UConn Chemical Engineering - Prof.Michael B. Cutlip .
Typical projects involve graduate students from both academic departments working jointly.
Experiments are carried out in special reactor systems which can include well-mixed gradientless reactors which are directly connected to mass spectrometers under computer control. Specialized photocatalytic and microwave plasma reactors are also utilized. Chemical engineering students concentrate more on specialized reactors, reaction engineering and the detailed modeling and optimization for promising new catalytic materials and adsorbents which are synthesized and characterized by the research group. Fuel Cells Fuel cells offer significant promise for efficiently generating electrical power with minimal environmental emissions. Electrocatalysis development and electrode structure optimization are emphasized.