Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

Projects and Grants

Projects per year 1985 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2020 2021 2022 2023 2028

• 2 Not started
• 161 Active
• 759 Finished

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  Direct Conversion of Corn-Derived Carbohydrates to Ether-Based Products

  Dauenhauer, P. J. & Frisbie, D.

  MINNESOTA CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION

  4/15/24 → 3/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Carbohydrate 100%

• Materials for Extreme Environments Consortium Planning

  Poerschke, D. L.

  HONEYWELL INC

  4/15/24 → 7/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Planning 100%

• Collaborative research: A study of the collective dynamics of multiple flagella in a bacterial bundle.

  Cheng, X.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  4/10/24 → 7/8/24

  Project: Research project

• Mechanistic Analysis of Aortic Growth and Remodeling due to Hyperglycemia and Recovery

  Flanary, S. M.

  NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)

  4/1/24 → 3/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Hyperglycemia 100%
  • Growth 55%

• Development of nanomaterials for ultrasound-mediated destruction of metastatic ovarian tumors

  Azarin, S. M. & Boehnke, N.

  MN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE

  3/1/24 → 2/28/25

  Project: Research project

  • destruction 100%
  • tumors 97%

• Design of structural inhomogeneities to control functional properties

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  2/15/24 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

• Collaborative Research: EAGER: CET: Plasma-Catalytic Pyrolysis of Methane to Make Carbon-Free Hydrogen

  Bruggeman, P. J. & Bhan, A.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  1/4/24 → 5/9/24

  Project: Research project

  • cooperative research 100%
  • pyrolysis 78%
  • hydrogen 65%
  • carbon 46%

• Mechanistic Analysis of Aortic Growth and Remodeling due to Hyperglycemia and Recovery

  Flanary, S. M.

  AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC

  1/1/24 → 12/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Hyperglycemia 100%
  • Growth 55%

• Predictive Machine Learning based Multiscale Modeling for Advanced Processing Applications

  Tadmor, E. B. & Bartel, C. J.

  3M

  1/1/24 → 12/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Machine learning 100%

• Understanding the Interplay between Phase Separation, Marangoni Flow, and Solvent Evaporation in Thin Films of Polymer Blends

  Kumar, S.

  AMER CHEM SOC PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND

  1/1/24 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • polymer blends 100%
  • evaporation 64%
  • thin films 43%

• ExxonMobil Logistics Project

  Dauenhauer, P. J., Daoutidis, P. & Zhang, Q.

  EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION

  1/1/24 → 12/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • Logistics 100%

• Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction: controlling adsorbate affinity to tailor reaction products

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  1/1/24 → 12/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • Nitrate 100%
  • Reduction 60%

• First Principles Study of Flexoelectric Materials

  Birol, T.

  USDOD NAVY

  1/1/24 → 12/31/27

  Project: Research project

• Chemical Synergism to Replace Prefluorinated Materials as Super Spreading and Coating Agents.

  Zasadzinski, J. A., Dutcher, C. S. & Morse, D. C.

  3M

  12/15/23 → 12/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • Coatings 100%

• I-Corps: Heliotrope Light-shifting Thin Films to Increase the Performance of Silicon Solar Panels

  Aydil, E. S.

  National Science Foundation

  12/1/23 → 11/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • ultraviolet radiation 100%
  • thin films 90%
  • silicon 69%
  • ytterbium 56%
  • performance 51%

• New Physics in Artificial Spin Ice via Materials Innovation

  Leighton, C.

  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  11/19/23 → 7/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • ice 100%
  • physics 64%

• Resins for Continuous Solid Phase Synthesis

  Ellison, C. J. & Hillmyer, M. A.

  MERCK, SHARP & DOHME LLC

  11/1/23 → 10/31/25

  Project: Research project

• Molecular and Atomic EngineeRing of Interfacial Electrocatalytic Environments (MARIE)

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  10/15/23 → 10/14/24

  Project: Research project

• Electrolysis-driven weathering of basic minerals for long-term ocean buffering and CO2 reduction

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  10/1/23 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • buffering 100%
  • electrokinesis 87%
  • weathering 75%
  • ocean 53%

• Project Tyndall: Drug Product Colloidal Science Fundamentals

  Zasadzinski, J. A.

  MODERNATX, INC.

  10/1/23 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Drug products 100%

• New Polymer Compatibilizer Designs Based on Anionic Polymerization

  Ellison, C. J. & Bates, F. S.

  KRATON CORPORATION

  10/1/23 → 9/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Polymerization 100%
  • Polymers 78%
  • Design 47%

• Collaborative Research: DMREF: Rational design of redox-responsive materials for critical element separations

  Calabrese, M. A.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  10/1/23 → 9/30/27

  Project: Research project

• Collaborative Research: FuSe: GeSnO2 Alloys for Next-Generation Semiconductor Devices

  Jalan, B. & Koester, S. J.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/23 → 9/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • fuses 100%
  • semiconductor devices 78%
  • dioxides 47%
  • electronics 45%
  • tin 41%

• Collaborative Research: DMREF: Rational design of redox-responsive materials for critical element separations

  Calabrese, M. A.

  National Science Foundation

  10/1/23 → 9/30/27

  Project: Research project

  • platinum group 100%
  • rare earth element 89%
  • electrode 51%
  • polymer 46%
  • material 45%

• Niobia Condensers for Carbon Dioxide Conversion

  Dauenhauer, P. J. & Birol, T.

  CASALE SA

  9/25/23 → 9/24/25

  Project: Research project

  • Carbon dioxide 100%

• Human Organ-on-Chip Platforms for Assessment and Development of Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure

  Panoskaltsis-Mortari, A., Azarin, S. M., Ogle, B. M. & Qi, M.

  THE GENEVA FOUNDATION, UNIFORMED SVC UNIV OF THE HEALTH SCI

  9/25/23 → 9/24/27

  Project: Research project

  • Radiation 100%

• Three-dimensional Confocal Microscopy Visualization and AFM-IR Chemical Mapping of Lung Surfactant Monolayer Collapse Morphologies

  McAllister, Z. D.

  NIH NAT'L HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITU

  9/15/23 → 9/14/26

  Project: Research project

  • lungs 100%
  • surfactants 87%
  • atomic force microscopy 69%
  • microscopy 63%

• Hydrogenolysis of polyolefins and model saturated hydrocarbon polymers

  Bates, F. S.

  AMER CHEM SOC PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND

  9/1/23 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • polymer 100%
  • hydrocarbon 90%

• MURI: Unlocking polariton chemistry with systematic molecular and photonic design

  Holmes, R. J.

  USDOD AIR FORCE

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • chemistry 100%

• Rheology-enhanced chemo-catalytic upcycling of polyolefins

  Walker, L. M.

  UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  9/1/23 → 5/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • rheology 100%

• Toughening polymer-polymer interfaces with multiblock copolymers

  Dorfman, K.

  AMER CHEM SOC PETROLEUM RESEARCH FUND

  9/1/23 → 8/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • polymers 100%
  • copolymers 83%

• AI-enabled Automated Algorithm Selection and Configuration for Mathematical Optimization Problems

  Daoutidis, P.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

• Collaborative Research: ECO-CBET: Plasma-Assisted Dehalogenation of Persistent Halogen-Containing Waste Streams

  Bruggeman, P. J. & Bhan, A.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/23 → 8/31/27

  Project: Research project

  • halogen 100%
  • plasma 77%
  • student 22%
  • organohalogen compound 22%
  • recycling 20%

• AI-enabled Automated Algorithm Selection and Configuration for Mathematical Optimization Problems

  Daoutidis, P.

  National Science Foundation

  9/1/23 → 8/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Artificial intelligence 100%
  • Chemical engineering 52%
  • Data Science 40%
  • Open source software 33%
  • Machine learning 21%

• Conductance Isotope Effect: A Chemical Tool to Explore the Microscopic Nature of Polarons in Pi-Conjugated Molecular Wires

  Frisbie, D.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  8/1/23 → 7/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Polaron 100%
  • Isotope Effect 82%
  • Conductance 77%

• CAS-SC: Threading the Needle: Recycling Commodity Plastics

  Bates, F. S.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  8/1/23 → 7/31/28

  Project: Research project

  • recycling 100%

• Collaborative Research: A study of the 3D fluid flow of beating eukaryotic flagella

  Cheng, X.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  8/1/23 → 7/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • fluid flow 100%

• Conductance Isotope Effect: A Chemical Tool to Explore the Microscopic Nature of Polarons in Pi-Conjugated Molecular Wires

  Frisbie, D.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/23 → 7/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • isotope effect 100%
  • polarons 91%
  • wire 73%
  • organic semiconductors 55%
  • students 49%

• CAS-SC: Threading the Needle: Recycling Commodity Plastics

  Bates, F. S.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/23 → 7/31/28

  Project: Research project

  • commodities 100%
  • recycling 96%
  • plastics 85%
  • needles 61%
  • block copolymers 61%

• Collaborative Research: Experiments and Modeling of the Fluid Flow of Beating Eukaryotic Flagella

  Cheng, X.

  National Science Foundation

  8/1/23 → 7/31/26

  Project: Research project

  • Algae 100%
  • Flow of fluids 88%
  • Flow fields 81%
  • Numerical models 39%
  • Machine learning 35%

• CAREER: Tailoring the Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Reactions in Seawater and Brine

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/15/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • brine 100%
  • seawater 79%

• CAREER: Tailoring the Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Reactions in Seawater and Brine

  Stoerzinger, K. A.

  National Science Foundation

  7/15/23 → 12/31/25

  Project: Research project

  • Hydrogen 100%
  • Coating Agent 59%
  • Electricity 55%
  • Electrochemical Reaction 50%
  • Energy 46%

• CIMSEPP: Center for Integration of Materials Science and Engineering for Pharmaceutical Products

  Mara, N. A.

  NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/1/23 → 6/30/25

  Project: Research project

  • Materials science 100%
  • Drug products 89%

• High-Mobility Germanate Oxide Films and Heterostructures.

  Jalan, B.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/1/23 → 6/30/27

  Project: Research project

  • germanates 100%
  • oxide films 68%

• Environment-friendly Decarbonizing of Steel Production with Hydrogen Plasma

  Kortshagen, U. R., Bruggeman, P. J., Johnson, R. C. & Zhang, Q.

  LEGISLATIVE-CITIZEN COMMISSION ON MN RES

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • hydrogen plasma 100%
  • steels 64%

• GOALI: Manufacturing large, single-crystal diamond via the High-Pressure, High-Temperature growth process

  Derby, J. J.

  THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • manufacturing 100%
  • diamonds 95%
  • single crystals 74%

• High Mobility Binary and Ternary Germanate Films and Heterostructures

  Jalan, B.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/23 → 6/30/27

  Project: Research project

  • germanates 100%
  • education 37%
  • electronics 29%
  • power converters 29%
  • synthesis 27%

• GOALI: Manufacturing Large, Diamond Single Crystals via High-Pressure, High-Temperature Growth

  Ponomarev, I. & Derby, J. J.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • diamonds 100%
  • manufacturing 78%
  • industries 68%
  • single crystals 66%
  • crystal growth 24%

• An engineered platform to establish the role of interferon signaling in dormancy and chemoresistance

  Aksan, A. & Azarin, S. M.

  National Science Foundation

  7/1/23 → 6/30/26

  Project: Research project

  • Interferons 100%
  • Ovarian Neoplasms 44%
  • Neoplasms 39%
  • Silica Gel 31%
  • Drug Therapy 28%

• High-Resolution 4D Ultrafast Electron Microscopy (HR-UEM) for Energy and Quantum Materials

  Flannigan, D. J.

  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (USDOE)

  6/1/23 → 5/31/24

  Project: Research project

  • electron microscopy 100%
  • high resolution 70%
  • energy 34%