Welcome to the CASTLab website. We are a research group with Prof. Manish Shetty as the Principal Investigator in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University. 

Catalysis forms the backbone of modern chemical industry. Around 80-90% of all chemical products involve catalytic processes in their manufacture. The transition towards a sustainable chemical industry hinges on the utilization of competitive renewable energy from biomass, solar, and wind sources to energy-dense liquid carriers, chemicals, and fuels in small, distributed systems. Catalysis can play a pivotal role in aiding this transition. 

In CASTLab, we strive towards understanding catalysis on a fundamental level to design new and efficient catalytic materials and sustainable technologies. We work at the intersection of reaction engineering, materials science and physical chemistry.  We employ a wide range of synthetic, kinetic, spectroscopic and computational tools as part of our toolkit to gain insights on chemical conversions and catalytic materials.