2023
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Qiu Jin is awarded the 2023 Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Travel Award
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Christian Andrade Herrera presented a poster at the PNW-AVS meeting in Boise September 2023
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Líney Árnadóttir is named AVS fellow
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Líney Árnadóttir is promoted to Professor
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The Árnadóttir group hosts SESEY team
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen published a first author paper in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2022
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen co-authors a paper in JACS https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c05673
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Qiu Jin joins the group as a post doctoral researcher.
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen gets the Oregon Lottery Graduate Scholarship 2022.
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the RISE professional internship in Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany Summer 2022.
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Kingsley Chukwuma Chukwus first author paper accepted in ACS Catalysis.
2021
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen get second price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2021
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As a UW alumin Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the Early Career Impact Award from the University of Washington Chemical Engineering Department 2021.
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Dr. Sumandeep Kaur joins our teams as a postdoctorial scholar, welcome Suman.
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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.
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Our paper in Nature partner journal Material Degradation was highlighted as Science Success on the XSEDE website
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Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Applied Surface Science
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Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
2020
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Kofi Oware Sarfos first author paper get accepted in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
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Kofi Oware Sarfo wins first price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020 and Hoan Nguyen gets honorable mention.
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Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the College of Engineering the Graduate Mentoring Award 2020
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Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Nature Partner Journal: Materials Degradation
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Kingsley C. Chukwus first author paper get accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Corrosion
2019
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Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the Margaret and Thomas Meehan honors College Eminent Mentor award 2019
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Líney Árnadóttir was inducted into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and was awarded the 2019 Emerging Scholar Award (April 10th 2019)
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Alvin Chang receives a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Spring 2019
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Lynza H. Sprowls first author paper get accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C
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Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Corrosion Science
2018
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Líney Árnadóttir is awarded the OSU College of Engineering the Engelbrecht Young Faculty Award 2018
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Kinsgley Chukwuma Chukwu received a fellowship from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to spend the summer working at LBNL
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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
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Lynza H. Sprowl first author paper get accepted in Surface Science
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Qin Pangs first author paper get accepted in Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
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Former group member, Colin F. Dickens publishes in Science in 2016 and 2017
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Our latest paper in ACS Nano gets highlighted in C&EN News
Defenses:
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Stuart Helikson defended his honors thesis (June 9, 2023)
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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.
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Sean Seeking defended his M.Eng. Fall 2018 (December 5, 2018)
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Lynza H. Sprowl defended her Ph.D. thesis titled Analyzing the Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Surface Reactions using Density Functional Theory (May 9, 2018)
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Michael A. Rebarchik defended his honors thesis (February 26, 2018)
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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)
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Merissa Schneider-Coppolino defended her honors thesis (August 5, 2016)
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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)
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Nicholas A Silva defended his honors thesis (May 28, 2015)
Most Recent Student Awards and Honors:
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the Richard J. Kokes Travel Award, for the 28th North American Catalysis Society meeting in Providence, RI, 2023
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Poster awards, Stuart Helikson (honor student), 2nd place, PNW-AVS Undergraduate Student poster competition PNNL, 2022.
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Hoan K.K. Nguyen get the RISE professional internship in Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Germany Summer 2022.
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Hoan Nguyen gets second price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2021
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Kofi Oware Sarfo wins first price in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020
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Hoan Nguyen gets honorable mention in the graduate student presentation competition at PNW-AVS 2020
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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
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Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), Graduate Research Award from the School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, June 2019
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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
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Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), Best Technical Presentation 1st Runner Up, Idaho National Laboratory Intern EXPO, August 2018
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Michael A. Rebarchik (honors thesis advisee), Academic Achievement Awards from CBEE, for his research productivity and outstanding academic standing. June 2018
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Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), Schulein Outstanding Graduate Student award from CBEE, for her Ph.D. thesis work, June 2018
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Sean Seekins (Ph.D. student), award from UW-Madison to attend Open Science Grid User School, July 2018.
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Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), travel award to attend Heck week associated with ECS national meeting in Seattle, WA, May 2018.
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Qin Pang (Ph.D. student), OSU travel awards to attend ECS national meeting in Seattle, WA, May 2018
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Qin Pang, (Ph.D. student), Oregon Lottery graduate Scholarship, spring 2018
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Poster awards, Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student) 1st place College Engineering Research showcase, Corvallis, OR, January. 2018
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Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), travel award to attend Heck week associated with ECS national meeting in National Harbor, MD October 2017.
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Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), 3rd place student poster award. Energy Storage Symposium, Corvallis OR November 2017
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Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), OSU travel awards to attend AVS national meeting in Tampa, FL, October 2017
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Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student), ACS CATL Division Registration Waiver Award, ACS fall meeting Washington, DC, August 2017
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Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D. student), ACS CATL Division Registration Waiver Award, ACS spring meeting San Francisco, CA, March 2017
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Poster awards, Kofi Oware Sarfo (Ph.D. student) 3rd place, College of engineering Research Showcase, Corvallis OR, Feb. 2017
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Poster awards, Yousif Almulla (B.S. Physis and Math junior) 1st place, PNW-AVS, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Sept. 2016
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Poster awards, Alvin Chang (B.S. ChemE. Sophomore) honorable mention at PNW-AVS, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Sept. 2016
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Lynza H. Sprowl (Ph.D student) receives a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award for 2017
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Poster awards, Lynza Halberstads (Ph.D. student) 2nd place, College of engineering expo, Portland OR, Mar. 2016
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Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Senior) 3rd place AiChE national meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov. 2015
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Poster awards, Dennis Petersen (M.S. student) 2nd place, PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
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Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Senior) 1st place PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
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Poster awards, Yousif Almulla (B.S. ChemE. Sophomore) and Merissa Schneider-Coppolino (B.S. ChemE. Honors, Senior) 2nd place PNW-AVS, Timberline Lodge, Mtn. Hood, Oct. 2015
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Poster awards, Dennis Petersen (M.S. student) 1st place, College of engineering expo, Portland OR, Feb. 2015
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Dennis Petersen (M.S. student) Travel awards to attend ACS national meeting in Denver Colorado, May 2015
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Oregon Lottery graduate Scholarship Lynza Halberstadt, (Ph.D. student), Fall 2014.
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Poster awards, Ashean Patel (B.S. ChemE. Junior) 2rd place AiChE national meeting, Atlanta, Nov. 2014
Pictures from SESEY summer 2023
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Pictures from group outing, April 23 2023
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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
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Pictures from Kingsley defense, August 20, 2021
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Pictures from Kofi's defense celebration, August 10th 2020
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Kingsley Chukwu presents his work during his summer internship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, August 2019
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Graduation day, Qin Pang Ph.D., Jude Ighere Ph.D., Jie Zhou M.Eng., June 2019
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Pictures from Qin's defense, May 8th 2019
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Lynza's graduation day, spring 2018
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Pictures from group outing, June 2018
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Sean Seekins, Qin Pang, Lynza H. Sprowl, Kingsley C. Chukwu, Kofi Oware Sarfo
The Árnadóttir, 2019 SESEY team (Theodore Ngo, Isaiah Delgado Pedro Mendoza)
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Pizza lunch, spring 2018 (Sean Seekins, Qin Pang, Lynza Sprowl, Kingsley Chuwuk and Kofi Oware Sarfo)
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Kingsley Chukwu presents his poster at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018
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Sean Seekins presents his poster at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018
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Qin Pangs presents her reserach at the PNW-AVS at PNNL in 2018
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Michael's honors thesis defense day February 26, 2018
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Weinan at his M.S. Defense December 5, 2017
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Research group fall 2017
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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)
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Group outing to celebrate Dennis's M.S. Defense winter 2016.
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Research group photo, spring 2015
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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
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Older News:
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Lynza's first paper was accepted in Journal of Physical Chemistry C and was the ACS Editors' Choice.
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Kofi Oware Sarfo passed his qualifing exam, Congratulations Kofi (Spring 2016)
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Dennis Petersen defended his M.S. Congratulations Dennis (Winter 2016)
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Qin Pang passed her qualifing exam, Congratulations Qin (Winter 2016)