Category Archives: Research

PhDone

Despite working from home from March – June 2020, I was able to successfully defend my dissertation on June 22 and my dissertation deposit was accepted on June 24! And as a bonus, one of my dissertation chapters is hot off the press in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering this month! I appreciate all theContinue reading “PhDone”

Highlights from the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting – Orlando

Thanks to a successful travel grant application to the Purdue Graduate Student Government I was able to attend the 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, in November. Considering how cold it was in Indiana before I left, it was especially nice to head south and enjoy some beautiful FloridaContinue reading “Highlights from the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting – Orlando”

Purdue ABE Graduate Symposium 2019

Another year, another ABE Graduate Symposium! This year’s ABE Graduate Symposium was part of Purdue’s Ideas Festival: Sustainability for the 21st Century events! To celebrate it’s 150th anniversary, Purdue has been hosting many “ideas festival” events, providing opportunities for discussion on critical challenges that will need tackled in the future. The event was open toContinue reading “Purdue ABE Graduate Symposium 2019”

Building Future Faculty Program at NC State

This past week I was fortunate enough to participate in the Building Future Faculty program at North Carolina State University. I applied for the program in the fall and am grateful to have been one of 34 post-docs and PhD students selected from what I understand was a highly competitive pool. According to the programContinue reading “Building Future Faculty Program at NC State”

Purdue ABE Graduate Symposium 2018

The annual Purdue ABE Graduate Industrial Research Symposium was held on February 8, 2018, and was another huge success. Students, faculty, and alumni from the Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering represented LORRE well at the symposium. I am happy to announce I was awarded 1st Place in the 3-Minute Pitch Your Thesis Competion, 1st PlaceContinue reading “Purdue ABE Graduate Symposium 2018”