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Wenyu Huang

  • The Upcycling+ co-founders with their Spedding Hall reactor and products, left to right, Aaron Sadow, Wenyu Huang and Akalanka Tennakoon.
    Chemistry faculty establish energy start-up called Upcycling+

    Upcycling+ mixes everyday waste plastics, including grocery bags, candy wrappers, milk jugs, and turns them into solid pellets, runs them through a reactor where they’re exposed to heat and catalysts, and harvests the resulting fuel or chemicals. Read More

    April 15, 2025

  • Lake Laverne and the Memorial Union with the text Faculty Honors in the lower left
    Several LAS faculty named 2024 AAAS fellows

    Recognition by the American Association for the Advancement of Science is considered “a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community,” according to the association. Read More

    March 27, 2025

  • Wenyu Huang earns 2020 Trapp Innovation Award

    Huang's inventive research uses catalysts to convert plastic waste into high-value products, such as fuels, solvents and lubricants. Read More

    September 30, 2020

  • Image of chemistry symbols
    Discovery shows potential to transform chemical manufacturing

    Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory explore catalyst for efficient and less expensive industrial processes. Read More

    August 26, 2020

  • Wenyu stands in a lab with chemistry equipment behind him.
    New discovery may change MRI technology

    A new process using a special intermetallic surface may revolutionize MRI scan capabilities. Read More

    April 20, 2018

  • “Ship in a bottle” method improves catalysts

    Wenyu Huang maximizes the surface area of catalysts by protecting nanometer sized particles with this new strategy. Read More

    May 22, 2017

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