Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering doctoral student, Michael Gordon, assembles a test cell for a convection battery developed in the lab of Professor Galen Suppes. The battery, which uses a pump, supplies nearly six times more energy than traditional batteries used in electric cars, and is less expensive.

March 29, 2012

Research shows new battery to have reduced costs, charge times

Galen Suppes, J.C. Dowell Professor in chemical engineering, has developed and demonstrated a new “convection battery” that is a giant [...]

Leonard Sze works in the research lab of chemical engineering Assistant Professor Sheila Baker. He is working to characterize deep eutectic solvents (DES), which create a material with a much lower melting point than its two separate components.

March 27, 2012

Chemical engineering scholarship allows for graduate student’s research

When looking for graduate programs in chemical engineering last year, Leonhard Sze decided to apply to the University of Missouri. [...]

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August 22, 2011

Nanoantenna reinvents solar energy

The yellow dwarf star at the center of our solar system that reliably illuminates and warms this planet was considered [...]