The Spring CCP sym­po­sium was held at Vil­lano­va Uni­ver­si­ty on May 13, 2010. The sym­po­sium focused on ener­gy and envi­ron­men­tal issues and brought togeth­er a mix of aca­d­e­m­ic and indus­tri­al per­spec­tives. Top­ics dis­cussed include ener­gy needs and effi­cien­cy, renew­able chem­i­cals, bio­mass pro­duc­tion, elec­tro­catal­y­sis, fuel cells, mate­ri­als for renew­ables, and emis­sion con­trol.

The sym­po­sium was well attend­ed with near­ly 90 atten­dees. More details can be found at www​.catal​y​sis​clubphilly​.org/​s​y​m​p​1​0​.​php. Thanks to all the pre­sen­ters and atten­dees, Mike Smith for being an excel­lent local host, Alan Stot­tle­my­er (meet­ing coor­di­na­tor and ad hoc trea­sur­er) and Mar­guerite Mahoney of UD for orga­niz­ing reg­is­tra­tion and oth­er meet­ing logis­tics.