Fikile R. Brushett

Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering

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I chose chemical engineering because I wanted to tackle the world's most challenging energy problems and I knew a ChemE degree would equip me with the tools necessary to make an impact.

Research Interests

electrochemical energy conversion and storage, microfluidics, interfacial phenomena, catalyst synthesis, and tomography

Education

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010

M.S.E., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009

B.S.E., University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Publications

Honors and Awards

AIChE's Allan P. Colburn Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute, 2022

ECS's Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award, 2022

NOBCChE - Lloyd N. Ferguson Young Scientist Award for Excellence in Research, 2020

Electrochemical Society - Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award, 2019

Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Chair, MIT, 2018

I&ECR, Class of 2017 Influential Researcher, 2017

C&EN, Talented Twelve, 2017

Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne National Laboratory, 2010-2012

Harry G. Drickamer Research Fellowship, 2009-2010

GEM PhD Engineering Fellowship, 2006-2010

SURGE Fellowship, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006-2010

American Chemical Society Scholar, 2002-2006