PEOPLE
WILLIAM MUSTAIN, PH.D.
Professor
Recent Honors and Awards
Fulbright Scholar Fellowship
Electrochemical Society Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award
CQIA Platinum Innovation Prize (Shared with R. Maric, C.B. Carter and J. Roller)
DOE Early Career Award
Illinois Institute of Technology Young Alumni Award
Marjanul Manjum
Postoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Integrated Design and Engineering, Keio University, Japan, 2020
M.S., Physical Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017
Interests and Activities:
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Electrodeposition of active material in aqueous and non-aqueous (ionic liquids) media
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Energy storage in Li-ion and Li-S batteries
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Cooking, travelling, and watching movies
Saheed Lateef
Ph.D. Student
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M.S., Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2017.
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B.S., Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2013.
Interests and activities:
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Improving the energy density of Li-ion Batteries
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Rational design of materials and materials degradation
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Hobbies: Soccer, Watching Movies
Hanna Soucie
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2017
Interests and Activities:
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Sustainable reaction pathways for electrochemcial synthesis of chemicals and fuels
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Decentralized Industrial chemical production
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Hiking, running, rowing, playing cello
Noor Ul Hassan
Ph.D. Student
M.S. Industrial & Systems Engineering, Istanbul Sehir University Turkey, 2015
B.S. Mechatronics & Control Engineering, UET Lahore Pakistan, 2006
Interests and Activities:
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Advanced Catalysts for Hydrogen/Oxygen reactions in Fuel Cells
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Exploring Fuel Cell electrochemical reactions through modelling and experimentation
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Personal interests: Swimming, Travelling and Cricket
Jasmine Bohannon
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Chemistry, Columbus State University, 2020
Interests and Activities:
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Electrochemical synthesis and the conversion of natural gas
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Understanding how electrocatalytic activity is linked to the properties of transition metals
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Personal interests: hiking, eating seafood, and making wigs
Brian Lenhart
Ph.D. Student
B.S, Molecular Biology, Indian River State College, 2015
Interests and activities:
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Enabling on-chip battery/biosensor co-development through the development of body fluid-derived electrolytes and biocompatible materials.
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Battery engineering principles and applications of analytical chemistry and techniques
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Personal Interests: Hiking, skateboarding, coffee
Yingdan Cui
Visiting Scholar
Ph.D. Student, Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Technol.
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, 2019
B.S. Chemistry, Nankai University, 2016
B.S. Chemical Engineering Nankai University, 2016
Interests and Activities:
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Development of advanced catalysts for fuel cells
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Fuel cell performance improvement at the system level
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Personal Interests: Travelling, movies, skiing
CONTACT US
Professor William E. Mustain
Department of Chemical Engineering
Swearingen Engineering Center
University of South Carolina
301 Main St.
Columbia, SC 29208
803-576-6393