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Email: nxd5313@psu.edu Phone: (814) 867-4227 Office Address: Title: Assistant Professor Website: https://www.eme.psu.edu/directory/nelson-y-dzade https://iee.psu.edu/people/nelson-yaw-dzadeResearch Areas: Education Background: |
About:Dr. Dzade is an Assistant Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering, a passionate educator, and an interdisciplinary research scientist. He is a strong advocate for the advancement of STEM and strengthening research and training capacity in the U.S. Minority Serving Institutions and in the sub-Saharan African Institutions of Higher Education. Prior to joining the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering in 2021, he was an EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Innovation Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, Cardiff University. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University (The Netherlands). He received his Ph.D. in Computational Materials from University College London, U.K; MSc. Materials Science from the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, Nigeria; PGDip. Materials Science from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India; and BSc. Mathematical Science (Statistics option), First Class Honors, University for Development Studies (UDS), Ghana.Dzade leads the Materials and Minerals Theory Group, which specializes in the development and application of advanced theoretical methods to unravel structure-property-performance relationships in solid-state materials. Often taking place in close collaboration with experiments, Dzade’s current research emphasizes the development and use of ab initio methods for the understanding of (i) complex heterogeneous catalytic reaction mechanisms at surfaces, (ii) chemical reaction dynamics and transport processes at interfaces between highly dissimilar materials, e.g., organic-inorganic, and epitaxial inorganic interfaces. An important context for his research has been renewable energy, where novel materials, minerals sulfides, oxides, phosphides, perovskites, organics, surfaces, and interfaces feature prominently. Dzade is the author of more than 105 scientific papers and 3 book chapters. He has won several competitive academic and industrial scholarships and prizes including an Overseas Research Scholarship from University College London, a British Petroleum Research Fellowship, a World Bank Scholarship; a Government of India Scholarship, an EPSRC Innovation Research Fellowship, and the DUO-India Professor Fellowship Award. Research Interests:• Materials informatics• Computational materials science • Materials for solar energy conversion technologies • Electrochemical energy conversion and storage • Surface and interfacial phenomena & heterogeneous catalysis • Surface geochemistry & computational mineralogy Memberships & Committees:• Materials Research Society (MRS)• American Chemical Society (ACS) • SUPERGEN SUPERSOLAR, The network for solar research in the UK • European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) • EME Graduate Committee Meeting • EME Qualifying Exams Committee Meeting • Postgraduate Research (PGR) Progress Monitoring Committee Member • EPSRC Full College Membership (Reviews EPSRC-UKRI research grant applications) Honors & Awards:• 2020−2021: DUO-India Professor Fellowship Award, Cardiff University, UK• 2018−2021: EPSRC-UKRI Innovation Research Fellowship Award, Cardiff University, UK • 2010−2014: Overseas Research Scholarship, University College London, UK. • 2010−2014: UCL Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Studentship, UK. • 2012−2013: British Petroleum (BP) Research Studentship, University College London, UK. • 2008−2009: World Bank Scholarship, African University of Science and Technology, Nigeria. • 2009−2010: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India scholarship, International Centre for Material Science (ICMS), Bangalore, India. • 2006–2007: Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Scholarship for brilliant students, University for Development Studies, Ghana. • Dec. 19, 2009: Gold Medallist, Best graduating MSc. Materials Science student, African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria. • Dec. 15, 2007: Overall best graduating student and valedictorian of the 2006/20017 academic year, University for Developments Studies, Tamale, Ghana. Teaching:• EGEE 437: Design of Solar Energy Conversion Systems, The Pennsylvania State University• EME 301: Thermodynamics in Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University Publications:Elsevier: https://pennstate-staging.pure.elsevier.com/en/persons/nelson-yaw-dzade Google: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=9Jl5UL8AAAAJ&hl=en
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