Engineered Interfaces for Sustainable Energy
The Engineered Interfaces for Sustainable Energy (EISEn) Group, directed by Dr. Sami Khan, is based at Simon Fraser University in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering in Vancouver, Canada. As the need to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and curbing greenhouse gas emissions grows, sustainable energy systems face obstacles towards conversion rates, selectivities to products of interest, and longevity and reliability in operation. We endeavour to address these challenges by studying fundamentals in surface and interfacial science, wettability, fluid mechanics, electrochemistry, reaction engineering, and catalysis and devising innovative solutions driven by creative interfacial engineering methods.
Our interdisciplinary group is growing! Click here to learn about opportunities and our research.
This image shows attractive patterns forming when a pH indicator is introduced into a CO2 electrolysis cell.
This image demonstrates what corrosion looks like on a 500 nm layer of iron coating a silicon substrate by dropping hydrochloric acid onto it. Almost immediately, the very thin layer of iron began to crack and corrode revealing the silicon beneath it (blue under this polarizing filter).
This vivid image shows steam condensing in a drop-wise way on a thin submicron film of cerium oxide which appears purple at this thickness.
This image shows attractive patterns forming when a pH indicator is introduced into a CO2 electrolysis cell.
Recent Group News
September 2022:
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EISEn welcomes Emma Hannaford to the group! Read more about Emma in the "Peoples" tab.
July 2022:
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The EISEn group attended the inauguration of the Civic Innovation Lab in Burnaby.
June 2022:
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Dr. Khan received the 2022 NSERC Discovery Grant from the Government of Canada. Check out the news release here.
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Gahee attended a research workshop organized by NTNU in Trondheim, Norway and presented her Masters research. Well done Gahee!
May 2022:
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Dr. Khan received CFI's John Edwards Leadership Fund for developing cutting-edge research infrastructure. Read more here. Congrats!
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Dr. Khan gave an invited talk at Canada's Rising Stars in Electrochemical Systems Symposium.
April 2022:
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Honorable Minister Harjit S. Sajjan visited the EISEn lab at SFU Surrey. Thank you for the thoughtful note you wrote in our lab, Minister Sajjan!
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Ishaan finished first place in the annual student poster competition at the AMPP NACW Conference in Edmonton for his research on protective self-assembling monolayer coatings. Read more here. Well done Ishaan!
March 2022:
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Dr. Khan was honoured as an Action Canada fellow at a ceremony in Ottawa. Read Dr. Khan's final Action Canada report here which he co-authored with five other Action Canada fellows!
January 2022:
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Dr. Khan was interviewed by Aaron Pete, host of Bigger Than Me Podcast. Check out the interview here!
