2024 Research Projects

PhD Research

Professional M.S. Capstone Research

Improving the process of conducting inherent safety studies for the safer technologies and alternatives analysis (STAA) EPA RMP (40 CRF Part 68); AcuTech

Estimation of minimum safe gas purge rates for open vents and flares.(ExxonMobil)

Reaction Types in the Pharmaceutical Industry (GSK, Vertex, et al)

Estimation of Decomposition Energies for Organometallic & Amine Salt Materials (Johnson Matthey)

Management of Change (Safety&)

Ammonia as a hydrogen carrier (PSRG)

Site-specific decision trees for handling unstable materials (Evonik)

Heats of reaction for some common reaction types in pharma industry & comparison with CHETAH & TCIT predictions; on-going ~3 years: w / 10 cos

Kinetic modeling of autocatalytic decomposition reactions (Amgen)

Dynamically Modeling High Pressure Releases for Complex Fire Suppression Systems (Fauske)

Determination of Common Root Causes of 300+ Global Process Safety Incidents (w / Prof Mentzer)

Using Commercial AI Tools to Develop a HAZOP Augmentation and Automation Chatbot; two semester project (Kenexis / Dow)

Using Ammonia as a Hydrogen Carrier (PSRG)

Undergraduate Research (PI: Prof Ray Mentzer)

Estimation of Decomposition Energies for Organometallic Materials Using TCIT (Johnson Matthey)

Continuation of molecular energetics modeling of molecules of interest to pharma industry including tetrazoles using CHETAH, TCIT & YARP (GSK, Vertex, ~ 6 pharmaceuticals)

Assessment of ChatGPT's use in process safety (American Chemistry Council & PSRG) 

Investiage whether a correlation exists between the laminar burning velocity and the LFL under known conditions (ExxonMobil) 

Lessons Learned from Existing Carbon Capture and Storage Site Projects (PSRG) 

Use of Electrochemistry to Reduce Reactivity Hazards (Profs Tackett & Mentzer) 

Other Research (PI: Prof Ray Mentzer - e.g. add'l research by Prof MS & PhD students beyond capstone / thesis)

Safety in Academic & Industrial Laboratories - cont'd; joint topic with CISTAR, NSF Funded