Chemical Engineering Faculty -Jonathan C. Mbah
Jonathan C. Mbah
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088
Phone: (334) 727-8972
Fax: (334) 724-4188
email: mbahj@mytu.tuskegee.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. - University of South Florida; Chemical Engineering (2008)
M.S. - North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Chemical Engineering
B.S. - University of Lagos; Chemical Engineering
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2010-Current- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tuskegee University
2009- Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
2007- 2008- Instructor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida
2006- 2008-Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida
RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE GREEN AND RENEWABLE
Keywords: Electrochemical/Photoelectrochemical Synthesis
Chemical Sensor Development
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
HONORS AND AWARDS
USF Graduate School Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Ph.D. Fellowship
NSF S-STEM (RISE) Fellowship
U. S. Department of Homeland Security-SRT Award
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Jonathan Chinwendu Mbah, “Endurance materials for hydrogen sulfide splitting in electrolytic cell”, ProQuest, ISBN-13: 9781244090378 (2011)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Jonathan Mbah, Kiara Moorer, Leonardo Pacheco-Londo˜no, Samuel Hernandez-Rivera, Gabriel Cruz,” Zero valent silver-based electrode for detection of 2, 4, dinitrotoluene in aqueous media” Electrochimica Acta, 88 (2013) 832-838
Jonathan Mbah, Kiara Moorer, Leonardo Pacheco-Londo˜no, Samuel Hernandez-Rivera, Gabriel Cruz,” A Rapid Technique for Synthesis of Metallic Nano-Particles for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Accepted for publication 2013
Jonathan Mbah, Sesha Srinivasan, Burton Krakow, John Wolan, Yogi Goswami, Elias Stefanakos and Narayana Appathurai, "Effect of RuO2-CoS2 Anode Nanostructured on Performance of H2S Electrolytic Splitting System", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 3 5 ( 2 0 1 0 ) 1 0 0 9 4-1 0 1 0 1.
Jonathan Mbah, Eric Weaver, Sesha Srinivasan, Burton Krakow, John Wolan, Yogi Goswami and Elias Stefanakos, "Low Voltage H2O Electrolysis for Enhanced Hydrogen Production", Energy, International Journal, (2010) 1-5, In Press.
Jonathan Mbah, Burton Krakow, Elias Stefanakos and John Wolan, "Electrolytic Splitting of H2S Using CsHSO4 Membrane" J. Electrochem Soc., 155 (11) E166-E170 (2008).
Jonathan Mbah, Burton Krakow, Elias Stefanakos and John Wolan "A Study on H2S Permeability of CsHSO4 Membrane", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 34, Issue 5, Pages 2460-2466, (March 2009).
Jonathan Mbah, Burton Krakow, Elias Stefanakos and John Wolan "Influence of High Energy Planetary Milling on the Ionic Conductivity of CsHSO4", Electrochemical Solid-State Letters, Volume 12, Issue 7, pp. E12-E16 (2009).
Kyung Kwon, Jonathan Mbah, and Nader Vahdat “Formulation of Honeycomb Heterogeneous Monolithic Catalysts for the Production of Biodiesel Fuels from Vegetable Oils”, Energy, Under Review (October 2012).
Jonathan Mbah, Sesha Srinivasan, Burton Krakow, John Wolan and Elias Stefanakos, "Synthesis, Structural, Microstructural, Surface, Optical and Catalytic Properties of CoS2 Nanoclusters for the Electrochemical Hydrogen Production", Chemical Society Review, In Preparation.
Elias Stefanakos, Burton Krakow, Jonathan Mbah, "Hydrogen Production from Hydrogen Sulfide in IGCC Power Plants", http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=927111, (2007).
PATENTS
Elias Stefanakos, Burton Krakow, Jonathan Mbah, Wolan J. "Electrolytic Decomposition of Hydrogen sulfide using Cesium Hydrogen Sulfate Thin-Membrane", Filed October 2008, Application Docket Number: 08A010.