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Hydrothermal catalytic processing of waste cooking oil for hydrogen-rich syngas production
Nanda, S.; Rana, R.; Hunter, H.; Fang, Z.; Dalai, A. K.; Kozinski, J.
Comparative evaluation for catalytic gasification of petroleum coke and asphaltene in subcritical and supercritical water
Rana, R. ; Nanda, S.; Maclennan, A; Hu, Y.; Kozinski, J.; Dalai, A. K.
Catalytic gasification of light and heavy gas oils in supercritical water
Rana, R.; Nanda, S.; Reddy, S; Dalai, A. K.; ; Kozinski, J.; Gökalp, I.
A Theory-Guided X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Approach for Identifying Active Sites in Atomically Dispersed Transition-Metal Catalysts
Chen, Yizhen; Rana, Rachita* ; Sours, T.; Kronawitter, Coleman; Bare, Simon R.; ; Kulkarni, Ambarish R.; Gates, B. C.
Atomically Dispersed Platinum in Surface and Subsurface Sites on MgO Have Contrasting Catalytic Properties for CO Oxidation
Chen, Yizhen; Rana, Rachita*; Huang, Z.; Vila, F. D.; Sours, T.; Kronawitter, Coleman; Bare, Simon R.; ; Kulkarni, Ambarish R.; Gates, B. C.
Bridging the Gap between the X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and the Computational Catalysis Communities in Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Perspective on the Current and Future Research Directions
Rana, Rachita; Vila, F. D.; Kulkarni, A. R.; and Bare, S. R. ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 22, 13813–13830'
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Interconversion of Atomically Dispersed Platinum Cations and Platinum Clusters in Zeolite ZSM-5 and Formation of Platinum gem-Dicarbonyls
Felvey, Noah; Guo, Jiawei; Rana, Rachita; Xu, Le; Bare, Simon R.; Gates, Bruce C.; Katz, Alexander; Kulkarni, Ambarish R.; Runnebaum, Ron; Kronawitter, Coleman
talks
Mapping the Evolution of Atomically Dispersed Transition Metal Catalysts from Surface to Subsurface Sites on MgO Support
Screening of TMs to understand the nature of atomically dispersed sites was successfully accomplished and the trends for the most commonly used TMs– Ni, Pd, and Pt on MgO were experimentally studied. This experiment-theory integrated synthesis creates a pathway towards predictive and well-defined site synthesis for targeted stability and activity.
teaching
Lab TA– General Engineering (GE 111)
Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2014
This course involved applying math knowledge with general computer and calculator skills, graphical tools, and a structured approach towards understanding and solving engineering math problems. As a Lab TA my role was to help students with hand-on problem solving. I graded the lab assignments.
Reader– Thermodynamics (CHE 223)
Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2015
Grading homework assignments and exams was my task as a reader for this course. But this was a unique opprtunity to work under the leadership of Prof. D.Y. Peng, the person who introduced the Peng-Robinson eqaution of state.
Reader– Process control and design (CHE 423)
Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2016
Grading homework assignments and exams.
Teaching Assistant– Petroleum production engineering (CHE 464)
Workshop, University of Saskatchewan, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2016
My major project at USask was on petroleum and hence I had a lot to contribute to this course. Along with grading the assignments/exams, creating quizes, and hosting office hours, I gave practical demonstrations of parr reactor and trickle bed reactor working under hydrotreating conditions through videos of my own reactor systems and also helped the instructor with the hydrotreating catalyst to show it to the class. This was a great experience of hand-on teaching and live demonstrations in classroom setting.
Teaching Assistant– Material Balance (ECH 051)
Workshop, University of California Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2021
My TA duties involved grading the homework assignments and exams. I also held office hours twice a week for helping students understand the concepts and help them with the course content. I also proctored the exams.
Teaching Assistant– Thermodynamics (152B)
Undergraduate course, University of California Davis, Department of Chemical Engineering, 2023
I have thoroughly enjoyed working as a TA for this course. The first time I was TAing this course (2020-01-03), my duties involved– providing homework solutions on canvas, grading the homework and exams and holding office hours for the UGs.