Accolades

• Luke Herouz; Postdoc, Advisor- Mark Dadmun, presently senior scientific associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Derrick Poe; PhD in Chemical Engineering awarded, Advisor- Ed Maginn, presently postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
• Nora Shaheen; PhD in Chemical Engineering awarded, Advisor- Rohan Akolkar, presently postdoctoral researcher at Argonne National Laboratory
• Mahesh Ijjada; Postdoc, Advisor- Rohan Akolkar, presently assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
• Stephanie Spittle; PhD in Chemical Engineering awarded, Advisor- Joshua Sangoro, presently process engineer at Evolve Renewable Materials, Inc.
• Xiochen Shen; Postdoc, Advisor- Robert Savinell, presently research Staff at a start-up company in South Carolina
• Nicholas Sinclair; PhD awarded in Chemical Engineering, Advisors- Robert Savinell and Jesse Wainright, presently research engineer/professor at CWRU
• Raziyeh Ghahremani; Postdoc, Advisor – Burcu Gurkan, presently senior scientist at Schaeffler
• Charles Kolodziej; PhD awarded in Chemistry, Advisor-Clemens Burda; presently working at General Atomics
• Nelly Cantillo; , Postdoc, Advisor-Thomas Zawodzinski, presently at Universidad de La Sabana in Bogota, Columbia
• Seokyoon Moon; , Visiting Chemical Engineering student, Advisor – Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, presently at GIST in Korea
• Dai Shen; PhD awarded in Chemical Engineering, Advisor – Rohan Akolkar, presently at Intel
• Jeffrey Klein; PhD in Chemical Engineering, Advisor – Burcu Gurkan, presently a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Mohammed Alotaibi; MS awarded in Chemistry, Advisor – Clemens Burda, presently considering PhD studies
• Mahesh Ijjada; Postdoc, Advisor – Rohan Akolkar, presently seeking a faculty position
• Guanhe Rim; PhD awarded in Earth and Environmental Engineering, Advisor – Ah-Hyung Alissa Park, presently a postdoc in chemical engineering at Georgia Tech
• Henry Squire; BS/MS awarded in Chemical Engineering, Advisor – Burcu Gurkan, presently a PhD Student at the University of California, Berkeley
• Emmanuel Mapesa; Postdoc, Advisor – Joshua Sangoro, presently senior polymer scientist at Eastman Chemicals Company

Speakers

• Prof. Andrew Abbott, University of Leicester
• Dr. Adam Imal, BEES EFRC Postdoc
• Sara Hamilton and Sahana Bhattacharyya, BEES EFRC graduate students
• Prof. James Davis, University of South Alabama
• Prof. Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan
• Prof. Robert Savinell, BEES EFRC Director
• Nora Shaheen, BEES EFRC graduate student
• Grant Goodrich, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute at CWRU
• Dr. Rangachary (Mukund) Mukundan, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Prof. Joan Brennecke, University of Texas at Austin
• Prof. João Coutinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal
• Prof. Gary Baker, University of Missouri
• Prof. Orlando Acevedo, University of Miami

Fellowships, Workshops & Internships

• Derick Poe – Summer internship (2021) at Sandia National Laboratory
• Jeffrey Klein – DOE Office of Science 2020 Graduate Student Research Fellowship at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
• Adam Imel – presented workshops on neutron scattering.
• William Dean – attended the 2020 National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering co-organized by Argonne National Laboratory and at Oak Ridge National Laboratory; will be doing an internship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Nora Shaheen – DOE Office of Science 2022 Graduate Student Research Fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory
• EFRC Program Officer Craig Henderson participated in a virtual meeting with students on January 28, 2021 with BEES