UTC RAVE Alert

Chemical Engineering Research and Laboratories

Department Head of Civil and Chemical Engineering, Associate Professor

Dr. Bradley Harris
Email: [email protected]

Research Areas:

  • Identifying common pathways and mechanisms in bacterial disease pathogenesis
  • Understanding how bacteria adapt to their environment through membrane remodeling
  • Developing prevention and treatment strategies for bacterial diseases
  • Using synthetic biology to build microbial cell factories
  • Constructing renewable routes to energy and commodity chemicals
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

Dr. Sungwoo Yang
Email: [email protected]

Research Areas:

  • Transparent insulating materials
  • Lightweight thermal and electrical additives
  • Modeling heat and mass transfer
  • Solar thermal energy conversion
  • Energy-efficient building
  • Water harvesting
Guerry Professor, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Rahul Bhosale
Email: [email protected]

Research Areas:

  • Solar Thermal Processes and Alternative Fuels
  • Thermochemical, Photochemical, and Electrochemical Processes
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis and Advanced Materials
  • Desalination and Wastewater Treatment
  • CO2 Capture, Conversion, and Storage
  • Bioenergy, Biofuels, and Bioproducts
  • Thermal Energy Storage and Batteries
  • Air Pollution Control and Solid Waste Treatment
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Dr. Venkateswara Rao Kode
Email: [email protected]

Research Areas:

  • Boron nitride quantum dots synthesis, characterization and applications development
  • Renewable water harvesting using 'green' solvents
  • Direct air capture by sustainable bio-based sorbent materials
  • Waste-derived polymer bionanocomposites for 3D printing applications

College of Engineering and Computer Science

College of Engineering and Computer Science