Faculty in our department won two patents and applied for several more this year.

“We are proud of their work to make a healthier, more sustainable world,” says Dr. Hu Yang, chair of the Doshi Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering.

Awarded patents

• Fateme Rezaei, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering; Ali Rownaghi, who previously served on our faculty; and Xin Li, PhD ChE’18, were awarded a patent for their work titled “Zeolite Monolith Compositions and Methods for the Catalytic Cracking of Alkanes.”
• Rezaei and Harshul Thakkar, PhD ChE’17, won a patent for their work on “3D Printed Zeolite Monoliths for CO2 Removal.”

Provisional patent applications

• Hu Yang, the Linda and Bipin Doshi Chair of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; and postdoctoral fellow Da Huang filed an application for work titled “An Organic Solvent-Free Method for Scalable and Continuous Fabrication of Multi-Functional Nanogels.”

Utility Patent Applications

• Xinhua Liang, Linda and Bipin Doshi Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, and student Han Yu filed a utility patent application for their work titled “Flourination of AI203 Coating for Lithium-ion Battery.”
• Fateme Rezaei, Ali Rownaghi and Shane Lawson, PhD ChE’21, filed a utility patent application for “Direct 3D Printed Metal Oxide/H-ZSM-5 Monoliths and their Application for Catalytic Conversion of Light Alkanes.”
• Fateme Rezaei and Harshul Thakkar filed a utility patent application for their invention titled “Amine Functionalized 3D Printed Zeolite Monoliths and their Application in CO2 Capture.”