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Mark Mba-Wright

Title(s):

Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering

Office

305 Lab of Mechanics
Ames, IA 50011-1096

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Videos and Presentations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Club Seminar Series: Video.
  • Iowa State University Clean Energy Technologies Series: Video.
Awards and Activities
  • BIO World Congress George Washington Carver Award
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers Sustainable Engineering Forum Chair
  • RCN Pan-American Chair Technological Innovation in Biofuel and Bioenergy Sustainability
  • Engineers Without Borders ISU Chapter
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Education

  • Post-Doc, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
  • MS, Engineering and Biorenewable Technologies, Iowa State University

Interest Areas

Sustainable Energy Systems Analysis
  • Chemical process design
  • Techno-economic analysis
  • Lifecycle assessment with GREET.net, OpenLCA, and others
  • Process optimization
  • Commercialization uncertainty
  • Biorefinery supply chain optimization

Project Areas

  • Biomass thermochemical and biochemical conversion to fuels and chemicals
  • Electrochemical systems for chemical synthesis
  • Biomass energy and carbon capture systems
  • Synthetic fibers

Publications

Selected Research Papers                                                          

  1. Contreras, Marisol, Mark Mba-Wright, Christina Wulf, Charles O Stanier, and Syed Mubeen. “Technoeconomic Analysis of Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production from Desalination Waste Brine Using Concentrated Solar Flux.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 49 (2024): 360–72.

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    Liao, Zhonghao, Chaoqun Lu, Mark Mba Wright, Hongli Feng, and Yong Guan. “AgBIS: A Blockchain-Enabled Crop Insurance Platform Against Adverse Selection, Moral Hazard, and Insurance Frauds.” In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain (Blockchain), 92–99. IEEE, 2023.

     

  3. Luo, Yixin, Moham Ed Abdur Razzaq, Wangda Qu, Abdulrahman ABA Mohammed, Alvina Aui, Hamidreza Zobeiri, Mark Mba Wright, Xinwei Wang, and Xianglan Bai. “Introducing Thermo-Mechanochemistry of Lignin Enabled the Production of High-Quality Low-Cost Carbon Fiber.” Green Chemistry 26, no. 6 (2024): 3281–3300.

     

  4. Martin, Irene Mas, Alvina Aui, Pallavi Dubey, Lisa A Schulte, and Mark Mba Wright. “Optimal Production and Dispatch of Renewable Natural Gas, Electricity, and Fertilizer in Municipal-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Supply Chains.” BioEnergy Research, 2024, 1–13.

     

  5. Mba Wright, Mark, Eric CD Tan, Qingshi Tu, Antonio Martins, Abhijeet G Parvatker, Yuan Yao, Aydin Sunol, and Raymond L Smith. “Life Cycle Inventory Availability: Status and Prospects for Leveraging New Technologies.” ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2024.

     

  6. Olafasakin, Olumide, Ellen M Audia, Mark Mba-Wright, John C Tyndall, and Lisa A Schulte. “Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable Natural Gas Derived from Anaerobic Digestion of Grassy Biomass: A US Corn Belt Watershed Case Study.” GCB Bioenergy 16, no. 6 (2024): e13164.

     

  7. Radhakrishnan, Harish, Samirah Gnangbe, Alif Duereh, Sultan Ul Iffat Uday, A Lusi, Haiyang Hu, Hui Hu, Mark Mba Wright, and Xianglan Bai. “Non-Equilibrium Plasma Co-Upcycling of Waste Plastics and CO2 for Carbon-Negative Oleochemicals.” Green Chemistry 26, no. 16 (2024): 9156–75.

     

  8. Wild, Katherine, Mark Mba Wright, and Lisa Schulte. “TEA and LCA of Renewable Natural Gas: Upgrading Biogas from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Prairie Grass with Hydroxycinnamic Co-Products.” In 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting. AIChE, 2023.

     

  9. Wong, Drew, Kimberley K Mayfield, Susan D Hovorka, Mark Mba-Wright, Whitney Kirkendall, Tao Dai, Sara Kuebbing, et al. “Regional Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Removal Potential across the United States.” In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, vol. 2023, pp. GC41L-1259. 2023.

     

  10. Martin, I. M.$, Aui, A., Dubey, P., Schulte, L. A., & Mba Wright, M.* (2024). Optimal Production and Dispatch of Renewable Natural Gas, Electricity, and Fertilizer in Municipal-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Supply Chains. BioEnergy Research, 1-13.

     

  11. Ma, J., Tominac, P. A., Aguirre-Villegas, H. A., Olafasakin, O. O., Mba Wright, M., Benson, C. H., Huber, G. W., & Zavala, V. M. (2023). Economic evaluation of infrastructures for thermochemical upcycling of post-consumer plastic waste. Green Chemistry, 25(3), 1032-1044.

     

  12. Olafasakin, O.$, Ma, J., Bradshaw, S. L., Aguirre-Villegas, H. A., Benson, C., Huber, G. W., Zavala, V. M., & Mba Wright, M.* (2023). Techno-economic and life cycle assessment of standalone Single-Stream material recovery facilities in the United States. Waste Management, 166, 368-376.

     

  13. Uddin, M. M.$, & Mba Wright, M.* (2023). Anaerobic digestion fundamentals, challenges, and technological advances. Physical Sciences Reviews, 8(9), 2819-2837. De Gruyter.

Books and Book Chapters                                                  

1.     Mba Wright, M. (2024). Climate Energy Nexus. Elsevier

2.     Uddin, M. M., & Mba Wright, M. (2023). Anaerobic digestion fundamentals, challenges, and technological advances. In M. A. Benvenuto & H. Plaumann (Eds.), Green Chemistry: Advances in Alternative Energy.

3.     Uddin, M. M., & Mba Wright, M. (2022). Life cycle analysis of biochar use in water treatment plants. In Sustainable Biochar for Water and Wastewater Treatment (pp. 705-735). Elsevier.

4.     Ganguly, A., & Mba Wright, M. (2022). Techno-economic analysis of biochar in wastewater treatment. In Sustainable Biochar for Water and Wastewater Treatment (pp. 205-231). Elsevier.

5.     Mba-Wright, M., & Brown, T. (2019). Costs of thermochemical conversion of biomass to power and liquid fuels. In Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass (pp. 337-353). Wiley.

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