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Skills
Programming: C, C++, Java, MATLAB, OpenMP, Python
Software and Tools: ChemCAD, COMSOL, Git, Inkscape, LaTeX, OpenFOAM
Global Languages: Spanish
Laboratory and Instrumentation: Gas Chromatography (GC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and High-
Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), X-ray diffraction, Thermogravimetric
Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscope, Fourier-transform
Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)
Teaching and Outreach Experience
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UW-Madison
• Taught Intro to Transport Phenomena (graduate level), Chemical Thermodynamics, Chemical Process Analysis, General
Physics: Electromagnetism
• Delivered lectures, led discussion sections, held exam review sessions, and developed homework/exam questions
Chemical Engineer, Graduate Student Association, UW-Madison
• President, treasurer, and recruitment chair
Exhibit Organizer, Engineering EXPO, UW-Madison
• Developed and coordinated outreach booths exhibiting fluids research to K-12 students
• Engaged with community members of varied science backgrounds to promote interest in STEM learning and research
Awards and Interests
ACS Chemical Computing Group Excellence Award
UW-Madison Bird Stewart Lightfoot Graduate Fellowship
Wisconsin Science-Student Research Grants Competition-Conference Presentation Award
Kayaking, cross-country skiing, guitar
Publications
Manuel Jimenez, C., Dastitar, L., Wang, S., Du, Y., Lancy, M. P., Wooler, B., Klewer, C. E., Dumesic, J. A., Stuber, G.
W., Ethanol to Distillate-Range Molecules using Cu/Mg
x
AlO
y
catalysts with low Cu loadings (Submitted).
Manuel Jimenez, C., Lanci, M. P., Du, Y., Stuber, G. W., Kinetics of ethanol oligomerization to Distillate-range
molecules using low loading Cu/Mg
x
AlO
y
catalysts (In preparation).
Restrepo-Florez, J., Manuel Jimenez, C., Canalest, I., Stuber, G. W., Maravelias, A. B., Ethanol upgrading to diesel fuel
bioblendstocks: techno-economic and lifecycle analysis (In preparation).
Manuel Jimenez, C., Krishna, V., De bruyn, M., Weckhuysen, B. M, Dumesic, L. S., Stuber, G. W., Production of
Hexane-1,2,5,6-tetrol from Bio-renewable Levoglucosanol over Pt-WO
x
/TiO
2
: Kinetics and Catalyst Stability
(Submitted).
De bruyn, M., Manuel Jimenez, C., Cendejas, M., Bermans, I., He, J., Krishna, V., Lynn, Y., Dumesic, L. S., Stuber, G.,
W., Weckhuysen, B. M., Hexane-1,2,5,6-Tetrol as a Versatile and Biobased Building Block for the Synthesis of
Sustainable (Chiral) Crystalline Mesoporous Polyboronates. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2019, 7 (15), 13430–13436.
Manuel Jimenez, C., Pernett B., Bolivar D., Rivera-Goyco, C. Design and construction of a reaction system for
cyclohexane catalytic aerobic oxidation using cobalt in SBA-3. Prospect. Vol 14, 2, 13-21, 2016.
Presentations & Posters
Manuel Jimenez, C., Lanci, M. P., Du, Y, Stuber, G. W., Ethanol oligomerization into alcohols and esters over Mg-Al
mixed oxides doped with low-loadings Of Cu. Oral presentation, 2021AIChE Annual Meeting – Biomass Upgrading I:
Oxygenates Conversion, Boston, MA, United States, 2021.
Restrepo-Florez, J., Manuel Jimenez, C., Canales, E., Stuber, G. W., Maravelias, C., Middle Distillates from Ethanol-
Technoeconomic and Life CYCLE Assessment, 2021AIChE Annual Meeting – Sustainable Engineering Forum, Boston,
MA, United States, 2021. Contributed to oral presentation.
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