First-year Projects

(received 1 year funding)

Shane Foister, Department of Chemistry

Catalytic Degradation of Lignin to Low Molecular Weight Organics (Biomass Production and Conversion for Energy and Materials, Wei Wang and Tommy Phelps)

Jens Gregor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Iterative Image Reconstruction for Neutron Tomography (Neutron imaging of fluids within plant‐soil‐groundwater systems, Hassina Z. Bilheux)

David Jenkins, Department of Chemistry

Well-defined Tetra-carbene Complexes for Metal Deposition in Zeolites for Catalytic Alcohol Production (Novel Zeolitic Carbon Support for Catalytic Bioethanol Production, De-en Jiang)

Shih-Lung Shaw, Department of Geography

Integration of Space-Time GIS with Climate Informatics for Climate Change Research (Enhancing Climate Impact Integrated Assessment for Water through Climate Informatics, W. C. Lenhardt)