2010 Spring Symposium

Catalysis for Energy,
Sustainability and Environment

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Connelly Center, Villanova University

800 Lancaster Ave.

Villanova, PA 19085



7:45 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:20 AM Welcome
8:30 AM The Outlook for Energy and Technology Implications
Alessandro Faldi, ExxonMobil
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9:15 AM Hydrocarbon Fuels from Biomass: Catalysis as Important as Ever!
George Antos, NSF/UOP
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9:55 AM Break
10:10 AM Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Novel Electrocatalysts
Jingguang Chen, University of Delaware
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10:50 AM Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
Raymond J. Gorte, University of Pennsylvania
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11:20 AM Copper Coordination in Cu-SSZ-13 and Cu-SSZ-16 Investigated by Variable- Temperature XRD
Dustin W. Fickel, University of Delaware
Winner of CCP 2010 Poster Competition
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11:40 AM Announcement of 2010 CCP Award
11:50 AM Lunch
1:00 PM Presentation
Overview by FreeSlate
1:10 PM Reactive boiling of microcrystalline cellulose on high-temperature inorganic surfaces for millisecond processes
Paul Dauenhauer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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1:40 PM Alternative Feedstocks for Olefin Production: What Role will Ethanol Play?
Mark Stewart, Dow Chemicals
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2:10 PM Environmental Catalysis from First Principles
Dr. William F. Schneider, University of Notre Dame
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2:40 PM Break
2:55 PM Hierarchical nano-manufacturing of multiscale, porous inorganic materials towards biomass processing
Mark A. Snyder, Lehigh University
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3:35/3:45 PM Closing

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