Can\u00addi\u00addates:
\nChair-elect: Carl Men\u00adning, Vlad Niko\u00adlakis
\nTrea\u00adsur\u00ader: Haiy\u00ading Chen, Parag Shah
\nDirec\u00adtors: Yaritza Lopez, Chuck Coe
\nBio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal sketch\u00ades of the can\u00addi\u00addates<\/p>\n
Carl Men\u00adning<\/strong> is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Research Engi\u00adneer at DuPont at the Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Research cen\u00adter in Wilm\u00ading\u00adton, DE, where he is work\u00ading on cat\u00ada\u00adlyst devel\u00adop\u00adment for renew\u00adably-sourced mate\u00adri\u00adals. He obtained his under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate degree in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Min\u00adneso\u00adta-Twin Cities in 2003. Fol\u00adlow\u00ading a short peri\u00adod in indus\u00adtry, he received his Ph. D. in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware under the guid\u00adance of Jing\u00adguang Chen in 2009 with a focus on bimetal\u00adlic cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for PEM fuel cells. He has indus\u00adtri\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence in a vari\u00adety of fields includ\u00ading con\u00adsumer foods, petro\u00adle\u00adum-based prod\u00aducts, inor\u00adgan\u00adic pig\u00adments and renew\u00adably-sourced mate\u00adri\u00adals. Carl is cur\u00adrent\u00adly the Pro\u00adgram Chair of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia and was the Arrange\u00adments Chair from 2006 to 2008.<\/p>\n Dr. Vladimiros Niko\u00adlakis<\/strong> (Ph.D., Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts Amherst, 2001) joined the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Cen\u00adter for Ener\u00adgy Inno\u00adva\u00adtion at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware as a Senior Research Asso\u00adciate in 2011. Before that he was a Prin\u00adci\u00adpal Researcher at the Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading &<\/span> High Tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adture Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Process\u00ades (FORTH\/ICE-HT), Greece. His cur\u00adrent stud\u00adies are focused in the field of het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis for the con\u00adver\u00adsion of bio\u00admass feed\u00adstocks to plat\u00adform chem\u00adi\u00adcals or fuels. His research inter\u00adests also include the fields of zeo\u00adlite crys\u00adtal\u00adliza\u00adtion; zeo\u00adlite mem\u00adbrane syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion and devel\u00adop\u00adment of nov\u00adel char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion tech\u00adniques. He has pub\u00adlished more than 30 arti\u00adcles in peer reviewed sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic jour\u00adnals and he has more than 50 pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions in sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adfer\u00adences. He has served the pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty as a mem\u00adber of the orga\u00adniz\u00ading com\u00admit\u00adtee of sev\u00ader\u00adal sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adfer\u00adences (once as a con\u00adfer\u00adence chair), and as review\u00ader of research arti\u00adcles or pro\u00adpos\u00adals.<\/p>\n Dr. Hai-Ying Chen<\/strong> is a Prod\u00aduct Devel\u00adop\u00adment Man\u00adag\u00ader at John\u00adson Matthey Inc., Emis\u00adsion Con\u00adtrol Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies, in Wayne, Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia. He is respon\u00adsi\u00adble for devel\u00adop\u00ading advanced cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for exhaust emis\u00adsion con\u00adtrol. Hai-Ying Chen received his Ph. D. degree in Chem\u00adistry from Fudan Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Shang\u00adhai, Chi\u00adna. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Philadel\u00adphia Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club since 2000, and served the club as Sec\u00adtary, Pro\u00adgram Chair, Direc\u00adtor, and Chair.<\/p>\n Parag Shah<\/strong> is a Research Chemist at PQ Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion and is involved in devel\u00adop\u00ading improved sil\u00adi\u00adca-based sup\u00adports, new poly\u00adolefin cat\u00ada\u00adlysts and process\/product devel\u00adop\u00adment for emerg\u00ading cat\u00ada\u00adlyst tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. In 2008 he received his PhD in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Bio\u00admol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia under the guid\u00adance of Prof. Ray\u00admond J. Gorte. His the\u00adsis work focused on inves\u00adti\u00adgat\u00ading the ther\u00admo\u00addy\u00adnam\u00adic prop\u00ader\u00adties of met\u00adal-oxide cat\u00ada\u00adlysts. Parag earned his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Bom\u00adbay (India), and sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly did a Mas\u00adters in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Twente (The Nether\u00adlands), with empha\u00adsis on Process Devel\u00adop\u00adment and Design. He has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 2004, and served as Sec\u00adre\u00adtary since 2010\u20132011 sea\u00adson.<\/p>\n Yaritza M. L\u00f3pez<\/strong> is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Senior Appli\u00adca\u00adtion Engi\u00adneer at John\u00adson Matthey in the Heavy Duty Diesel depart\u00adment in Audubon, PA. She is work\u00ading on the tech\u00adni\u00adcal appli\u00adca\u00adtions of new cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for emis\u00adsion con\u00adtrol for heavy duty diesel engines. She joined JM in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2010, after fin\u00adish\u00ading her Post-Doc at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of South Car\u00adoli\u00adna (USC), where she focused her research of NOx reduc\u00adtion cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for gaso\u00adline emis\u00adsions. She obtained her PhD degree from USC in 2009, her dis\u00adser\u00adta\u00adtion was focused on the syn\u00adthe\u00adsis, char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion and kinet\u00adic eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of den\u00addrimer-derived monometal\u00adlic and bimetal\u00adlic cat\u00ada\u00adlysts for hydro\u00adgena\u00adtion and NOx reduc\u00adtion reac\u00adtions. Yaritza was mem\u00adber of the South\u00adeast Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety and she is an active mem\u00adber of the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety (2007 \u2013 present). She has been part of sev\u00ader\u00adal pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal and grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent com\u00admit\u00adtees. She was co-chair on fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtals of catal\u00ady\u00adsis ses\u00adsion in AIChE and she par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded as judge of AIChE under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent poster (2010). She was also vice-pres\u00adi\u00addent of the chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer grad\u00adu\u00adate orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion at USC (2008\u20132009) and part of the grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addent recruit\u00ading com\u00admit\u00adtee at USC from 2005 to 2009.<\/p>\n Chuck Coe<\/strong> is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Vis\u00adit\u00ading Assis\u00adtant Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in the Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Depart\u00adment of Vil\u00adlano\u00adva Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. After obtain\u00ading his PhD in inor\u00adgan\u00adic chem\u00adistry from Carnegie Mel\u00adlon Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Chuck joined the Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Addi\u00adtives divi\u00adsion of Air Prod\u00aducts and Chem\u00adi\u00adcals Ear\u00adly in Chuck\u2019s career he trans\u00adferred to the cor\u00adpo\u00adrate research group at the com\u00adpa\u00adny head\u00adquar\u00adters where he devel\u00adoped an exten\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar sieve sci\u00adence. Before retir\u00ading from Air Prod\u00aducts, Chuck was named a strate\u00adgic tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgist for the Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion and pro\u00advid\u00aded inter\u00adnal con\u00adsul\u00adta\u00adtion on a broad range of mate\u00adri\u00adals char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adi\u00adza\u00adtion issues involv\u00ading cat\u00ada\u00adlysts and adsor\u00adbents. Chuck has been an active mem\u00adber of the Philadel\u00adphia and NY Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Clubs for over thir\u00adty years. Ear\u00adli\u00ader in his career he served as an offi\u00adcer in the Philadel\u00adphia Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club. He received the 2010 Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia Award. Since retir\u00ading, Chuck has joined the Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading fac\u00adul\u00adty at Vil\u00adlano\u00adva as a Vis\u00adit\u00ading Assis\u00adtant Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and is shar\u00ading his knowl\u00adedge with the next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of engi\u00adneers and sci\u00aden\u00adtists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Can\u00addi\u00addates: Chair-elect: Carl Men\u00adning, Vlad Niko\u00adlakis Trea\u00adsur\u00ader: Haiy\u00ading Chen, Parag Shah Direc\u00adtors: Yaritza Lopez, Chuck Coe Bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal sketch\u00ades of the can\u00addi\u00addates Chair-elect Carl Men\u00adning is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Research Engi\u00adneer at DuPont at the Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Research cen\u00adter in Wilm\u00ading\u00adton, DE, where he is work\u00ading on cat\u00ada\u00adlyst devel\u00adop\u00adment for renew\u00adably-sourced mate\u00adri\u00adals. 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