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2026
June
June
Maddie presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Catalysis!
May
May
We said farewell to Diego and Patricia! It was fantastic to have them in the group and wish them all the best as they finish up their Ph.D. work!
Majed participated in commencement at West Virginia University and was officially hooded!
The whole group presented at the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Department Research Symposium and the Michigan Catalysis Society Annual Symposium!
March
March
Majed successfully defended his thesis! Huge congrats!
Visiting Ph.D. student Patricia Prieto arrived in East Lansing. She's a student at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Lima, Peru and will be working on characterizing Mn-functionalized sorbents.
Maddie presented at the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York Annual Spring Symposium!
The group spent a week at SSRL for our first beamtime!
February
February
Congratulations to Mihir Kulkarni on his paper studying the role of an Fe promoter in Mo-catalyzed non-oxidative methane coupling which was published in ChemCatChem!
January
January
Visiting Ph.D. student Diego Suarez arrived in East Lansing. He's a student at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Lima, Peru and will be working on Fe nanoparticle characterization over the coming months.
Congratulations to Majed Alam Abir on his paper studying the role of Ni particle size for CO2 methanation over alumina supported catalysts which was published in Nanoscale!
The group's work was highlighted by the MSU College of Engineering!
2025
November
November
Congratulations to Majed Alam Abir on his paper studying the role of gadolinium promoters on Ni-catalyzed methanation being published in ACS Catalysis! This work involved 5 different undergraduate researchers helping with all the experiments!
Majed, Mihir, and Maddie presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston, MA!
August
August
Maddie attended the fall ACS meeting in Washington DC to present at two symposia - one celebrating E. V. Murphree Award winner Chris Jones and one focused on 'Frontiers and Challenges in Nanoparticle-Mediated Chemical Transformations'. She was awarded the Materials and Interfaces Outstanding Presentation by a Young Investigator!
Undergraduate researchers Yesi Doctolero and Aspen Tapley join the group - welcome!
June
June
Mihir presented at the North American Catalysis Society meeting in Atlanta, GA and received the Kokes Award! Maddie also presented at the meeting.
May
May
Mihir presented at the ChEMS Research Forum, MSU Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, and the Michigan Catalysis Society Spring Symposium!
March
March
Maddie presented an invited talk at the spring ACS meeting!
2024
December
December
Maddie presented at the Michigan Catalysis Society monthly meeting. Thanks MCS for a warm welcome to the area!
October
October
Ph.D. student Eugenia Amegbanu joins the group!
Majed and Mihir presented at the annual AIChE meeting!
August
August
The Catalyst Design Lab moves to MSU! We're excited for this new chapter!
Maddie Dudle joins the group as an undergraduate researcher!
July
July
Congratulations to Majed Alam Abir on his paper studying the role of supports in carbon dioxide methanation being published in Catalysis Science and Technology!
May
May
Congrats to undergraduate researcher Rachel Phillips on graduating with a BS and starting a PhD at Clemson University!
2023
November
November
Majed presents his work at the AIChE Annual Meeting and undergraduate researchers Ethan and Rachel present Posters!
Our perspective article, written in collaboration with Dr. Oishi Sanyal and her group, is published in AIChE Journal. The perspective is featured on the cover of the November 2023 issue.
September
September
The group attends the Tri-State Catalysis Society symposium hosted at WVU! Majed, Mihir, and Rachel present posters of their work.
August
August
Ph.D. student Paul Monday joins the group! Undergraduate researches Reece Stevenson and Emma Zaleski join the group.
July
July
Summer undergraduate researchers Gia and Ethan present their results at the WVU Undergraduate Research Symposium.
May
May
Undergraduate researcher Gia Monte joins the group as a visiting summer student. Ethan continues his work as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience and Kaden Schreiber joins the lab!
February
February
Our collaborative award on the development of membrane reactors was highlighted during the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. Mani and Rachel presented their research to members of the West Virginia State Legislature and Executive Branch.
January
January
Ph.D. student Mihir Kulkarni and undergraduate researchers Bryce Clutter and Justin Fluharty join the group!
Dr. Ball is featured by Statler College, highlighting recent funding from ACS PRF.
2022
November
November
Dr. Ball and Mani attend the annual AIChE meeting in Phoenix, AZ. Mani presents his research at the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition.
October
October
Ethan joins the group as an undergraduate researcher!
September
September
The group attends the Tri-State Catalysis Society meeting in Columbus, OH. Majed presents his work on CO2 conversion catalysts.
July
July
Mani and Rachel present their summer research at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium! We're so proud of all the work they've put in this summer!
June
June
Rachel joins the lab and Mani continues his work as a part of the WVU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience.
January
January
Mani, Ray, and Meg join the lab as undergraduate researchers!
2021
September
September
The Catalyst Design Lab is founded in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at West Virginia University! Majed and Caleb join the group as founding members.
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