Stony Brook University Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

Stony Brook University’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers ("AIChE") attended the 2024 AIChE Annual Student Conference held in San Diego, California. Fourteen students, led by faculty advisor Professor Nitodas, participated in key events, including the ChemE Car, ChemE-Sports, and research poster presentation competitions. Professor Steve Nitodas served as a ChemE Car poster session judge. The ChemE Car competition team members included Mary Calandra, Reid Maggio, William Chen, Marvin Alhaddad, and Cindy Huang. They placed within the top 30, and are still waiting for their official ranking. Two teams competed in the ChemE-Sports competition. Team 1, consisting of John Lam, Bradford Leung, and Julia Randazzo, finished in 35th place. Team 2, composed of Celina Yeung, Rishi Shah, and Kyle Lin, secured 25th place. Research presentations were completed by Mary Calandra, Michal Luchowski, Ava Gross, and Linda Liu. Mary Calandra placed 2nd within the Catalysis category. Congratulations to all! ?? #AIChE #chemicalengineers #engineer #stonybrooku

Stony Brook University has been selected to receive $2,500,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding is part of the Creating Hardened And Durable fusion first Wall Incorporating Centralized Knowledge (CHADWICK) program. This program is focused on researching and developing new, advanced materials and manufacturing techniques to enhance the durability of the “first wall” in a fusion power plant. Through the CHADWICK program, Stony Brook University will increase the ductility, thermal conductivity and irradiation resistance of ceramic materials through second phase additives into low activation ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTC). Under this program, Professor Lance Snead will work with Co-Principal Investigator Professor David Sprouster, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and collaborators from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Sandia National Laboratory. Click the link to read more: https://bit.ly/4fK0IM5 #chemicalengineering #materialscience #fusion #stonybrooku

Christian Apostol, a rising senior in the CME program, was recently awarded a scholarship from Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society (https://lnkd.in/eERThRJh). Tau Beta Pi is the national engineering honor society devoted to honoring students for academic excellence and for service to the engineering profession. Engineering juniors and seniors who have demonstrated these qualities are invited to join Stony Brook’s Omicron chapter of Tau Beta Pi. The Tau Beta Pi Scholarships for 2024-25 are given on the basis of academic achievement, extracurricular activities, and the promise of substantial contributions to the engineering profession. The scholarship is given in the amount of $2,000 for a year of full-time academic study or $1,000 for a semester or two quarters of full-time academic study. Congratulations, Christian!

Three of our most recent CME grads, Daniel Arnoldi '24, Michael Harris '24 and Eliana Matsil '24, were recognized for their work on a renewable energy project that they conducted for their senior thesis dissertation. The entire project covered generating hydrogen, storing it and then using it to produce electricity in fuel cells, where its only byproducts are water vapor and warm air, with greenhouse gas emissions near zero. Other work had already shown that hydrogen-powered fuel cells can be more than twice as efficient as the conventional technologies that are only now being challenged by the advent of electric vehicles. This work was made possible through an innovative partnership with Shinnecock Nation and will be continued by Matsil, who will be staying on at Stony Brook to pursue her master's degree. https://lnkd.in/ee3WAGcp

Congratulations are in order for Prof. Maya Endoh! She was recently awarded the 2023-2024 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are system-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. Through these awards, SUNY publicly recognizes the accomplishment and dedication of its instructional faculty, librarians and professional staff across its campuses. The awards provide SUNY-wide recognition in seven categories: Faculty Service, Librarianship, Professional Service, Scholarship and Creative Activities, Classified Service, Teaching and Adjunct Teaching. Well done, Maya!

Aron Newman (PhD '98) was recently appointed Chief of the Materials and Structural Systems Division at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Congratulations, Dr. Newman!

CME seniors Daniel Arnoldi, Michael Harris and Eliana Matsil are highlighted as URECA's Researchers of the Month for their work with the Shinnecock tribe to set up a renewable hydrogen based micro-grid. https://lnkd.in/eQjCw9qH

Materials Science & Engineering PhD student Marie Francoise M. was one of 12 winners of the annual SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) award. Congratulations, Marie!

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Stony Brook University’s AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers chapter recently attended the AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference hosted by the University of Maryland - Baltimore County. Every semester AIChE travels to regional or national conferences to compete in three competition teams (ChemE-Sports, ChemE Jeopardy, Chem-E-Car), present research, attend career and graduate school fairs, and network with students and industry professionals. The ChemE-Sports students virtually competed in 4 rounds during the conference. Three teams competed and had a record-setting performance. All three teams tied for 1st Place in the Expert Round for Round 2,?and SBU Team 1 and Team 3 won 1st and 2nd place in the Master of Disaster Round in Round 3. All three teams tied for the Spring 2024 Safety Sorcerer Award. Although this year’s team was relatively new and inexperienced, the results obtained surpassed expectations and set high standards for the SBU Team going forward to the National ChemE-Sports competition in October 2024 in San Diego. Next, the Chem-E-Car team debuted their new car, Catbus. The team had exceptional knowledge of their car mechanism and won 2nd place in the ChemE Car Poster Competition. This is the first time in 7 years that the SBU team has won this award. They are also still hopeful for a chance to compete at the national conference this upcoming fall in San Diego. The team also wanted to give a special note of gratitude to Dr. Nitodas, AIChE Faculty Advisor, who accompanied the AIChE team to the conference and also served as a Safety Judge for the Chem-E-Car Competition. The ChemE Jeopardy team excelled in the preliminary rounds and made it to the semifinal round! They are excited to continue preparing for next year's regional competition. Lastly, five students presented research posters at the Research Poster Competition. This opportunity allowed the CME and Chemistry departments to expand upon their accomplishments in research. The SBU AIChE chapter will be traveling to San Diego in November for the National AIChE Annual Student Conference. The chapter is looking forward to participating in these competitions again with the support from Professor Nitodas and the Stony Brook University Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering. The members of the SBU AIChE chapter are as follows: Chem-E-Car team: Jae-Won Seo, Eeman Jawad, Mary Calandra, Hannah Karkout, Cindy Huang, Andrew Talushllari, Reid Maggio, Ling Ya Chen, Daniel Baek ? ChemE Jeopardy team: Nick Servedio, Rishi Shah, Angelina Precilla, Briman Yang ? ChemE-Sports team 1: Angelina Precilla, Celina Yeung, Briman Yang ChemE-Sports team 2: John Lam, Kyle Lin, Hanson He ChemE-Sports team 3: Wilson Lee Liang, Maliha Ahmed ? Faculty Advisor: Dr. Stefanos Nitodas, Ph.D.