Dr. Shirley Xie
Lecturer
Rayen School of Engineering
Moser Hall 2068
phone: (330) 941-3019
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Education
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2013
Ph D, Chemical Engineering
University of Kansas
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Greener Hydroformylation with Nanofilterable Rhodium Catalysts in a Stirred Membrane Reactor"
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2013
Ph D, Chemical Engineering
University of Kansas
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2009
MS, Chemical Engineering
University of Kansas
Dissertation/Thesis Title — "Solubilities of CO and H2 in Neat and CO2-Expanded Hydroformylation Reaction Mixtures Containing 1-Octene and Nonanal up to 80 °C and 90 bars"
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2009
MS, Chemical Engineering
University of Kansas
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2006
BS, Chemical Engineering
Tianjin University
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2006
BS, Chemical Engineering
Tianjin University
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Awards and Honors
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2014
Organic Reactions Catalysis Society
ORCS Student Travel Award
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2013
North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering
NASCRE Young Researcher Travel Award
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2013
University of Kansas
Frank Bowdish Outstanding PhD Research Award
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2011
North American Catalysis Society
Kokes Student Travel Award
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2011
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas,
Best Poster Award
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2010
ACS Green Chemistry and Engineering Meeting
NSF Scholar Travel Award
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2009
University of Kansas
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
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Professional Positions
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2021 -
Youngstown State University
Lecturer
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2021 - 2021
Youngstown State University
Adjunct faculty
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2020 - 2021
Youngstown State University
Adjunct faculty
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2008 - 2009
University of Kansas
Graduate Teaching Assistant
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Intellectual Contributions
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2018
"Enhanced hydroformylation of 1-octene in n-butane expanded solvents with Co-based complexes"
D. Liu, Z. Xie, W. Snavely, R. Chaudhari, B. Subramaniam
Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, issue 3, p. 344-352 -
2015
"Continuous Hydroformylation with Phosphine-Functionalized Polydimethylsiloxane Rhodium Complexes as Nanofilterable Homogeneous Catalysts"
Z. Xie, G. Akien, B. Sarkar, B. Subramaniam, R. Chaudhari
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, volume 54, issue 43, p. 10656–10660 -
2014
"Supercritical Fluids and Gas-expanded Liquids as Tunable Media for Multiphase Catalytic Reactions"
B. Subramaniam, R. Chaudhari, A. Chaudhari, G. Akien, Z. Xie
Chemical Engineering Science, issue 115, p. 3-18 -
2014
"Development of a Greener Hydroformylation Process Guided by Quantitative Sustainability Assessments"
Z. Xie, B. Subramaniam
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, volume 2, issue 12, p. 2748–2757 -
2013
"Enhanced Hydroformylation by Carbon Dioxide-Expanded Media with Soluble Rh Complexes in Nanofiltration Membrane Reactors"
Z. Xie, J. Fang, S. Maiti, W. Snavely, J. Tunge, B. Subramaniam
AIChE Journal, volume 59, issue 11, p. 4287-4296 -
2012
"Prediction of Multicomponent Phase Behavior of CO2-Expanded Liquids Using CEoS/GE Models and Comparison with Experimental Data"
K. Ye, F. Hannsjörg, Z. Xie, B. Subramaniam, K. Sundmacher
Journal of Supercritical Fluids, issue 67, p. 41 -
2009
"Solubilities of CO and H2 in Neat and CO2-Expanded Hydroformylation Reaction Mixtures Containing 1-Octene and Nonanal up to 353.15 K and 9 MPa"
Z. Xie, W. Snavely, A. Scurto, B. Subramaniam
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, volume 54, issue 5, p. 1633 -
2009
"Hydroformylation in CO2-Expanded Media"
R. Wang, H. Cai, Z. Xie, B. Subramaniam, J. Tunge
ACS Symposium Series, issue 1006, p. 202
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