Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Office D1B70
University of Colorado
3415 Colorado Avenue, 80303
JSCBB Campus Box 596 UCB
鈥婤oulder, CO 80309-0596
Education
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Brian Ehrhart graduated with a B.S. magna cum laude in Chemical Engineering, 2010, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He has done internships at Sandia National Laboratories with Fusion Technology and Solar Technology groups. Brian Ehrhart has worked as a technical staff member at Sandia starting in 2010, and has worked on molten salt testing and the CR5 reactor for the Sunshine-to-Petrol (S2P) Solar Fuels LDRD. He participated in the Critical Skills Master's Program though Sandia from 2011 to 2013, attended University of Colorado at Boulder and worked with Professor Weimer studying solid oxide thermochemical energy; he graduated May 2013 with M.S. in Chemical Engineering. Brian currently works as a research assistant with Professor Weimer, and is focusing on reduction/oxidation reactor and process design. Brian has done outreach including various outdoor trail maintenance projects, serving as an Industrial Liaison to a team of undergraduate students for their Senior Design project, as well as operating a solar oven during the Zoom! into Science and Engineering event for young children. Research interests include thermal energy storage, solar thermal power, solar thermochemistry, and process design.听