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 May 22, 2022

Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides, Ph.D.

Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides, Ph.D.

by utsaengineer / Monday, 05 October 2020 / Published in
Assistant Professor
SEB 4.138
(210) 458-5087
esteban.urena-benavides@utsa.edu
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Assistant Professor

Department Chemical Engineering

Educational background:

  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Clemson University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Areas of Research Interest:

  • Colloids and surface science
  • Processing and design of “green” nanoparticles
  • Sustainable chemical processes
  • Underground sequestration of CO2
  • Nanocomposites

Selected Publications

  • Dao, H.M.; Pillai, A.R.; Thakkar, R.; Parajuli, P.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Jo, S. “Near infrared light‐induced disassembly of polymeric micelles based on methylene blue conjugated polyethylene glycol” J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2020, 49665.
  • Parajuli, S.; Alazzam, O.; Wang, M.; Mota, L.C.; Adhikari, S; Wicks, D. Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Surface properties of cellulose nanocrystal stabilized crude oil emulsions and their effect on petroleum biodegradation” Colloid. Surface. A 2020, 596, 124705.
  • Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Moaseri, E.; Changalvaie, B. ; Fei, Y.; Iqbal, M.; Lyon, Bonnie A.; Kmetz II, A.A.; Pennell, K.D.; Ellison, C.J.; Johnston, K.P. ” Polyelectrolyte Coated Individual Silica Nanoparticles Dispersed in Concentrated Divalent Brine at Elevated Temperatures for Subsurface Energy Applications” Colloid. Surface A 2020, 586, 124276
  • Parajuli, S.; Dorris, A.; Middleton, C.; Rodriguez, A.; O’Haver, M.; Hammer, N.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E. “Surface and Interfacial Interactions in Dodecane/Brine Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Combination of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Emulsifiers” Langmuir, 2019, 35, 12061-12070.
  • Shin, J.; Nouranian, S.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Smith, A.E. “Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of cellulose nanocrystal/epoxy nanocomposite” Green Materials, 2017, 6, 123-134.
  • Iqbal, M.; Lyon, Bonnie A.; Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Moaseri, E.; Fei, Y.; McFadden, C.; Javier, K.J.; Ellison, C.J.; Pennell, K.D.; Johnston, K.P.”High temperature stability and low adsorption of sub-100nm magnetite nanoparticles grafted with sulfonated copolymers on Berea sandstone in high salinity brine” Colloid. Surface A 2017, 520, 257-267.
  • Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Lin, E.E.; Foster, E.L.; Xue, Z.; Ortiz, M.R.; Fei, Y.; Larsen, E.S.; Kmetz, A.A.; Lyon, B.A.; Moaseri, E.; Bielawski, C.W.; Pennell, K.D.; Ellison, C.J.; Johnston, K.P. “Low Adsorption of Magnetite Nanoparticles with Uniform Polyelectrolyte Coatings in Concentrated Brine on Model Silica and Sandstone” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55, 1522-1532.
  • Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Ao G.; Davis, V.A.; Kitchens C.L. “Rheology and Phase Behavior of Lyotropic Cellulose Nanocrystal Aqueous Suspensions” Macromolecules, 2011, 44, 8990 – 8998.
  • Ureña-Benavides, E.E.; Brown, P.J.; Kitchens C.L. “Effect of Jet Stretch and Particle Load on Cellulose Nanocrystal-Alginate Nanocomposite Fibers” Langmuir 2010, 26, 14263-14270.
  • Complete list of publications

 

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