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Begum Tokay

Professor, Faculty of Engineering

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Biography

Begum graduated from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Turkey in 1999. She received her Master Degree in Chemical Engineering focused on the catalytic synthesis of Ethyl tertiary butyl ether on H-Beta zeolite catalyst. She developed expertise in the production and characterization of inorganic and composite materials (e.g. zeolites, membranes) for energy and environmental applications during her PhD in in Istanbul Technical University with Prof. Ayse Erdem-峁natalar. To date, key outputs of the project she worked for have included contributing nanosize zeolite crystallization and growth mechanism during synthesis from clear solutions and demonstrating their potential for various applications including antibacterial fabrics, by controlling their size and properties. She was offered an ExxonMobil research associate position in Prof Richard D. Noble & Prof John L. Falconer research group at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA to conduct a project on ZSM-5 membranes for separation of organic mixtures by reverse osmosis. During this research, she developed expertise in reverse osmosis and characterization of zeolite membranes, as well as in membrane production. During a National Science Foundation project, in Boulder, she built track record in design of membrane pore characterization & pervaporation systems for dehydration of alcohols and this work resulted in 1 peer-reviewed publication. She continued her work in a Shell project on development of SAPO-34 membranes for CO2/CH4 separation. She worked as lecturer at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus between 2011-2012. She joined the 糖心原创 in 2013 as an assistant professor.

Begum is part of the Advanced Materials Research Group.

Expertise Summary

Begum's research interests are production and characterization of inorganic and composite materials (e.g. zeolites, membranes) for energy and environmental applications-in particular sustainable separation of gas and liquid mixtures using membranes, synthesis of micro/mesoporous materials for adsorption and heterogeneous catalytic reactions, and polymeric membranes for reverse osmosis desalination.

Teaching Summary

  • Transport Phenomena (Heat, Fluid and Mass Transfer)
  • Separation Technologies (Conventional and Novel Technologies)
  • Reaction Engineering

Research Summary

Professor Begum Tokay's current research centers on developing advanced membrane materials to drive more sustainable, energy-efficient separations. She leads a research group focused on creating… read more

Selected Publications

  • CHEN, J., XU, S., TANG, C. Y., HU, B., TOKAY, B. and HE, T., 2023. Desalination. 555,
  • ANKRAH, A. F., TOKAY, B. and SNAPE, C. E., 2022. International Journal of Environmental Research. 16(2),
  • MUHAMMED, T., TOKAY, B. and CONRADIE, A., 2022. Fuel.
  • WARFSMANN, J., TOKAY, B. and CHAMPNESS, N. R., 2021. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 311,

Current Research

Professor Begum Tokay's current research centers on developing advanced membrane materials to drive more sustainable, energy-efficient separations. She leads a research group focused on creating novel metal-organic framework (MOF) and composite membranes with high flux and selectivity, especially for capturing CO鈧� from challenging gas mixtures such as N鈧� and CH鈧�, compositions not well addressed by existing commercial membranes. In parallel, her group develops additive manufacturing methods to scale up MOF membranes for sustainable separation.

Future Research

- Hollow fiber mixed matrix membrane preparation for desalination applications using reverse osmosis technology.

- Direct methanol fuel cell membranes

- Hydrogen Storage using nano zeolites, carbon nanotubes, mesoporous structures

- Solar films

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: membrane-based separation technologies, metal organic framework membranes, zeolite membranes, water purification, desalination, gas separation, isomer separations, electro-photocataly

  • CHEN, J., XU, S., TANG, C. Y., HU, B., TOKAY, B. and HE, T., 2023. Desalination. 555,
  • ANKRAH, A. F., TOKAY, B. and SNAPE, C. E., 2022. International Journal of Environmental Research. 16(2),
  • MUHAMMED, T., TOKAY, B. and CONRADIE, A., 2022. Fuel.
  • WARFSMANN, J., TOKAY, B. and CHAMPNESS, N. R., 2021. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 311,
  • ALIYEV, E., WARFSMANN, J., TOKAY, B., SHISHATSKIY, S., LEE, Y. J., LILLEPAERG, J., CHAMPNESS, N. R. and FILIZ, V., 2021. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.
  • TOKAY, B. and AKPINAR, I., 2021. Bioresource Technology Reports. 15,
  • SAMUEL C COE, MATTHEW D. WADGE, REDA M. FELFEL, IFTY AHMED, GAVIN S WALKER, COLIN A. SCOTCHFORD and DAVID M. GRANT, 2020. Coatings. 10(2), 190
  • WARFSMANN, J., TOKAY, B., CHAMPNESS, N.R., 2020. Synthesis of MIL-53 thin films by vapour-assisted conversion CrystEngComm, 22(6), pp. 1009-1017..
  • ROBINSON, J., MEEHAN, J., TAQI, A., BINNER, E. and TOKAY, B., 2019. Desalination. 464, 1-7
  • MAJUMDAR, S., TOKAY, B., MARTIN-GIL, V., CAMPBELL, J., CASTRO-MU脩OZ, R., AHMAD, M. Z. and FILA, V., 2019. Separation and Purification Technology.
  • ATALAY-ORAL, 脟, TOKAY, B., ERDEM-峁NATALAR, A. and TANTEKIN-ERSOLMAZ, 峁� B., 2018. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 259, 17-25
  • JIRI HROMADKA, BEGUM TOKAY, RICARDO CORREIA, STEPHEN P MORGAN and SERGIY KORPOSH, 2018. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. (In Press.)
  • WARFSMANN, J., TOKAY, B. and CHAMPNESS, N. R., 2018. CrystEngComm. 20(32), 4666-4675
  • HROMADKA, J., TOKAY, B., JAMES, S. and KORPOSH, S., 2017.
  • CAMPBELL, J. and TOKAY, B., 2017. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 251, 190-199
  • NEREA DE ACHA, JIRI HROMADKA, BEGUM TOKAY, RICARDO CORREIA, CESAR ELOSUA, IGNACIO R. MAT脥AS, FRANCISCO J. ARREGUI and SERGIY KORPOSH, 2017. In: Euro Sensors 2017. 1.
  • JIRI HROMADKA, BEGUM TOKAY, RICARDO CORREIA, STEPHEN P MORGAN and SERGIY KORPOSH, 2017. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical.
  • C ATALAY-ORAL, B TOKAY, A. ERDEM-SENATALAR and S.B. TANTEKIN-ERSOLMAZ, 2017. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. (In Press.)
  • HROMADKA, J., TOKAY, B., CORREIA, R., MORGAN, S. P. and KORPOSH, S., 2017.
  • FAROOQ SHER, ZAMAN SAJID, BEGUM TOKAY, MARTIN KHZOUZ and HAMAD SADIQ, 2016. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering.
  • JIRI HROMADKA, BEGUM TOKAY, STEPHEN JAMES and SERGIY KORPOSH, 2016. . In: PRISCILLA REEVES, ed., Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Chemistry, Technologies and Applications
  • J. HROMADKA, B. TOKAY, S. KORPOSH and S. JAMES, 2015. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 221, 891
  • HROMADKA J, TOKAY B, KORPOSH S, JAMES S and TATAM RP, 2015. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.
  • FUNKE, H.H., TOKAY, B., ZHOU, R., PING, E.W., ZHANG, Y., FALCONER, J.L. and NOBLE, RICHARD D., 2012. Journal of Membrane Science. 409-410(August), 212-221
  • TOKAY, BEGUEM and ERDEM-SENATALAR, AYSE, 2012. MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS. 148(1), 43-52
  • GURBUZ, HALE, TOKAY, BEGUM and ERDEM-SENATALAR, AYSE, 2012. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY. 19(5), 1108-1113
  • ZHANG, Y., TOKAY, B., FUNKE, H.H., FALCONER, J.L. and NOBLE, R.D., 2010. Journal of Membrane Science. 363(1-2), 29-35
  • ZHANG, YANFENG, AVILA, ADOLFO M., TOKAY, BEGUM, FUNKE, HANS H., FALCONER, JOHN L. and NOBLE, RICHARD D., 2010. JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE. 358(1-2), 7-12
  • TOKAY, BEGUEM, KARVAN, OGUZ and ERDEM-SENATALAR, AYSE, 2010. MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS. 131(1-3), 230-237
  • FALCONER J L, ZHANG Y, TOKAY B, AVILA A M and NOBLE R, 2010. Making crystalline silicoaluminophosphate-34 (SAPO-34) membrane comprises providing a porous support, preparing an aqueous SAPO-34 forming membrane forming gel, and applying SAPO-34 seed material to first side of porous support WO2011072215-A1 01/01/1900 00:00:00
  • FALCONER J L, ZHANG Y and TOKAY B, 2010. Preparation of crystalline silicoaluminophosphate membrane useful for separation of gases from mixture involves heating porous support with a membrane forming gel; and heating resulting membrane layer in reduced oxygen or absence of oxygen WO2011137227-A1; US2012006194-A1; AU2011245307-A1 01/01/1900 00:00:00
  • TOKAY, B., FALCONER, J.L. and NOBLE, R.D., 2009. Journal of Membrane Science. 334(1-2), 23-29
  • TOKAY, B., SOMER, M., ERDEM-SENATALAR, A., SCH脺TH, F. and THOMPSON, R.W., 2009. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 118(1-3), 143-151
  • TATLIER, MELKON, BARIS, K., TOKAY, CIGIZOGLU BEGUEM and ERDEM-SENATALAR, AYSE, 2007. JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH. 306(1), 146-151
  • TATLIER, MELKON, DEMIR, MESUT, TOKAY, BEGUM, ERDEM-SENATALAR, AYSE and KIWI-MINSKER, LIOUBOV, 2007. MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS. 101(3), 374-380
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