Thursday, Sept. 22nd, 2022 In-person | Catalysis – An Indispensable Tool for Sustainable Development Dr. Sourav Sengupta, DuPont 2022–2023 CCP Welcome Letter » Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Techno-economics and Scale-up of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Carboxylic Acids Bradie Crandall, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Oct. 20th, 2022 In-person | Optimization and Scale-Up of Catalyst Manufacturing Unit Operations Dr. William G. Borghard, Rutgers University Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Simulation of Zinc Oxide Atomic Layer Deposition in Mesoporous Substrate for Improved Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Membrane Synthesis Peter Corkery, Johns Hopkins University |
Thursday, Nov. 10th, 2022 In-person | Preparation and Applications of Bimetallic Catalysts Using Electroless Deposition Methods Prof. John R. Monnier, University of South Carolina Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Metathesis, Molecular Redistribution of Alkanes, and the Chemical Upcycling of Low-Density Polyethylene Doyoung Kim, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Jan. 19th, 2023 In-person | Enantioselective Catalysts Based on Metal-Organic Framework-Supported Nucleotides Prof. Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Understanding Polymer-Porous Solid Interactions for Polymer Upcycling Tian Ren, University of Pennsylvania |
Thursday, Feb. 16th, 2023 In-person | Electrochemical Systems for Carbon Dioxide Utilization Prof. Feng Jiao, University of Delaware Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Tuning Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups and Reactivity of Carbon Surfaces Jiahua Zhou, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Mar. 16th, 2023 In-person | Catalytic Oxidation of Ventilation Air Methane Dr. Yuliana Lugo-José, Johnson Matthey Inc. Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Direct Conversion of Ethylene to Propylene Through Simultaneous Ethylene Dimerization and Olefin Metathesis Eli Ream, Lehigh University |
2021–2022 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 23rd, 2021 Webinar | Embracing the Complexity of Catalytic Structures: Engineering Nonstoichiometric Mixed Metal Oxides for Oxygen Electrocatalysis Prof. Eranda Nikolla, Wayne State University 2021–2022 CCP Welcome Letter » Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Feasibility Study of Combining Direct Air Capture of CO2 and Methanation with Dual Function Materials (DFM) Chae Jeong-Potter, Columbia University |
Thursday, Oct. 21st, 2021 Webinar | Earth-abundant Fe Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker The effects of SMSI on m-Cresol hydrodeoxygenation over Pt/Nb2O5 and Pt/TiO2 Renjing Huang, University of Pennsylvania |
Thursday, Nov. 11th, 2021 Webinar | Atomically Dispersed Supported Platinum Catalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, Structure, Stabilization, and Catalysis of Reactions including CO Oxidation and Propane Dehydrogenation Prof. Bruce Gates, University of California, Davis Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Bridging the Gap Between Model Alkanes and Polyolefin Hydrocracking Brandon Vance, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Jan. 20th, 2022 12:00pm — 2:00pm Webinar | Three-way catalysts: Innovation within a mature technology Dr. David Thompsett, Johnson Matthey Announcement & Abstract » Dave Thompsett Abstract » Student Speaker A Paradigm Shift in the Nature of the Active Surface of the Bismuth Molybdate Catalyst during the Selective Oxidation of Propylene Bar Mosevitzky Lis, Lehigh University |
Thursday, Feb. 24th, 2022 Webinar | CatBioCat: Harnessing the Strengths of Heterogeneous Catalysis and Enzyme Catalysis in Biomass Valorization Prof. Alan M. Allgeier, University of Kansas 2021 CCP Award Winner Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Ethane Non-oxidative Dehydrogenation over Co/SiO2 — Pretreatment and Regeneration Kewei Yu, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Mar. 24th, 2022 Webinar | Development of a New Generation of Stable, Tunable, and Catalytically Active Nanoparticles Produced By the in-Situ and Ex-Situ Synthesis Methods Prof. Alexander Orlov, Stony Brook University Call for nominations for 2022–2023 CCP Officers Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Spin-crossing in heterogeneous catalysis by atomically dispersed transition metals. An example: Ethane dehydrogenation by Co/SiO2 Sanjana Srinivas, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Apr. 21st, 2022 Webinar | Advancing Catalytic Materials for Ammonia Redox Cycling by Machine Learning Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Inferring structure-entropy correlations of zeolite-adsorbate interactions using Monte-Carlo simulations & machine learning Christopher Rzepa, Lehigh University |
Thursday, May 5th, 2022 Webinar | 2022 CCP Virtual Spring Symposium, Day 1 8:50am — 12:05pm EST Click here for details and registration » |
Friday, May 6th, 2022 Webinar | 2022 CCP Virtual Spring Symposium, Day 2 8:50am — 12:05pm EST Click here for details and registration » |
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022 In-person | 2022 CCP Student Poster Session — In-person event 5:30pm EST Poster Session Begins, 7:00pm EST Dinner Click here for details and registration » |
2020–2021 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 17th, 2020 Webinar | Dual Function Materials for the selective capture of CO2 from simulated flue gas and its catalytic conversion to synthetic natural gas (CH4) by addition of renewable or waste H2 Prof. Robert J. Farrauto, Columbia University 2020–2021 CCP Welcome Letter » Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker “Intelligent” Pt Catalysts Supported on LaFeO3 Films Prepared by Atomic Layer Deposition Xinyu Mao, University of Pennsylvania |
Thursday, Oct. 15th, 2020 Webinar | Towards Sustainable Energy and Materials: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Prof. A.-H. Alissa Park, Columbia University Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Finned Zeolite Catalysts Heng Dai, University of Houston |
Thursday, Nov. 12th, 2020 Webinar | 2020 CCP Award Recipient Talk: From C5 Sugars to Industrial Chemicals Through Catalysis Prof. Raul F. Lobo, University of Delaware Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Dehydra-decyclization of Tetrahydrofuran to 1,3-butadiene over ZrO2 Yichen Ji, University of Pennsylvania |
Thursday, Jan. 14th, 2021 Webinar | From Atoms to Automobiles: Exhaust Emission Control Catalysts Dr. Hai-Ying Chen, Johnson Matthey Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Role of Ga in non-oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane on Ga/Al2O3 catalyst Sai Praneet Batchu, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Feb. 4th, 2021 Virtual Poster Session | 2021 Annual CCP Student Poster Session Virtual poster session Program and Abstracts » |
Thursday, Feb. 25th, 2021 Webinar | Tailoring Metal Oxide Redox and Surface Properties for Sustainable Energy Conversion Prof. Fanxing Li, NC State University Call for nominations for 2021–2022 CCP Officers Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Mn-Na2WO4/SiO2 catalysts Sagar Sourav, Lehigh University |
Thursday, Mar. 25th, 2021 Webinar | Bridging the Gap: Heterogeneous Catalysis by Homogeneous Catalysts Prof. Fuat Celik, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2nd call for nominations for 2021–2022 CCP Officers Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Theoretical study of ethylene hydroformylation on atomically dispersed Rh/Al2O3 catalysts: Reaction mechanism and influence of ReOx promotors Lina Lee, University of Delaware |
Thursday, Apr. 22nd, 2021 3:30pm — 5:00pm Webinar | Adsorptive Process Designs for Gas Separation using Porous Crystals Prof. Sofía Calero, Eindhoven University of Technology Note earlier start time (3:30pm) Voting for 2021–2022 CCP Officers Announcement & Abstract » Student Speaker Investigating the Catalytic Requirements of Perovskite Fuel Electrodes Using Ultra-Low Metal Loadings Julian Paige, University of Pennsylvania |
2019–2020 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 12th, 2019 | The role of kinetics in the search for the active site in heterogeneous catalysis Fabio Ribeiro, Purdue University Announcement — Abstract » Student Speaker Reactive Extraction of Biomass Intermediates in Liquid-Liquid Microreactors Pierre Desir |
Thursday, Oct. 17th, 2019 | Discovering New Paradigms in the Design and Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts Jeff Rimer, University of Houston Announcement -Abstract » Student Speaker Teaching Iridium Pincer Complexes to Breathe Air: Transferring H2 to New Acceptors via Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Tariq Bhatti, Rutgers University |
Wednesday, Nov. 6th, 2019 | Atom Trapping: Key to the Design of Thermally Stable and Regenerable Single Atom Catalysts Abhaya Datye, University of New Mexico Announcement -Abstract » Burwell Lecture Joint Symposium at Lehigh University Student Poster Abstract Template » |
Thursday, Jan. 16th, 2020 | 2-Dimensional Zeolite Catalysts and Membranes Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University Announcement -Abstract » |
Thursday, Feb. 27th, 2020 | Electrosynthesis of chemicals and fuels: Electrochemistry at the Biorefinery Elizabeth Biddinger, The City College of New York | Announcement -Abstract» Student Speaker Structure-activity relationships in the conversion of ethanol to 1,3-butadiene over supported ZnO/ZrO2/SiO2 catalysts Benjamin M. Moskowitz, Lehigh University |
Thursday, Mar. 26th, 2020 | Cancelled due to Coronavirus. CCP will do our part to reduce the virus spread and focus on the health of our members by canceling the March 26, 2020 meeting. Call for Office Nominations Please consider getting more involved in the club with an elected or appointed position. If you are interested, please email Jacob Dickinson (Jacob.g.dickinson@dupont.com). |
Thursday, May 7th, 2020 Webinar | Next-generation mechanistic modeling techniques for complex catalytic reaction networks Srinivas Rangarajan, Lehigh University Announcement & Abstract » 2020–2021 CCP Officer Elections |
Thursday, May 14th, 2020 | CCP Spring Symposium cancelled due to Coronavirus. |
Thursday, June 25th, 2020 Webinar | Enhancing the catalytic properties of Mo/ZSM-5 catalysts for methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) by ex situ formation of metal carbides Sheima J. Khatib, Texas Tech University Announcement & Abstract » CCP Platinum Sponsor Speaker Michael Ross, Evonik 2019–2020 CCP Award Announcement |
Thursday, August 13th, 2020 Webinar | Supported Pincer-Iridium Species as Catalysts for C-H Activation Reactions: Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Kinetics Boris Sheludko, Rutgers University Announcement & Abstract » CCP Gold Sponsor Talks by: Altamira TCG and TCGR PQ Corporation / Zeolyst International |
2018–2019 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 27th, 2018 | Catalysis by Pincer-Iridium Complexes. Breaking C-H Bonds, Making C-C Bonds, and Various Combinations Thereof Alan S. Goldman, Rutgers — The State University of New Jersey, Announcement — Abstract » | Student Speaker Bridging the Gap between Heterogeneous Catalysts and Bioinorganic Enzymes Dr. Ozgen Yalcin Abstract » |
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 2018 | Ultra-Deep Diesel Hydrodesulfurization Catalysis and Process: A Tale of Two Sites Teh C. Ho, Hydrocarbon Conversion Technologies. Ciapetta Award winner Announcement -Abstract » | Student Speaker Pt-WOx/C: An Intriguing Catalyst for Selective Conversions of Furfurals and Cresols Cong Wang Abstract » |
Thursday, Nov. 15th, 2018 | How can the modern scanning transmission electron microscope aid catalysis science? Eric Stach, University of Pennsylvania Announcement -Abstract » | Graduate Student Poster Session |
Thursday, Jan. 17th, 2019 | Engineering Industrial Catalysts: A Personal Journey Carmo Pereira, DuPont, 2018 — CCP Award Winer Announcement — Abstract » Post-Doc Speaker Multiscale Modeling for Non-Oxidative Methane Coupling over an Iron/Silica Catalyst Dr. Hilal Ezgi Toraman |
Thursday, Feb. 21st, 2018 | Zeolite Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles for Selective Tandem Catalysis Bingjun Xu, University of Delaware Announcement — Abstract » Post-Doc Speaker Probing the state of single atom catalysts via microkinetic analysis of low temperature CO oxidation Dr. Konstantinos Alexopoulos Abstract » |
Thursday, Mar. 21st, 2018 | Mixed Protonic-Electronic Membrane Reactors; Converting Hydrocarbon Resources and CO2 to Fuels Eric Wachsman, University of Maryland | Announcement — Abstract» Student Speaker Design and Use of Supported Pincer-Iridium Complexes for Heterogeneous, Continuous-Flow Alkane Dehydrogenation and in situ Characterization of Surface Species Boris Sheludko Abstract » Officer Nominations |
Thursday, Apr. 18th, 2018 | The Catalytic Science of Making Up and Breaking Up Dinitrogen William Schneider, University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Announcement -Abstract » Student Speaker Spectroscopy Characterization of NiCu3/C Nanocrystal Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Jennifer D. Lee Abstract » Officer Elections |
May 2018 | Spring Symposium |
2017–2018 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 14th, 2017 | Structure Activity Relationships in Homogeneous Catalysis Thomas Colacot, Johnson Matthey — 2017 CCP Award Winner Abstract » |
Thursday, Oct. 19th, 2017 | Converting CO2 via Thermocatalysis and Electrocatalysis Jingguang Chen, Columbia University Abstract » Student Speaker Olefin Metathesis by Supported MoOx/Al2O3 Catalysts Anisha Chakrabarti — Lehigh University Abstract » |
Thursday, Nov. 16th, 2017 | Kinetic Peculiarities of Cu-Zeolite SCR Catalysts, and Their Practical Implications Aleksey Yezerets, Cummins Abstract » |
Thursday, Jan. 25th, 2018 | Siliceous Zeolite-supported Palladium Catalysts for Methane Oxidation Jing Lu, Johnson Matthey Abstract » Student Speaker TBA Chen-Yu Chou — University of Delaware |
Thursday, Feb. 22nd, 2018 | Remembering Robert K. Grasselli: Reflections on Three Decades of Collaboration on Complex Oxides for Selective Oxidation Douglas Buttrey, University of Delaware Abstract » Student Speaker Improved methane reforming activity and coking resistance of self-regenerating Ni catalyst by Atomic Layer Deposition Chao Lin — University of Pennsylvania Abstract » |
Thursday, Mar. 22nd, 2018 | Synthesis of Nanosized Zeolites For Different Catalytic Applications Manuel Moliner, ITQ Abstract » Student Speaker Morphological Instability in Topologically Complex, Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Nanostructures Yawei Li — Drexel University Abstract » Officer Nominations |
Thursday, Apr. 26th, 2018 | Novel catalyst architectures for automotive emission control Johannes Schwank, University of Michigan Abstract » Student Speaker Spectroscopic Technique Development for Understanding Solvent Effects in Liquid Phase Reactions Nick Gould — University of Delaware Abstract » Officer Elections |
May 2018 | Spring Symposium |
2016–2017 Meeting Program
Thursday, Sept. 15th, 2016 | In Silico Prediction of Materials for Energy Applications Dion Vlachos, University of Delaware — 2016 CCP Award Winner Abstract » | Announcement » |
Thursday, Oct. 27th, 2016 | Development of heterogeneous catalysts for the production of biomass-derived chemicals by selective C-O hydrogenolysis and deoxydehydration Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University Abstract » | Announcement » Student Speaker |
Thursday, Nov. 10th, 2016 | Unraveling Catalytic Mechanisms and Kinetics: Lessons from Electrical Networks TBA Ravindra Datta, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Abstract » | Announcement » Graduate Student Poster Session |
Thursday, Jan. 19th, 2017 | Ciapetta Award Lecture: Novel Zeolite Catalysts for Diesel Emission Applications Ahmad Moini, BASF Abstract » | Announcement » Student Speaker |
Thursday, Feb. 16th, 2017 | Biomass and Natural Gas Valorization by Zeolite Catalysis Raul Lobo, University of Delaware Abstract » Student Speaker Officer Nominations |
Thursday, Mar. 16th, 2017 | Parallel between UOP’s Reforming and Dehydrogenation Technologies and Catalysts Manuela Serban, Honeywell (UOP) Abstract » Officer Nominations |
Thursday, Apr. 20th, 2017 | Solid Catalysts Design: From Fundamental Knowledge To Catalytic Application Avelino Corma, Instituto de Tecnología Química Abstract » | Announcement » Officer Elections |
May 2017 | Spring Symposium |