Jeramie Adams, of Western Research Institute (WRI), will speak as part of the School
of Energy Resources’ (SER) Distinguished Speaker Series Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Adams will speak from noon to 1 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Energy Innovation
Center’s Encana Auditorium. The free lunch presentation is open to all students, members
of the campus community and the public.
WRI specializes in research on advanced energy systems, environmental technologies
and highway materials. Adams serves as vice president of the renewable upcycling,
carbon materials and asphalt technologies research group, which develops proof-of-concept
processes and products that can be scaled up and further validated.
A talented chemist, Adams earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from UW in 2008 and continued
there for the next four years as a postdoctoral researcher before joining WRI in 2012.
At WRI, he has established a distinguished track record of leading high-impact commercial,
industrial and federal initiatives. As a central figure in energy and materials research,
Adams has spearheaded several major research consortia and Department of Energy projects,
most notably the Consortium for Affordable Carbon Fibers in the U.S.
His extensive research portfolio spans the entire hydrocarbon lifecycle, from stabilizing
problematic crude oil emulsions and mitigating heat exchanger fouling to advanced
co-processing of petroleum, coal and biomass.
Adams is an integral part of the collaborative carbon engineering research being conducted
in SER’s Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC) to find alternative, high-volume
uses for Wyoming coal. He is the lead on the downstream project that utilizes feedstock
derived from CCCC’s solvent extraction technology to produce coal-derived asphalt.
“We are pleased to welcome Jeramie to campus to share his expertise with our students
and faculty,” says CCCC Director Trina Igelsrud-Pfeiffer. “His leadership on the collaborative
project to transform Wyoming coal into high-performing asphalt binder is a perfect
example of the innovative work we champion here at the center. We also are grateful
for his dedication to mentoring the next generation of chemists/engineers, having
supervised several of our graduate students through the complexities of this research
as we now focus our efforts on scaling this technology for commercial use.”
A livestream of the presentation can be viewed at https://uwyo.zoom.us/j/97814722544.
For more information, email Christine Reed at christine.reed@uwyo.edu.
