Student Activities

Catalysts and Catalysis

Posters:

  • Julia Fernald, Clarita Regalado, Hongmei Luo, Fe-doped Ni3S2 nanowires on nickel foam as overall water splitting catalysts, Southwest-Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, El Paso, Nov. 11-15, 2019 (poster).
  • Clarita Regalado, Julia Fernald, Jessica Houston, Nancy Flores, Hongmei Luo, Fe-doped Ni3S2 nanowires on nickel foam as bifunctional water-splitting catalysts with low overpotentials, USDA PI meeting, Costa Mesa, CA, Feb. 27 – March 2, 2019 (poster).
  • Di Huang, Qi Zhou, Christopher Catanach, Hongmei Luo, Polymer-assisted deposition Li(Ni,Co,Mn)O2 thin films, MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, April 2-6, 2018 (poster).
  • Stephanie Richins, Hongmei Luo, LaNiO3 catalysts for oxygen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction, BYU AIChE Regional Conference, Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, March 23-24, 2018 (oral).
  • Swagotom Sarker, Stephanie Richins, Pei Xu, Hongmei Luo, Catalytic activity of defect free- and rich-molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for the photocatalytic removal of carcinogenic chromium ions, 2015 NMAS Research Symposium, Albuquerque, Nov. 14, 2015 (poster).
  • Swagotom Sarker, Litao Yan, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Pei Xu, Hongmei Luo, Morphology dependence photocatalytic for Cr6+ reduction, NM EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, Socorro, April 17, 2015 (poster).

Publications:

  • Rong He, Pitchai Thangasamy, Junlin Wu, Kunpeng Yu, Xiaolu Yu, Wei Tang, Devon Quiroz, Deema Alyones, Zheng Chen, Hongmei Luo, and Meng Zhou, Synergistically coupling of trimetallic sulfides on ni foam as porous self-supported electrodes for alkaline water splitting. Electrochimica Acta, 470:143342, 2023
  • H. Z. Wang, W. Xu, S. Richins, K. Liaw, L. Yan, M. Zhou, H. M. Luo, Polymer-assisted approach to LaCo1-xNixO3 network nanostructures as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts, Electrochimica Acta, 296, 945-953 (2019).
  • W. Xu, L. T. Yan, L. Teich, S. Liaw, M. Zhou, H. M. Luo, Polymer-assisted chemical solution synthesis of La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-based perovskite with A-site deficiency and cobalt-doping for bifunctional oxygen catalyst in alkaline media, Electrochimica Acta, 273, 80-87 (2018).
  • S. Sarker, J. Peters, X. Q. Chen, B. Li, G. Chen, L. Yan, S. Richins, S. Das, M. Zhou, H. M. Luo, Engineering molybdenum diselenide and its reduced graphene oxide hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 1, 2143-2152 (2018)
  • L. T. Yan, Y. Lin, X. Xu, W. Xu, T. Salas, H. Smallidge, M. Zhou, H. M. Luo, La0.8Sr0.2MnO3–based perovskite nanoparticles with the A-site deficiency as high-performance bifunctional oxygen catalyst in alkaline solution, ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 23820-23827 (2017).
  • W. Xu, L. T. Yan, H. Wang, S. Liaw, H. M. Luo, Niobium-doped Titanium Dioxide on Functionalized Carbon Supported Palladium Catalyst for Enhanced Ethanol Electro-oxidation, RSC Adv. 7, 34618-34623 (2017).

 

Presentation:

  • Optimization of Atmospheric-Pressure Extraction Conditions for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash ( 2022).

 

Energy & Water

Posters:

  • Clarita Regalado, Julia Fernald, Jessica Houston, Nancy Flores, Hongmei Luo, Fe-doped Ni3S2 nanowires on nickel foam as bifunctional water-splitting catalysts with low overpotentials, USDA PI meeting, Costa Mesa, CA, Feb. 27 – March 2, 2019.
  • Julia Fernald, Clarita Regalado, Hongmei Luo, Fe-doped Ni3S2 nanowires on nickel foam as overall water splitting catalysts, Southwest-Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, El Paso, Nov. 11-15, 2019.
  • Stephanie Richins, Lara Teich, Swagotom Sarker, Hongmei Luo, Oxidation of arsenite by a graphitized polyacrylonitrile incorporated carbon nitride photocatalyst, APS Four Corner Meeting, Las Cruces, October 20-21, 2016.
  • Stephanie Richins, Lara Teich, Swagotom Sarker, Hongmei Luo, Oxidation of arsenite by carbon nitride photocatalyst, NM WRRI’s 61st Annual New Mexico Water Conference, Silver City, October 6-7, 2016.
  • Stephanie Richins, Swagotom Sarker, Hongmei Luo, Holey graphene for energy storage, AMP conference, NMSU, Sep. 30, 2016.
  • Swagotom Sarker, Stephanie Richins, Litao Yan, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Holey graphene for energy storage, NM EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, Albuquerque, May 4, 2016.
  • Swagotom Sarker, Stephanie Richins, Litao Yan, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Holey graphene for energy storage: implications of chemical treatment of graphene oxide to introduce defects, MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, March 27-April 1, 2016.
  • Joshua Catanach, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Solvothermal route based in situ carbonization to metal-oxide/carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion battery, 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Nov. 8-13, 2015.
  • Gen Chen, Litao Yan, Meng Zhou, Joshua Catanach, Hongmei Luo, Solvothermal route based in situ carbonization to metal-oxide/carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion battery, 228 ECS meeting, Phoenix, Oct. 11-15, 2015.
  • Gen Chen, Litao Yan, Meng Zhou, Joshua Catanach, Hongmei Luo, Solvothermal route based in situ carbonization to metal-oxide/carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion battery, URC Fair, NMSU, Oct. 2, 2015.
  • Rodrigo Rodriguez, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Effects of conductive coating on Fe2O3 nanoparticles for Li-ion battery applications, AMP and University Research Council Fair, NMSU, Oct. 3, 2014.
  • Joshua Catanach, Meng Zhou, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Shuguang Deng, Carbon-based supercapacitors derived from the activation of algae, AMP, NMSU, Oct. 5, 2013.
  • Gen Chen, Steven Liaw, Hongmei Luo, Microwave assisted synthesis of hybrid CoxNi1-x(OH)2 nanosheets: tuning the composition for high performance supercapacitor, AMP and University Research Council Fair, NMSU, Oct. 5, 2013.
  • Gen Chen, Litao Yan, Meng Zhou, Joshua Catanach, Hongmei Luo, Solvothermal route based in situ carbonization to metal-oxide/carbon composite as anode material for lithium-ion battery, Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials, Albuquerque, Oct. 8, 2013.
  • Rodrigo Rodriguez, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Conductive coating on Fe2O3 nanoparticle for Li-ion batteries application, AMP, NMSU, Oct. 5, 2013.

 

Oral Presentations:

  • Rodrigo Rodriguez, Hongmei Luo, Iron oxide nanorods for lithium-ion batteries, 20th annual Undergraduate and Creative Arts Symposium (URCAS), Las Cruces, April 23, 2015.
  • Gen Chen, Litao Yan, Rodrigo Rodriguez, Hongmei Luo, A facile hydrothermal route to Fe2O3 with conductive additives as composite anode for lithium-ion batteries, AIChE, Atlanta, Nov. 16-21, 2014.
  • Marco Dunwell, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Microwave-assisted synthesis of cobalt hydroxide and cobalt oxide nanoparticles for use in lithium-ion batteries, AMP, NMSU, March 27, 2013.
  • Yun Xu, Ling Fei, Marco Dunwell, Gen Chen, Hongmei Luo, Chemical solution approach to nanostructured materials for Li-ion batteries, AIChE Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, NMSU, April 6, 2013.
  • Yun Xu, Hongmei Luo, V2O5 network structure as cathode for lithium-ion batteries, 222nd Electrochemistry Society Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 7-12, 2012.
  • Yun Xu, Hongmei Luo, V2O5 network structure as cathode for lithium-ion batteries, 2012 AIChE Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Oct. 28-Nov. 2, 2012.
  • Yun Xu, Ran Yi, Bin Yuan, Marco Dunwell, Qianglu Lin, Ling Fei, Shuguang Deng, Paul Andersen, Donghai Wang, Hongmei Luo, High capacity MoO2/graphite oxide composite anode for lithium-ion batteries, MRS spring meeting, San Francisco, Apr. 9-13, 2012.

 

Publications:

  • S. Sarker, P. Chaturvedi, L. Yan, T. Nakotte, X. Chen, S. Richins, S. Das, J. Peters, M. Zhou, S. N. Smirnov, H. M. Luo, "Synergistic effect of iron diselenide decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes for enhanced heterogeneous electron transfer and electrochemical hydrogen evolution," Electrochimica Acta, 270, 138-146 (2018).
  • Payne, J.L, Bhakta, N., Lyons, S.N., Mohamed, R., Carroll, K.C., Brewer, C.E. (2018), "Potential of pyrolysis of spacecraft solid waste for water recovery and plant-growth media production," Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 135, 184-188, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaap.2018.09.004.
  • L. T. Yan, G. Chen, S. Sarker, S. Richins, H. Q. Wang, W. Xu, X. Rui, H. M. Luo, "Ultrafine Nb2O5 Nanocrystal Coating on Reduced Graphene Oxide as Anode Material for High Performance Sodium Ion Battery," ACS. Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 8, 22213-22219 (2016).
  • G. Chen, M. Zhou, J. Catanach, T. Liaw, L. Fei, S. Deng, H. M. Luo, "Solvothermal Route based in situ Carbonization to Fe3O4@C as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery," Nano Energy, 8, 126-132 (2014).
  • G. Chen, R. Rodriguez, L. Fei, Y. Xu, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H. M. Luo, "A Facile Hydrothermal Route to Fe2O3 with Conductive Additives as Composite Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries," J. Power Sources, 259, 227-232 (2014).
  • G. Chen, S. S. Liaw, B. Li, Y. Xu, M. Dunwell, S. Deng, H. Fan, H. M. Luo, "Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Hybrid CoxNi1-x(OH)2 Nanosheet: Tuning the Size and Composition for High Supercapacitor Performance," J. Power Sources, 251, 338-343 (2014).
  • Y. Xu, M. Dunwell, L. Fei, E. Fu, Q. Lin, B. Patterson, B. Yuan, S. Deng, P. Andersen, H. M. Luo, "Two-dimensional V2O5 Sheet Network as Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries," ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6, 20408-20413 (2014).
  • Y. Xu, G. Chen, E. Fu, M. Zhou, M. Dunwell, L. Fei, S. Deng, P. Andersen, Y. Wang, Q. X. Jia, H. M. Luo, "Nickel Substituted LiMn2O4 Cathode with Durable High-rate Capability for Li-ion Batteries," RSC Adv. 3, 18441-18445 (2013).
  • Y. Li, Matthias A. Trujillo, E. Fu, B. Patterson, L. Fei, Y. Xu, S. Deng, S. Smirnov, H. M. Luo, "Bismuth Oxide: a New Lithium-ion Battery Anode," J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 12123-12127 (2013).
  • Y. Xu, L. Fei, E. Fu, B. Yuan, J. Hill, Y. Chen, S. Deng, P. Andersen, Y. Wang, H. M. Luo, "A General Polymer-assisted Solution Approach to Grow Transition Metal Oxide Nanostructures Directly on Nickel Foam as Anodes for Li-ion Batteries," J. Power Sources, 242, 604-609 (2013).
  • Y. Xu, R. Yi, B. Yuan, X. Wu, M. Dunwell, Q. Lin, L. Fei, S. Deng, P. Andersen, D. Wang, H. M. Luo, "High Capacity MoO2/Graphite Oxide Composite Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries," J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 3, 309-314 (2012).

 

Thin Films

Posters:

  • Di Huang, Qi Zhou, Christopher Catanach, Hongmei Luo, "Polymer-assisted deposition Li(Ni,Co,Mn)O2 thin films," MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, April 2-6, 2018 (poster).
  • Qi Zhou, Alexandra P. Hartman, Hongmei Luo, Stefan Zollner, "Spectroscopic ellipsometry of NiO and Co3O4 thin films with different orientations grown on SrTiO3 substrates by polymer-assisted deposition," APS Four Corner Meeting, Las Cruces, October 21-22, 2016 (poster).
  • Q. Lin, Y. Li, B. Patterson, H. M. Luo, "A polymer-assisted Hydrothermal Approach to Titanium Dioxide Thin Films," J. Chem. Process Engineer. 1:103 (2014).

 

Biomaterials:

Presentations:

  • Guayule: A Domestic Source of Natural Rubber Ideal for Arid Regions (2022).
  • Properties of Hemp Stalk Residues and Potential for Value-Added Applications (2022).
  • Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Rubber and Resin from Guayule à Biomaterials (2022).

 

Posters:

  • Olivas, A., Vasquez, M., Dehghanizadeh, M., Brewer, C. E., Guayule: A Domestic Source of Natural Rubber Ideal for Arid Regions, 2022 AICHE Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Phoenix, AZ, November 14.
  • Severns, H., Rheay, H. T., Brewer, C. E., Properties of Hemp Stalk Residues and Potential for Value-Added Applications, 2022 AICHE Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Phoenix, AZ, November 14.
  • Braun, J., Privett, K., Dehghanizadeh, M., Brewer, C. E., Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Rubber and Resin from Guayule, 2022 AICHE Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Phoenix, AZ, November 14.
  • Garcia, D., Brewer, C. E., Total Phenolic Content in New Mexico Hemp, 2022 Student Research Conference, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, October 7.
  • Loya Lujan, A., Brewer, C. E., Using the Aqueous Phase from HTL of Food Waste in Compost Systems, 2022 Student Research Conference, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, October 7.
  • Armijo, J., Bayat, H., Dehghanizadeh, M., Brewer, C.E. Hydrothermal liquefaction of guayule resin and bagasse, 2022 NMSU Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium, Las Cruces, April 29.

 

Oral Presentations:

  • Olivas, A. N., Brewer, C. E., Guayule: A Domestic Source of Natural Rubber Ideal for Arid Regions, Undergraduate Research Scholars Mini Symposium, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, December 2.
  • Vasquez, M. A., Brewer, C. E., Supercritical CO2 Extraction of Rubber and Resin from Guayule Undergraduate Research Scholars Mini Symposium, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, December 2.
  • Sarpong, K.A., Amiri, A., Ellis, S., Idowu, O.J., Brewer, C.E. (2019) Short-term leachability of salts from Atriplex-derived biochars, Science of the Total Environment, 688, 701-707, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.273.

 

 

Porous/Nanostructured Materials

Oral Presentations:

  • Kim Pestovich, Jessica Houston, Nancy Flores, Hongmei Luo, Nanomaterials for nitrate removal from water, NM Space Grant Scholarship Colloquium, Las Cruces, Nov. 3, 2017 (oral).
  • Joshua Hill, Qianglu Lin, Hongmei Luo, Shuguang Deng, Baraka Lwoya, Marco Dunwell, Synthesis of zeolite from an energy conserving route using seed directed crystallization, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Minneapolis, Nov. 16-21, 2011 (oral).
  • Morones, I., Brewer, C. E., Opportunities of rare earth elements (REE), NMSU Research and Creativity Week, Las Cruces, November 5.

 

Poster:

  • Y. Xu, Q. Lin, L. Fei, J. Hill, J. Urquijo, Y. Chen, M. Dunwell, B. S. Lwoya, H. M. Luo, Chemical solution approach to nanostructured materials, The NMSU College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council meeting and tour, Los Alamos, August 10-11, 2011 (poster).
  • Morones, I., Martinez Bejarano, C. A., Martinez-Monteagudo, S., Brewer, C. E., Greener Extraction of Rare Earth Elements (REE) from Coal Fly Ash, 2022 AICHE Annual Meeting, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Phoenix, AZ, November 14.
  • Flores, R. N., Brewer, C. E., Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash, 2022 Student Research Conference, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, October 7.
  • Ghanbari, Y., Brewer, C. E., Martinez Bejarano, C., Morones, I., Rare Earth Element Recovery from Coal Fly Ash, 2021 AICHE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 8.
  • Morones, I., Brewer, C. E., Opportunities for Rare Earth Elements, 2021 LDRD Student Research Poster Session, Sandia National Labs, Virtual, September.
  • Ghanbari, Y., Brewer, C. E., Quantification of Rare Earth Elements, 2021 LDRD Student Research Poster Session, Sandia National Labs, Virtual, September 2.
  • Walker, K., Brewer, C. E., Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash, 2021 LDRD Student Research Poster Session, Sandia National Labs, Virtual, September 2.

 

Publications:

  • B. Yuan, J. Wang, Y. X. Chen, X. F. Wu, H. M. Luo, S. Deng, Unprecedented Performance of N- doped Activated Hydrothermal Carbon towards C2H/CH4, CO2/CH4, and CO2/H2 Separation, J. Mater. Chem. A 4, 2263-2276 (2016).
  • B. Yuan, X. Wu, Y. Chen, J. Huang, H. M. Luo, S. Deng, Adsorption of CO2, CH4, and N2 on Ordered Mesoporous Carbon: Approach for Greenhouse Gases Capture and Biogas Upgrading, Environmental Science & Technology 47, 5474-5480 (2013).
  • B. Yuan, X. Wu, Y. Chen, J. Huang, H. M. Luo, S. Deng, Adsorptive Separation Studies of Ethane- methane and Methane-nitrogen Systems using Mesoporous Carbon, Journal of Colloid Interface Science 394, 445–450 (2013).

 

Biomedical:

Posters:

  • Courtney Alston, Steven Liaw, Hongmei Luo, Nancy Flores, Jessica Houston, Development of nanoparticle-based assays for flow cytometry, Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium (URCAS), April 28, 2017.
  • Steven Liaw, Lara Teigh, Chris Catanach, Jessica Houston, Nancy Flores, Hongmei Luo, Synthesis and application of carbon quantum dots for imaging and counting of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in shrimp and water, Workforce diversity and career opportunity within the USDA for current and recent graduates, USDA PI meeting, Albuquerque, Feb. 16-18, 2017 (poster).
  • Steven Liaw, Tyler Balding, Hongmei Luo, Jessica Houston, Nancy Flores, Synthesis and application of carbon quantum dots for bio-imaging and counting of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus in Shrimp Farm Colonies, AMP and University Research Council Fair, NMSU, Sep. 30, 2016 (poster).

 

Environmental & Water:

Poster:

  • Loya Lujan, A., Brewer, C. E., Using the Aqueous Phase from HTL of Food Waste in Compost Systems, 2022 Student Research Conference, NM Alliance for Minority Participation, Las Cruces, October 7.
  • Ghanbari, Y., L., Brewer, C. E., Phytoremediation of Radionuclide-Contaminated Soils, 2021 AICHE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 8.
  • Wright, A., Brewer, C. E., Chelators, 2021 LDRD Student Research Poster Session, Sandia National Labs, Virtual, September 2.

 

Biofuels:

Publications:

  • Abeysiriwardana-Arachchige, I.S.A., Chapman, G.W., Rosalez, R., Soliz, N., Cui, Z., Munasinghe-Arachchige, S.P., Delanka-Pedige, H.M.K., Brewer, C.E., Lammers, P.J., Nirmalakhandan, N. (2020) Mixotrophic algal system for centrate treatment and resource recovery, Algal Research, 52, 102087, DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.102087.
  • Cheng, F., Le-Doux, T., Treftz, B., Miller, J., Woolf, S., Yu, J., Jena, U., Brewer, C.E. (2019) Modification of a pilot-scale continuous flow reactor for hydrothermal liquefaction of wet biomass, MethodsX, 6, 2793-2806, DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2019.11.019.

 

Poster:

  • Armijo, J., Bayat, H., Dehghanizadeh, M., Brewer, C. E., Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Hazardous Biomass, 2021 AICHE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 8.

 

Food Science and Engineering:

Presentation:

  • Evaluating the Property and Stability of Mayonnaise and Influences of Adding Vinegar before and after Emulsification (2022).