T. Alan Hatton

Ralph Landau Prof & Dir, Sch of Chem Engr Practice

Department
Department of Chemical Engineering
Technology Areas
Energy & Distribution: Energy Storage, Hydrocarbons, Electrochemical Devices / Environmental Engineering: Carbon Capture, Water Treatment, Sustainability & Recycling / Chemicals & Materials: Catalysis & Synthesis, Composites, Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials, Polymers, Metals, Fabrics & Textiles / Biotechnology: Biomanufacturing, Biomedical Devices & Systems, Sensors & Monitoring / Drug Discovery and Research Tools: Genomics & Proteomics / Agriculture & Food: Nutrition / Biomaterials & Bioelectronics: Medical Device Coatings / Communication Systems: Optical / Sensing & Imaging: Optical Sensing / Industrial Engineering & Automation: Manufacturing & Equipment

Developing advanced purification and carbon capture technologies to combat climate change and enhance water and air quality.

Background and Experience

T. Alan Hatton is the Ralph Landau Professor and the Director of the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT. His work focuses on the development of purification technologies of various kinds for use with air, water, and other substances. As part of the MIT Energy Initiative, he co-directs the Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage. 

The Hatton Research Group at MIT focuses primarily on the development of electrochemical processes to facilitate chemical separations and to mediate the transformation of captured waste to useful commodity chemicals.

Technologies

Electrochemical Swing Pseudocapacitive Process for Gas Separation

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #18258
T. Alan Hatton / Sahag Voskian
Technology Areas: Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering

Method of Steam Methane Reforming in the Presence of Molten Sorbents

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #21939
T. Alan Hatton / Cameron Halliday / Takuya Harada
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Industrial Engineering & Automation

Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture from Low Concentration Streams

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #21731
T. Alan Hatton / Sahag Voskian
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering

Treatment of High Temperature Acid Gasses using Molten Alkali Metal Borates, and Associated Methods of Separation

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #21938
T. Alan Hatton / Cameron Halliday / Takuya Harada
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering

Controlling Nucleation of Small Organic Molecules by Tuning the Surface Chemistry and Morphology of Amorphous Substrates

Non-Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #14174
T. Alan Hatton / Matthew Helgeson / Ying Diao / Allan S. Myerson / Patrick Doyle / Bernhardt Trout
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials
Impact Areas: Advanced Materials
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Powder Handling Free Continuous Process for Making a Solution or Suspension into Pharmaceutical Tablets

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #14666
T. Alan Hatton / Emily Chang / Keith Forward / Blair Brettmann / Yi Du / Nikhil Padhye / Won Kim / Ki Tae Kim / James Evans / Salvatore Mascia / Himanshu Dhamankar / Ryan Slaughter / Allan S. Myerson / Mao Wang / Bernhardt Trout / Gregory C Rutledge / Jung-Hoon Chun
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation

Process for Regenerating Sorbents at High Temperatures

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #21944
T. Alan Hatton / Cameron Halliday / Takuya Harada
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering

Electrochemically Mediated Acid Gas Removal and Concentration

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #21733
T. Alan Hatton / Cameron Halliday / Sahag Voskian
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Energy & Distribution / Environmental Engineering

Carbon Dioxide Removal Using Molten Alkali-Metal Borates

Exclusively Licensed Technology / Case number: #20745J
T. Alan Hatton / Cameron Halliday / Aqil Jamal / Takuya Harada
Technology Areas: Chemicals & Materials / Environmental Engineering
Impact Areas: Climate Stabilization

Continuous Flow Lithography

Technology / Case number: #11917
T. Alan Hatton / Dhananjay Dendukuri / Daniel Pregibon / Patrick Doyle
Technology Areas: Biotechnology / Chemicals & Materials / Industrial Engineering & Automation
Impact Areas: Healthy Living
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