Who was on the team? 
John Albert
Lauren Andrews
Chris McBride

What is your project?
We design catalysts that function to reduce CO2 to CO which can ultimately be used for the production of fuels. This was done utilizing density functional theory to test the effects on catalytic binding energy by modifying metal center, coordinating atom and electron density. Specific attention has been applied to CO2 coordination to the catalyst and the resultant effect on binding energy.

Why is it interesting?
If we can find a catalyst to reduce the amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere, we can greatly improve the environmental impact that this excess CO2 has had. The use of this converted CO2 for fuel would be a very valuable energy source.