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PROF. MAISONNEUVE LAB AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Energy, water, and food are essential to life.
We develop processes that improve the sustainability of these critical resources.
Our team travelled to Portland, OR to compete in this year's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Lab. We won 3rd prize for our system which uses ocean thermal gradients to drive seawater desalination via membrane distillation. Congratulations to Matt, Gerard, Lance, Mike, and Saber!
06.2024. update: See the feature in the OU News.
Prof. Maisonneuve is this year's winner of the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award. This award "recognizes the extraordinary efforts of individual faculty who serve as mentors to OU graduate students and their outstanding contributions to students' academic, intellectual and professional development." Thank you to everyone in the lab for this nomination! (*picture is a close up of the trophy)
04.2024. Prof. Maisonneuve visits Changchun University of Technology.
04.2024. Prof. Maisonneuve visits Changchun University of Technology.
Prof. Maisonneuve visited Changchun University of Technology (CCUT) and spent several weeks lecturing on thermodynamics. Thank you to Ruby Li for hosting and best of luck to all the CCUT students!
04.2024. Sanjana Yagnambhatt successfully defends her PhD dissertation.
04.2024. Sanjana Yagnambhatt successfully defends her PhD dissertation.
Sanjana Yagnambhatt successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Using salt gradient energy and thermal energy to enhance reverse osmosis desalination". Congratulations Dr. Yagnambhatt!
03.2024. Sustainability Seminar Series continues at Oakland University.
03.2024. Sustainability Seminar Series continues at Oakland University.
We were very pleased to continue our "Sustainability Seminar Series" this semester with two invited speakers from Sandia National Laboratory - Dr. Carlos A. Michelén Ströfer and Dr. Jorge A. Leon-Quiroga - who shared their research on marine energy conversion. The talks were organized by students from the "Marine Energy Collegiate Competition" team and from the "Engineers for a Sustainable World" student club.
03.2024. OU team hosts community outreach events for K-12 students.
03.2024. OU team hosts community outreach events for K-12 students.
A team of OU students is participating in this year's Department of Energy "Marine Energy Collegiate Competition". As part of the competition, they've partnered with Melvindale High School and the DAPCEP program to teach K-12 students about marine energy.
12.2023. Sanjana wins SECS Best Graduate Paper Award.
12.2023. Sanjana wins SECS Best Graduate Paper Award.
PhD candidate Sanjana Yagnambhatt has won the 2023 SECS Best Graduate Paper Award for her recent publication in Desalination. Congratulations Sanjana!
11.2023. New Sustainability Seminar Series at Oakland University.
11.2023. New Sustainability Seminar Series at Oakland University.
We have launched a new "Sustainability Seminar Series". Our inaugural speakers were Dr. Mark Lefsrud (McGill University) and Dr. Glenn Lipscomb (University of Toledo). The initiative is supported by funding from the ASEE "Engineering for One Planet" program. Looking forward to many more great speakers in the near future!
Warm water is known to permeate more quickly across a membrane, saving pump energy during desalination. In this study, Sanjana and Saber investigated the tradeoff between reduced pumping energy and thermal energy input. They conclude that under some circumstances this tradeoff can be favorable. Read their work now published in Desalination.
In their most recent work, Sarah and Sandeep evaluated the energy efficiency of using fertilizer as a liquid desiccant to dehumidify greenhouses. They report very competitive specific energy results as low as 0.3 Wh per g of water vapor removed. Read their paper now published in Applied Thermal Engineering.
Graduate students from Prof. Maisonneuve's lab travelled to Tuscaloosa, AL to participate in the North American Membrane Society's Annual Meeting. Sarah and Sanjana gave speaker presentations highlighting their recent publications (link and link), and Sandeep and Saber presented posters.
Our team travelled to Washington, DC to compete in this year's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy. We designed and built a system that recovers energy from salt to improve the efficiency of seawater desalination. Our prototype was featured by Alicat Scientific (who supplied controls for the system).
05.2023. Showcasing energy efficient building ventilation technology for Michigan.
05.2023. Showcasing energy efficient building ventilation technology for Michigan.
Sandeep Aryal and Julia Caldwell showcased our work on membrane systems for energy recovery from building ventilation at this year's Michigan Energy Efficiency Conference and Exhibition. This work was supported by funding from DTE Energy and The Engineering Society of Detroit as part of the E-Challenge 5 program.
04.2023. Prof. Maisonneuve wins the 2023 SECS Outstanding Research Award.
04.2023. Prof. Maisonneuve wins the 2023 SECS Outstanding Research Award.
Prof. Maisonneuve has won the 2023 Outstanding Faculty Award for Research in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at OU. Thank you to the SECS for this recognition and support!
03.2023. Sarah Moussaddy successfully defends her PhD Dissertation.
03.2023. Sarah Moussaddy successfully defends her PhD Dissertation.
Sarah Moussaddy has successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled "Novel membrane systems for energy harvesting and water recovery". Congratulations Dr. Moussaddy!
03.2023. Prof. Maisonneuve wins funding from the National Science Foundation.
03.2023. Prof. Maisonneuve wins funding from the National Science Foundation.
Prof. Maisonneuve has been awarded $200,000 from the National Science Foundation to support research on "Fertilizer-based liquid desiccants: New possibilities for energy efficient dehumidification and water recycling".
In their latest work, Sanjana Chintalacheruvu and Yiyang Ren identified strategies for efficiently using small amounts of heat to thermally enhance osmosis for clean power generation. Read our paper published in Desalination.
03.2023. OU team hosts community outreach events for K-12 kids and the public.
03.2023. OU team hosts community outreach events for K-12 kids and the public.
A team of OU students is participating in this year's Department of Energy "Marine Energy Collegiate Competition". As part of the competition, we're partnering with Melvindale High School, DAPCEP, and the Belle Isle Aquarium to teach K-12 kids and the public about the potential of harnessing renewable energy from the sea.
02.2023. Olivia wins first prize in the ESD annual writing contest.
02.2023. Olivia wins first prize in the ESD annual writing contest.
Olivia Racette won first prize in the Engineering Society of Detroit's 5th Annual Engineering Student Writing Contest. She answers the question, "What advice would you give to upcoming students / young engineers about the world of engineering?" You can read her article in the latest edition of TechCentury magazine. Congratulations Olivia!
Sanjana Chintalacheruvu has been awarded a SWE WE Local FY23 Guiding Star Award in recognition for her many contributions to SWE Detroit and to the SWE OU student chapter. Congratulations Sanjana!
Sarah Moussaddy and Sancheyan Pushparajah introduce the novel concept of using fertilizer to dehumidify indoor plant environments. Read their paper in Applied Thermal Engineering.
A team of OU students from Engineering, Biology, and Business will compete in this year's Marine Energy Collegiate Competition, sponsored by the Department of Energy. A $20,000 prize will support prototyping of an osmotic power system that produces clean energy from seawater. Good luck!
PhD candidate Sanjana Chintalacheruvu presented her work on thermally enhanced osmosis at the Society of Women Engineers Annual Conference in Houston, TX.
11.2022. update: Sanjana is featured in this month's edition of Oakland University News.
09.2022. Welcome Saber and Sandeep.
09.2022. Welcome Saber and Sandeep.
Two new Ph.D. students are joining the lab. Welcome to the team Saber Khanmohammadi and Sandeep Aryal!
Prof. Maisonneuve visited Dr. Pragasen Pillay and the Power Electronics and Energy Research Group at Concordia University, and gave an invited talk entitled "Sustainable membrane processes for energy, water and the environment".
Prof. Maisonneuve will be on sabbatical leave for the fall semester, and taking a Visiting Professor position in Dr. Mark Lefsrud's Biomass Production Lab at McGill University.
Undergraduate students from the 2022 NSF REU AERIM program developed a new microalgae photobioreactor this summer, under the direction of Drs. Sarah Beetham, Dan DelVescovo, and Jonathan Maisonneuve. Our lab is exploring new exciting research on how membranes can be used to dewater microalgae and efficiently deliver CO2.
Students from our lab helped to build a new "learning garden" to support kids at the Center for Success in Pontiac. Hope you have a great summer!
PhD candidate Sarah Moussaddy presented a poster of her work on fertilizer dehumidification at this year's North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Tempe, AZ.
PhD students Sanjana Chintalacheruvu, Sarah Moussaddy, and Jimmy Postwala attended the 2022 Michigan Energy Efficiency Conference with Profs. Kobus and Maisonneuve. Thank you to DTE Energy and the Engineering Society of Detroit for hosting a great event!
A team at Oakland University led by Prof. Maisonneuve and Prof. Kobus has received a 2022 DTE E-Challenge award to study membrane-based energy recovery ventilation. The $168,000 award will provide scholarships for students and support installation of a prototype on campus, which will showcase how this technology can be used to improve fresh air building ventilation, while saving energy.
B.S.E. students Joanna Chang, Victoria Sutherland, and Olivia Racette are featured in this month's edition of the Oakland Engineer for their work on the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge. Read more here.
02.2022. update: Also featured on the Michigan Space Grant website: "Oakland Sprouts".
12.2021. Pouyan Pourmovahed successfully defends his PhD Dissertation.
12.2021. Pouyan Pourmovahed successfully defends his PhD Dissertation.
Pouyan Pourmovahed successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled "Harvesting energy and water from fertilizer osmosis". Congratulations Dr. Pourmovahed!
Pouyan Pourmovahed's paper on the limits of using fertilizer to drive water recovery by osmosis is now available in the Journal of Membrane Science.
11.2021. Pouyan Pourmovahed wins best paper award.
11.2021. Pouyan Pourmovahed wins best paper award.
PhD candidate Pouyan Pourmovahed has won the 2021 SECS Best Graduate Paper Award for his recent publication in the Journal of Membrane Science. Congrats Pouyan!
Sarah Moussaddy's paper on converting carbon dioxide exhaust to power is now available in the Journal of Membrane Science.
PhD candidate Sarah Moussaddy presented her work on harvesting energy from gas at the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Estes Park, CO. The audience included distinguished scientists Dr. Richard Baker and Dr. Hans Wijmans, who both commented on her work.
PhD candidate Sanjana Chintalacheruvu presented a poster of her work on using heat to thermally enhance osmosis at this year's North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting in Estes Park, CO.
05.2021. Community volunteer day.
05.2021. Community volunteer day.
OU students from Engineers for a Sustainable World organized a series of volunteer events to help local community gardens with spring clean-up, including at Growing Pontiac, Oakland Hills, and at the OU Student Organic Farm.
Students have launched the OU chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World with senior engineering student Zachary Rollis serving as the founding president, and Prof. Maisonneuve as the faculty advisor.
PhD candidate Sanjana Chintalacheruvu has won the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 2021-2022 Intel Scholarship valued at $10,000. Congratulations Sanjana!
Pouyan Pourmovahed's paper on the thermodynamic limits of recovering energy from fertilizer is available in the Journal of Membrane Science.
02.2021. Sancheyan Pushparajah successfully defends his MS Thesis.
02.2021. Sancheyan Pushparajah successfully defends his MS Thesis.
MS student Sancheyan Pushparajah successfully defended his thesis entitled "Fertilizer-based liquid desiccants for energy-efficient greenhouse dehumidification". Congrats Sancheyan!
02.2021. Yiyang Ren successfully defends his MS Thesis.
02.2021. Yiyang Ren successfully defends his MS Thesis.
MS student Yiyang Ren successfully defended his thesis entitled "Effectively using heat to thermally enhance osmosis". Congratulations Yiyang!
Prof. Maisonneuve's lab is featured in this month's issue of "Oakland Engineer".
12.2020. Sarah Moussaddy wins best paper award.
12.2020. Sarah Moussaddy wins best paper award.
PhD candidate Sarah Moussaddy has won the 2020 SECS Best Graduate Paper Award for her recent publication in the Journal of Membrane Science. Congratulations Sarah!
Sarah Moussaddy and Gucheng Yuan introduce a novel concept for converting gradients of gas to mechanical work. Read their paper in the Journal of Membrane Science.
Oakland University has won a top spot in this year's E-Challenge sponsored by DTE and the Engineering Society of Detroit. An award of $120,000 will provide scholarships for students and support implementation of a strategic energy management plan to reduce energy waste on campus.
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