Calendar

Jun
2
Sun
2013
23rd North American Catalysis Society Meeting
Jun 2 – Jun 7 all-day

 
Invi­ta­tion

We invite you to join us at the 23rd North Amer­i­can Catal­y­sis Soci­ety Meet­ing to be held from June 2–7, 2013 in Louisville, Ken­tucky at the his­toric Halt House Hotel. This meet­ing is the pre­mier sci­en­tif­ic event in the field of catal­y­sis research and devel­op­ment in 2013. Tech­no­log­i­cal chal­lenges, break­through dis­cov­er­ies and state-of-the-art aca­d­e­m­ic and indus­tri­al research will be fea­tured.

The open­ing recep­tion of the 23rd NAM will take place at Churchill Downs, home of the Ken­tucky Der­by.

Weblink:23 NAM

Jun
9
Sun
2013
Seventh World Congress on Oxidation Catalysis — 7WCOC
Jun 9 – Jun 12 all-day

Formal Invitation from Honorary Chair, Prof. Dr. Robert K. Grasselli

 
As we all know, catal­y­sis has its roots almost 200 years back, dat­ing to Berzel­lius, who first coined the word and intro­duced the con­cept of catal­y­sis in 1821. Much has been accom­plished in the area of catal­y­sis since that ear­ly time, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the past 100 years. In that peri­od, some of the most impor­tant cat­alyt­ic process­es that changed the com­plex­ion of our world to the bet­ter have been dis­cov­ered and com­mer­cial­ized, such as the Haber-Bosch Ammo­nia Syn­the­sis, Reform­ing, Cat­alyt­ic Crack­ing, Acid Catal­y­sis, Selec­tive Ammox­i­da­tion, Selec­tive Oxi­da­tion, and Exhaust Abate­ment Catal­y­sis. In today’s indus­tri­al­ized world, catal­y­sis is ubiq­ui­tous. Vir­tu­al­ly all man­u­fac­tured prod­ucts ben­e­fit by catal­y­sis some­where in the chain of their pro­duc­tion.

Oxi­da­tion catal­y­sis, which is the sub­ject of our 7th WCOC, com­mands a very key role. Name­ly, twen­ty five per­cent of the most impor­tant indus­tri­al organ­ic chem­i­cals and inter­me­di­ates are pro­duced by selec­tive het­ero­ge­neous oxi­da­tion catal­y­sis: these com­prise acrolein, acrylic acid, acry­loni­trile, methacrylic acid, male­ic anhy­dride, phthal­ic anhy­dride, eth­yl­ene oxide and propy­lene oxide.

Over the past fifty years great efforts have been expand­ed, by indus­tri­al, as well as, aca­d­e­m­ic researchers, to make selec­tive oxi­da­tion process­es and their cat­a­lysts ever more effi­cient and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­lier. The very term “selec­tive oxi­da­tion catal­y­sis” implies effi­cien­cy, preser­va­tion of mat­ter and envi­ron­men­tal respon­si­bil­i­ty. The recent­ly coined term “green chem­istry” has already been prac­ticed for the past fifty years by researchers active in the area of selec­tive oxi­da­tion catal­y­sis, and that with ever-greater prowess, par­tic­u­lar­ly as the fun­da­men­tal under­stand­ing of cat­a­lyst behav­ior on an atom­ic and mol­e­c­u­lar lev­el has con­tin­u­ous­ly improved and been refined; through the aid of sophis­ti­cat­ed spec­tro­scop­ic tech­niques.

In our upcom­ing 7th WCOC we con­tin­ue the tra­di­tion of the ear­li­er World Oxi­da­tion Con­gress­es by aim­ing to fur­ther expand the fun­da­men­tal knowl­edge, as well as, tech­no­log­i­cal progress achieved in the field of oxi­da­tion catal­y­sis in gen­er­al, and selec­tive oxi­da­tion in par­tic­u­lar, and to help lay the foun­da­tion for new research and imple­men­ta­tion in our cho­sen dis­ci­pline. The over­all theme of our con­gress is “From Fun­da­men­tals to Appli­ca­tions”.

We cor­dial­ly invite you to active­ly par­tic­i­pate in our meet­ing in St. Louis, the Gate­way to the West, in order to make our Con­gress anoth­er WCOC suc­cess!

Jun
20
Thu
2013
Symposium on Advanced Surface Analysis: Unique Surface Characterization Tools
Jun 20 all-day

High Sensitivity — Low Energy Ion Scattering (HS-LEI S)

[Ion-TOF Qtac 100]

 
The world’s most sen­si­tive spec­trom­e­ter for iden­ti­fy­ing sur­face atoms (top­most lay­er ~0.3nm), offer­ing a 3,000-fold improve­ment in sen­si­tiv­i­ty over con­ven­tion­al spec­trom­e­ters allow­ing for ele­men­tal 2-D sur­face map­ping and depth pro­fil­ing.

High Resolution — X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (HR-XPS)

[Scienta ESCA 300]

 
One of the world’s most pow­er­ful XPS sys­tems allow­ing for chem­i­cal analy­sis of the top 10–20 atom­ic lay­ers (~1–3nm).

These two sur­face ana­lyt­i­cal tech­niques com­ple­ment each oth­er well and the com­bi­na­tion of these two tech­niques allow for a very com­pre­hen­sive under­stand­ing of a material’s sur­face com­po­si­tion and chem­i­cal state, which is of par­tic­u­lar inter­est for cat­a­lysts, fuel cells, semi­con­duc­tors, LEDs, ceram­ics, etc.

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

[NT-MD T Solver NE XT]

 
In addi­tion to stan­dard sur­face topol­o­gy, the elec­tri­cal and mag­net­ic prop­er­ties can also be detailed with respect to a material’s sur­face.

Special Introductory Offer

 
One sam­ple will be accept­ed per com­pa­ny for a free explorato­ry analy­sis on the instru­ment of your choice and the data will be avail­able for dis­cus­sion dur­ing the sym­po­sium on June 20, 2013. Con­tact Dr. Robert Pafchek at pafchek@​lehigh.​edu to sub­mit your sam­ple in advance of the sym­po­sium.

Sep
8
Sun
2013
First International Symposium on Mesoporous Zeolites (ISMZ)
Sep 8 – Sep 13 all-day

 
ACS Chemistry for LifeDear col­leagues, it is our plea­sure to announce the 1st Inter­na­tion­al Sym­po­sium on Meso­porous Zeo­lites (ISMZ) to be held in the 246th ACS Nation­al Meet­ing & Expo­si­tion, Sep­tem­ber 8–12, 2013, Indi­anapo­lis, Indi­ana, USA.

The sym­po­sium is intend­ed for build­ing a com­mu­ni­ty for the sci­en­tists and engi­neers involved in research, devel­op­ment, and uti­liza­tion of meso­porous zeo­lites, hier­ar­chi­cal zeo­lites, nano-zeo­lites, etc., from both acad­e­mia and indus­tries, to pro­mote open shar­ing inter­nal­ly and exter­nal­ly with the broad­er sci­en­tif­ic com­mu­ni­ty. The two-day pro­gram (exact date to be deter­mined) will be host­ed with­in the sem­i­nar ses­sions of the Divi­sion of Ener­gy and Fuels, which includes oral pre­sen­ta­tions (30–40 min for keynote speak­ers and 20–30 min for the rest) on any or all of the area involv­ing the prepa­ra­tion, char­ac­ter­i­za­tion, and appli­ca­tions of such mate­ri­als.

Abstract sub­mis­sion will be open between Feb. 1- Apr. 1, 2013 through abstracts​.acs​.org. Instruc­tions on how to sub­mit abstracts can be found here and the pre-print tem­plate here. Trav­el and accom­mo­da­tion infor­ma­tion is avail­able at www​.acs​.org.

If you have any ques­tion, please con­tact the sym­po­sium orga­niz­ers: ISMZ-Online, Prof. Javier Gar­­cia-Mar­tinez, or Dr. Kun­hao (Eric) Li. We sin­cere­ly wel­come you and look for­ward to meet­ing you this Fall.

Symposium on Frontiers in energy conversion and fuel production
Sep 8 – Sep 13 all-day

 

Division of Energy and Fuels — American Chemical Society

 
ACS Chemistry for Life246thACS Nation­al Meet­ing & Expo­si­tion
Sep­tem­ber 8–12, 2013 ♦ Indi­anapo­lis, Indi­ana USA

Call for Papers

 
Sym­po­sium fea­tures research, devel­op­ment, and plan­ning on ener­gy con­ver­sion and fuel pro­duc­tion. Based on invi­ta­tion, inter­na­tion­al­ly rec­og­nized experts will rep­re­sent promis­ing research devel­op­ments of the next gen­er­a­tion of ener­gy and fuels. Top­ics include, but are not lim­it­ed to:

  • Ener­gy Con­ver­sion, Stor­age and Uti­liza­tion
  • Smart Grid Tech­nolo­gies
  • Fuel Pro­duc­tion and Uti­liza­tion
  • Advance­ments in Ener­­gy-relat­ed Mate­ri­als

Organizers

 
Prof. Xian­qin Wang
Depart­ment of Chem­i­cal, Bio­log­i­cal and Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Engi­neer­ing
New Jer­sey Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy
323 MLK Blvd., Uni­ver­si­ty Heights
Newark, NJ 07102–1982 USA
973–596‑5707
Xianqin@​NJIT.​EDU
 
Prof. Yun Hang Hu
Depart­ment of Mate­ri­als Sci­ence and Engi­neer­ing
Michi­gan Tech­no­log­i­cal Uni­ver­si­ty
Houghton, MI 49931 USA
906–487‑2261
YunHangh@​MTU.​EDU
 
Abstract and pre-print sub­mis­sion due date: 10 April 2013
Sub­mis­sion of both an abstract and a pre-print are required. Please do this on-line at abstracts​.acs​.org. Instruc­tions and pre-print tem­plate are avail­able at web​.anl​.gov/​P​C​S​/​E​N​F​L​/​p​r​e​p​r​i​n​t​i​n​f​o​.​h​tml.

Dec
13
Fri
2013
Northeast Corridor Zeolite Association — NECZA 2013
Dec 13 – Dec 14 all-day

 
Web­site: www​.necza​.org
 
If you plan to give a pre­sen­ta­tion please con­tact:
 
Joe Fedeyko
Pro­gram Chair
John­son Matthey
Joseph.​Fedeyko@​jmusa.​com

Apr
21
Mon
2014
2014 Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibit
Apr 21 – Apr 26 all-day

Web­site:

Jun
22
Sun
2014
2014 Gordon Research Conference — Catalysis
Jun 22 – Jun 28 all-day

 
Web­site: 2014 Catal­y­sis GRC
 
John R. Regal­b­u­to, Chair
Christo­pher L. Mar­shall, Vice Chair
 

Application Deadline

Appli­ca­tions for this meet­ing must be sub­mit­ted by May 25, 2014. Please apply ear­ly, as some meet­ings become over­sub­scribed (full) before this dead­line. If the meet­ing is over­sub­scribed, it will be stat­ed here. Note: Appli­ca­tions for over­sub­scribed meet­ings will only be con­sid­ered by the Con­fer­ence Chair if more seats become avail­able due to can­cel­la­tions.

Meeting Description

A meet­ing descrip­tion is cur­rent­ly being devel­oped by the Con­fer­ence Chair and will be avail­able by Sep­tem­ber 3, 2013. Please check back for updates.

Preliminary Program

A list of pre­lim­i­nary ses­sion top­ics and speak­ers is cur­rent­ly being devel­oped by the Con­fer­ence Chair and will be avail­able by Decem­ber 3, 2013. Please check back for updates.

Aug
24
Sun
2014
8th International Conference on Environmental Catalysis (ICEC)
Aug 24 – Aug 28 all-day

 
On behalf of the local orga­niz­ing com­mit­tee and the Inter­na­tion­al Advi­so­ry Board (IAB), we would like to invite you to the 8th Inter­na­tion­al Con­fer­ence on Envi­ron­men­tal Catal­y­sis (ICEC). The ICEC returns to U.S. soil for the first time since 1998. As the 3.5 day event will be held August 24–27, 2014 at the His­toric Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa in beau­ti­ful and scenic Asheville, North Car­oli­na. Cur­rent tech­no­log­i­cal chal­lenges in envi­ron­men­tal catal­y­sis will be pre­sent­ed in 2 ple­nary pre­sen­ta­tions, 3 par­al­lel oral ses­sion and 2 poster ses­sions.

The Sci­en­tif­ic Pro­gramme of ICEC 2014 will be orga­nized around fol­low­ing main top­ics:

Sus­tain­able and clean ener­gy pro­duc­tion

  • Bio-fuel catal­y­sis
  • Fuel cells, elec­trolyz­ers and solar fuels
  • Fuel reform­ing
  • Cat­alyt­ic com­bus­tion

Emis­sion Con­trol

  • Mobile and Sta­tion­ary source emis­sions
  • TWC, Lean de-NOx, and de-Soot
  • Low tem­per­a­ture exhaust appli­ca­tions

Indoor air clean­ing

  • VOCs, PAH, adsorp­tion

Water Treat­ment

  • Non-biode­grad­able organ­ic oxi­da­tion
  • Nitrates reduc­tion
  • Sludge removal

Green Chem­istry

  • Bio­mass to chem­i­cals
  • CO2 val­oriza­tion
  • Envi­ron­­men­­tal­­ly-friend­­ly cat­alyt­ic process­es

 
TIMELINE

  • Novem­ber 2013 — Call for papers, Sub­mis­sion plat­form opens
  • Jan­u­ary 2014 — Abstract sub­mis­sion dead­line
  • April 2014 — Noti­fi­ca­tion of accep­tance
  • May 2014 — Ear­ly bird reg­is­tra­tion dead­line
  • July 2014 — Sci­en­tif­ic pro­gram avail­able
  • August 24–27, 2014 — 8th ICEC in Asheville, NC USA
Sep
17
Thu
2015
CCP Monthly Meeting
Sep 17 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
Catal­y­sis – An Indis­pens­able Tool
Sourav Sen­gupta, DuPont — 2015 CCP Award Win­ner

Oct
15
Thu
2015
CCP Monthly Meeting
Oct 15 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Prof. Matthew Neu­rock, Uni­ver­si­ty of Min­neso­ta — Twin Cities

Nov
19
Thu
2015
CCP Poster Sesion
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

CCP Monthly Meeting
Nov 19 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
John Hol­la­day, PNNL

Jan
21
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Jan 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Jing­guang Chen, Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty

Feb
18
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Feb 18 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Susan­nah Scott, UCSB

Mar
24
Thu
2016
CCP Monthly Meeting
Mar 24 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA

Apr
21
Thu
2016
CCP Election of New Officers
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
CCP Monthly Meeting
Apr 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

 
TBA
Rob Rioux, PSU

Sep
27
Thu
2018
Monthly Meeting
Sep 27 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Main Speak­er: Prof. Alan S. Gold­man, Rut­gers — The State Uni­ver­si­ty of New Jer­sey,
Catal­y­sis by Pin­cer-Irid­i­um Com­plex­es. Break­ing C-H Bonds, Mak­ing C-C Bonds, and Var­i­ous Com­bi­na­tions There­of

Stu­dent Speak­er Dr. Ozgen Yal­cin
Bridg­ing the Gap between Het­ero­ge­neous Cat­a­lysts and Bioinor­gan­ic Enzymes