by | Jun 23, 2020 | Ramani, Vijay, Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari, Wang, Zhongyang
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Engineers in Prof. Vijay Ramani’s laboratory have developed a biopolar interface membrane to prevent fuel crossover and improve the performance of direct methanol and direct ethanol fuel cells (DMFC and DEFC). This membrane separator is designed to maintain a steep pH …
by | Apr 13, 2020 | Biswas, Pratim, Li, Jiayu
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Prof. Pratim Biswas and colleagues have developed an artificial intelligence platform to provide accurate, low-cost analysis of air and water quality by integrating data gathered from particulate matter (PM) sensors and other sources. This technology could be used to make th…
by | Apr 9, 2020 | Jiang, Qisheng, Jun, Young-Shin, Singamaneni, Srikanth, Wu, Xuanhao
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Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory and Prof. Singamaneni’s laboratory have developed high performance, stable membrane materials that can be used for photothermal membrane distillation (PMD) to purify or desalinate water with minimal input of electric…
by | Apr 3, 2020 | Aono, Kenji, Chakrabartty, Shantanu, Kondapalli, Sri Harsha, Pochettino, Owen
— Engineers in Prof. Shantanu Chakrabarty’s laboratory have developed an RFID embedded sensor system for infrastructure-to-vehicle (I2V) communications that uses near-zero standby energy and offers the robust performance of actively powered communications. This technology is designed to provide …
by | Feb 27, 2020 | Jun, Young-Shin, Jung, Haesung
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Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory have developed a cost-effective, fast, green chemistry process to produce birnessite (δ-MnO2) nanosheets with naturally abundant resources. This method uses sunlight and nitrate to oxidize Mn2+ (aq) to Mn (IV) and ha…