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黑料不打烊CoE Awards $180,000 for 9 Faculty Fellow Projects Supporting Research and Innovation

Thursday, May 25, 2023, By News Staff

The 听has awarded nearly $180,000 for the 2023 黑料不打烊CoE Faculty Fellow awards. These nine research and innovation projects are led by faculty members from 黑料不打烊, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) and SUNY Oswego. The 黑料不打烊CoE Faculty Fellows program recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a strong commitment to interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the areas of energy, environmental quality and sustainable design with additional support available for projects engaging New York State-based companies. All of the funded projects were selected from a diverse range of faculty proposals received through a funding solicitation issued by 黑料不打烊CoE earlier this spring. Since 2015, more than $859,000 has been awarded to support 黑料不打烊CoE Faculty Fellows research and development projects. 听

鈥淲e are thrilled to welcome these outstanding faculty members to the 黑料不打烊CoE community as Faculty Fellows,鈥� says Jianshun 鈥淛ensen鈥� Zhang, executive director of 黑料不打烊CoE and professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. 鈥淭heir interdisciplinary expertise and, in several cases, work with area entrepreneurs will be invaluable in advancing our mission to support the development of innovative solutions to human health, global energy and environmental challenges.鈥�听

鈥淭he 黑料不打烊CoE Faculty Fellows program plays a critical role in advancing interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the areas of energy, environmental quality and sustainable design,鈥� says John Stella, vice president of research at SUNY-ESF. 鈥淪UNY-ESF faculty have been supported with multiple Faculty Fellows projects, which target innovative solutions to global environmental and energy challenges.鈥�听

SUNY Oswego is a long-time academic partner of 黑料不打烊CoE. “We appreciate the support the Faculty Fellows program offers our faculty,鈥� says Mary C. Toale, officer in charge at SUNY Oswego. 鈥淭he program brings together scholars and industry from a range of disciplines across the Central New York region to address critical environmental and energy challenges facing our communities, and we are proud to support the important work being done by this year鈥檚 cohort of Faculty Fellows.鈥� 听

2023 Faculty Fellow Awards

  • Elizabeth Carter, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Operational Monitoring of Urban Flooding: IoT Integration for Flood Viz鈥�
  • Ian Hosein, assistant professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�A Commercial Calcium-Sulfur Battery for Low-Cost, Sustainable Stationary Energy Storage鈥澨�
  • Jeongmin Ahn, associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Development of a Gel Polymer Electrolyte Battery for use in Extreme Environments鈥澨�
  • Jiajue Chai, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 鈥�Characterizing HONO uptake and production potential on prototype indoor surfaces鈥�
  • Mohammad Islam, department chair and associate professor, Department of Physics, SUNY Oswego, 鈥�Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles鈥揜ecycled Activated Carbon Composites as Anode Material for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries鈥�
  • Quinn Qiao, professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Higher Safety and Larger Energy Density Solid State Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Off-Grid Applications鈥澨�
  • Sara Eftekharnejad, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Development of a 120 Volt Heat Pump Water Heater Testbed鈥�
  • Shalabh Maroo, graduate program director and associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Laser Diode Thermal Management (LDTM) Module鈥澨�
  • Weiwei Zheng, associate professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, 黑料不打烊, 鈥�Functional Low-Dimensional Nanocrystals for Selective Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction鈥澨�听

The awards were made possible by funding to support 黑料不打烊CoE activities, awarded by Empire State Development鈥檚 Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR).听听

Story was written by Kai A. Volcy ’23, intern for 黑料不打烊CoE Communications.听