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Introduction: Dr. Angela Lueking is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University’s University Park campus. Her research currently focuses on design of materials for hydrogen storage through creating synergistic material composites based on incorporating catalytic materials into carbon nanotubes and nanofibers, as well as incorporation of low-cost natural carbon materials into these metal-carbon composites. The objective of this work is to induce both chemical and physical adsorption and hydrogen spillover, while studying the underlying scientific phenomena of hydrogen spillover. This work has led to the development of new carbon materials (e.g. exfoliated graphite nanofibers) and new synthesis routes to existing carbon materials.
Overview of Research Activities: Prof. Angela Lueking's current research centers around developing hydrogen storage materials, new synthesis methods for carbon nanomaterials, and more broadly, applications in adsorption, catalysis, and electrochemistry. Lueking has been working in hydrogen storage research for the past six years, and has received international recognition for her work in catalyzed carbon composite materials, which invoked the hydrogen spillover hypothesis to explain activation of carbon materials in the presence of a residual catalytic material and the effect of carbon defects and pretreatment on hydrogen storage. Since coming to Penn State, she has been developing new nanoporous carbons such as exfoliated graphite nanofibers (EGNFs), working to develop a fundamental framework to understand hydrogen spillover, looking at alternative low cost methods for nanocarbon production by using coal as the precursor, and working collaboratively to design and build a differential high pressure unit to accurately measure adsorption. She has experience in carbon nanotube synthesis via chemical vapor deposition, doping, incorporation of heteroatoms into storage materials through ball milling, and characterization using TEM, SEM, XPS, XRD, and TGA. Prior to her PhD studies, she designed and conducted experiments in developing an index for the bioavailability of subsurface contaminants and worked as an Environmental Engineer at Procter & Gamble which instilled practical knowledge of the application of environmental issues in a real world, industrial setting. For a full description of Dr. Lueking's research see: On-going research activities and a description of our laboratory facilities. A list of research publications and presentations is provided with select items available for download.
Overview of Teaching Activities: Lueking teaches a wide range of courses, from a general education course for the non-scientist to advanced graduate level courses that serve as an introduction and overview for the interdisciplinary students of EGEE into topics related to chemistry and chemical engineering. A full description of Lueking's teaching activities is found here. Lueking strives to incorporate new initiatives into her teaching efforts.
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