Gabe Upton worked on ethanol steam reforming for hydrogen production. He also worked on the UTSA-SwRI Connect Project on CO2 conversion to liquid fuels.
Refereed Publications:
Seuser, G.; Staffel, R.; Hocaoglu, Y.; Upton, G.F.; Garcia, E.S.; Cronauer, D.C.; Kropf, A.J.; Martinelli, M.; Jacobs, G., “CO2 hydrogenation: Na doping promotes CO and hydrocarbon formation over Ru/m-ZrO2 at elevated pressures in gas phase media,” Nanomaterials 13 (2023) 1155. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13071155
Seuser, G., Martinelli, M., Garcia, E.S., Upton, G.F., Ayala, M., Villarreal, J., Rajabi, Z., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Jacobs, G., “Reverse water-gas shift: Na doping of m-ZrO2 supported Pt for selectivity control,” Appl. Catal. A: General, 650 (2023) 119000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2022.119000
Rajabi, Z., Martinelli, M., Upton, G.F., Watson, C.D., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Jacobs, G. “Low temperature ethanol steam reforming: Selectivity control with lithium doping of Pt/m-ZrO2,” Catalysis Today 402 (2022) 335-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.06.018
Leguizamón León Ribeiro, M.Z., Souza, J.C., Gnanamani, M.K., Martinelli, M., Upton, G.F., Jacobs, G., Ribeiro, M.C., “Fischer Tropsch synthesis: effect of promoter´s ionic charge and valence level energy on activity,” Reactions, MDPI (Special Issue titled “Catalytic Conversion of Carbonaceous Materials to Fuels and Chemicals,” Guest Ed. W. Ma, A.K. Dalai), 2 (2021) 408-426. https://doi.org/10.3390/reactions2040026 (registering DOI)
Presentation:
Hocaoglu, Y., Staffel, R., Upton, G., Garcia, E.S., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Martinelli, M., Seuser, G., Jacobs, G., “Na-doping promotes CO and hydrocarbon formation over Ru/m-ZrO2 during CO2 hydrogenation at 20 bar,” AICHE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, November 13 – 18, 2022.
Award:
Service to the Chemical Engineering Unit Operations Laboratory, May 2022.
UTSA Office of Undergraduate Research Spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase – April 21, 2021 (click here to view poster)
Gabe Upton won 1st place in the poster competition.
