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IN THE NEWS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Patent Application Published (April 2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Grant Seuser (formerly of SWRI) and Gary Jacobs (UT San Antonio), “Selective reverse water gas shift: group 1a alkali metal doping of a metal-containing partially reduced metal (IV) oxide,” April, 2025.<\/p>\n

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Awarded Grants Totaling over $700k:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jacobs has been awarded two grants related to CO2<\/sub> conversion reactions totaling more than $700k.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs serving as UGAR since Fall 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jacobs has been serving as the Undergraduate Advisor of Record for the Chemical Engineering Program since Fall, 2024.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs Received Tenure (2024):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jacobs received tenure in Chemical Engineering at UTSA in Fall 2024.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs’ Teaching Award:<\/strong>
\nPresident\u2019s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence<\/em>, UTSA, April, 2024<\/p>\n

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President\u2019s Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching Excellence, UTSA, April, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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University Excellence Awards Luncheon for Faculty Nominees 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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UTSA and SWRI publish work from the UTSA-SWRI Connect project<\/strong> in Nanomaterials<\/em> and Applied Catalysis A: General<\/em>. The Applied Catalysis work involved five UTSA students, including Elijah S. Garcia, Gabriel F. Upton, Martin Ayala, Jesus Villarreal, and Zahra Rajabi. The Nanomaterials work involved four UTSA students, including Raechel Staffel, Yagmur Hocaoglu, Elijah S. Garcia, and Gabriel F. Upton.<\/p>\n

Seuser, G.; Staffel, R.; Hocaoglu, Y.; Upton, G.F.; Garcia, E.S.; Cronauer, D.C.; Kropf, A.J.; Martinelli, M.; Jacobs, G., \u201cCO2<\/sub>\u00a0hydrogenation: Na doping promotes CO and hydrocarbon formation over Ru\/m-ZrO2<\/sub>\u00a0at elevated pressures in gas phase media,\u201d\u00a0Nanomaterials<\/em>\u00a013<\/strong>\u00a0(2023) 1155.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/nano13071155<\/a><\/p>\n

Seuser, G., Martinelli, M., Garcia, E.S., Upton, G.F., Ayala, M., Villarreal, J., Rajabi, Z., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Jacobs, G., \u201cReverse water-gas shift: Na doping of m-ZrO2<\/sub>\u00a0supported Pt for selectivity control,\u201d\u00a0Appl. Catal. A: General<\/em>,\u00a0650<\/strong>\u00a0(2023) 119000.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apcata.2022.119000<\/a><\/p>\n

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Yagmur Hocaoglu presented on the UTSA-SWRI Connect project<\/strong> at the 2022 AICHE Fall National Meeting.<\/p>\n

Hocaoglu, Y., Staffel, R., Upton, G., Garcia, E.S., Cronauer, D.C., Kropf, A.J., Martinelli, M., Seuser, G., Jacobs, G., \u201cNa-doping promotes CO and hydrocarbon formation over Ru\/m-ZrO2<\/sub> during CO2<\/sub> hydrogenation at 20 bar,\u201d AICHE Annual Meeting<\/em>, Phoenix, Arizona, November 13 \u2013 18, 2022.
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Our CO<\/span>2<\/sub> conversion to fuels research was highlighted by <\/span>Argonne National Laboratory<\/strong> in August 2022.\u00a0 The Science Highlight article is titled “<\/span>A Tuneable Catalyst for Recycling Carbon Dioxide into Synthetic Fuel<\/a>“<\/span><\/p>\n

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Our group had three presentations at the 27th<\/sup> North American Meeting of the Catalysis Society in New-York City, May 2022.<\/p>\n

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Our group has published a high impact factor journal article on CO2<\/sub> conversion (May 2022).<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the UTSA Chemical Engineering Program, May 2022.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs’ Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Zahra Rajabi receives Kokes Award<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gabe Upton, undergraduate student in chemical engineering in our group, won 1st place<\/strong> at the UTSA Office of Undergraduate Research Spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase \u2013 April 21, 2021<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jacobs received the Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award from the UTSA College of Engineering in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020
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We have a book chapter in the Elsevier book entitled “New Dimensions in Production and Utilization of Hydrogen”<\/a>, which will be published in October 2020.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 book<\/span> “Iron and Cobalt Catalysts”<\/a> is being published as a physical book (400 pages). (2020)
\n<\/span>Prof. Gary Jacobs is Guest Editor of Catalysts’ Special Issue “Iron and Cobalt Catalysts”<\/a>( 2018)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe 11th Natural Gas Conversion Symposium, Troms\u00f8, Norway<\/a> (see page 5)
\nProf. Gary Jacobs is a Plenary Lecturer \u00a0 (6\/2016)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Improving Catalysts For Fuel :\u00a0 Synthesis Studies finger the causes of Fischer-Tropsch catalyst deactivation<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 (9\/15\/2008)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMaking Fuels Synthetically:\u00a0 Fundamental advances in Fischer-Tropsch chemistry may boost method’s efficiency and popularity<\/a> \u00a0 (6\/5\/2006)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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