In New Mexico, The University of New Mexico (UNM) said that one of its projects has been selected for funding under a U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office interagency agreement with the Minority Serving Institution STEM Research & Development Consortium. Abhaya Datye, Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is leading the $250,000 project in the area of accelerating catalyst development for biofuel production. Within the Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium, this topic focuses on high-impact technology development for catalytic conversion technologies with emphasis on liquid transportation fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel, diesel and marine fuels, and their co-products or intermediaries. For this project, the team will develop a novel catalytic approach for upgrading biomass-derived ethanol for sustainable aviation fuel. The project aims to show how novel, single-atom catalysts can be leveraged to overcome catalyst deactivation challenges.
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