| Fellowship | Award | 2019-04-17 | Phillip YK Choi |
| Jacob H Masliyah Graduate Award in Oil Sands Engineering | Award | 2017-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari |
| Jacob H Masliyah Graduate Award in Oil Sands Engineering | Award | 2018-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari |
| Mary Louise Graduate Student Award | Award | 2019-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari |
| A Molecular Dynamics Study on the Wettability of Kaolinite Surfaces in Contact with a Water-Cyclohexane MixtureOral presentation at the International Association of Colloid and Interfaces Scientists, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 2018. | Activity | 2018-05-21 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari, Phillip YK Choi |
| Affinity of Inorganic and Organic Ions to the Aqueous-Cyclohexane Interface in and out of a Confined EnvironmentThe orla presentation reports the behaviour of surface active materials in a confined environment. | Activity | 2020-02-19 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari, Phillip YK Choi |
| Effect of the Substrate Hydrophilicity on the Absorption Kinetics of Cyclohexane in Bitumen Nanofilms | Activity | 2021-04-30 | Vadim Kislitsin, Phillip YK Choi |
| Evaluation of polyethylene hildebrand solubility parameter evolution with temperature. University of Alberta | Activity | 2023-10-31 | Gabriel Pereira da Costa, Liu, Q., Phillip YK Choi |
| Interface of Ion-Containing Aqueous and Organic Phases within and out of ConfinementThis poster presentation reports the migration of ions in confined water. | Activity | 2020-02-19 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari, Phillip YK Choi |
| Limitations on the Residual Solvent Recovery Imposed By the Gangue CharacteristicsThis oral presentation reports the findings on which gangue characteristics control the drying of cyclohexane in the gangue. | Activity | 2020-02-19 | Reza Khalkhali, Phillip YK Choi |
| New Computational Chemistry Methods, Database and Challenges: an Overview | Activity | 2022-07-09 | Victor Hugo Malamace, Phillip YK Choi |
| Perspectives: what the future holds for us | Activity | 2022-07-09 | Gabriel Pereira da Costa, Phillip YK Choi |
| Solvent Recovery from NAE GangueReza gave an overview on the solvent recovery process. | Activity | 2020-02-19 | Reza Khalkhali |
| The solubility of non-polar polymers in cyclohexane: molecular dynamics estimation of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter. University of Alberta | Activity | 2023-10-25 | Gabriel Pereira da Costa, Liu, Q., Phillip YK Choi |
| A Molecular Dynamics Approach towards the Interfacial Properties of Sulfide- and Clay-MineralsMonir completed her PhD program in March 2019. | Publication | 2019-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari |
| Gravimetric Study of Cyclohexane Transport in Nanoscale Bitumen FilmsThis is a PhD thesis that focuses on the study of the solubility and diffusivity of cyclohexane in nanoscale bitumen films coated on sand and clay particles. | Publication | 2021-04-30 | Vadim Kislitsin |
| Microwave Heating of Non-Aqueous Oil Sands Extraction Gangue: Study of Optimal Cyclohexane-Water Mass Ratio and Solvent Recovery Rate | Publication | 2023-09-22 | Filipe Dos Santos De Araujo |
| Microwave Heating of Water and Cyclohexane – A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study | Publication | 2024-04-03 | Victor Hugo Malamace |
| On the impact of drought-induced abiotic stress on the composition of Douglas-fir lignin for valorizationThis thesis is about the composition change of Douglas-fir resulted from draught | Publication | 2022-01-01 | Daniel Justin Barker-Rothschild |
| Recovery of Cyclohexane from Oil Sands Gangue Using Microwave: Influence of Fine Particles | Publication | 2022-09-12 | Tasneem Hussein |
| Role of Composition of Cycolhexane-Extracted Gangue on its Drying at Ambient ConditionsThis is a master's thesis summarizing the controlling factors on the drying of cyclohexane in the gangue. In particular, the major controlling factor is the amount of residual bitumen. | Publication | 2020-02-19 | Reza Khalkhali |
| The Effect of Convective Currents on the Drying of Reconstituted Alberta Oil Sands GangueThis is a master's thesis focusing on the use convective current to enhance solvent recovery from gangue. | Publication | 2021-04-30 | Annie Kuang |
| A Molecular Dynamics Study on the Wettability of Kaolinite Surfaces in Contact with a Water-Cyclohexane MixturePoster, Future Energy Systems Open House, Edmonton, Canada, October 2018. | Activity | 2019-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari, Phillip YK Choi |
| Biodegradation of cyclohexane under different redox conditions.Gloria did an oral presentation at the 1st Future Energy Systems (FES) Symposium. University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-04-17 | Gloria Okpala, Ania Ulrich, Phillip YK Choi, Siddique, T. |
| Co-metabolic Degradation of Cyclohexane under Aerobic and Methanogenic ConditionsGloria did a poster presentation at the 2nd annual Future Energy Systems Open House Symposium. University of Alberta | Activity | 2019-04-17 | Gloria Okpala, Ania Ulrich, Phillip YK Choi, Siddique, T. |
| Biodegradation of cyclohexane and cylopentane in FFT under methanogenic conditions University of Alberta | Publication | 2019-04-17 | Gloria Okpala, Ania Ulrich, Phillip YK Choi, Siddique, T. |
| Cometabolic degradation of cyclohexane in the presence of ammonium University of Alberta | Publication | 2019-04-17 | Gloria Okpala, Ania Ulrich, Phillip YK Choi, Siddique, T. |
| Comparison between the kinetics of cyclohexane absorption and desorption for heterogeneous bitumen nanofilmsWe report that the substrate hydrophilicity also affects the cyclohexane desorption kinetics for nanoscale bitumen films. And we compare the cyclohexane absorption and desorption kinetics in detail. One interesting observation about the data was that under certain conditions, mass uptake was observed in the early stage of the desorption experiments. | Publication | 2020-05-06 | Vadim Kislitsin, Phillip YK Choi |
| Effect of Confinement on the Adsorption Behavior of Inorganic and Organic Ions at Aqueous-Cyclohexane Interfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Study,Molecular dynamics simulation was used to study the adsorption behavior of inorganic and organic ions at aqueous-cyclohexane interfaces, and that with such systems confined in a kaolinite nanopore. | Publication | 2019-04-17 | Monir Hosseini-Anvari, Phillip YK Choi |
| Mass Uptake Dynamics and Diffusivity of Cyclohexane Vapor in Nano-Scale Bitumen Films Coated on Substrates with Different Degrees of HydrophobicityThis mansucript reports the influence of the substrate hydrophilicity on the diffusivity of cyclohexane in nano-scale bitumen films. | Publication | 2020-02-19 | Vadim Kislitsin, Phillip YK Choi |
| Microwave heating of microwave absorbing and transparent liquids: A molecular dynamics study. University of Alberta | Publication | 2017-01-01 | Victor Hugo Malamace, Liu, Q., Phillip YK Choi |
| Microwave-assisted remediation of non-aqueous oil sands gangue: effects of solvent, fines, and water content. University of Alberta | Publication | 2025-02-14 | Filipe Dos Santos De Araujo, "Seth Beck", "Zaher Hashisho", Liu, Q., "Stanislav Stoyanov", Phillip YK Choi |
| Role of Composition of Cyclohexane-Extracted Gangue on its Drying at Ambient ConditionsThis mansucript reports what are the controlling factors on the drying of cyclohexane in gangue. | Publication | 2020-02-19 | Reza Khalkhali, Phillip YK Choi |
| Solubility of selected polymers in cyclohexane: comparison between Flory-Huggins interaction parameters calculated using three different molecular dynamics simulation approaches University of Alberta | Publication | 2024-11-26 | Gabriel Pereira da Costa, "Stanislav Stoyanov", Liu, Q., Phillip YK Choi |
| The temperature dependence of the Hildebrand solubility parameter of selected hydrocarbon polymers and hydrocarbon solvents: a molecular dynamics investigation. University of Alberta | Publication | 2024-06-05 | Gabriel Pereira da Costa, "Stanislav Stoyanov", Liu, Q., Phillip YK Choi |
| Thickness Dependence of the Diffusivity and Solubility of Cyclohexane in Nanoscale Bitumen FilmsThis manuscript reports the observed thickness dependence of diffusivity of cyclohexane in nano-scale bitumen films. | Publication | 2020-02-19 | Vadim Kislitsin, Phillip YK Choi |
