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Alan W. Weimer
Professor

alan.weimer@colorado.edu
303.492.3759

 
 

Education

Honors & Awards

Selected Publications

Industrial Experience

Invited Presentations

Directed Research

Teaching Evaluations

Service Activities

Peer-Reviewed Publications


EDUCATION

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado (1980)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado (1978)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati (1976)

HONORS AND AWARDS (full list)


2005

University of Colorado Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work Award

2005

University of Colorado College of Engineering and Applied Science Faculty Research Award

2005

United States Department of Energy Hydrogen Program R&D Award

2004

University of Colorado (Boulder) Inventor of the Year Award

1995

Dow Chemical Company Excellence in Science Award
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


Five Most Relevant & Recent Particle ALD Research Publications

  • Liang, X.H., D.M. King, P. Li, S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Nanocoating Hybrid Polymer Films on Large Quantities of Cohesive Nanoparticles by Molecular Layer Deposition,” AIChE Journal, 55 (4), 1030-1038 (2009).

  • Weimer, M.A., M.D. Groner, X. Liang, D.M. King, L.F. Hakim, P. Li, S.M. George, and A.W. Weimer, “Ultrafast Metal-Insulator Varistors Based on Tunable Al2O3 Tunnel Junctions, “ Applied Physics Letters, 92, 164101 (2008).

  • King, D.M., X.H. Liang, C.S. Carney, L.F. Hakim, P. Li, and A.W. Weimer, ”Atomic Layer Deposition of UV-absorbing ZnO Films on SiO2 and TiO2 Nanoparticles using a Fluidized Bed Reactor,” Advanced Functional Materials, 18 (4), 607-615 (2008).

  • Shiju, N.R., X. Liang, A.W. Weimer, C. Liang, S. Dai, S.H. Overbury, and V. V. Guliants, “The Role of Surface Basal Planes of Layered Mixed Oxides in Selective Transformation of Lower Alkanes:  Propane Ammoxidation  over Surface AB Planes of Mo-V-Te-Nb-O M1 Phase, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 130 (18), 5850 (2008).

  • King, D.M., X.H. Liang, B.B. Burton, M.K. Akhtar, and A.W. Weimer, “Passivation of Pigment-grade TiO2 Particles by Nanothick Atomic Layer Deposited SiO2 Films,” Nanotechnology, 19 (25), 255604 (2008).

Five Most Relevant and Recent Solar-thermal Research Publications

  • Perkins, C. and A.W. Weimer, “Perspective - Solar-thermal Production of Renewable Hydrogen", AIChE Journal, 55(2), 286-293 (2009).

  • Haussener, S., D. Hirsch, C. Perkins, A. Lewandowski, A. Steinfeld, and A.W. Weimer, “Modeling of a Multi-tube High-temperature Solar Thermochemical Reactor for Hydrogen Production,“ Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 131, 024503 (2009).

  • Melchior, T., C. Perkins, A.W. Weimer, and A. Steinfeld, “A Cavity-receiver Containing a Tubular Absorber for High-temperature Thermochemical Processing using Concentrated Solar Energy,” International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 47, 1496-1503 (2008).

  • Perkins, C., P.R. Lichty, C. Bingham, and A.W. Weimer, “Effectiveness of a Fluid-wall for Preventing Oxidation in Solar-thermal Dissociation of ZnO,” AIChE Journal, 53 (7), 1830 (2007).

  • Perkins, C., P.R. Lichty, and A.W. Weimer, “Thermal ZnO Dissociation in a Rapid Aerosol Reactor as Part of a Solar Hydrogen Production cycle,” Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, 33(2), 499-510 (2008) .

 

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