Dec. 2017: Congratulations to Claire Nimlos and our NREL collaborators on having a perspective article on theoretical and experimental assessments of aluminum distributions in zeolites accepted in ACS Catalysis!

Dec. 2017: Raj Gounder is selected as the inaugural recipient of the Phillip C. Wankat Graduate Teaching Award in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University in 2017.

Nov. 2017: We welcome Elizabeth Bickel as a new graduate student in the group! Elizabeth completed her undergraduate studies at Tennessee Tech in 2017.

Nov. 2017: We welcome Arunima Saxena as a new graduate student in the group! Arunima completed her undergraduate studies at the SV National Institute of Technology in 2017.

Sep. 2017: Jamie Harris's article describing collaborative work with the Copéret group on Sn-zeolites has been accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations to Jamie, Wei-Chih Liao and the team!

Sep. 2017: We welcome Hyeonmin Jeong as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!

Sep. 2017: We welcome Seoungbo Shim as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!

Aug. 2017: We welcome Rohan Dighe as a new undergraduate researcher in the group!

Aug. 2017: Congratulations to the SCR team on our article describing the mechanism underlying the dynamic formation of multinuclear Cu sites during SCR catalysis being accepted in Science! We also appreciate the Perspective in Science and the highlight in C&E News.

Aug. 2017: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for being recognized with a first place oral presentation prize in the Purdue ChE Graduate Student Organization Symposium!

Aug. 2017: John Di Iorio's and Claire Nimlos's article on the catalytic diversity of chabazite zeolites containing different framework aluminum distributions has been accepted in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations, John and Claire!

Aug. 2017: Raj Gounder is selected to receive an AIChE 35 Under 35 Award in the category of education.

Aug. 2017: Congratulations to Jamie Harris for becoming the first PhD student to graduate from the group! We wish him the best in his next position as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota in the Aditya Bhan research group.

Jul. 2017: Congratulations to Jamie Harris for being selected as a co-chair for Gordon Research Seminar in Catalysis in 2018!

Jun. 2017: Raj Gounder, Jeff Greeley, Volkan Ortalan, together with graduate students Ravi Joshi, Paulami Majumdar and Shoumya Nandi, organize an outreach event and hands-on experimental activity for high school students and teachers participating in the Duke Energy Academy.

Jun. 2017: Raj Gounder will serve as a technical program co-chair for the 26th North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Chicago in 2019.

May 2017: We welcome Brian Bayer as a new undergraduate researcher through the Purdue SURF program into the group!

May 2017: Welcome back to Young Gul Hur as a postdoctoral research associate in our group! Young's research will focus on light hydrocarbon conversion to transportation fuels.

May 2017: Congratulations to Michael Cordon for receiving the Outstanding Student Poster Award at the 2017 Michigan Catalysis Society Spring Symposium!

May 2017: Congratulations to Michael Cordon for receiving the Best Presentation award of the Synthesis of Catalysts by Non-Traditional Methods symposium at the 2017 Spring ACS Meeting!

Apr. 2017: Raj Gounder is chosen to serve as one of the inaugural members of the Early Career Advisory Board at ACS Catalysis.

Apr. 2017: Congratulations to Jackie Hall for receiving one of the two Undergraduate Research Awards at this year's ChE Senior Awards Banquet!

Apr. 2017: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for receiving the 2017 Magoon Award for Excellence in Teaching for his performance as a TA in ChE 211 in the spring of 2016!

Apr. 2017: Raj Gounder is chosen as one of the fellows in Purdue's Center for Instructional Excellence Teaching for Tomorrow program for the 2017-18 academic year.

Apr. 2017: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for receiving the 2017 Purdue ChE Outstanding Service Scholarship!

Mar. 2017: Congratulations to Jackie Hall for receiving the first-place poster prize for undergraduate seniors at Purdue AIChE's Annual Undergraduate Poster Symposium!

Mar. 2017: Raj Gounder and Phil Kester deliver a presentation and demonstration about chemical engineering and catalysis to local 3rd-5th grade students and their parents as part of the Omega Chi Epsilon ChemE Kids Day.

Feb. 2017: Congratulations to Jason Bates for receiving a Richard J. Kokes Travel Award to attend the 25th North American Catalysis Society Meeting in Denver, CO!

Feb. 2017: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for receiving an ACS CATL Division Travel Award to present his work at the 2017 Spring ACS meeting meeting in San Francisco, CA!

Dec. 2016: Jamie Harris is profiled in the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering's Fall 2016 newsletter.

Nov. 2016: Congratulations to Jackie Hall for receiving the first-place CRE division poster prize at the 2016 AIChE Annual Student Conference!

Nov. 2016: Welcome to Laura Wilcox as a new graduate student in the group from the incoming fall class of 2016! Laura completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Connecticut in 2016.

Nov. 2016: Welcome to Casey Jones as a new graduate student in the group from the incoming fall class of 2016! Casey completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2010, and then worked for six years at Virent, Inc.

Nov. 2016: Welcome to Trevor Lardinois as a new graduate student in the group from the incoming fall class of 2016! Trevor completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2016.

Oct. 2016: Raj Gounder's appointment as the Larry and Virginia Faith Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering has been ratified.

Oct. 2016: Juan Carlos Vega-Vila's article on synthesis methods to control the tin incorporation into zeolite framework vacancies for glucose isomerization catalysis has been published in Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations to Juan Carlos and Jamie!

Sep. 2016: Congratulations to John Di Iorio for receiving a CRE Division Travel Award to attend the 2016 AIChE annual meeting in San Francisco, CA!

Sep. 2016: Congratulations to Jamie Harris for receiving a CRE Division Travel Award to attend the 2016 AIChE annual meeting in San Francisco, CA!

Aug. 2016: We welcome Christopher Ioerger as a new undergraduate researcher into the group!

Aug. 2016: We welcome YoonRae Cho as a new undergraduate researcher into the group!

Aug. 2016: We welcome Janmejay Goenka as a new undergraduate researcher into the group!

Aug. 2016: Congratulations to Jamie Harris for being recognized with a second place oral presentation prize in the Purdue ChE Graduate Student Organization Symposium!

Jun. 2016: Raj Gounder, Jeff Greeley, Volkan Ortalan, together with graduate students Phil Kester, Ravi Joshi, Tej Choksi and Chang Wan, organize an outreach event and hour-long lecture and activity for high school students and teachers participating in the Duke Energy Academy.

Jun. 2016: Raj Gounder is appointed to the Advisory Board of a new RSC journal, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering.

Jun. 2016: We welcome Joey Mullins, a high school student in the ACS Project Seed program, into the group for this summer!

May 2016: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for receiving the 2016 Chemical Engineering Excellence in Safety Award!

May 2016: We welcome Alisa Henry as a new undergraduate researcher into the group!

May 2016: We welcome Rebecca Reitzel as a new undergraduate researcher through the Purdue SURF program into the group!

May 2016: We welcome Zige Huang as a new undergraduate researcher through the Purdue SURF program into the group!

Apr. 2016: The Purdue-Notre Dame collaborative research on SCR catalysis is highlighted in a news article published in ACS Central Science.

Apr. 2016: Raj Gounder is elected to serve a three-year term (2016-2019) as a Director of the Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division (Area 20) in the national AIChE organization.

Apr. 2016: Raj Gounder is selected by the Chemical Engineering graduate students to receive the inaugural Outstanding Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students Award.

Mar. 2016: Congratulations to Claire Nimlos for receiving an Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!

Mar. 2016: Raj Gounder receives a Young Scientist Prize of the 16th International Congress on Catalysis in Beijing, China, which is awarded by the International Association of Catalysis Societies.

Mar. 2016: John Di Iorio's article on synthesis methods to control the aluminum distribution in chabazite zeolites has been accepted in Chemistry of Materials. Congratulations, John!

Mar. 2016: Raj Gounder and Phil Kester deliver a presentation and demonstration about chemical engineering and catalysis to local 3rd-4th grade students and their parents as part of the Omega Chi Epsilon ChemE Kids Day.

Feb. 2016: Raj Gounder receives an NSF CAREER Award to research synthesis strategies to control the distribution of aluminum heteroatoms in zeolite frameworks and to study their consequences for NOx pollution abatement catalysis. We are thankful to the NSF for this recognition and support.

Jan. 2016: Congratulations to Jamie Harris for receiving a Dow Chemical Company ISCRE 24 Travel Award to deliver an oral presentation at the ISCRE 24 meeting in Minneapolis, MN in June 2016!

Jan. 2016: An article first-authored by Jamie Harris on titration and quantification methods for open and closed Lewis acidic Sn sites in Sn-Beta zeolites and the consequences of hydrophobic and hydrophilic environments on glucose isomerization catalysis has been published by the Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations to Jamie, Michael, John and Juan Carlos!

Nov. 2015: Welcome to Claire Nimlos as a new graduate student in the group from the incoming fall class of 2015! Claire completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2014, followed by a one-year position at NREL in Golden, CO.

Aug. 2015: Raj Gounder receives the 2016 R. Norris Shreve Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemical Engineering.

Aug. 2015: Congratulations to Ravi Joshi for receiving the Phillips 66 Graduate Fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year!

Aug. 2015: We welcome Alyssa LaRue, a third-year Purdue ChE undergraduate as the newest member of the group!

Aug. 2015: Congratulations to Jackie Hall for receiving a top poster award at the 2015 Purdue SURF Research Symposium!

Aug. 2015: Congratulations to Michael Cordon for receiving the 2015 Purdue SURF Program Graduate Mentor of the Summer award!

Jul. 2015: Raj Gounder, Ravi Joshi, Juan Carlos Vega-Vila, Jackie Hall, Anahi Rostro, Viktor Cybulskis, Ishant Khurana and Jonatan Albarracin, organized an outreach event for junior high school students (7th-9th grade) through the Purdue Women in Engineering's For Your Imagination program.

Jun. 2015: We welcome William Baud, a rising Purdue undergraduate sophomore as a new researcher into the group!

Jun. 2015: Welcome to Ricardo Cogua, who will be a visiting undergraduate researcher from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia for six months as part of the UREP-C program!

Jun. 2015: Raj Gounder, Jeff Greeley, Volkan Ortalan, together with graduate students Viktor Cybulskis and Tej Choksi, organize an outreach project for high school students participating in the Duke Energy Academy.

Jun. 2015: We welcome back Anahi Rostro, a rising high school senior in the ACS Project Seed program, into the group for the second consecutive summer!

Jun. 2015: Raj Gounder receives a 2015 Ralph M. and Grace W. Showalter Research Trust Award from Purdue University to research the adsorption properties of hydrophobic zeolites.

May 2015: We welcome Jackie Hall, a Purdue ChE undergraduate in the Purdue SURF program, as the newest member of the group!

May 2015: John Di Iorio received the second place poster prize at the 2015 Chicago Catalysis Club Spring Symposium, for his poster titled "Ammonia Titration Methods Probe the Dynamic Nature of Brønsted Acid Sites in Cu- SSZ-13 During NOx Selective Catalytic Reduction". Congratulations John!

Apr. 2015: Raj Gounder, Jason Bates, and Phil Kester, along with other catalysis researchers at Purdue, helped to organize an outreach event for local middle school students (6th-8th grade) through the Purdue Women in Engineering's Innovation-to-Reality program.

Apr. 2015: John Di Iorio has been selected as chemical engineering's recipient of the 2015 Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award, which is a campus-wide teaching award administered by Purdue's Center for Instructional Excellence. Congratulations John!

Apr. 2015: Welcome to Young Gul Hur, who is a visiting graduate student from Korea University in Prof. Kwan-Young Lee's group! Young will be performing research with us for the next six months through the BK Plus Student Exchange Program between Purdue University and Korea University.

Apr. 2015: Our invited article to the special issue of Topics in Catalysis in honor of Mark Davis' 2014 ACS Somorjai Award, which was authored by John Di Iorio and several Purdue collaborators, details methods to use NH3 as a titrant of H+ sites in Cu-zeolites and is now in press. Congratulations John!

Mar. 2015: Congratulations to Jason Bates for receiving an Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!

Feb. 2015: Congratulations to John Di Iorio for being selected to receive a 2015 Richard J. Kokes Award! The 24th North American Catalysis Meeting will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from June 14-19, 2015.

Feb. 2015: Raj Gounder receives a 2015 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award to research the synthesis and applications of porous inorganic metal oxides. We are thankful to 3M for this recognition and support.

Nov. 2014: We welcome Jason Bates as a new graduate student to join the group! Jason completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas in 2014.

Nov. 2014: We welcome Phil Kester as a new graduate student to join the group! Phil completed his undergraduate studies at the Ohio State University in 2014.

Nov. 2014: We welcome Juan Carlos Vega-Vila as a new graduate student to join the group! Juan Carlos completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez in 2014.

Sep. 2014: Austin Tackaberry has been selected to receive the 2014 AIChE John J. McKetta Undergraduate Scholarship! Congratulations to Austin on receiving well-deserved national recognition from AIChE!

Sep. 2014: Haefa Mansour has been selected to receive an AIChE Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship! Congratulations to Haefa on receiving well-deserved national recognition from AIChE!

Sep. 2014: We welcome Sawyer Morgan, an undergraduate senior at Purdue, as the newest member to join the group! Sawyer will be performing research in our group to complete an undergraduate honors thesis.

Sep. 2014: Raj Gounder receives a Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund to research the kinetic details of reactions of ethene on metal-exchanged zeolites.

Jun. 2014: Our mini-review about biomass conversion with hydrophobic porous oxides is in press at Catalysis Science & Technology.

Jun. 2014: Welcome to Daniel Gonzalez, who is a new undergraduate researcher in the group! Daniel is an undergraduate chemical engineering major visiting from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia as part of a new six month exchange program (UREP-C).

Jun. 2014: Welcome to Cindy Tavera, who is a new undergraduate researcher in the group! Cindy is an undergraduate chemistry major visiting from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia as part of a new six month exchange program (UREP-C).

Jun. 2014: We welcome Danesh Contractor, a Purdue ChE undergraduate in the Purdue SURF program, as the newest member of the group!

Jun. 2014: We welcome Anahi Rostro, a high school student in the ACS Project Seed program, into the group for this summer!

May 2014: Raj Gounder receives the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), to support research into the effects of hydrothermal aging treatments of Cu-zeolites on active site structural changes and NOx SCR catalytic performance.

Apr. 2014: Congratulations to Michael Cordon for receiving an Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program!

Jan. 2014: An article written by Shane Bates and Raj Gounder, along with collaborators Jeff Miller, Nick Delgass and Fabio Ribeiro, on acid site titration methods in Cu-zeolites that catalyze NOx SCR is in press at the Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations Shane!

Jan. 2014: We welcome Haefa Mansour, currently an undergraduate junior at Purdue, as the newest member of our group! Haefa will be performing research in our group to complete an undergraduate honors thesis.

Nov. 2013: We welcome Michael Cordon as part of the first incoming graduate student class to join the group! Michael completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona in 2013.

Nov. 2013: We welcome John Di Iorio as part of the first incoming graduate student class to join the group! John completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington in 2013.

Nov. 2013: We welcome Ravi Joshi as part of the first incoming graduate student class to join the group! Ravi completed his undergraduate studies at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 2013.

Aug. 2013: We welcome Austin Tackaberry, an undergraduate junior at Purdue, as the first researcher to join the group!