Liu Research Group
Department of Chemical & Biomoelcaular Engineering
University of Maryland College Park
Recent Publications
Recent Group News
February, 2013
January, 2013
October, 2012
August, 2012
July, 2012
June, 2012
May, 2012
March, 2012
Janary, 2012
Septmber, 2011
January, 2011
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Welcome to Liu Group
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Our research group is housed in department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park. Our research stays at the interface of materials synthesis and catalytic science, with an emphasis on precisely controlling composition and constitution of nanostructured particles and membranes for energy conversion and storage, and water purification applications.
Group News
Laleh Emdadi did her TA assignment for the ChBE101 course in the year of
2011-2012. Her wonderful TA work was recognized by the students in class
and the department faculty. She won the "TA of the Year" Award in ChBE
for 2011-2012 school year. Congratulations to Laleh! 
Map reported her summer intership experience in our group on the News Paper of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. She wrote "It has
been a great experience for me. I
learned a lot from there and after I
completed this internship, I have a
strong intention to apply the knowledge I got to my work, project and
future career with the hope that it
can help drive the future of science
and technology in Thailand to be
even better." The full story can be found here.
| Guanghui Zhu Joined the group as a Master student (January, 2013) |
Guanghui obatiend his BS degree from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. He joined our group for his MS study starting from this Januray. He is co-advised by Dr. Choi and works on the project of "Micro-reactor design for efficient energy conversion". Welcome!
| Yao (Jason) He Joinecd the group as a visiting student (January, 2013) |
Jason obtained his BE and MS degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, respectively, both in Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently a PhD candidate in Engineering Thermal Physics at the South China University of Technology. He joined our group to work on the project of "Hetergeneous Conversion of Biomass Renewables". Welcome!
| Yiqing received the first place award of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia’s Annual Student Poster Contest. Congratulations! (October, 2012) |
Yiqing, Laleh, and Tery attended the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia’s Annual Student Poster Contest. Yiqing presented his poster, "Catalytic Characterization of Hierarchical Meso-/microporous MFI and MWW Zeolites", and was one of the four first place winners. The award was voted by the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia’s members and guests for the top 10 participants in the first round, and then was selected by a panel of industrial judges for the top five posters in the second round. The prize inlcudes a $100 check and an invitation to present his work at the monthly Catalysis Club meeting.
The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia was founded in 1949 to promote the advancement of knowledge of the science of catalysis. The Club is a nonprofit organization serving members in the Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware area. The club is currently sponsored by Air Products, Zeolyst, The PQ Corporation, Du Pont, Arkema, and Johnson Matthey Catalysis.
| Terry and Helen Joined the group (Aug. 2012) |
Tery obatiend his Master degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He is working on the project "Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Mesoporous Zeolites".
Helen is a rising senior in the rigorous Science and Technology Program at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, MD. She hopes to gain research experience in order to enhance her scientific education and future career. She is working on the project "Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous zeolites" with Laleh.
| Map went back to Thailand (July, 2012) |
Map finished her summer intern and returned to Thailand. She did a great job in the group. Good luck to her future study.
| Dr. Liu Awarded the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF). (July, 2012) |
Dr. Liu Awarded the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF). Full story here. (July, 2012)
| Sceince reported Self-Pillared Zeolite Nanosheets. (June, 2012) |
Synthesis of Self-Pillared Zeolite Nanosheets by Repetitive Branching" is published in Science. See more details here , and see the report on Science Daily and DOE Discovery & Innovation.
| Tom won ASPIRE Award (May, 2012) |
Thomas Hoff won A scholars Program for Indurstry-Oriented Research on Engineering (ASPIRE) Award to support his summer research on "Hydrolysis of Biomass over Heterogeneous Zeolite Catalysts." Congrduations to Tom!
| Map Joined the group (May, 2012) |
Pimolpong Sriyapai, a junior student from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, joined our group to start her summer research on "Nano-Engineering Zeolite Films on Proton Conducting Membranes" Welcome!
| Dr. Liu visited Grace (March, 2012) |
Dr. Liu was invited to visit W. R. Grace & Co. and to give a seminar on synthesis and characterization of micro/mesoporous zeolite catalysts.
| Welcome Yiqing and Laleh! (March, 2012) |
Yiqing and Laleh joined the group to start their PhD studies, Welcome! (March, 2012)
| Dr. Liu Joined UMD (Janary, 2012) |
Dr. Liu joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UMD on Jan. 1st. 2012.
| Welcome to join our group. (September, 2011) |
We always look for outstanding undergraduates, MS, PhD graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to join our team.
| Most read article in ACS Catalysis. (Janary, 2011) |
Dongxia's paper appears in the first issue of ACS Catalysis, and it is one of the most read articles.