Liu, Dongxia
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2009
HONORS AND AWARDS
1. The 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering Travel Grant 2017
2. The 13th International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors Travel Award 2017 2017
3. The 16th International Congress on Catalysis Travel Award 2016
4. National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award 2014
5. National Science Foundation (NSF) Travel Grant 2014
6. The ADVACNE Interdisciplinary & Engaged Research Seed Program Travel Award 2013
7. Research and Scholarship Award (RASA), University of Maryland 2013
8. Minta Martin Award, A. James Clark School of Engineering, UMD 2012
9. Second Place Poster Presentation Award at the Fuel Cell Seminar & Energy Exposition, Akron, OH 2009
10. Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award, University of Rochester 2009
11. Frank J. Horton Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Rochester (award period 2003-2009) 2009
12. Excellent Graduate Student Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2002
13. Annual Symposium Award of Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2000
14. Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Award, Shandong University 2000
15. Outstanding Student Scholarship, Shandong University (award period 1996-2000) 2000
16. Outstanding Student Award, Shandong University 1999
17. Outstanding Student Award, Shandong University 1997
Materials synthesis and engineering, reaction engineering, heterogeneous catalysis, fuel cells, biofuels, energy.
Our group's 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 renewable energy conversion and storage applications. In particular, we are focusing on two avenues: 1) Tailoring the architectures and functionality of nanostructured materials to enable efficient and selective catalytic reactions in biorefinenery and petrochemical/fine chemical conversion; 2) Assembling nanostructured particles and membranes to provide desirable properties in fuel cells and batteries. Our overall objective is nano-engineering of advanced materials with structural elucidation, growth mechanism perception, and industrial application exploration in catalytic conversion technologies to enabling the development of green and sustainable energies. Below, you will find brief descriptions of our ongoing research projects.
For more information, please visit Professor Liu's web site.
Professor Liu teaches or has taught the following courses:
- CHBE 101: Introduction to Chemical Engineering
- CHBE486/ENCH648E: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Energy Conversion Applications
- ENCH640: Advanced Reaction Kinetics
To download these papers in PDFs format, please visit http://www.liu.umd.edu/Publication.html