July 31, 2023 – Prof. Young (co-PI) and Prof. Trevor Tyson (PI, NJIT) receive an NSF DMR award for the project “Accurate Atomic Structure and Symmetry Determination of New Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric Phases”!
July 27, 2023 – Melisa Bilgili (Chemical Engineering undergraduate) receives for 2nd place at the NJIT Undergraduate Research and Innovation Summer Symposium for her project “Computational Analysis of N8 Stabilized Isolated Single Atom Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of CO2“! Congratulations Melisa!
June 20, 2023 – Prof. Young (PI) was awarded a CIMSEPP Seed Grant for the project “Development of Deep Learning Models for Analysis and Prediction of Power Blend Properties”!
March 26, 2023 – Mo and Dan give presentations at the American Chemical Society Spring 2023 Meeting in Indianapolis, IN.
January 15, 2023 – Kathan Shukla (Chemical Engineering Masters student) joins the group! Welcome Kathan!
November 30, 2022 – Prof. Young attends the Materials Research Society Fall Meeting in Boston, MA.
September 6, 2022 – Dan passes his PhD proposal! Congratulations!
August 29, 2022 – Prof. Young and Prof. Roni Kasher (BGU) receive a continuation of their NJIT-BGU Inter-University Faculty Seed Grant Award for “Functionalization of Three Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Removal of Perfluoroalkyl Pollutants form Water”.
August 22, 2022 – Prof. Young (co-PI), Prof. Wen Zhang (PI, NJIT), and Prof. Avner Ronen (co-PI, Ben Gurion University) receive an NSF-BSF CBET award for the project “Electrified Membrane System for Chemical-Free Nitrogen Recovery from Nitrate Contaminated Water”!
May 19, 2022 – Mo attends and presents a poster at the Catalysis Gordon Research Seminar at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire.
April 26, 2022 – Prof. Young (co-PI) and Prof. Xianqin Wang (PI) receive an NJIT Faculty Seed Grant for the project “A novel bifunctional catalyst for lithium-air battery: polymeric nitrogen”.
March 12-18, 2022 – Prof. Young and graduate students Mo and Dan all attend the American Physical Society March Meeting in Boston, MA and give presentations.
July 19, 2021 – Mo passes her PhD proposal! Congratulations!
July 4, 2021 – Prof. Young and Prof. Roni Kasher (Ben Gurion University) receive a BGU-NJIT Inter-University Faculty Seed Grant.
May 7, 2021 – Prof. Young receive a Faculty Seed Grant from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
January 14, 2021 – Mo passes her Qualifying Exam!
May 14, 2020 – Daniel Mottern joins the group as a PhD student!
December 10, 2019 – Prof. Young (PI), along with co-PIs Dr. Sagnik Basuray and Dr. Wen Zhang, receives a junior faculty grant from the New Jersey Water Resources Research Institute.
August 30, 2019 – Mo Li joins the group as a PhD student!
July 29, 2019 – Prof. Young joins the Chemical and Materials Engineering faculty at NJIT!
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