Research Group Members

Current Lab Members ▶
Prof. E.E. Kalu
Prof. E.E. Kalu
Principal Investigator
Chidiogo Akunne
Chidiogo Akunne
Comparative Performance Analysis of Iridium-Based and Nicomo-Based Electrocatalysts in Seawater and Alkaline Electrolyzers, Ph.D. expected 2028
Obinwanne Bosah
Obinwanne Bosah
Modelling the Durability of Membrane Electrode Assemblies for fuel cells, Ph.D. expected 2028
Esther Perceval
Esther Perceval
Formulation of Electroless bath for Ni-Fe-Mo-P Alloy Deposition, Undergraduate
Cameron Connor
Cameron Connor
Development and Electrochemical Optimization of MnO2-Based Cathodes for Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries via Electroless Deposition and Redox Behavior Analysis, Undergraduate
Thesis & Dissertation Directed ▶
Postdoctoral Fellows & Scholars Supervised ▶
Directed Undergraduate Research Program & Projects ▶
  1. Terry Ake "Transport Parameters of Diatomic Oxygen..."
  2. Tochi Nwoga "Thermal Treatment of Electrodeposited Nickel Film"
  3. Yolanda Stokes "Electroextraction of Citric Acid"
  4. Arlissa Lee "Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Nickel Metal: A Modeling Approach", 1996
  5. Francesco Whittenberger "Heart Defibrillation", 1996
  6. Corey Hayes "Mechanisms of Heart Fibrillation", 1996
  7. Robert Bell "Influence of Phosphorus on the Corrosion Properties of Electrodeposited CoFeCu Soft Magnetic Thin Films", 2000
  8. Gretchen Achenbach "Structural and Compositional Studies of Electrochemically Deposited and Thermally Optimized Nickel Hydroxide Thin Films", 2000
  9. Tanya Hicks "Numerical Simulations of Calcium Current in a Single Cardiac Cell", 2001
  10. Monique Dupree "Electrodeposition and Characterization of CuInSe Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications", 2003
  11. Abdulsomad Shaba "Electroless Synthesis and Characterization of Zero-Valent Metal-Alloy Composites", 2004
  12. Paul Chin-Fook "Numerical Simulations of Calcium Current in Cardiac Cell", 2004
  13. Celina Dozier "Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer-Stabilized Zero Valent Metal Nanoparticles for TCE Dechlorination", 2007
  14. D. Foxx "Fabrication and Characterization of Glucose Biosensor based on Polymer-Stabilized Transition Metal Nanoparticles", 2007
  15. Diana Gomez "A Study of Glucose Oxidase Biofuel Cell", 2008
  16. Kristine Ramos "Synthesis and Characterization of Methanol-Tolerant Oxygen Electrocatalyst", 2008
  17. A. C. Aofolaju "Deposition of CuIn(SeGa)2 for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation", 2006
  18. Mimi Daniel "Cyclic Voltammetry Study of the Role of Glucose in MPTP Induced Mimic of Parkinson's Disease", 2008
  19. Mario Jean-Rejouis "Synthesis of Biodiesel from Soybean Oil Using Polymer-Immobilized Heterogeneous Acid Catalyst", 2008
  20. Latia Deravil "Synthesis of TiO2-Co-Mo Nanoparticles Catalyst for Cost-Effective Generation of Portable Hydrogen from Sodium Borohydride", 2008-2009
  21. Lauren Wilson "FeCo Plated Carbon Nanotubes for RF Applications", 2007-2009
  22. Hanna Mochona "Spectral Finger-prints of Bacteria Samples Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy", 2008-2009
  23. Lauren Martin "Thermal Behavior of Electroless CNT-FeCo Composite in Simulated Body Fluid under Applied RF Magnetic Field", 2009
  24. Shannon Anderson "Hydrogen Generation by the Hydrolysis of NaBH4 Using Electroless Ni-Mo Catalyst", 2008-2010
  25. Adisu Samuel "Effect of Annealing on the Electroless Ni Catalysis of the Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride", 2008-2009
  26. Marline Daceus "Use of Zero-Valent Metal Nanoparticles for Waste Treatment", 2008-2010
  27. Britney Thompson "Bio-Hydrogen Generation from Simple Sugar", 2009
  28. Velencia Witherspoon "Ultracapacitor Modeling", 2009
  29. Omitope Taylor "Methanol-Tolerant Oxygen Electrocatalysts", 2009-2010
  30. Janika Shannon "Synthesis and Characterization of Fuel Cell Catalyst", 2011
  31. Jasmine Alexander "Biomedical Applications of Metal Nanoparticles: Dopamine Electrochemistry", 2010
  32. Shakira N. El-Hout "The Enhancement Effects of Ethanol in Alkaline Solution on the Oxidation of Electroless Co and Ni-Mo Metal Catalysts", 2011
  33. Omitope Taylor "Effect of Ethanol Concentration on the Oxidation of Two-Metal Catalysts", 2012
  34. Jamal Stephens "Analysis of Electroless Co-Mn Oxide-Based Supercapacitor", Summer 2012