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Deep Learning Guided Electrified Interfacial Chemical Processes

September 21, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

ChE Seminar Series Presents:

Dr. Fanglin Che, Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Abstract:

The usability and costly storage issues of renewable electricity from solar or wind energy become major challenges on a global scale due to the daily and seasonal variability of sunlight or wind and the geographic inequality of energy needs. A promising solution to address the above challenges lies in electrified modular chemical processes, which provide a sustainable approach to store the solar and wind electrical energy chemically. Theoretically determining and quantifying the roles of electrified interfacial structure and field-dipole interactions on controlling the activity and selectivity of chemical processes and then integrating these roles to establish deep collaborations between machine learning and electrified interfacial chemical processes is crucial for rationally designing these electrified modular systems for energy storage and sustainable chemical production. This talk will focus on two examples, one is organic-inorganic interface and its impact on electrocatalysis of carbon dioxide and the other one is field-dipole interaction effects on sustainable ammonia synthesis.

Biography:

Dr. Fanglin Che joined in Chemical Engineering department at UMass Lowell as an Assistant Professor in September, 2019. Dr. Che earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Washington State University in December, 2016, under the advisement of Prof. Jean-Sabin McEwen. From 2017 to 2018, she worked on electrocatalysis with Prof. Edward Sargent at University of Toronto as a Postdoctoral Researcher. From 2018 to 2019, she worked on microwave heating as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware in Prof. Dionisios G. Vlachos’s laboratory. The overarching goal of Dr. Che’s research at UMass Lowell is to advance the knowledge of electrified interfacial phenomena via building data-driven multi-scale and multi-physics computational models. A special focus is placed on electric field-induced chemistry, electrocatalysis, plasma catalysis, and microwave catalysis. Her group is currently funded by NSF, Navy, and Army.

Details

Date:
September 21, 2022
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Venue

236 Richards
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115 United States
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Organizer

Chemical Engineering
Phone:
617.373.2989
Website:
https://che.northeastern.edu/

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Department
Chemical Engineering
Topics
Seminar
Audience
Undergraduate, Graduate, Alumni, Student Groups, Faculty