Jacob Anibal Email & Phone Number

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Principal investigator and lead engineer for sensor development. Collaborated with cross disciplinary teams to develop new technologies from ideas to prototype stage. Extensive experience developing proposals for small business innovative research grants. Developed testing platform and lab infrastructure for rapid testing of sensor systems. Below is a brief summary of my experience.Carbon Dioxide Scrubbing• PI on a subcontract in the development of improved CO2 scrubbing systems• Planned program tasks and coordinated with prime contractor• Developed models and designs for CO2 scrubbing unitsBiosensor for Wound Infection Monitoring• Collaborated with a cross functional team to develop sensors for monitoring microbial species.• Developed procedures for the functionalization of GFET sensor surfaces. • Collaborated to demonstrate successful microbe detection in simulated wound environments.Phosphate Sensor for Terrestrial Water Monitoring• Principal investigator for a SBIR program to develop rugged, autonomous phospahte sensors• Managed four team members to develop and test a prototype phosphate sensor system• Designed a multiplexed testing setup for simultaneous testing of 12 sensorsSensors for Microbial Fuel Contamination• Collaborated with a cross disciplinary team to develop microbial sensors for fuel tanks• Designed experiments to validate sensor stability and evaluate environmental effects on performanceDevelopment of Anti-coking Coating• Collaborated with a cross disciplinary team to develop anti-coking coatings for engine fuel filters• Developed procedures for the electrophoretic deposition of multilayer coatings onto metal surfacesAnion Exchange Membranes for Solar Powered Electrolyzers• Collaborated with a cross disciplinary team to develop anion exchange membranes • Measure ionic conductivity for five membranes using impedance spectroscopy• Evaluated performance of five membranes using a membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer

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Electrochemical Reduction of Aliphatic Ketones • Performed reactivity tests for four linear and two cylclic aliphatic ketones on Au and Pb foils• Analyzed reactivity data using Tafel analysis to predict the ketone reduction mechanism• Collected activation parameter data to provide insight into reactivity trends• Applied semi-classical electron transfer theory to understand ketone reactivity trendsElectroreductive Cross-coupling of Biomass Derived Aldehydes• Used cyclic voltammetry to determine benzaldehyde and furfural reduction potentials on Cu and Pb• Tested the cross-coupling activity and selectivity of benzaldehyde and furfural on Pt, Au, Cu and Pb • Developed a new electrochemical plating procedure to allow for in situ probing of a lead surface using attenuated total reflection - surface enhanced infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (ATR-SEIRAS)• Utilized in situ IR spectroscopy to elucidate adsorbates on the Pb and Cu surfaces during reduction• Developed a stochastic modeling analysis to understand dimer selectivities Electroreductive Coupling of Benzaldehyde• Developed a testing procedure to evaluate the electroreductive coupling activity of metal catalysts• Evaluated the electroreductive coupling activity of benzaldehyde on Pt, Pd, Au, and Cu foils• Identified a ketyl radical intermediate on the Au and Cu surfaces using ATR-SEIRAS • Combined reactivity and spectroscopic data to rationalize coupling ability in terms of ketyl radical stabilityElectrochemical Reduction of Nitrogen to Ammonia• Evaluated catalysts for electrochemical nitrogen reduction as a green route for ammonia production• Evaluated nitrogen reduction activity of three nitride catalysts using a membrane electrode assembly• Performed control tests to evaluate nitride stability under reaction conditions• Collaborated with researchers at Brookhaven national lab to identify active sites using in situ x-ray spectroscopy

Non-precious Metal Catalyst Synthesis and Characterization• Investigated non-precious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction to reduce fuel cell costs• Synthesized 10 non-precious metal catalysts for oxygen reduction using high-pressure pyrolysis • Evaluated oxygen reduction catalyst performance using a rotating disk electrode• Characterized catalyst pore morphology using mercury porosimetry and nitrogen physisorptionEffect of Pore Structure on Hard Template Oxygen Reduction Catalysts • Investigated pore morphology effects on oxygen reduction activity to inprove fuel cell catalysts• Collaborated with industry partner Pajarito Powder to evaluate morphology effects on catalyst activity• Evaluated pore size and area with nitrogen physisorption using BJH and DFT based fitting methods• Developed a geometric model to relate catalyst pore size to template particle diameter

Correlation of Fuel Properties with Infrared Spectra• Investigated property-spectra relationships to improve understanding of fuel properties• Analyzed property-spectra correlations using partial least squares regression• Developed R code to process infrared data and perform partial least squares regression analysis

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering