S&T awarded five-year $19.8 million grant to lead center for chemical innovation
Posted by Kimber Crull
Dr. Shelley Minteer helps undergraduate student Hossein Libre set up an electrochemical cell for cyclical voltammetry experiments for development of a redox polymer for electrosynthesis. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.
Missouri S&T has been awarded a $19.8 million collaborative agreement to renew the National Science Foundation’s Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry. This chemical innovation center will be led by Missouri S&T’s chemistry department and the university will partner with 13 additional institutions on the grant.
The goal of this NSF center is to mainstream the use of electrosynthesis to improve the safety and cost of manufacturing chemicals while also decreasing chemical waste through the creation of new reactions, better understanding of electrochemical reactivity, educating the next generation of chemists, materials scientists and engineers, and to provide education and outreach activities.
Photo: Dr. Shelley Minteer helps undergraduate student Hossein Libre set up an electrochemical cell for cyclical voltammetry experiments for development of a redox polymer for electrosynthesis. Photo by Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T.
Posted by Kimber Crull
