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We achieve more when we chase the dream instead of the competition.

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Artificial Intelligence | Material Informatics | Energy & Sustainability

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Collaborations.

I am open to collaborations on

• Energy and sustainability especially methane decomposition.

• Using AI to accelerate material discovery.

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News

2025

• Silvanus joins Center for Engineering Excellence and Discovery (CEED) as a graduate student ambassador for the 2025-2026 academic year.
• Congratulations to Silvanus for passing his PhD qualifying exams!
• Silvanus presented a poster titled “Ni-based Perovskites for Clean Hydrogen Production and Carbon Nanotube Formation”at the Virginia Clean Energy and Catalysis Club Summit.

Final_Poster_Virginia_Clean_Energy_Club.pdf

• Silvanus’s PhD research is featured in Virginia Tech news:

Virginia Tech receives $1.3 million grant to revolutionize energy industries in Appalachia

• Silvanus accepts new role as a teaching assistant for ChE 3185 - Chemical Reactor Analysis & Design. He will assist Prof. Sheima Khatib.
• Silvanus joins KhatibLab@VT to study perovskites for methane decomposition.

2024

• Silvanus successfully ended the fall 2024 semester.
• Silvanus accepts new role as a teaching assistant for ChE 3124 - Simulations & Modeling Fall 2024. He will assist Prof. Hongliang Xin.
• Silvanus attends the SECS conference in Atlanta.

2023