May
Congratulations to Jaylin George, an undergraduate researcher in our group, on receiving the CHE Outstanding Researcher Award!
Wenshuo has been nominated for Full Membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society, in recognition of his scholarly achievements and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the catalysis field.
Wenshuo has been selected as a Most Influential Faculty Member in the Whitacre College of Engineering.
Our new paper, in collaboration with Dr. Malmali, "Overcoming Kinetic Barriers via Continuous Absorption-Enhanced Methanol Synthesis in an Integrated Reactor-Absorber Process" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.
March
Wenshuo co-presided the "Kinetic and Mechanistic Insights to Catalysis: From Complexity to Elegance: Thermodynamics and Kinetics Across Interfaces & Zeolites" session at the ACS Spring 2026 in Atlanta, GA.
He also presented recent work titled "Mechanistic insights and selectivity control in the hydrogenation of CO2 and CO on dispersed Ru, CO, and Ni nanoparticles" at the ACS Spring 2026.
February
Congratulations to Spencer Murrell, an undergraduate researcher in our group, on receiving the Koh Family Scholarship! Spencer will continue his research with us as a PhD student beginning in Fall 2026.
January
The Hu group welcomes Jaylin George, Spencer Murrell, Jacob Brazell, and Sirish Chaudhary, joining the group as undergraduate student researchers.
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics.
November
Our new paper "Mechanistic Descriptions and Kinetic Trends in CO2 Hydrogenation on Ru, Co, and Ni Nanoparticles" has been published in ACS Catal.
Our new paper "Experimental and kinetic treatments of reaction rates influenced by deactivation during alkane dehydrogenation on dispersed metal nanoparticles" (invited perspective) has been accepted for publication in Mol. Catal.
October
The Hu group welcomes Paulo Morgado, joining the group as a graduate student researcher.
August
The Hu group welcomes Xinyu Li, joining the group as a graduate student researcher, and Jorge Contreras, Lawrence Diles, and Mia Vasquez, joining the group as undergraduate student researchers.
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 4391/5391 Chemical Engineering Application in Energy Science.
July
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 3323 Chemical Reaction Engineering.
June
Wenshuo co-chaired the "New Methods in Computational Catalysis - Dynamic Sampling" session at the 29th North American Meeting of the North American Catalysis Society (NAM29) in Atlanta, GA.
He also presented recent work titled "Mechanistic Insights and Selectivity Control in CO2 Hydrogenation on Dispersed Ru, Co, and Ni Nanoparticles" at the NAM29.
May
Our new paper "A Mechanism-Based Strategy for Controlling CH4 and CO Selectivities in CO2–H2 Reactions on Dispersed Ru, Co, and Ni Nanoparticles" has been published in J. Am. Chem. Soc.
January
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 3341 Mass Transfer Operations and CHE 5343 Reaction Kinetics.
October
The Hu group welcomes Clayton Penttila, who is joining the group as an undergraduate student researcher.
August
Wenshuo began teaching CHE 3322 Thermodynamics II (co-teaching with Dr. Howe) and CHE 4391/5391 Chemical Engineering Application in Energy Science.
Wenshuo joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech as an Assistant Professor, after three years of postdoctoral research in Prof. Enrique Iglesia's group at the University of California, Berkeley.