Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Ph.D., professor of energy, environmental and chemical engineering and co-director of the Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory, has received a three-year, $880,647 grant from Department of Energy-Nuclear Energy Research Initiative for research titled “Very High Temperature Nuclear Reactors (VHTR) Research Consortium” in collaboration with the University of Missouri-Columbia and North Carolina State University. This research will address the fundamentals and advancement of fourth-generation nuclear reactors (pebble bed reactors), which are environmentally friendly and characterized by risk-free proliferation and high thermal efficiency for energy and hydrogen production. …
Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, has received a $90,000 subaward from Pegasus Technical Services Inc. on a project funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for research titled “Multi-Scale Infrastructure Characterizations Studies: BioFuel Production Facilities.” …
Henrika McCoy, doctoral candidate in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, has received a $5,000 grant from the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation for research titled “Exploring MAYSI-2 Differences: African American & Caucasian Male Juvenile Offenders.”