Distinguished Catalyst Researcher Seminars Archive
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 21, 2007 | Prof. S. Ted Oyama Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
Nanostructure of a High-Permeability, Hydrogen-Selective Inorganic Membrane |
| September 12, 2007 | Tom Baker Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Molecular Catalysis for Energy Applications |
| September 10, 2007 | Prof. Alexis T. Bell University of California, Berkeley |
Identifying the Relationships between Catalyst Composition and Structure and Catalyst Performance: Challenges for the Experimentalist and the Theoretician |
| April 12, 2007 | Prof. Gabor Somorjai University of California, Berkeley |
Transition of Metal Single Crystals to Monodispersed Nanoparticles (1-10 nm) as Model Catalyst Systems. Bridging the Pressure Gap and Materials Gap in Catalysis |
| March 9, 2007 | Dr. Robert J. Davis University of Virginia |
Selective Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Supported Gold Nanoparticles |
| January 31, 2007 | Prof. Robert L. Augustine Seton Hall University |
Anchored Homogeneous Catalysts: The Best of Both Worlds |
| September 7, 2006 | Prof. Wolfgang Sachtler Northwestern University |
Mechanism of NOx Reduction with Acetaldehyde over Zeolite-Based Catalysts |
| May 25, 2006 | Pratibha L. Gai Dupont Research Fellow |
Pioneering development of atomic resolution-operando TEM for catalysis: surface nano-engineering in the 21st Century |
| May 12, 2006 | Dr. Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society |
Novel Insights into Heterogeneous Catalysis by First-Principles Statistical Mechanics |
| April 19, 2006 | Daniel G. Nocera Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Powering the Planet: The Challenge to Chemistry in the 21st Century |
| March 30, 2006 | Dr. Tobin J. Marks Vladimir N. Ipatieff Northwestern University |
Bridges Between Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis. The Case of Single-Site and Multiple-Site Olefin Polymerization Catalysts |
| February 2, 2006 | Dr. Horia Metiu University of California, Santa Barbara |
Doped oxides as catalysts. Why gold clusters are reactive? CO oxidation by Au2/TiO2(110) |
| December 7, 2005 | Dr. Barry J. Cooper Johnson Matthey |
The Catalytic Control of Motor Vehicle Emissions |
| September 27, 2005 | Dr. Gary McVicker ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company Retired March 2005 |
Evolution of Enhanced Performance Pt/KL Reforming Catalysts |
| September 12, 2005 | James A. Dumesic Department of Chemical Engineering University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Catalytic Production of Hydrogen and Alkanes by Aqueous-phase Biorefining of Oxygenated Hydrocarbons |
| September 7, 2005 | Frits Dautzenberg Consultant |
Environmentally Benign Catalysis and Reactor Approaches towards Curing the World's Oil Addiction |
| July 18, 2005 | Bala Subramaniam NSF Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC) |
"Catalysis in Carbon Dioxide-Based Media: A Multiscale Approach toward Process Development" |
| June 28, 2005 | Dr. Robert J. Farrauto Corporate Research Fellow Engelhard Corporation |
On the Road to the Hydrogen Economy |
| June 6, 2005 | Professor Charles A. Mims Department of Chemistry University of Toronto |
Studies of Oxygen Activation in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conducting Oxides using Isotopes |
| May 10, 2005 | Professor John M. Vohs Carl V.S. Patterson Professor and Chair Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Pennsylvania |
Reactivity of Model Supported Vanadia Catalysts |
| April 1, 2005 | Professor Miguel J. Yacaman Reese Endowed Professor in Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin |
New Frontiers in TEM-STEM of Active Sites in Catalysis: Can we use nanotechnology to tailor selectivity in catalysts? |
| January 25, 2005 | Professor Seong Ihl Woo Director of the Nano Catalysis and Materials Laboratory Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
Combinatorial Methods for Catalysis, Fuel Cells, and Electronic Materials |
| December 15, 2004 | Professor Enrique Iglesia Department of Chemical Engineering University of California at Berkeley, and E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Site Requirements and Elementary Steps in Catalytic Reactions of Alkanes and Alkenes |
| November 9, 2004 | Dr. Jens R. Rostrup-Nielsen, Haldor Topsoe The Catalyst and Technology Company |
Limits of Catalytic Steam Reforming Processes for H2 Production |
| November 1, 2004 | Professor John T. Yates, Jr., R. K. Mellon Professor of Chemistry and Physics University of Pittsburgh |
Photocatalysis on TiO2 Surfaces |
| September 27, 2004 | Dr. John Armor Global Catalysis, (Recently retired from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) |
Current and Future Routes to H2 Production |
| September 16, 2004 | Professor Lanny D. Schmidt Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota |
Hydrogen and Chemicals from Fossil and Renewable Fuels by Autothermal Reforming |
| Aug. 4, 2004 | Dr. Farrel W. Lytle The EXAFS Company |
X-Ray Spectroscopies: From Catalysis to the Red Deserts of Mars |
| May 12, 2004 | Professor Bruce Gates Department of Chemical Engineering University of California, Davis |
Molecular Catalysts on Supports: Synthesis Characterization and Performance of Metal Complexes And Clusters on Metal Oxides and Zeolites |
| May 10, 2004 | Professor Calvin H. Bartholomew Pope Professor of Chemical Engineering Brigham Young University |
Evolution of Cobalt Fischer-Tröpsch Catalyst Design |
| April 16, 2004 | Professor Jack H. Lunsford Department of Chemistry Texas A&M University |
The Direct Formation on Hydrogen Peroxide from Hydrogen and Oxygen over Palladium Catalysts |
| March 2, 2004 | Professor Matt Neurock University of Virginia |
Computational Catalysis Towards the Elucidation and Design of Active Catalytic Environments |
| February 12, 2004 | Professor Jens Norskov Technical University of Denmark |
Computational Catalysis: From Quantum Mechanics to Materials Design |
| January 15, 2004 | Dr. Jennifer Holmgren UOP LLC |
Combinatorial Chemistry: Catalysing Innovation in the Chemical Industry |
| December 11, 2003 | Dr. Leo E. Manzer Dupont |
Industrial Opportunities for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Derivatives |
| October 15, 2003 | Professor Mark Barteau University of Delaware |
Predicting Catalytic Performance from STM Measurements on Single Molecules |
| September 29, 2003 | Professor Jim Dumesic University of Wiscosin |
Hydrogen from Catalytic Reforming of Biomass-derived Hydrocarbons in Liquid Water |
| September 26, 2003 | Professor Masatake Haruta National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology |
Catalysis and Applications of Gold |
| July 16, 2003 | Professor Raymond J. Gorte University of Pennsylvania |
Recent Developments on Anodes for Direct Fuel Utilization in SOFC |