Education:
BS Chemistry University of Utah 2001
BS Chemical Engineering University of Utah 2001
PhD Chemical Engineering Purdue University 2006
Students here at Worcester Polytechnic Institute have a lot of enthusiasm and ambition, and it certainly is contagious. Teaching brings a lot of joy because of this, and I find myself often trying just to keep up with the students! WPI is also a place where you have a chance to collaborate with people of many different backgrounds and technical interests. This is exciting. For my research, I work in the area of molecular modeling: trying to understand and solve energy and environmental problems using high-powered computer simulations. The world is always in need of solid engineering approaches to address the needs of the future, and I'm glad to be a part of this. All of this combined means WPI is a great institution to be at.
Email
nadeskins@wpi.edu
Office Location
Goddard Hall 119
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Energy Production
Pollution Control and Abatement
Nanomaterials Research and Development
Catalysis and Chemical Kinetics
Computational Chemistry
Scholarly Work
Lifting the Pt(100) Surface Reconstruction Through Oxygen Adsorption: A Density Functional Theory Analysis - 2005
A Density Functional Theory Study of Formaldehyde Adsorption on Ceria - 2007
Methanol Adsorption on the Clean CeO2(111) Surface: A Density Functional Theory Study - 2007
Molecular Dynamics Characterization of Rutile-Anatase Interfaces - 2007
Electron Transport via Polaron Hopping in Bulk TiO2: A Density Functional Theory Characterization - 2007
Density Functional Theory Study of Methanol Decomposition on the CeO2(110) Surface - 2008
News
From left, Lyubov Titova, assistant professor of physics, Pratap Rao, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Aaron Deskins, associate professor of chemical engineering in the WPI NanoEnergy Lab
October 11, 2017