Dr. Shahnam is a Team Supervisor for the Computational Multiphase Flow Science team at Research and Innovation Center (RIC) at NETL. He leads a team focused on developing and applying CFD modeling tools to problems encountered in power and chemical industries, for design and optimization of chemical processes and energy conversion devices. Dr. Shahnam and his team have been developing modeling tools to access the performance reactors operating on mixed feedstock fuel, such as coal, biomass and plastics. His team has been developing computer models for assessing the performance of novel PIM material (Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity) for capturing CO2, as part of Direct Air Capture technology development.