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53
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7773
World Ranking
13301
National Ranking
362

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1978 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to digital circuit design.

Overview

Kevin J. Smith is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research work spans multiple areas primarily within engineering and materials science, with notable contributions in biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, catalysis, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's research topics cover diverse subjects that include:

  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
  • ACS Catalysis
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Green Chemistry

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kevin J. Smith are:

  • "Pt Catalysts Supported on H2 and O2 Plasma-Treated Al2O3 for Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation of the Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Pair Dibenzyltoluene and Perhydrodibenzyltoluene," published in 2020 in ACS Catalysis
  • "Electrocatalytic hydrogenation and depolymerization pathways for lignin valorization: toward mild synthesis of chemicals and fuels from biomass," published in 2020 in Green Chemistry
  • "Engineering Morphology and NixCo3-xO4 Spinel Oxides to Promote Catalytic Combustion of Ethane: Elucidating the Influence of Oxygen Defects," published in 2023 in ACS Catalysis
  • "Application of MXenes for air purification, gas separation and storage: A review," published in 2022 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Producing hydrocarbon fuel from the plastic waste: Techno-economic analysis," published in 2021 in Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering

Kevin J. Smith has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Yanuar Philip Wijaya
  • Előd Gyenge
  • Haiyan Wang
  • Chang Soo Kim
  • Chang-Soo Kim

Awards received by Kevin J. Smith include:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009
  • IEEE Fellow, 1978, for contributions to digital circuit design

Best Publications

  • A Review of Molybdenum Catalysts for Synthesis Gas Conversion to Alcohols: Catalysts, Mechanisms and Kinetics

    Sharif Zaman;Kevin J. Smith

  • Hydrodeoxygenation of 4-Methylphenol over Unsupported MoP, MoS2, and MoOx Catalysts†

    Victoria M. L. Whiffen;Kevin J. Smith

  • Cricoid Pressure Displaces the Esophagus: An Observational Study Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Kevin J. Smith;Julian Dobranowski;Gordon Yip;Alezandre Dauphin

  • Deactivation of Pd Catalysts by Water during Low Temperature Methane Oxidation Relevant to Natural Gas Vehicle Converters

    Rahman Gholami;Mina Alyani;Kevin J. Smith

  • The effect of cobalt addition to bulk MoP and Ni2P catalysts for the hydrodesulfurization of 4,6-dimethyldibenzothiophene

    Ibrahim I. Abu;Kevin J. Smith

  • Higher alcohol and oxygenate synthesis over cesium-doped Cu/ZnO catalysts

    John G. Nunan;Charles E. Bogdan;Kamil Klier;Kevin J. Smith

  • The higher alcohol synthesis over promoted Cu/ZnO catalysts

    Kevin J. Smith;Robert B. Anderson

  • Methanol and C2 oxygenate synthesis over cesium doped Cu/ZnO and Cu/ZnO/Al2O3 catalysts: a study of selectivity and 13C incorporation patterns

    John G. Nunan;Charles E. Bogdan;Kamil Klier;Kevin J. Smith

  • A chain growth scheme for the higher alcohols synthesis

    Kevin J. Smith;Robert B. Anderson

  • Kinetics of H2 recovery from dodecahydro-N-ethylcarbazole over a supported Pd catalyst

    Farnaz Sotoodeh;Liang Zhao;Kevin J. Smith

  • Structure sensitivity of dodecahydro-N-ethylcarbazole dehydrogenation over Pd catalysts

    Farnaz Sotoodeh;Kevin J. Smith

  • Kinetics of Hydrogen Uptake and Release from Heteroaromatic Compounds for Hydrogen Storage

    Farnaz Sotoodeh;Kevin J. Smith

  • Influence of MoS2 catalyst morphology on the hydrodeoxygenation of phenols

    Yun Quan Yang;Yun Quan Yang;Ching Thian Tye;Kevin J. Smith

  • Dehydrogenation kinetics and catalysis of organic heteroaromatics for hydrogen storage

    Farnaz Sotoodeh;Benjamin J.M. Huber;Kevin J. Smith

  • HDN and HDS of model compounds and light gas oil derived from Athabasca bitumen using supported metal phosphide catalysts

    Ibrahim I. Abu;Kevin J. Smith

  • Pt Catalysts Supported on H2 and O2 Plasma-Treated Al2O3 for Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation of the Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier Pair Dibenzyltoluene and Perhydrodibenzyltoluene

    Libin Shi;Libin Shi;Yiming Zhou;Suitao Qi;Kevin J. Smith

  • Triptycene-based metal salphens--exploiting intrinsic molecular porosity for gas storage.

    Jonathan H. Chong;Shahrzad Jooya Ardakani;Kevin J. Smith;Mark J. MacLachlan

  • The effect of the N atom on the dehydrogenation of heterocycles used for hydrogen storage

    Farnaz Sotoodeh;Benjamin J.M. Huber;Kevin J. Smith

  • Hydrogenation and ring opening of naphthalene on bulk and supported Mo2C catalysts

    Shahrzad Jooya Ardakani;Xuebin Liu;Kevin J. Smith

  • The influence of citric acid on the synthesis and activity of high surface area MoP for the hydrodeoxygenation of 4-methylphenol

    Victoria M.L. Whiffen;Kevin J. Smith;Suzana K. Straus

  • Effect of preparation method on Ni2P/SiO2 catalytic activity for NaBH4 methanolysis and phenol hydrodeoxygenation

    Kaiqiang Yan;Yunhua Li;Xing Zhang;Xin Yang

  • Electrocatalytic hydrogenation and depolymerization pathways for lignin valorization: toward mild synthesis of chemicals and fuels from biomass

    Yanuar Philip Wijaya;Kevin J. Smith;Chang Soo Kim;Chang Soo Kim;Elöd L. Gyenge

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark J. MacLachlan
Mark J. MacLachlan University of British Columbia
Kamil Klier
Kamil Klier Lehigh University
Michael O. Wolf
Michael O. Wolf University of British Columbia
K.A.R. Mitchell
K.A.R. Mitchell University of British Columbia
Eugenii A. Rabiner
Eugenii A. Rabiner King's College London
Bolun Yang
Bolun Yang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Albert Dahan
Albert Dahan Leiden University Medical Center

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