Dear Col­leagues:

Wel­come to the 61st sea­son of the Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia. Since the club was found­ed in 1949, we con­tin­ue the tra­di­tion of hold­ing reg­u­lar meet­ings to stim­u­late dis­cus­sions among our fel­low catal­y­sis sci­en­tists. Your offi­cers, list­ed on the left, have assem­bled a pro­gram of activ­i­ties for the 2009-10 sea­son that seeks to pro­vide a vari­ety of stim­u­lat­ing and enjoy­able tech­ni­cal pro­grams. We hope that you will join us by reg­is­ter­ing as a mem­ber of the club for the new sea­son and enjoy the pre­sen­ta­tions.

Our tech­ni­cal pro­grams, coor­di­nat­ed by Raul Lobo (Uni­ver­si­ty of Delaware), will get off to a strong start with Ted Oya­ma, win­ner of the Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia 2009 award join­ing us in Sep­tem­ber. Our annu­al stu­dent poster ses­sion will be coor­di­nat­ed by Eliz­a­beth Ross-Medgaar­den (Lyon­dell­Basell Indus­tries) and held in March. Dion Vla­chos (Uni­ver­si­ty of Delaware) will orga­nize the Spring Sym­po­sium in May. As intro­duced in the past cou­ple of years, we will con­tin­ue to have a brief pre­sen­ta­tion by a local grad­u­ate stu­dent or post-doc pri­or to the main lec­ture at some of the month­ly meet­ings.

Dues for the 2009-10 sea­son will remain at $10.00 ($5.00 for the local club and $5.00 to the nation­al club). Dues for stu­dents will be $6.00. You can pay your dues to your com­pa­ny rep­re­sen­ta­tive, to our trea­sur­er (Steve Har­ris), or at the month­ly meet­ings. A list of com­pa­ny rep­re­sen­ta­tives is avail­able at catal​y​sis​clubphilly​.org/​c​o​m​p​R​e​p​.​php.

The cost of the din­ner will again be $30.00 for mem­bers, $15.00 for students/retirees and will include one drink dur­ing the social hour. Walk-ins and non-mem­bers din­ner fees will be $35.00. We strong­ly encour­age advance reser­va­tions for the meet­ings.

Please vis­it our web­site at catal​y​sis​clubphilly​.org to receive lat­est infor­ma­tion on month­ly meet­ings. If you would like to receive our month­ly announce­ments or need to update your con­tact infor­ma­tion, please con­tact our Mem­ber­ship Direc­tor, Wei Huang (Air Liq­uide) at wei.​huang@​airliquide.​com.

The strength of our club has always revolved around our month­ly meet­ings, a stim­u­lat­ing mix of fel­low­ship with sci­en­tif­ic col­leagues and first rate pre­sen­ta­tions from the finest sci­en­tists in our field; I look for­ward to see­ing you at as many of them as pos­si­ble. Sup­port the club and bring a friend! Final­ly, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact me, or any of the oth­er offi­cers, through­out the year with any com­ments or sug­ges­tions for the club.

Best regards,

Michael A Smith
Chair
610–519-5968
michael.​a.​smith@​villanova.​edu