8:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:55 am | Opening Remarks |
9:00 am | Engineering Molecular Transformation over Supported Catalysts for Sustainable Energy Conversion Matt Neurock, University of Virginia Abstract » |
9:50 am | Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol over Bifunctional Metal-Acid Catalysts Raul Lobo, University of Delaware Abstract » |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am | Commercialization of a Novel Methyl Methacrylate Process — Catalyst Design and Development David Johnson, Lucite International Abstract » |
11:30 am | Efficient and Selective Multifunctional Nanocatalysts: New Synthetic Strategies and Potential Applications Tewodros Asefa, Rutgers University Abstract » |
12:10 pm | Formic Acid Decomposition on Bulk Metal Catalysts Yadan Tang, Lehigh University (runner-up in CCP student poster competition) Abstract » |
12:30 pm | Lunch Buffet |
1:40 pm | Consequences of Acid Strength and Confinement in Catalytic Reactions Mediated by Ion-pair Transition States Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley Abstract » |
2:30 pm | Desktop Molecular Modeling Help in Clarifying Odd Experimental Observations on Zeolites and Silica Gels Istvan Halasz, PQ Corporation Abstract » |
3:10 pm | Announcement of 2012 Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award Winner |
3:20 pm | Coffee Break |
3:40 pm | Density Functional Theory Studies of Electrocatalysis Michael Janik, Penn State Abstract » |
4:20 pm | Catalysis Challenges in Pharmaceutical Process Development Alan Allgeier, DuPont (formerly Amgen Inc.) Abstract » |
5:00 pm | Closing Remarks |