Research

Goodwin receives DOE funding

Professor James G. Goodwin, Jr., chair of the newly-named chemical and biomolecular engineering department (see related story, this page), has received a 3-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for research related to Iron-based Mixed Metal Carbide Fischer-Tropsch Catalysis. This study is being funded through DOE’s State Technologies Advancement Collaborative (STAC), which supports joint energy research, development, demonstration and deployment of technologies promoting energy efficiency and clean use of fossil energy.

Goodwin’s work focuses on the performance of iron-based bimetallic catalysts that are crucial to synthesis of clean fuels, additives, and lubricants derived from coal and biomass gasification. This grant reflects $875,499 in DOE-STAC funds and $294,354 in cost-sharing by the industrial and governmental participants.

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