Available Research Services and Equipment

Please contact the indicated faculty to avail yourself of the indicated chemical engineering services or

Available Equipment – In alpha order – Some equipment have multiple experts that you can call upon.

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies, – Debra Auguste, Hicham Fenniri, Steve Lustig
Battery cycler, 64 Channel – Joshua Gallaway
BET surface area and pore size measurement – Ming Su
Biomechanics devices and systems – Eno Ebong
Confocal Imaging with a Raman Microscope and electrochemical capability Joshua Gallaway
Differential scanning calorimeter – Ming Su
Dynamic Light Scattering – Ming Su
Flow cytometry studies with a Attune NxT from Thermo Fisher, 3 lasers and 10 colors – Sidi Bencherif
FTIR/Raman imaging – Hicham Fenniri
Infrared Spectroscopy – Steve Lustig
Glovebox – Argon environment – Joshua Gallaway
Potentiostat – Joshua Gallaway
Rheology of materials using a TA Instruments ARES-G2 instrument with in-situ Raman Scattering – Steve Lustig
SEM/TEM – Hicham Fenniri
Tensile and compressive characterization – Ryan Koppes
Thermogravity analyzer – Ming Su
UV-vis and fluorescence measurements – Sara Hashmi, – Ming Su
Viscosity determination by capillary viscometer for small-volume sample measurements (min ~10 microliters) – Sara Hashmi
X-ray micro CT and X-ray sources and detectors – Ming Su
Others to be added

Services – In alpha order

3D microporous scaffolds – Sidi Bencherif
Battery systems testing at synchrotron facilities such as APS and NSLS-II. Joshua Gallaway
Biomechanics Studies – Eno Ebong
Cryogel synthesis – Sidi Bencherif
Drug Delivery Research (ADDRes) – Rebecca Carrier
- Study and develop algorithms to predict the impact of lipids and food on drug absorption.
- Study transport (particles, microbes, drug carriers, molecules) across mucus layers, employing particle tracking techniques and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP).
- Develop advanced “gut on a chip” models.
- Retinal regeneration where w study cell behaviors (3d cell migration in hydrogels, survival, differentiation) in response to different biomaterial environments.
Electrochemical systems such as batteries and fuel cells: fabrication and characterization of – Joshua Gallaway
Evaluation of antifouling coatings, bioproduct production rates, antibacterial detergents, rinses, protocols – Andrew Jones
Heterologous protein expression and purification (aerobic and anaerobic) – Benjamin Woolston
Histology and pathology services – Eno Ebong
Hydrogel synthesis – Sidi Bencherif
Materials chemistry, materials engineering, polymer science, organic materials preparation, isolation, and characterization (SEM/TEM, CD, DLS/SLS, NMR, MS, LC-MS, GC-MS, SAXS, XRD, XPS) – Hicham Fenniri
High-resolution LCMS – Benjamin Woolston
Hypoxic, normoxic, and hyperoxic cell culture in 2D and 3D – Sidi Bencherif
In vitro cytocompatibility studies (cell metabolic activity, live/dead assay, immunogenicity, etc) – Sidi Bencherif
Kinetic modeling, chemical kinetics, computational chemistry (including heterogeneous catalysis, reactor modeling, pathway analysis) Richard West
Machine Learning and AI, especially for molecular property and reaction prediction – Richard West
Materials chemistry, materials engineering, polymer science, organic materials preparation, isolation, and characterization (SEM/TEM, CD, DLS/SLS, NMR, MS, LC-MS, GC-MS, SAXS, XRD, XPS) – Hicham Fenniri
Molecular modeling of mixtures and interfacial systems, and process simulation of chemical processes – Francisco Hung
Particle suspension analysis – Sara Hashmi
Polymer materials mechanical properties using a TA Instruments Electroforce 3200 – Ryan Koppes
Polymer molecular weight and distribution analysis using HPLC/SEC/GPC – Steve Lustig
Reaction studies, Polymerase chain reaction – Sidi Bencherif