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CASFER in collaboration with Pine Research instrumentation and the Texas Tech ECS Student Chapter organized a two-day electrochemical workshop on June 13th and 14th. The workshop aimed to provide students and scholars with a deep understanding of electrochemical processes and hands-on experience through laboratory designed experiments for their academic and professional development. 

On April 29, 2024, all CASFER researchers, scholars and board members converged at Texas Tech for the annual NSF site visit of the center. During the event, there were student poster and perfect pitch competitions, testbed tours and presentations by the principal investigators on their accomplishments in the previous year. Congratulations to  Dipu Saha, Zenifar Haque for placing third in the perfect pitch competition and to Selin Sahin on her second place award in the poster competition. 

Paper entitled "Reduced Graphene Oxide-Coated Fabrics for Joule-Heating and Antibacterial Applications" by Behnaz Jafari and Dr. Gerardine G. Botte is now available. 

A poster presentation by Jessica Ortega-Ramos and Zenifer Haque titled "Electrochemical Routes for Polymer Upcycling" was awarded second prize at the 243rd ECS meeting General Student Poster Session. 

Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas Tech University’s launch of the U.S. NSF ERC for Advancing Sustainable and Distribute Fertilizer Production (CASFER) in Lubbock. Texas Tech received the largest grant in the university’s history in August from the NSF for the CASFER to transform technology for sustainable solutions impacting agriculture, including fertilizer research.

Paper entitled "Electrochemical valorization of waste activated sludge for short-chain fatty acids production" by Maasoomeh Jafari and Gerardine G. Botte is now online and can be accessed for free.

David Schmerbitz joins to CETI-Lab for the summer with  Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. He presented the topic he worked on with a poster called "Scale-up of a Zero-Gap Ammonia Electrolyzer using Nano-Sized Pt3/Ir Electrocatalyst"  and shared his experiences at TTU. 07/28/2022

CETI Lab is hosting fuel cell car racing as a part of the Legacy University  on Wednesday July 13, through Friday, July 15

Ashwin Ramanujam is awarded second place in TTU graduate school poster competition. Poster tittle:Ultra-Fast COVID-19 Diagnostic Sensor (UFC-19)

At a two-day event on July 8 and 9, 2021, the chapter collaborated with the Texas Tech Alumni Association to organize outreach to grandparents and their grandchildren as part of the Legacy University Initiative.

Paper entitled "Integration of ceramic felt as separator / electrolyte in lithium salt thermal batteries and the prospect of rechargeability" by Aliakbar Yazdani and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online and can be accessed for free.

Dr. Gerri Botte is giving a seminar at Iowa State University on 10/28/2021 

Ashwin Ramanujam is presenting a topic called "Continuous and Ultra-Fast SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring of Indoor Air"

Masi Jafari is presenting a topic called "Electrochemical Valorization of Waste Activated Sludge for Short-Chain Fatty Acids Production"

Dr. Gerri Botte is giving a seminar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 10/12/2021 

Dr. Gerri Botte is giving a seminar at Michigan State University on 9/22/2021 

COVID-19 sensor was showcased on The Good Men Project: Texas Tech Professor Invents Game-Changing Ultra Rapid COVID-19 Sensor (The Good Men Project) – College of Engineering | Chemical Engineering | Geri Botte

American Resources Corporation to Build 2kW Mobile Electrolytic Cell Rare Earth Processing Plant with the collaboration of CETI Lab.

Check out the latest interview of Dr. Gerri Botte with Lauren of Good Morning San Diego show on where she discusses the ongoing efforts being taken at CETI-Lab in Texas Tech Chemical Engineering department on indoor air quality monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 detection to provide a safe space for people.

Paper entitled "Rapid electrochemical detection of Escherichia coli using nickel oxidation reaction on a rotating disk electrode" by Ashwin Ramanujam and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online and can be accessed for free.

Dr. Botte, invited speaker for the first  Ibero-American Workshop in Electrochemistry. October 28 to 31, 200.  

She will be discussing: 

“Extraccion Electroquimica de Tierras Raras de Cenizas Volatiles de Carbon”.  

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We got an innovation award for our COVID-19 sensor at the Defense TechConnect Conference

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Rapid COVID and Viral Detection Sensor.

Paper entitled "Electrochemical treatment of sewage sludge and pathogen inactivation" by “Maasoomeh Jafari and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online

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Masi and Ali got awarded for travel grant to attend the ECS PRIME 2020 Event. 

Masi will be presenting "Integrated Alkali-Electrochemical Process for Wasterwater Treatment"

Ali will be presenting "Integration of Low Melting Temperature Electrolyte in Thermal Batteries"

Paper entitled “Perspectives of Electrocatalysis in the Chemical Industry: A Platform for Energy Storage ” by “Aliakbar Yazdani and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online and free to download through October 4, 2020. 

CASFER Director and Principal Investigator of CETI lab, Dr. Gerri Botte, was honored by her alma mater i.e. Instituto Educacional Juan XXIII in Venezuela, where a science lab was named after her on May 10, 2024.

The ECS at TTU student chapter (primarily composed of CETI-Lab members) was named a Chapter of Excellence by the national ECS organization for "contributions, activities and participation in areas that reflect the purposes or interests of The Electrochemical Society, and support the mission of ECS: to advance theory and practice at the forefront of electrochemical and solid state science and technology, and allied subjects".

Paper entitled "Electrochemical Oxidation and Functionalization of Low-Density Polyethylene" by Rasoul Rahimzadeh, Jessica Ortega-Ramos, Zenifar Haque, Dr. Gerardine G. Botte is now available. 

A poster presented by Ashwin Ramanujan won 2nd place in the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Competition Program in the Math/ Physical Sciences/ Engineering division.

Paper entitled "Selective Electrochemical Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Using Deep Learning" by Ozhan Gecgel, Ashwin Ramanujam, and Gerardine G. Botte is now online and can be accessed for free.

The most prestigious NFS award was granted to Texas Tech University under the leadership of Dr. Botte. ERC for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER), headquartered at Texas Tech, received a $26 million grant from the NSF for an initial five-year period with the possibility of renewing the grant for five more years and another $25 million.

Paper entitled "SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance in Indoor Air Using Electrochemical Sensor for Continuous Monitoring and Real-Time Alerts" by Fei Lu, Ozhan Gecgel, Ashwin Ramanujam,  and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online and can be accessed for free.

Paper entitled "Nickel-based electrochemical sensor with a wide detection range for measuring hydroxyl ions and pH sensing" by Behnaz Jafari, Madhivanan Muthuvel and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online.

Ashwin Ramanujam presented a poster TechConnect World Innovation 2022 entitled Standalone Electrochemical Sensing of SARS-CoV-2: Unraveling the Mechanism

Mrs. Zenifar Haque joined to CETI-Lab in Spring 2022 Semester

Dr. Botte ranked among top 2% of Global Researchers “most-cited researchers in the world”

Debuting EviroTech’s Ultra-Fast COVID-19 sensor at the TechConnect World Showcase tomorrow at the Gaylord National Resort and Covention Center (10/18/2021)

Behnaz Jafari is presenting a poster called "Evaluation of Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Composites as Antibacterial Materials"

Paper entitled "Nickel-based electrochemical sensor with a wide detection range for measuring hydroxyl ions and pH sensing" by Behnaz Jafari, Madhivanan Muthuvel, Gerardine G.Botte”  is now online and can be accessed.

Paper entitled "Ultra-Fast Electrochemical Sensor for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Diagnosis Using Non-Invasive Saliva Sampling" by Ashwin Ramanujam, Sharilyn Almodovar and Gerardine G. Botte”  is now online and can be accessed for free.

Dr. Fei Lu, Dr. Christian  Alvarez Pugliese, Mr. Dipu Saha and Mrs. Jessica Alexandra Ortega Ramos joined to CETI-Lab in Spring 2021 Semester

Dr. Gerri Botte is giving a talk at Northwestern University on 05/27/2021 

Dr. Botte and Ashwin Ramanujan participating an I-Corps National, Winter 2021 Cohort.

Kickoff (online): January 12 - 15 (afternoon start January 12)
Web Sessions (online): Wednesdays 1 - 4pm ET January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17
Lessons Learned (online): February 22 - 23 (noon start February 22)

Dr. Botte  invited as Plenary speaker for the Puerto Rico Section of the American Chemical Society. Her talk is entitled: Electrochemical Technologies for Water Sustainability. December 2, 2020 5:00 pm Central Time. Registration

Dr. Botte and Dr. Gecgel participating an I-Corps Regional at Texas Tech Innovation Hub.

Pre-Opening :  Aug 28th, 2020

Opening Workshop: Sep. 4th, 2020

Closing Workshop: Sep. 25th, 2020 

A new ECS Student Chapter has been founded by CETI-Lab. 

A rapid COVID-19 test being developed could show your results in a matter of seconds, and it all began with an E. coli research project. 

As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, CETI-Lab has been working hard on various corona virus relief efforts. For more information, click here 

Dr. Botte is invited as keynote speaker to the 71st International Society of Electrochemistry Conference. The conference will take place online. 
She will be talking about  Strategies for Sustainable Electrochemical Engineering Education: Online Integration