Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar
B.S. Stanford University, 2010; Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2015; Postdoctoral Associate, Caltech, 2015-2016; Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017-2021; Professor, Caltech, 2021-
The Manthiram Lab is developing a synthetic paradigm in which carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water can be converted into a wide range of chemicals and materials using renewable electricity. These molecules act as a source of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, which can be precisely assembled into more complex molecules. This means that a device which breathes air, drinks water, and takes in solar photons could someday, in principle, make many of the chemicals that we rely on.
The lab specifically creates electrocatalytic materials which facilitate the molecular-level dance through which chemical bonds are broken and formed, so that desired molecules can be made more selectively, efficiently, and at faster rates. The lab is also pursuing the design of tailored electrode surfaces that facilitate direct electron transfers to bacteria, enabling efficient generation of biological energy carriers.
2022-23
ChE 103 abc. Transport Phenomena.9 units (3-0-6); first, second, third terms, 2022-23.Prerequisites: ACM 95/100 ab or concurrent registration; ChE 101 required for ChE 103 c or instructor's permission.
A rigorous development of the basic differential equations of conservation of momentum, energy, and mass in fluid systems. Solution of problems involving fluid flow, heat transfer, and mass transfer.
Instructors: Kornfield (a), Shapiro (b), Manthiram (c)
