MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & MATERIALS SCIENCE
Katherine Hornbostel, PhD
207 Benedum Hall | 3700 O’Hara Street | Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Assistant Professor
P: 412-383-4623 hornbostel@pitt.edu https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/KatherineHornbostel/
Dr. Hornbostel’s research group focuses on modeling novel clean energy systems, with an emphasis on carbon capture. Her expertise in thermal sciences, chemical engineering and simulations is applied to range of projects for traditional carbon capture, direct air/ocean carbon capture, and nuclear systems.
Dr. Hornbostel’s work is done in collaboration with universities, companies and national laboratories, and is funded by NETL, ARPA-E and the Sloan Foundation. Several of Dr. Hornbostel’s currently active research projects are highlighted below.
Developing core-shell metal-organic-frameworks (MOFs) for direct air capture
Optimizing membrane contactors for ocean carbon capture
Modeling flat-sheet membranes for postcombustion carbon capture
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Modeling a novel natural gas/direct air capture hybrid power plant
Investigating resuspension of nuclear fission particles in small modular reactors
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE
