member of Institute for Community Development Member 2009 - American Association for the Advancement of Science Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Member
selected publications academic article Determination of the Apparent Crystal Structure of a Highly Faulted UPRM-5 Type Flexible Porous Titanium Silicate via a Polymorph Based Superposition Model and a Rietveld Refinement . Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118:8859-8867. 2014 Effect of Temperature, Si/Al, and Metal Loading on the Positioning of Pt Atoms in MOR-type Zeolites. Molecular Simulation. 38:300-308. 2012 Studies of the Formation of One Dimensional Pt Structures in VET-type Zeolites. Molecular Simulation. 2012 Synthesis and Characterization of Pd, Cu, and Ag Nanowires in Anodic Alumina Membranes using Solid State Reduction. Material Letters. 82:211-213. 2012 Growth of Pt Nanostructures in Zeolite Mordenite Using Non-Traditional Reduction Methods. Journal of Materials Science. 46:7289-7297. 2010 Si/Al and Metal Loading Effects on the Templated Synthesis of Ni Nanowires in CAN and MOR Zeolite Frameworks. Molecular Simulation. 36:1004-1012. 2010 Molecular Simulation Studies for the Synthesis of Ni Nanowires in Zeolite Cancrinite. Nanotechnology. 3:280-283. 2009 Monte Carlo Simulation Studies for the Templated Synthesis of Ni Nanowires in Zeolites. Sensors and Transducers. 7:116-124. 2009 Synthesis of Platinum Nanostructures in Zeolite Mordenite Using a Solid-State Reduction Method. Material Letters. 63:2684-2686. 2009 Pair Distribution Function Study of Platinum Nanoparticles in Zeolite Beta. Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 111:8573-8579. 2007 A Pair Distribution Function Analysis of Zeolite Beta. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 77:55-66. 2005 Investigation of the Negative Thermal Expansion Mechanism of Zeolite Chabazite Using the Pair Distribution Function Method. Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109:9389-9396. 2005 A Reinvestigation of the Disorder in Zeolite UTD-1 [Conference Proceedings]. Recent Advances in the Science and Technology of Zeolites and Related Materials, Pts A - C. 1180-1187. 2004
presentations presentation Improved Photocatalysts for the Detoxification of Air [Poster], Collaborator, 2001 Sigma Xi Poster Day 2001
professional service activities Departmental Planning Committee - Department of Chemical Engineering Member National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposal Reviewer UPRM Graduate Studies Council Board Member University of Delaware, DE Graduate Teaching Assistant 2001 Kraft Foods Technical Center Intern 2000 Kraft Foods Technical Center Intern 1999 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Intern 1998
education and training Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, DE 2005 B.S. in Chemical Engineering 2000
awards and honors Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, conferred by Department of Chemical Engineering ., 2009 Luis Stefani Rafucci Award by UPRM, conferred by University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 2000 Golden Key Scholar Award, conferred by Golden Key National Honor Society, 1998 Presidential Fellowship, conferred by University of Delaware, DE, 2000 - 2004 GEM Fellow, conferred by National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, 2000 - 2001 NACME Scholarship, 1995 - 2000 AMP Research Excellence Award, 1998 - 2000 Undergraduate Sloan Foundation Fellow , conferred by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1998 - 2000
