Advancing the chemistry of materials for sustainable infrastructure, energy and environment

Principal Investigator

Dr. Monday U. Okoronkwo

Assistant Professor

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Email: okoronkwom@mst.edu
Phone: 1-(573)-341-4349

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Graduate Students

Ugochukwu Ewuzie

Ph.D. Student 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Harnessing industrial solid wastes towards a circular economy

Rupack R. Halder

Ph.D. Student

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Exploring new nano-additives to improve cement performance and durability

Godwin Ogbuehi

Ph.D. Student

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Investigating non-volatile particulate matter emissions from supersonic aircraft engines

Abiodun Saka

Ph.D. Student

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Advancing complex fluid rheology for tribology, industrial machining, and building applications.

Abdulkareem Yusuf

Ph.D. Student 

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Missouri S&T

Re-inventing cements: taking lessons from the ancient and modern.

Undergraduate Students

Jared Kenik

Undergrad Research Assistant

Luke Brechtel

Undergrad Research Assistant

Malachai Sloan-Martin

Undergrad Research Assistant

Lab Alums (Graduates)

Sukanta K. Mondal

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
(Fall 2022)

Lab Alums (Undergraduates)

Kassandra Hayes

Undergrad Research Assistant 2021-2023

Carrie Clinton

Undergrad Research Assistant 2020 – 2021

Isaiah Harmon

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020-2021

Adam Welz

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2019-2020

Paal Benum

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020

Jonathan Leimbach

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020

Kayla Pilgram

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020

Ian Mcintosh

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2021

Jacob Iticovici

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020-2022

Austin Faulkenberry

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2021

Bryce Dunn

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2021

Dalton Dishman

Undergrad Research Assistant: 2020-2021

Mallory Weiler

Undergrad Research Assistant: Spring 2022

Ryan Fagan

Undergrad Research Assistant: Spring 2022

Zane Robert

Undergrad Research Assistant 2021

Mya Raciti

Undergrad Research Assistant 2022