Achievements by individual center

Center for Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources

• New Models and Processes Simplify Analysis and Conversion of Natural Gas (2022)
• Success of Undergraduate Education Programs Leads to New Funding (2022)
• Portable Intercultural Models (PIM) Help Student Navigate Foreign Cultures (2022)
• Innovation Academy Teaches Graduate Students How to Turn an Idea into a Business (2021)
• Nonlinear Model of U.S. Petrochemical and Refining Industries Helps Evaluate CISTAR Technology (2021)
• CISTAR Pivots to Virtual Outreach for Middle Schools with Underrepresented Populations (2021)
• Two Virtual Summer Programs Reach Underrepresented Populations of High School Students (2021)
• Reaching and Inspiring Minority Students to Participate in CISTAR Research and Mentoring (2021)
• Students Describe Mentoring Experience in Videos That Also Help Tell CISTAR’s Story (2021)
• Novel Process Enhances Thermal Conversion of Shale Gas to Diesel (2021)
• Single-Step Conversion Could Lead to Economic Utilization of “Stranded” Gas Components (2021)
• Studies Explore Potential for Carbon Neutral Natural Gas Systems (2021)
• Technical Course with Dow Enables CISTAR to Reach Professionals and Students Worldwide (2021)
• Nine-Session Unit Exposes Middle School Students to Complete Engineering-Design Process (2021)
• Adding Hydrogen Significantly Increases the Stability of Catalysts in Shale-Gas Processing (2021)
• Nanoscale Tandem Catalyst Boosts Yields in Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane (2021)
• Two Automated Testbed Reactors Installed with Donations from Industrial Member (2020)
• Arrangement of Metal Surface Atoms Shown to Shape Catalytic Performance (2020)
• New Spectroscopy Technique Offers Insight into High-Performance Catalysts (2020)
• Manipulating Support Materials Can Enhance Performance of Shale Gas Catalysts (2020)
• New Processes Improve Efficiency and Reduce Harmful Waste in Producing Shale Gas (2020)
• Undergraduates and Teachers Participate in Multi-Week Research and Mentoring (2020)
• Precollege Outreach Results in Activity Kits for Students and Teachers (2020)