Sean S.-Y. Lin 2004 Fall-Present PhD Candidate (expected 2009) Advisor—Professor Su Ha The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164-2710 O.H. Reaugh Laboratory for Oil & Gas Processing Research@ETRL 326 Office@ETRL 349 Phone: (509) 335-1361 E-mail: shihyilin@wsu.edu Master in chemical engineering, 2002 Bachelor in chemical engineering, 1999 National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan

Research Interests

-Fuel reforming for hydrogen production

-In situ techniques for catalysis

-Characterization of PEM fuel cells

-Titanium dioxide photocatalysis

Refereed Journal Publications

Sean S.-Y. Lin, Do Heui Kim, Su Y. Ha, “In situ DRIFTS study of surface adsorption and reactions on supported and promoted cobalt catalysts in ethanol steam reforming,” in preparation.

Sean S.-Y. Lin, Hideo Daimon, Su Y. Ha, “Co/CeO₂-ZrO₂ catalysts prepared by impregnation and coprecipitation for ethanol steam reforming,” submitted.

Robert Lee Johnson, Shi-Shen Liaw, Sean S.-Y. Lin, Su Ha, Manuel Garcia-Perez, Shulin Chen, “Py-GC/MS studies to evaluate hydro-thermal pretreatment as a way to enhance the production of sugars from the fast pyrolysis of wheat straw,” submitted.

Yi-Tang Chen, Sean S.-Y. Lin, Sung-O Kim, Su Y. Ha, “Preparation of a new proton conducting silicon membrane for miniature fuel cells.” Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, in press.

Sean S.-Y. Lin, Do Heui Kim, Su Y. Ha, “Metallic phases of cobalt based catalysts in ethanol steam reforming: The effect of cerium oxide.” Applied Catalysis A: General, 355 (2009) 69-77.

Sean S.-Y. Lin, Do Heui Kim, Su Y. Ha, “Hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming over supported cobalt catalysts.” Catalysis Letters 122 (2008) 295-301.

Sean S.-Y. Lin, William J. Thomson, Timothy J. Hagensen, Su Y. Ha, “Steam reforming of methanol using supported Mo₂C catalysts.” Applied Catalysis A: General, 318 (2007) 121-127.

Thomas C.-K. Yang, Sean S.-Y. Lin, Tsu-Hwang Chuang, “Kinetic analysis of the thermal oxidation of metallocene cyclic olefin copolymer (mCOC)/TiO₂ composites by FTIR microscopy and thermogravimetry (TG).” Polymer Degradation and Stability, 78 (2002) 523-532.

Thomas C.-K. Yang, Sea-Fue Wang, Stanley H.-Y. Tsai, Sean S.-Y. Lin, “Intrinsic photocatalytic oxidation of the dye adsorbed on TiO₂ photocatalysts by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 30 (2001) 293-301.

Thomas C.-K. Yang, Sean S.-Y. Lin, Wenjeng Guo, Tsu-Hwang Chuang, Sea-Fue Wang, Stanley H.-Y. Tsai, “In-situ studies of the photodegradation of a dye adsorbed on TiO₂ particles by the DRIFTS.” Adsorption Science and Technology, Proceedings of the Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, 2nd, Brisbane, Australia, May 14-18, 2000, 683-687.

Presentations

Supported cobalt catalysts for ethanol steam reforming by impregnation and coprecipitation methods.

The 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2008. [speaker]

Hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming on supported and promoted cobalt catalysts.

The 14th International Congress on Catalysis, Seoul, Korea, July 2008. [poster]

Metallic phases of cobalt based catalysts in ethanol steam reforming: The effect of cerium oxide.

The 2008 ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 2008. [speaker]

Hydrogen production from ethanol steam reforming over supported cobalt catalysts.

The 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2007. [speaker]

Characterization of direct formic acid fuel cell performance.

The 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2006. [speaker]

Steam reforming of methanol using supported Mo₂C catalysts.

The 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2006. [poster]

Influence of thermal treatment in intrinsic reactivity of dye degradation on TiO₂ via photocatalysis and photosensitization.

The 1^st International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry, Glasgow, U.K., July 2001. [poster]

In-situ studies of the photodegradation of a dye adsorbed on TiO₂ particles by the DRIFTS.

The 2^nd Pacific Basin Conference on Adsorption Science and Technology, Australia, May 2000. [poster]

Professional Activities

American Institute of Chemical Engineers, member, 1999-present.

The Electrochemical Society, member, 2006-present.

American Chemical Society, member, 2008-present

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