SusMatLab at S&T
Sustainable Materials Laboratory (SusMatLab) is the Dr. Okoronkwo’s Research Group in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Missouri S&T.
The group’s mission is to advance the chemistry and physics of materials for sustainable infrastructure, energy, and environment.
The research at SusMatLab focuses on recreating materials for sustainable infrastructure, energy, and environment. The team employs integrated experimental and computational techniques in elucidating the composition-structure-processing-property relationships in materials; leveraging the lessons learned, and inspirations from nature, and ancient and modern technologies in designing next-generation eco- and energy-efficient materials, while also improving the properties of existing ones.
Updates
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New article alert! Congratulations to Ugochukwu for publishing his 1st-author paper in Cement and Concrete Composites, Elsevier.
“Investigating the thixotropy of fresh struvite cement-based composite: Insights on mechanisms of the pastes’ thixotropic behavior”, Ewuzie, U; Yusuf, A.O., Daramola, D., & Okoronkwo, M.U. Cement and Concrete Composites 2025, 160,106058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2025.106058… Read more
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Congratulations to Rupack for wining double awards!
Rupack Halder won $1500 as the People’s Choice Award for best tagline and Best Pitch for the graduate certificate in Value-Driven Innovation…. Read more
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New article alert: Rheology of bituminous coal water slurry
“Evaluation and modeling of the effect of the slurry composition, dispersants, and stirring on the rheology of bituminous coal water slurry using novel definitive screening design“; Alalou, A.; Saka, A. A.; El Asri, M.; Boulahna, A.; Okoronkwo, M. U.; Al-Dahhan, M. H. . Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2025.2475189…. Read more
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Congratulations to Abiodun for publishing his first 1st-author paper in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal
“Thermo-rheological and tribological properties of low- and high-oleic vegetable oils as sustainable bio-based lubricants”, Saka, A.; K. Abor, T.; C. Okafor, A.; U. Okoronkwo, M. RSC Sustainability 2025, 3 (3), 1461–1476. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2025/su/d4su00605d… Read more