Project Info
Engineering Organic Catalysts for Alternate Energy Applications
Shubham Vyas| svyas@mines.edu
– Computationally engineering already developed organic molecular catalyst for the oxidative splitting of water
– Chemical synthesis and experimental testing of computationally designed catalysts
More Information
Talk to the professor.
http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v4/n10/full/nchem.1439.html
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp106288s
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp104443y
Grand Engineering Challenge: Make solar energy economical
Student Preparation
Qualifications
Sophomore or higher in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering.
Time Commitment
40 hours/month
Skills/Techniques Gained
Chemical computations
Chemical synthesis
Laser Spectroscopy
NMR, UV-Vis, IR and product analysis
Possibly, electrochemistry
Mentoring Plan
One-on-one meeting every week
Participation in the group meeting
The student will also work with a graduate student already working on this project