Alumni

Shaina Field-Farias Undergraduate student - Summer 2022 to Present

B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Expected 2023

Research focus: LMO synthesis and nanofiber electrospinning

Email: Shaina.Field-Farias@ttu.edu

Emily Dowding M.Sc. Student

BS, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University

Research Focus: Ammonia absorption, absorbent synthesis

Tzu Yang Tseng (Morgan) Research Assistance, 2021 - present

B.S., University of Colorado Boulder, 2021.

Research Focus:

Designed and optimized the experiments for synthesizing mesoporous silica (SBA15) with minimal impurities and high pore volume.
Optimized loading impregnation of various metals on mesoporous material for prepping ammonia catalyst for decomposition and composition.
Synthesized ammonia catalyst using physisorption/ chemisorption.
Ran ammonia decomposition and composition using the synthesized ammonia catalyst in a batch reactor.
Synthesize lithium manganese oxide incorporated with silica for lithium adsorbent (patent in the process)

Email: tzutseng@ttu.edu

Office: MERC 005

Amit Kumar Thakur, Ph.D. Research Associate, 2019 - present

Current position: Senior Chemist/Senior Scientist, Mojave Energy Systems, USA

Email: amit.thakur@ttu.edu

Ph.D., Chemistry, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India, 2016

M.Sc., Chemistry, Jai Prakash University, India 2009

B.Sc., Jai Prakash University, India, 2007

Achievement:

Distinguished Staff Award, in Recognition of the Significant Contributions and Shared Innovative Ideas to the Department and the Texas Tech Community. Presented by Texas Tech University, November 2021.
Global Scholarship for the 21st Century, in Recognition of the Distinguished Academic Achievement, Presented by Texas Tech University, April 2021.
Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC, Israel) Fellowship for Outstanding Chinese and Indian Post-Doctoral Fellows (2017-2020).

Research Focus: Treating Produced Water with Membrane Distillation

I-Min Hsieh, Ph.D. Ph.D. Student - 2017

PhD, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2022

M.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2014
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2011

Research Focus: Mitigation and mechanism of fouling and scaling in membrane distillation (MD) for produced water treatment.

Achievement:

James D. and Mary Hazlewood Memorial Graduate Fellowship
Travel Award, Texas Tech University, for AICHE in 2018 and 2019 and for NAMS in 2022.
Graduate Student Research Support Award, Texas Tech University, 2021-2022.
Colin Tyrie Scholarship from Produced Water Society in 2021
NAMS Elias Klein Travel Supplement in 2021.

Email: i-min.hsieh@ttu.edu

Office: MERC 005

Bosong Lin, Ph.D. Ph.D. Student - 2016

Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MIT

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2022
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2016

Research Focus: Process simulation and modeling, emphasizing ammonia absorption and water treatment membrane process. Fluid flow studies with computational fluid dynamics and particle image velocimetry

Achievements:

1^st Prize in Student Poster Competition, 31st North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Conference, Tempe, AZ, USA, May 2022
Teaching Assistant Award, Process Control, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, May 2018, May 2019

Email: lin.bosong@ttu.edu