Dr. Victor Sanfins Cecon
- Recent Ph.D. Recipient
- Former Graduate Research Assistant
Victor recently received his Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology at Iowa State University. He was also one of the recipients in 2023 of the Research Excellence Award from the Iowa State University Graduate College. His major professor was Dr. Keith Vorst. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar, Brazil) in 2019, being a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia (UBC, Canada) for one year. During his undergraduate studies, he was an undergraduate research assistant for one year at the University of Sao Paulo (USP, Brazil), working with the optimization of fuel cells. He was also an R&D intern for 1.5 years at 3M Brazil, working with the processing and characterization of polymers containing hollow glass microspheres. His doctoral research investigated mechanical and chemical recycling of post-industrial and post-consumer plastic waste in the Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics, a multi-university center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). He also conducted research funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the detection of micro- and nanoplastics in food waste streams for animal feed.
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Education
- Ph.D., Food Science and Technology, Iowa State University, 2023
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Sao Carlos, 2019
List of Publications
CECON, V. S.*, MUNSHI, M.*, MUKTA, S., VORST, K. L. & CURTZWILER, G. W. 2024. Utilization of Ultrasonication as a Method of Reducing Organic and Inorganic Contamination in Post-Consumer Plastic Film Waste. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2400310. (link) *contributed equally and are the first co-authors
CECON, V. S., PHAM, T., CURTZWILER, G. & VORST, K. 2024. Assessment of Different Application Grades of Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Polyolefins from Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in the United States. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 6, 21, 13065-13076. (link)
RADHAKRISHNAN, H., CECON, V. S., A. L., ISLAM, M. K., COFFMAN, I., VORST, K. & BAI, X. 2024. Molten-Phase Unsaturation Enhanced Pyrolytic Upcycling of Polyolefins. Energy & Fuels, 38, 17, 16692–16704. (link)
WU, J., JIANG, Z., CECON, V. S., CURTZWILER, G., VORST, K., BAI, X., MAVRIKAKIS, M. & HUBER, G. W. 2024. The effects of polyolefin structure and source on pyrolysis-derived plastic oil composition. Green Chemistry, Adv. Article. (link)
LI, H., CUTHBERTSON, A. A., ALAMER, A. A., CECON, V. S., RADHAKRISHNAN, H., WU, J. CURTZWILER, G. W., VORST, K. L., BAI, X., LANDIS, C. R., BECKHAM, G. T. & HUBER, G. W. 2024. Aliphatic amines from waste polyolefins by tandem pyrolysis, hydroformylation, and reductive amination. Green Chemistry, 26, 8718-8727. (link)
DONG, S, RYU, T., OI, C., WU, J., ALTVATER, N. R., HAGMANN, R., ALIKHANI, Z., LEBRON-RODRIGUEZ, E. A., JANSEN, J. H., CECON, V. S., CURTZWILER, G. W., VORST, K. L., HUBER, G. W. & HERMANNS, I. 2024. Catalytic conversion of post-consumer recycled high-density polyethylene oil over Zn-impregnated ZSM-5 catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 482, 148889. (link)
BROWN, J. L., BROWN, R. C., CECON, V. S., VORST, K. L., SMITH, R. G. & DAUGAARD, T. J. 2024. Increasing pyrolysis oil yields and decreasing energy consumption via thermal oxo-degradation of polyolefins. Cell Reports Physical Science, 5, 101856. (link)
CECON, V. S., CURTZWILER, G. W. & VORST, K. L. 2023. Evaluation of mixed# 3–7 plastic waste from material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the United States. Waste Management, 313-323. (link)
SANCHEZ-RIVERA, K. L., MUNGUIA-LOPEZ, A. C., ZHOU, P., CECON, V. S., YU, J., NELSON, K., MILLER, D., GREY, S., XU, Z., BAR-ZIV, E., VORST, K. L., CURTZWILER, G. W., VAN LEHN, R. C., ZAVALA, V. M. & HUBER, G. W. 2023. Recycling of a post-industrial printed multilayer plastic film containing polyurethane inks by solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 197, 107086. (link)
YU, J., MUNGUIA-LOPEZ, A. C., CECON, V. S., SANCHEZ-RIVERA, K., NELSON, K., WU, J., KOLAPKAR, S., ZAVALA, V. M., CURTZWILER, G. W., VORST, K. L., BAR-ZIV, E. & HUBER, G. W. 2023. High-purity polypropylene from disposable face masks via solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation. Green Chemistry, 25, 4723-4734. (link)
LI, H., AGUIRRE-VILLEGAS, H. A., ALLEN, R. D., BAI, X., BENSON, C. H., BECKHAM, G. T., BRADSHAW, S. L., BROWN, J. L., BROWN, R. C., CECON, V. S. & et al. 2022. Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges. Green Chemistry, 24, 8899-9002. (link)
CECON, V. S., CURTZWILER, G. W. & VORST, K. L. 2022. A Study on Recycled Polymers Recovered from Multilayer Plastic Packaging Films by Solvent-Targeted Recovery and Precipitation (STRAP). Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2200346. (link)
CECON, V. S., CURTZWILER, G. W. & VORST, K. L. 2022. Influence of Biofillers on the Properties of Regrind Crystalline Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (CPET). Polymers, 14(15), 3210. (link)
MORT, R., CECON, V. S., MORT, P., MCINTURFF, K., JIANG, S., VORST, K. & CURTZWILER, G. 2022. Sustainable Composites Using Landfill Bound Materials. Frontiers in Materials, 9, 849995. (link)
CECON, V. S., DA SILVA, P. F., VORST, K. L. & CURTZWILER, G. W. 2021. Dataset of the properties of polyethylene (PE) blends of different densities mixed with post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCRPE). Data in Brief, 38, 107452. (link)
CECON, V. S., DA SILVA, P. F., VORST, K. L. & CURTZWILER, G. W. 2021. The effect of post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCRPE) on the properties of polyethylene blends of different densities. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 190, 109627. (link)
CECON, V. S., DA SILVA, P. F., CURTZWILER, G. W. & VORST, K. L. 2021. The challenges in recycling post-consumer polyolefins for food contact applications: A review. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, 105422. (link)