Cory Simon
@corymsimon.bsky.social
applying math, computation, and machine learning to problems in chemical engineering | associate professor, Oregon State University | views mine
https://simonensemble.github.io/
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Cory Simon
@corymsimon.bsky.social
· Nov 18
👋 Blue Sky!
I'm an associate professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University. here are my research interests. and my dog Oslo.
I'm an associate professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University. here are my research interests. and my dog Oslo.
💦 in our latest research (with @chemashlee.bsky.social), we framed an optimization problem (a linear program) for designing bespoke mixtures of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for robust, passive atmospheric water harvesting.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Optimizing Mixtures of Metal–Organic Frameworks for Robust and Bespoke Passive Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) is a method to obtain clean water in remote or underdeveloped regions including, but not limited to, those with an arid or desert climate. For passive (i.e., relying...
pubs.acs.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
💦 in our latest research (with @chemashlee.bsky.social), we framed an optimization problem (a linear program) for designing bespoke mixtures of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for robust, passive atmospheric water harvesting.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
my PhD student G. Fabusola trained and tested machine learning algorithms to parse the response pattern of a conductive-MOF sensor array from K. Mirica's group!
👃 the electronic nose could detect and differentiate toxic gases and H₂S/SO₂ mixtures at ppm-levels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
👃 the electronic nose could detect and differentiate toxic gases and H₂S/SO₂ mixtures at ppm-levels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
my PhD student G. Fabusola trained and tested machine learning algorithms to parse the response pattern of a conductive-MOF sensor array from K. Mirica's group!
👃 the electronic nose could detect and differentiate toxic gases and H₂S/SO₂ mixtures at ppm-levels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
👃 the electronic nose could detect and differentiate toxic gases and H₂S/SO₂ mixtures at ppm-levels.
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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We interrupt our regular programming to announce…
October 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
We interrupt our regular programming to announce…
in a “it’s a small world” moment, I ran into @bessvlai.bsky.social at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. she was giving a seminar in the chemistry department; me, in chemical engineering. great to see you, Bess!
September 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
in a “it’s a small world” moment, I ran into @bessvlai.bsky.social at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. she was giving a seminar in the chemistry department; me, in chemical engineering. great to see you, Bess!
new preprint,
"adaptive allocation of Monte Carlo samples for efficient, multi-fidelity computational screening of metal-organic frameworks"
feedback welcome!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
"adaptive allocation of Monte Carlo samples for efficient, multi-fidelity computational screening of metal-organic frameworks"
feedback welcome!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
September 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
new preprint,
"adaptive allocation of Monte Carlo samples for efficient, multi-fidelity computational screening of metal-organic frameworks"
feedback welcome!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
"adaptive allocation of Monte Carlo samples for efficient, multi-fidelity computational screening of metal-organic frameworks"
feedback welcome!
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
"guidelines for multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization of molecules and materials"
our News & Views article in Nature Computational Science.
rdcu.be/ext6h
our News & Views article in Nature Computational Science.
rdcu.be/ext6h
July 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"guidelines for multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization of molecules and materials"
our News & Views article in Nature Computational Science.
rdcu.be/ext6h
our News & Views article in Nature Computational Science.
rdcu.be/ext6h
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My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling (Gift Article)
A story of bowling pins, patterns and medical miracles.
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My latest for @nytimes.com -- please repost so your followers can see this for free. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
a post-fermentation blend of *nine* white wines from Oregon! and a linear program for wine blending.
May 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
a post-fermentation blend of *nine* white wines from Oregon! and a linear program for wine blending.
🚰 "Optimizing mixtures of metal–organic frameworks for robust and bespoke passive atmospheric water harvesting" by C. Harriman, Q. Ke, T. Vlugt, A. Howarth, C. Simon.
feedback welcome on our ChemRxiv preprint:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
feedback welcome on our ChemRxiv preprint:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
April 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚰 "Optimizing mixtures of metal–organic frameworks for robust and bespoke passive atmospheric water harvesting" by C. Harriman, Q. Ke, T. Vlugt, A. Howarth, C. Simon.
feedback welcome on our ChemRxiv preprint:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
feedback welcome on our ChemRxiv preprint:
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
fascinating: atmospheric water harvesting by indigenous populations on the Canary Islands long ago.
Kennedy & Boreyko. “Bio‐inspired fog harvesting meshes: a review”. Advanced Functional Materials. 2023.
Kennedy & Boreyko. “Bio‐inspired fog harvesting meshes: a review”. Advanced Functional Materials. 2023.
April 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
fascinating: atmospheric water harvesting by indigenous populations on the Canary Islands long ago.
Kennedy & Boreyko. “Bio‐inspired fog harvesting meshes: a review”. Advanced Functional Materials. 2023.
Kennedy & Boreyko. “Bio‐inspired fog harvesting meshes: a review”. Advanced Functional Materials. 2023.
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finally got to meet Mark Allendorf from Sandia National Lab! currently co-director of the DOE Hydrogen Materials – Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC). been following his work since grad school.
April 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
finally got to meet Mark Allendorf from Sandia National Lab! currently co-director of the DOE Hydrogen Materials – Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC). been following his work since grad school.
with @cgbischak.bsky.social and @shijingsun.bsky.social at the Automating Chemical Labs Scialog in Tucson! 🌵
April 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
with @cgbischak.bsky.social and @shijingsun.bsky.social at the Automating Chemical Labs Scialog in Tucson! 🌵
me with the shipwreck of Peter Iredale on the Oregon coast. happened in 1906. everyone survived.
March 31, 2025 at 4:13 AM
me with the shipwreck of Peter Iredale on the Oregon coast. happened in 1906. everyone survived.
💦 our recent paper, published in Chemical Engineering Science:
can we infer the cross-sectional area profile of an unseen solid contained in a draining tank from its liquid level dynamics?
🔙 we employ Bayesian statistical inversion to do so.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
can we infer the cross-sectional area profile of an unseen solid contained in a draining tank from its liquid level dynamics?
🔙 we employ Bayesian statistical inversion to do so.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Inferring the cross-sectional area profile of an unseen solid in a draining tank from liquid level dynamics
We aim to reconstruct the horizontal cross-sectional area profile of an exogenous, heavy, unseen solid contained in a tank from measurements of the li…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
💦 our recent paper, published in Chemical Engineering Science:
can we infer the cross-sectional area profile of an unseen solid contained in a draining tank from its liquid level dynamics?
🔙 we employ Bayesian statistical inversion to do so.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
can we infer the cross-sectional area profile of an unseen solid contained in a draining tank from its liquid level dynamics?
🔙 we employ Bayesian statistical inversion to do so.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(inverse problem for my class:)
🏭 suppose:
1. a monitoring station at a lake measures the concentration of a pollutant every two hours.
2. a factory injected pollutant into a river upstream.
from the monitoring station's time series data, infer when and how much the factory polluted the river.
🏭 suppose:
1. a monitoring station at a lake measures the concentration of a pollutant every two hours.
2. a factory injected pollutant into a river upstream.
from the monitoring station's time series data, infer when and how much the factory polluted the river.
March 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
(inverse problem for my class:)
🏭 suppose:
1. a monitoring station at a lake measures the concentration of a pollutant every two hours.
2. a factory injected pollutant into a river upstream.
from the monitoring station's time series data, infer when and how much the factory polluted the river.
🏭 suppose:
1. a monitoring station at a lake measures the concentration of a pollutant every two hours.
2. a factory injected pollutant into a river upstream.
from the monitoring station's time series data, infer when and how much the factory polluted the river.
🎥 Chunking Express (1994)
> somehow I've become very cautious. when I put on a raincoat, I put on sunglasses too. who knows when it will rain, or when it will turn out sunny?
> somehow I've become very cautious. when I put on a raincoat, I put on sunglasses too. who knows when it will rain, or when it will turn out sunny?
March 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
🎥 Chunking Express (1994)
> somehow I've become very cautious. when I put on a raincoat, I put on sunglasses too. who knows when it will rain, or when it will turn out sunny?
> somehow I've become very cautious. when I put on a raincoat, I put on sunglasses too. who knows when it will rain, or when it will turn out sunny?
so this cancer drug Taxol was discovered from the bark of this Pacific yew tree that grows naturally in Oregon! will be on the lookout for one.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
March 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
so this cancer drug Taxol was discovered from the bark of this Pacific yew tree that grows naturally in Oregon! will be on the lookout for one.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
a cool and beautiful flower that turns from opaque white to translucent when exposed to water. wonder if this material/chemistry has some application (e.g. humidity sensing).
www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/07/skel...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/07/skel...
The "Skeleton Flower" Turns From White to Translucent When Exposed to Water
The Diphelleia grayi or “Skeleton Flower” is finally a reason to look forward to rainy days. This rare flower transforms into a translucent beauty [its skeletal form] when exposed to water, its white ...
www.thisiscolossal.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
a cool and beautiful flower that turns from opaque white to translucent when exposed to water. wonder if this material/chemistry has some application (e.g. humidity sensing).
www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/07/skel...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/07/skel...
Edward Hopper
Soir Bleu
1914
> no one is like anybody else. everybody is separated from everybody else. [...] one is always searching for a meaning somewhere else, in a costume or in a prostitute or in a drink or in a cigarette or in a party. - Rick Brettell
Soir Bleu
1914
> no one is like anybody else. everybody is separated from everybody else. [...] one is always searching for a meaning somewhere else, in a costume or in a prostitute or in a drink or in a cigarette or in a party. - Rick Brettell
March 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Edward Hopper
Soir Bleu
1914
> no one is like anybody else. everybody is separated from everybody else. [...] one is always searching for a meaning somewhere else, in a costume or in a prostitute or in a drink or in a cigarette or in a party. - Rick Brettell
Soir Bleu
1914
> no one is like anybody else. everybody is separated from everybody else. [...] one is always searching for a meaning somewhere else, in a costume or in a prostitute or in a drink or in a cigarette or in a party. - Rick Brettell
celebrated Oslo's sixth birthday yesterday! 🎉
March 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
celebrated Oslo's sixth birthday yesterday! 🎉
Dantzig rejected Berkeley's offer for a faculty position and returned to the Air Force. 😆
February 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Dantzig rejected Berkeley's offer for a faculty position and returned to the Air Force. 😆
Reposted by Cory Simon
Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why would we use our limited renewable energy for carbon dioxide removal instead of using it to curtail the use of fossil fuels?
Will There Be Enough Power to Remove Carbon From the Sky?
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Explain to me like I’m 10 years old: Why would we use our limited renewable energy for carbon dioxide removal instead of using it to curtail the use of fossil fuels?
Reposted by Cory Simon
January 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM