Xianqin Wang
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering
360 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
Education
Ph.D. ; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Chemical Engineering ; 2002

M.S. ; Tianjin University ; Chemical Engineering ; 1997

B.S. ; Shandong University ; Chemical Engineering ; 1994

2025 Fall Courses
MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

MTSE 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

CHE 612 - KINTCS OF RCTNS RCTR DGN

CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS

CHE 701C - MASTERS THESIS

MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY

CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS

MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT

MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY

CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II

PHEN 701B - MASTER'S THESIS

Past Courses
CHE 230: CHEM ENGINEER THERMODYNAMICS I

CHE 240: CHEMICAL PROCESS CALCULATIONII

CHE 349: KINETICS & REACTOR DESGN

CHE 349: KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN

CHE 370: HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

CHE 611: THERMODYNAMICS

CHE 612: KINETICS OF REACTIONS AND REACTOR DESIGN

CHE 702: ST:

CHE 702: ST: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

CHE 702: ST:SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

CHE 724: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

CHE 750: ENVIRONMENTAL CATALYSIS

CHE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR

Research Interests
Her research interests have been focused on two major categories: developing advanced functional nanomaterials for clean energy production and environmental protection, and investigating the structure and reactivity of catalytic systems under operation conditions including high pressure and temperature.
Journal Article
Haizheng Zhuang, Safa Alzaim, Skywalker Li, El Mostafa Benchafia, Joshua Young, Nuggehalli Ravindra, Zafar Iqbal, Xianqin Wang. 2022. "Synthesis and Stabilization of Cubic Gauche Polynitrogen under Radio-Frequency Plasma." Chemistry of Materials , vol. 34 , no. 10 , pp. 4712.

Safa Alzaim, Zhiyi Wu, El Mostafa Benchafia, Joshua Young, Xianqin Wang. 2021. "A practical way to enhance the synthesis of N 8- from an N 3- precursor, studied by both computational and experimental methods." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , vol. 23 , no. 29 , pp. 15713--15718.

Maocong Hu, Zhiyi Wu, Zhenhua Yao, Joshua Young, Langli Luo, Yingge Du, Chongmin Wang, Zafar Iqbal, Xianqin Wang. 2021. "N8 stabilized single-atom Pd for highly selective hydrogenation of acetylene." Journal of Catalysis , vol. 395 , pp. 46--53.