Katie Dongmei Li-Oakey

Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering | Material Science and Engineering Program | CAES | CEPM | INBRE

Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator

Contact Information

(307) 766-3592dli1@uwyo.edu

EERB 361B

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Built upon years of academic and industrial background and experience, my research focuses on catalytic, functional membrane, thin film and coating material development with applications spanning liquid filtration, gas processing and biomedical sensors. New approaches to implementing catalyst and surface chemistry within membrances and at functional surfaces offer alternative solutions to existing separation and surface science problems, while allowing us to study them in a different context. As such, my long-term research goal is to develop new catalytic membrances and thin films that are self-cleaning or self-defending against fouling (in liquid separation) or poisoning (gas separation).

Education

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003-2005
  • Ph.D., Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 1997
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Shandong University (formerly Shandong University of Technology), 1994

Professional Background

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming, 2010-2011
  • Sr. New Product Development Engineering, DRC Metrigraphics, 2007-2008
  • Sr. Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, 2006-2007

Research Interests

  • Liquid filtration in energy exploration related activities (coal bed methane, hydraulic fracturing, etc...)
  • Catalytic, functional membrane, thin film and coating material development
  • Fuel cell catalysts and membrane materials (proton exchange membrane and molten carbonate fuel cells)

Patents

  • Achieving Ultra-low Pt Loading with Enhanced Activity and Durability, Dongmei Li, Shuai Tan and Shibley Saha, US Provisional Patent, filed June 10, 2016, serial number: 62/348,158.
  • Durable and Active Catalyst Platform Consisting of Phase-pure Transition Metal Carbide Support and Metal Nanoparticles Deposited via Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Dongmei Li and Shibely Saha, US Provisional Patent, filed March 12, 2016, serial number: 62/307,450.
  • Compact catalytic membrane reactor for chemical process intensification, Shuai Tan and Dongmei Li, US Patent 91388718, September 22, 2015.
  • MIS-based Sensors with Improved Hydrogen Sensitivity, Dongmei Li, W. Medlin, R.L. Bastasz, Anthony McDaniel, US Patent 7,340,938, 2008.

Select Publications

  • Shuai Tan, Steve Paglieri and Dongmei Li, Nano-scale Sulfur-Tolerant Lanthanide Oxysulfide/Oxysulfate Catalysts for Water-Gas-Shift Reaction in a Novel Reactor Configuration, Catalysis Communications, 73, p. 16-21, 2016.
  • Shibley Saha, Briddger Martin, Brian Leonard, and Dongmei Li, Probing Synergetic Effects Between Platinum Nanoparticles Deposited via Atomic Layer Deposition and Molybdenum Carbide Nanotube Support through Surface Characterization and Device Performance, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 9253-9265, 2016.
  • Dongmei Li, W. Medlin. Appliation of Polymer-Coated Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Sensors in Detection of Dissovled Hydrogen, Applied Physics Letters, 88, p. 233507, 2006.
  • Dongmei Li, W. Medlin, R. Bastasz and T. McDaniel. Effects of Membrane Coating on the Response of Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) Sensors, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 115, p. 86-92, 2006.
  • Dongmei Li, R. L. Sani, A. R. Greenbergy and W. B. Krantz. Membrane Formation via Solid-Liquid Thermally Induced Phase Separation (TIPS) - Model Development and Validation, Journal of Membrane Science, 279, p. 50-60, 2006.