Outreach

10/03/2019 Bin gave a public talk, as a Norman Science Cafe event, on what chemical engineering is (history, research, career ...) at the Norman Public Library East.

Spring 2018. George from the OSSM high school has been working with us for research since 2016. His paper on ionic hydrocarbon was published in the Journal of Molecular Modeling. His research and excellent performance has led him to win the "top 300 scholar in the Regeneron Science Talent Search" and "a regional finalist (among 101 in US) in the Siemens Competition". His story has been highlighted in a recent feature news.

This work has been featured on a few public media, including a feature story "Oklahoma High School Student Makes Scientific Discovery By Questioning Common Knowledge" at the STATEIMPACT Oklahoma, Oklahoma Radio NPR, "A High Schooler Has Upended a Fundamental Chemistry Theory" at INVERSE, "A High School Kid From Oklahoma Just Made A Massive Breakthrough In Chemistry" at IFL Science, and a broad discussion on Reddit.

Summer 2016-2017. OU Engineering day, where high school juniors and seniors explore and discover OU Engineering through one-day, in-depth applications in exciting engineering disciplines. In the past years, we always have 20-30 students and teachers from local high school to attend the Chemical Engineering session.

09/01/2015. "Light, Lithium and Water" for lifelong learning

Bin started the first lecture within the 2015 Fall Semester "Morning with the Professor" program at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). The lecture provides a general and broad picture of solar energy conversion (photovoltaics and solar-thermal) and energy storage through lithium-ion batteries and photoelectrochemical water splitting. About 40 students age 50+ enrolled in this lecture. We appreciate their attendance and impressive questions during/after the lecture.

03/2014 Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier

See also at IEEE spectrum; Science daily; UAB; nanowerk; kurzweil

05/15/2013 "2D materials"

A lecture was given to public school teachers through an online workshop "frontiers of carbon related materials". The lecture is focused on recent advances of low-dimensional materials and their applicaitons. The objective is to help the teachers (and potentially the high-school students) to catch up and get interested in this fast-growing field. This workshop qualifies for 6 hours through Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Office of Continuing Education.

02/2012

Barrier to faster graphene devices identified and suppressed

See also at Science Daily, nanowerk, NSF News