Dr. Jorge Gabitto

Dr. Jorge Gabitto
Professor

Office: C. L. Wilson Building Room 201J
Phone: (936) – 261-9409
Email: jfgabitto@pvamu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Research Area: Renewable and Sustainable Systems

Research Interest: 

  1. Carbon dioxide sequestration and disposal.
  2. Electrochemical methods in energy and environmental applications.
  3. Chemical oil recovery.
  4. Reaction engineering.

Current Research:

  1. Carbon capture and battery storage. CRI Smart Grid Center Co-PI with Drs. N. Shamim, Sh. Binzaid, J. O. Attia (PVAMU).
  2. Efficient process intensification approach for CO2 absorption using amino acids and guanidine compound.  DOE-LDRD SEED Program, Co-PI with Drs. C. Tsouris (ORNL)
  3. Mechanistic understanding of silver sorbent aging process in off-gas treatment. DOE-NEUP
  4. Sulfure resistance composite inorganic membranes for hydrogen separation, SBIR-NSF

Professional Preparation

University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Applied Chemistry B. S. & 1977
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Chemical Engineering Ph. D., 1984

University of California Davis Chemical Engineering 1987-1988
University of Houston Chemical Engineering 1988-1991

Recent publications:

  1. Shamim, N., Binzaid, Sh., Gabitto, J., and Attia, J. O. “A Combined Chemical-Electrochemical Process to Capture CO2 and Produce Hydrogen and Electricity,” Energies 2021, 14, 5807. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185807.
  2.  Kasturi, A.; Gabitto, J. F.; Custelcean, R.: and Tsouris, C “A Process Intensification Approach for CO2 Absorption using Amino Acid Solutions and a Guanidine Compound,” Energies 2021, 14, 5821, https://doi.org/10.3390/en14185821.
  3.  Kasturi, A.; Gabitto, J.; Tsouris, C; Custelcean, R. “Carbon Dioxide Capture with Aqueous Amino Acids: Mechanistic Study of Amino Acid Regeneration by Guanidine Crystallization and Process Intensification,” Separation & Purification Technology, 2021, 271, 118839 (2021). doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118839.
  4. Tang, K., Yiacoumi, S., Li, Y., Gabitto, J., and Tsouris, C. “Optimal Conditions for Efficient Flow-Electrode Capacitive Deionization.” Separation and Purification, DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.116626, 2020
  5. Kasturi, A. S., Ladshaw, A., Yiacoumi, S., Gabitto, J., Garrabrant, K., Custelcean, R., and Tsouris, C. “CO2 Absorption from Simulated Flue Gas in a Bubble Column,” Sep. Sci. & Tech., 54, 2034-2046, DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2019.1617745, 2019.