Fuel & Chemical Conversion Lab
Dr. Maohong Fan
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Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Osaka University, 2003
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Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2000
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Ph.D. Environmental (Engineering) Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1997
Dr. Fan has led and worked on many projects in the areas of chemical production, clean energy generation and environmental protection, which have been supported by various domestic and international funding agencies such as NSF, DOE and EPA, USGS and USDA in the US, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Japan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and industrial companies such as Siemens and Caterpillar. He has helped various chemical, environmental and energy companies to overcome their technical challenges. He has published over 175 refereed books, book chapters, and papers in different chemical and environmental engineering, energy, and chemistry journals. As an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member or Advisory Board Member, he has been serving several international chemical and energy as well as environmental journals. He has been supporting and supervising a number of graduate students and postdocs as well as research scientists in his research areas.
Research Interests
Integrating multiple methods and processes including (homogenous, heterogeneous and photo as well as bio) catalysis and separation with sorption and membrane for conversion of coal, oil and gases to value-added chemicals and clean fuels.
Developing new materials (e.g., ionic liquids and nanostructure as well as magnetic materials) for clean and renewable energy production with conventional and unconventional technologies such as supercritical fluids and advanced crystallization as well as chemical vapor deposition.
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Assimilation of various methods and processes including (homogenous, heterogeneous and photo as well as bio) catalysis and separation with sorption and membrane as well as chemical looping pathway for conversion of fossil and renewable resources into value-added chemicals/materials and clean fuels
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Synthesis of new functional materials including ionic liquids, organic frameworks, magnetic materials and catalysts with different methods including supercritical fluids, crystallization, chemical vapor deposition
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Understanding the reaction kinetics and mechanisms associated with generation of chemicals (including petrochemicals) and energy through various theoretical and experimental methods including computation chemistry
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Recovering value-added materials from coal and other mineral utilization by-products and co-produced water in fossil energy industries
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Water and wastewater treatment
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Bioresource production and conversion; carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)
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Development of renewable energies
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Computations
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Life cycle assessments of material production and energy generation processes
