Faculty Directory

Cornelius Masuku

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY FRNY 1146
Campus Phone: (765) 496-2538
Mailing Address
Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue August 17, 2020
Degrees Received
B. Sc. Eng., University of the Witwatersrand, 2005
Ph. D., University of the Witwatersrand, 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017 – 2020
Graduate Student Names
Yufei Zhao
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Jonathan Jones
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Kayla Richardson, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Guillermo Sotomayor, Purdue SROP, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Jeanette Hill, CISTAR Undergraduate Fellowship Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Chem-E-Car Team Mentor since 2022, undergraduate researcher
Brian Garcia Hernandez, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Keylin Boyd, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Barry Najarro-Blancas, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Michael Roberts, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Ali D. Alshubbar, Undergraduate Research, Fall 2022, undergraduate researcher
John Roth Ueding, Undergraduate Research, Summer and Fall 2022, Spring 2023, undergraduate researcher
Dr. Chengtian Cui, Postdoctoral Researcher, currently has a faculty position at Åbo Akademi University in Finland, former group member

Visiting and Adjunct Faculty

Cornelius Masuku

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY FRNY 1146
Campus Phone: (765) 496-2538
Mailing Address
Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue August 17, 2020
Degrees Received
B. Sc. Eng., University of the Witwatersrand, 2005
Ph. D., University of the Witwatersrand, 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017 – 2020
Graduate Student Names
Yufei Zhao
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Jonathan Jones
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Kayla Richardson, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Guillermo Sotomayor, Purdue SROP, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Jeanette Hill, CISTAR Undergraduate Fellowship Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Chem-E-Car Team Mentor since 2022, undergraduate researcher
Brian Garcia Hernandez, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Keylin Boyd, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Barry Najarro-Blancas, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Michael Roberts, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Ali D. Alshubbar, Undergraduate Research, Fall 2022, undergraduate researcher
John Roth Ueding, Undergraduate Research, Summer and Fall 2022, Spring 2023, undergraduate researcher
Dr. Chengtian Cui, Postdoctoral Researcher, currently has a faculty position at Åbo Akademi University in Finland, former group member

Emeritus Faculty

Cornelius Masuku

Associate Professor of Engineering Practice
Chemical Engineering
Office: FRNY FRNY 1146
Campus Phone: (765) 496-2538
Mailing Address
Purdue University
School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
(765) 494-0805
Organizational Group
Faculty
Year Started in Chemical Engineering
Joined Purdue August 17, 2020
Degrees Received
B. Sc. Eng., University of the Witwatersrand, 2005
Ph. D., University of the Witwatersrand, 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017 – 2020
Graduate Student Names
Yufei Zhao
Names of Undergraduate Researchers
Jonathan Jones
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Abdul Ahmed, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Kayla Richardson, CISTAR REM Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Guillermo Sotomayor, Purdue SROP, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Jeanette Hill, CISTAR Undergraduate Fellowship Program, 2021, undergraduate researcher
Chem-E-Car Team Mentor since 2022, undergraduate researcher
Brian Garcia Hernandez, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Keylin Boyd, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Barry Najarro-Blancas, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Michael Roberts, CISTAR Summer Research, 2022, undergraduate researcher
Ali D. Alshubbar, Undergraduate Research, Fall 2022, undergraduate researcher
John Roth Ueding, Undergraduate Research, Summer and Fall 2022, Spring 2023, undergraduate researcher
Dr. Chengtian Cui, Postdoctoral Researcher, currently has a faculty position at Åbo Akademi University in Finland, former group member