Amanda Simson

Conference Presentations (Oral)

• Davis, B., Simson, A. A Sustainability and Alternative Energy Course As a Bridge between Disciplines 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Education Division
• Simson, A., Gilliar-Schoenenberger, L. The Impact of Inorganics on the Production and Use of Biochars Made from Household Biowaste 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Environmental Division
• Chun, D., Xu, Y., Simson, A. “The Impact of CO2 in Pyrolysis and Ultimate Reactivity of Biochars Made from Food Wastes” 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting, Environmental Division (November 2020).
• Lin, K., Sherman, J., Davis, B., Simson, A. “Optimization of Steam/CO₂ use in a modified BECCS process” AIChE Annual Meeting, Computing and Systems Technology Division (November 2020).
• Uddin, M.M., Mba Wright, M., Simson, A. “Techno-economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Dimethyl Ether Production via the Bi-reforming Pathway for Transportation Fuel” 2020 AIChE Annual Meeting, Synthetic and Renewable Fuels (November 2020).
• Ni, D., Simson, A. “Kinetic Studies on the CO2 Gasification of Biochar for use with SOFCs as a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) process” 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, Reactor Engineering for Biomass Feedstocks Session (November 10, 2019).
• Simson, A. “Adapting Best Practices from Middle School Classrooms to Chemical Engineering Courses” 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, Education Division (November 2017).

Conference Presentations (Poster)

• Effects of Pyrolysis Temperatures on CO2 Adsorption Rates and Capacities of Biochar As an Alternative Solid Adsorbent for Carbon Capture  Caitlin Noonan,Naomi Akiyama, Canying Wang, Xiao Lin and Amanda Simson, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Poster Competition. (2^nd place in Environmental Division II Undergraduate Poster Competition)
• The Impact of Lignin Content on the Pyrolysis Time-Temperature Curves during Biochar Production from Household Biowaste Xiao Lin, Aviv Kresch and Amanda Simson, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Poster Competition. (3^rd place in Environmental Division III Undergraduate Poster Competition)
• Biochar Production from Cardboard Feedstock  Renata Ashapatov, Sanjna Rao, Seemee Seon and Amanda Simson, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Poster Competition. (1st place in Environmental Division II Undergaduate Poster Cmpetition)
• Effect of K+ Doping on Pyrolysis of Sawdust Based Biochar  Edward Bukhman, Dave Chun, and Amanda Simson, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Poster Competition
• An Investigation into Electrospun Scaffolds Containing Ion-Exchange Resins for Direct Capture of CO2 from Ambient Air Kevin Chen, Jennifer Weiser and Amanda Simson, 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting, Separations Division
• Troast, D., Ni, D., Simson, A. “The Catalytic Effect of Ash Content on CO₂ gasification of Biochar” AIChE Annual Meeting (November 2020).
• Chun, D., Anthony, A., Davis, B., Simson. A “Bioenergy via Char Gasification with Carbon Capture and Storage: An Alternative to BECCS” AIChE Bioenergy Sustainability Conference, Nashville, TN (October 2019).
• Soosairaj, T., Biddinger, E., Broughton L., Simson, A., and SochaA., “Beyond the Beaker – Summertime Chemistry Training for Students and Educators.” NSF Advanced Technical Education Annual PI Meeting (October 17, 2019).
• Abdallah, M. Simson, A. “Integration of CO₂ Biomass Gasification with SOFC as a Viable Pathway for Carbon Capture and Sequestration” AIChE Annual Meeting, Sustainability and Sustainable Biorefineries Division, Pittsburgh, PA (October 2018).
• Simson, A., Broughton, L. C., Biddinger, E. J. Soosairaj, T., Socha, A., “Introducing Chemical Engineering through a Summertime Boot Camp for High School Students” NSF Advanced Technical Education Annual PI Meeting (October 19, 2018).
• Simson, A. et al. “A User-Friendly Set-up for Undergraduate Research: Combining Thermogravimetric Analysis with Micro-Gas Chromatography” AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (October 2017).