The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia

2009 Spring Symposium

Thursday, May 21, 2009

John M. Clayton Hall, University of Delaware

Route 896 North, Newark, DE 19716

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8:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 AM Welcome
8:30 AM Selectivity in Oxidation Catalysis
Robert Schlögl, Fritz Haber Institute - Max Planck Society
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9:15 AM Reversible and Irreversible Changes in Co Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts During Synthesis
Stu Soled, Exxon-Mobil Research
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10:00 AM Platinum Sponsor presentation
Michael Smith, Symyx
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10:10 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Synthesis Strategies for New Zeolite Catalysts with Diquaternary Ammonium Molecules
Allen Burton, Chevron
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11:15 AM Hydrogen-Bonded "Zeolite-like" Frameworks and Functional Materials
Mike Ward, New York University
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12:00 PM Announcement of 2009 CCP Award
12:05 AM Lunch
1:15 PM Well-defined, highly uniform metallic nano-structures as selective heterogeneous catalysts, photo-electro-catalysts, and platforms for chemical characterization
Suljo Linic, University of Michigan
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2:00 PM A More Realistic View of Gold Based Catalysts Using Aberration Corrected Analytical Electron Microscopy
Chris Kiely, Lehigh University
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2:45 PM Computational and experimental studies of a Ni/Pt bimetallic catalyst for H2 production from ammonia decomposition
Danielle Hansgen, University of Delaware, Winner of CCP 2008 Poster Competition
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3:15 PM Afternoon Break
3:45 PM Synthesis and Characterization of V-MCM-41 and V-SBA-15 Catalysts for C-1 Hydrocarbon Oxidation
Gary Haller, Yale University
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4:30 PM Chemically sensitive imaging in heterogeneous catalysis - from microscale to macroscale
Jochen Lauterbach, University of Delaware
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5:15 PM Closing