“Chemical engineering associate professor Richard West … assistant professor Magda Barecka and … assistant professor Qing Zhao were awarded a $500,000 grant for ‘Accelerating Electrocatalyst Innovation: High-Throughput Automated Microkinetic, Multiscale and Techno-economic Modeling’ as part of the Creating Revolutionary Energy and Technology Endeavors (CREATE) Exploratory Topic managed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The objective of CREATE Exploratory Topic is to identify and support disruptive energy-related technologies and have the potential for large-scale impact. Northeastern University will develop a computer model that could identify new avenues for producing essential chemical ingredients using carbon dioxide, a waste product of fossil fuels.”