intern EXPO, August 2018
• Michael A. Rebarchik (honors thesis advisee), Academic Achievement Awards from CBEE, for his research productivity and outstanding academic standing. June 2018
• Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), Schulein Outstanding Graduate Student award from CBEE, for her Ph.D. thesis work, June 2018
• Sean Seekins (Ph.D. student), award from UW-Madison to attend Open Science Grid User School,  July 2018.
• Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), travel award to attend Heck week associated with ECS national meeting in Seattle, WA, May 2018.
• Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), OSU travel awards to attend ECS national meeting in Seattle, WA, May 2018
• Qin Pang, (Ph.D. student), Oregon Lottery graduate Scholarship, spring 2018
• Poster awards, Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student) 1st place College Engineering Research showcase, Corvallis, OR, January. 2018
• Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), travel award to attend Heck week associated with ECS national meeting in National Harbor, MD October 2017.
• Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), 3^rd place student poster award. Energy Storage Symposium, Corvallis OR November 2017
• Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), OSU travel awards to attend AVS national meeting in Tampa, FL, October 2017
• Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), ACS CATL Division Registration Waiver Award, ACS fall meeting Washington, DC, August 2017
• Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), ACS CATL Division Registration Waiver Award, ACS spring meeting San Francisco, CA, March 2017
• Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student)  3^rd place, College of engineering Research Showcase, Corvallis OR, Feb. 2017
• Poster awards, Yousif Almulla (B.S. Physis and Math junior) 1^st place, PNW-AVS, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Sept. 2016
• Poster awards, Alvin Chang (B.S. ChemE. Sophomore)  honorable mention at PNW-AVS, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Sept. 2016
• Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D student) receives a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award for 2017
• Poster awards, Lynza Halberstads (Ph.D. student)  2^nd place, College of engineering expo, Portland OR, Mar. 2016
• Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Senior)  3^rd place AiChE national meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov. 2015
• Poster awards, Dennis Petersen (M.S. student) 2^nd place, PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
• Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Senior)  1^st place PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
• Poster awards, Yousif Almulla (B.S. ChemE. Sophomore)  and Merissa Schneider-Coppolino (B.S. ChemE. Honors, Senior) 2^nd place PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
• Poster awards, Dennis Petersen (M.S. student)  1^st place, College of engineering expo, Portland OR, Feb. 2015
• Dennis Petersen (M.S. student) Travel awards to attend ACS national meeting in Denver Colorado, May 2015
• Oregon Lottery graduate Scholarship Lynza Halberstadt, (Ph.D. student), Fall 2014.
• Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Junior) 2^rd place AiChE national meeting, Atlanta, Nov. 2014

Pictures from SESEY summer 2023

Pictures from group outing, April 23 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sumandeep Kaur, Liney Arnadottir, Jorin Dawidowicz, Hoan K.K. Nguyen, Stuart Helikson, Anika J. Roth, Anya Mae Panose, Animesh I.N. Patel, Christian Andrade Herrera, Matteo X Garcia-Ortiz    

Pictures from Stuart defense, June 9 2023

Pictures from Kingsley defense, August 20, 2021

Pictures from Kofi's defense celebration, August 10th 2020

Kingsley Chukwu presents his work during his summer internship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, August 2019

Graduation day, Qin Pang Ph.D., Jude Ighere Ph.D., Jie Zhou M.Eng., June 2019

Pictures from Qin's defense, May 8th 2019

    

Lynza's graduation day, spring 2018 

    

Pictures from group outing, June 2018

Sean Seekins, Qin Pang, Lynza H. Sprowl, Kingsley C. Chukwu, Kofi Oware Sarfo

The Árnadóttir, 2019 SESEY team (Theodore Ngo, Isaiah Delgado Pedro Mendoza) 

Pizza lunch, spring 2018 (Sean Seekins, Qin Pang, Lynza Sprowl, Kingsley Chuwuk and Kofi Oware Sarfo)

Kingsley Chukwu presents his poster at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018

Sean Seekins presents his poster at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018

Qin Pangs presents her reserach at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018

Michael's honors thesis defense day February 26, 2018

Weinan at his M.S. Defense December 5, 2017

Research group fall 2017

Back row, left to right: Weinan Zhao, Kofi Oware Sarfo, Lynza H. Sprowl, Michael Rebarchik. Front row, left to right: Alvin Chang, Yousif Almulla, Liney Arnadottir, Jie Zhou, Qin Pang

 

The Arnadóttir research group SESEY team, 2017 (Quinlynn Coddington and Mika Domingo)

Group outing to celebrate Dennis's M.S. Defense winter 2016.

 

Research group photo, spring 2015 

 

Left to right: Yousif Almulla, Lynza H. Sprowl, Ashaen Patel (B.S. Chemical Engineering Spring 2016), Qin Pang, Liney Arnadottir (PI), Dennis F. Petersen (M.S. Chemical Engineering Winter 2016), Merissa Schneider-Coppolino (B.S.honors Chemical Engineering Fall 2016), Jimmy B. Dale (B.S. Chemisitry Fall 2016)

 

Pitures from the PNW-AVS conference, Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, October 2015

 Arnadottir group hosts SESEY campers summer 2016, Chloe Janko and Gloria Bacon, here with their two mentors Yousif and Ashaen

Older News:

• Lynza's first paper was accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C and was the ACS Editors' Choice. 
• Kofi Oware Sarfo passed his qualifing exam, Congratulations Kofi (Spring 2016)
• Dennis Petersen defended his M.S. Congratulations Dennis (Winter 2016)
• Qin Pang passed her qualifing exam, Congratulations Qin (Winter 2016)

• Nicholas Silvia defends this honors thesis, May 28, 2015 - Congratulations Nic