2026 Web Development & Data Analyst
Methalyst
Simulating CO₂-to-methanol conversion — turning carbon waste into fuel.
- Problem
- Converting CO₂ into methanol is one of the most promising routes for putting carbon emissions to use, but finding the optimal reaction conditions and catalysts requires laboratory experiments that are slow and expensive.
- Approach
- A web application with three modules: Prediction to estimate conversion output, Optimisation to search for the best conditions, and Education to explain the process. TODO — describe the model used, the data source, and which variables the user can adjust.
Outcome
- Gold Medal — NEIRA 2026
- Favourite Paper — NEIRA 2026