Welcome to the 2014–15 Season of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia

Dear Col­leagues,
 
On behalf of the Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia Offi­cers, I would like to wel­come you to our events for the 2014–15 sea­son. Fol­low­ing our tra­di­tion, the Catal­y­sis Club of Philadel­phia Awardee, Dr. Haiy­ing Chen, will present his work on the first meet­ing of the sea­son on Sep­tem­ber 18th, 2014. The speak­er sched­ule for the 2014–15 sea­son (put togeth­er under the coor­di­na­tion of Dan Slanac of DuPont), along with the spe­cial events, is list­ed below. We hope that you’ll join us and that you’ll enjoy the planned talks. So please mark your cal­en­dars.

  • Sept. 18, 2014: Dr. Haiy­ing Chen, John­son Matthey — CCP Award Lec­ture
  • Oct. 16, 2014:
    • Dr. Paul Barg­er, UOP — Cia­pet­ta Award Lec­ture
    • Poster Ses­sion
  • Nov. 13, 2014: Prof. Xian­qin Wang, New Jer­sey Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy
  • Jan. 22, 2015: Prof. Julia Val­la, Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­necti­cut
  • Feb. 19, 2015:
    • TBA
    • Offi­cer Nom­i­na­tions
  • March 19, 2015:
    • Fuat Celik, Rut­gers Uni­ver­sity
    • Offi­cer Nom­i­na­tions
  • April 16, 2015:
    • TBA
    • Offi­cer Elec­tions
  • May 2014: CCP Spring Sym­po­sium

The month­ly meet­ings will con­tin­ue to be held at the Dou­ble­tree Hotel on US-202 in Wilm­ing­ton, DE. The cost of the din­ner will remain at $35.00 for mem­bers, $20.00 for students/retirees and will include one drink dur­ing the social hour. The fees for walk-ins and non-mem­bers will be $40.00. In an attempt to facil­i­tate reg­is­tra­tion process we plan to intro­duce cred­it card as an addi­tion­al method of pay­ment. Addi­tion­al details will be announced in one of the forth­com­ing meet­ings. Until then we strong­ly encour­age advance reser­va­tions for the meet­ings either using our online reg­is­tra­tion form in our web­page or by con­tact­ing our arrange­ments chair, Eyas Mah­moud (eyas@​udel.​edu), direct­ly. Dues for the 2014–15 sea­son will remain at $25.00 ($5.00 for the local club and $20.00 to the nation­al club). Dues for stu­dents, post­docs and retirees will be $10.00 ($5.00 for the local club and $5.00 to the nation­al club).

Our annu­al stu­dent poster com­pe­ti­tion (orga­nized by Bingjun Xu of Uni­ver­si­ty of Delaware) will again be held in Octo­ber. It pro­vides an impor­tant forum for local stu­dents to dis­sem­i­nate their work and inter­act with fel­low sci­en­tists from indus­try and acad­e­mia. Fur­ther­more, select­ed stu­dents from local uni­ver­si­ties will also be giv­en the oppor­tu­ni­ty to brief pre­sen­ta­tion of their work at cer­tain meet­ings.

Feel free to con­tact me or any oth­er offi­cers with any com­ments or con­cerns, and keep check­ing peri­od­i­cal­ly our web­site (www​.catal​y​sis​clubphilly​.org) and our LinkedIn account for news or updates.
I’m look­ing for­ward to see­ing all of you in Sep­tem­ber.
 
Best regards,
 
Vlad Niko­lakis
Chair
vlad@​udel.​edu
C: 302–9818331; O: 302–8316204