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HOME/People/Faculty/Core Faculty/Bryan R. Goldsmith

Bryan R. Goldsmith

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Dow Corning Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

B28-2044W NCRC

2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2800

bgoldsm@umich.edu

(734) 764-3627

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Education Teaching Research Interests Responsibilities Biography Awards Publications

Education:

PhD Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, 2015

BS Chemical Engineering, University of California Riverside, 2010

Teaching: ^top

ENGR100, Practical Data Science for Engineers (W21)
ChE 696 / MSE 593, Applied Data Science for Engineers (W19, W20)
ChE 230, Mass and Energy Balances (F17, F18, F19, F20)

Research Interests: ^top

The development of improved catalysts and materials has never been more needed than today. The world is facing a growing population, mass consumerism, and rising greenhouse gas levels, all the while people strive to increase their standard of living. Computational modeling of catalysts and materials aids the process to design new systems because it provides a valuable way to test hypotheses and understand design criteria. The Goldsmith lab focuses on understanding catalytic systems and advanced materials for use in sustainable chemical production, pollution abatement, and energy storage & generation. They use atomistic modeling (e.g., density-functional theory), molecular simulation, and data science tools to extract key insights of catalysts and materials, with the goal to help create a platform for their design. Current lab research thrusts include: (i) Thermo, electro, and plasma catalysis for air and water pollution reduction and sustainable chemical conversion; (ii) Machine learning to accelerate catalyst and materials design; and (iii) Transition metal ion redox chemistry for renewable energy storage.

Responsibilities: ^top

At UofM

Faculty Advisor for AIChE Student Chapter (2020 – )

Chemical Engineering Advisory Council Representative (2020 – )

Graduate Curriculum Committee (Co-chair) (2018 – )

External

Chem Catalysis, Journal Advisory Board Member (2020 – )

Executive Secretary of Michigan Catalysis Society of the North American Catalysis Society (2019 – )

 

Biography: ^top

Professional Experience

University of Michigan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Dow Corning Assistant Professor, 1/2020 –
Assistant Professor, 9/2017-12/2019

Affiliations:
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering
Michigan Institute for Data Science
Michigan Catalysis Science and Technology Institute

Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Theory Department
Berlin, Germany

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2015-2017

Awards: ^top

American Institute of Chemical Engineers 35 under 35 Award (Energy/Environment Category), 2020

ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator, 2020

Dow Corning Assistant Professorship in Chemical Engineering, 2020

U.S. Delegate to the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Chemistry, 2017

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2016

Max Planck Society Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2015

Co-Curricular Activities and Leadership Award (UC Santa Barbara), 2014

Schlinger Fellowship for Excellence in Chemical Engineering Research (one per year, UCSB), 2013

Amgen Scholar Alumni Travel Award (UCLA-Amgen Scholar), 2013

National Science Foundation PIRE-ECCI Graduate Research Fellowship, 2012

Academic Excellence Award in Chemical Engineering (one per year, UC Riverside), 2010

Tau Beta Pi Record Scholar, 2009

Publications: ^top

Selected Recent Publications
* = corresponding author, ‡ = Goldsmith lab members

Theory-guided machine learning finds geometric structure-property relationships for chemisorption on subsurface alloys, J. Esterhuizen‡, B. R. Goldsmith*, S. Linic*, Chem 6, 1 (2020). [doi]

Nanocluster and single-atom catalysts for thermocatalytic conversion of CO and CO2, F. Doherty‡, H. Wang, M. Yang*, B. R. Goldsmith*, Catal. Sci. Technol. 10, 5772 (2020). [doi]

Adsorption energies of oxygenated aromatics and organics on rhodium and platinum in aqueous phase, J. Akinola, I. Barth‡, B. R. Goldsmith*, N. Singh*, ACS Catal. 10, 4929 (2020). [doi]

Role of electrocatalysis in the remediation of water pollutants, N. Singh*, B. R. Goldsmith*, ACS Catal. 10, 3365 (2020). [Invited Viewpoint] [doi]

Surpassing the single-atom catalytic activity limit through paired Pt-O-Pt ensemble built from isolated Pt1 atoms, H. Wang^, J.-X. Liu^,‡, W. Li, L. F. Allard, S. Lee, J. Wang, H. Li, J. Wang, X. Cao, M. Shen*, B. R. Goldsmith*, M. Yang*, Nat. Commun. 10, 1 (2019). [doi]

Understanding activity and selectivity trends in electrocatalytic nitrate reduction, J.-X. Liu‡, D. Richards, N. Singh*, B. R. Goldsmith*, ACS Catal. 9, 7052 (2019). [doi]

Two-to-three dimensional transition in neutral gold clusters: the crucial role of van der Waals interactions and temperature, B. R. Goldsmith*, J. Florian‡, J.-X. Liu‡, P. Gruene, J. T. Lyon, D. M. Rayner, A. Fielicke*, M. Scheffler, L. M. Ghiringhelli*, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 016002 (2019). [doi]

New tolerance factor to predict the stability of perovskite oxides and halides, C. J. Bartel*, C. Sutton, B. R. Goldsmith, R. Ouyang, C. B. Musgrave, L. M. Ghiringhelli*, M. Scheffler, Sci. Adv. 5, eaav0693 (2019). [doi]

V2+/V3+ redox kinetics on glassy carbon in acidic electrolytes for vanadium redox flow batteries, H. Agarwal, J. Florian‡, B. R. Goldsmith, N. Singh*, ACS Energy Lett. 4, 2368 (2019). [doi]

Machine learning for heterogeneous catalyst design and discovery, B. R. Goldsmith*, J. Esterhuizen‡, C. J. Bartel, C. Sutton, J.-X. Liu‡, AIChE J. (2018). [Invited Perspective] [doi]

Beyond ordered materials: understanding catalytic sites on amorphous solids, B. R. Goldsmith*, B. Peters, J. K. Johnson, B. C. Gates, S. L. Scott*, ACS Catal. 7, 7543 (2017). [doi]

Uncovering structure-property relationships of materials by subgroup discovery, B. R. Goldsmith*, M. Boley, J. Vreeken, M. Scheffler, L. M. Ghiringhelli*, New J. Phys. 19, 013031 (2017). [doi]

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