{"id":4253,"date":"2015-04-02T10:36:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/?p=4253"},"modified":"2015-04-02T10:36:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:36:36","slug":"officerelections2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/news\/officerelections2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Elections for the 2015\u20132016 CCP Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Elections for the 2015\u20132016 Season Executive Committee will be held on April 16th 2015<\/h2>\n<h3>Candidates for the CCP Executive Committee<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair-Elect: Anton Petushkov, Daniel Slanac (3&nbsp;year appoint\u00adment)<\/li>\n<li>Trea\u00adsur\u00ader: Roger Grey, Steve Har\u00adris<\/li>\n<li>Direc\u00adtors: Pran\u00adnit Metkar, Eric Sacia , Bingjun Xu<\/li>\n<li>NACS Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive: Chuck Coe, Dion Vla\u00adchos (4&nbsp;year appoint\u00adment)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Biographical sketches of the candidates<\/h3>\n<h4>Chair-Elect (3&nbsp;year appointment)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Anton Petushkov<\/strong> received his Ph.D. degree in Chem\u00adistry from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Iowa where he researched nano\u00adsized zeo\u00adlite syn\u00adthe\u00adsis from 2006 to 2011. In 2010 Anton par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded in intern\u00adship in Chevron, where he worked with Stacey Zones on mul\u00adti\u00adple projects. Anton joined Zeolyst Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal in 2011 and has been work\u00ading there on the devel\u00adop\u00adment of new zeo\u00adlite prod\u00aducts for a vari\u00adety of cus\u00adtom and auto\u00admo\u00adtive appli\u00adca\u00adtions. Anton has been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 2011 and has been the club\u2019s sec\u00adre\u00adtary since 2012.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dan Slanac<\/strong> has been a Research Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtor in DuPont Cen\u00adtral Research and Devel\u00adop\u00adment in Wilm\u00ading\u00adton, DE since 2012. His cur\u00adrent work is focused on devel\u00adop\u00ading next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion cel\u00adlu\u00adlosic ethanol process\u00ades. He received a B.S. in bio\u00admol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Johns Hop\u00adkins Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in Bal\u00adti\u00admore, MD in 2007. Imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly after, he went to the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Texas at Austin, where he obtained a Ph.D. in chem\u00adi\u00adcal engi\u00adneer\u00ading in 2012, work\u00ading with Prof. Kei\u00adth John\u00adston and Prof. Kei\u00adth Steven\u00adson on the syn\u00adthe\u00adsis of PGM and non-PGM cat\u00ada\u00adlysts (per\u00adovskites and oth\u00ader oxides) for oxy\u00adgen reduc\u00adtion in PEM fuel cells and met\u00adal-air bat\u00adter\u00adies. Dan joined the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia in 2013 and is the Pro\u00adgram Chair this year. <a class=\"toc_grey_button\" href=\"#\">ToC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Treasurer<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Roger Grey<\/strong> After almost 40&nbsp;years work\u00ading in the chem\u00adi\u00adcal indus\u00adtry uti\u00adliz\u00ading my PhD in Chem\u00adistry, I recent\u00adly retired from Lyon\u00addell Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Com\u00adpa\u00adny. Much of my career was involved in catal\u00ady\u00adsis chem\u00adi\u00adcal research and process devel\u00adop\u00adment in homo\u00adge\u00adneous and het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous oxi\u00adda\u00adtion and hydro\u00adgena\u00adtion catal\u00ady\u00adsis includ\u00ading met\u00adals, sup\u00adport\u00aded met\u00adals and zeo\u00adlites. I have been a mem\u00adber of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia for over 20&nbsp;years hold\u00ading sev\u00ader\u00adal offi\u00adcer posi\u00adtions, includ\u00ading pro\u00adgram chair, direc\u00adtor, chair and trea\u00adsur\u00ader as well as co-chair for the poster ses\u00adsion for the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety Meet\u00ading (NAM) the last time it was held in Philadel\u00adphia. Even though I am retired, I intend to stay active in the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia activ\u00adi\u00adties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stephen Har\u00adris<\/strong> Organ\u00adic Chemist\/Scientist. 32&nbsp;years in petrochemical\/refining process def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion and opti\u00admiza\u00adtion, prod\u00aduct devel\u00adop\u00adment and tech\u00adni\u00adcal ser\u00advice for ARCO Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and its suc\u00adces\u00adsors. Three years in bio\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion process devel\u00adop\u00adment. Past trea\u00adsur\u00ader. <a class=\"toc_grey_button\" href=\"#\">ToC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>NACS Representative (4&nbsp;year appointment)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Charles Coe<\/strong>, Research Asso\u00adciate Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading, comes to Vil\u00adlano\u00adva with more than 30&nbsp;years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in the devel\u00adop\u00adment of cat\u00ada\u00adlysts and adsor\u00adbents.  At Vil\u00adlano\u00adva he is shar\u00ading his knowl\u00adedge with the next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of engi\u00adneers and sci\u00aden\u00adtists. He is active\u00adly involved in devel\u00adop\u00ading and teach\u00ading alter\u00adna\u00adtive ener\u00adgy cours\u00ades at both the under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate and grad\u00adu\u00adate lev\u00adel.  His research at Vil\u00adlano\u00adva, in col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion with Drs. Satrio and Smith, is focused on the ther\u00admal chem\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adver\u00adsion of bio\u00admass using cat\u00adalyt\u00adic path\u00adways to enhance car\u00adbon yield and prod\u00aduct selec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. He also is involved in Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate spon\u00adsored research on the sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion and purifi\u00adca\u00adtion of gas\u00ades over mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar sieves.  Dur\u00ading his indus\u00adtri\u00adal career at Air Prod\u00aducts he devel\u00adoped an exten\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar sieve sci\u00adence and catal\u00ady\u00adsis.  For many years he teamed with project lead\u00aders across busi\u00adness units to enable the devel\u00adop\u00adment of improved adsor\u00adbents and cat\u00ada\u00adlysts based on cre\u00adat\u00ading struc\u00adture-prop\u00ader\u00adty rela\u00adtion\u00adships tar\u00adget\u00aded at spe\u00adcif\u00adic appli\u00adca\u00adtions.  He has been active in the PCC for 35&nbsp;years and served in most admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive posi\u00adtions of the PCC over this peri\u00adod of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dion Vla\u00adchos<\/strong> is the Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Inez Kel\u00adley Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware and the Direc\u00adtor of the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Cen\u00adter for Ener\u00adgy Inno\u00adva\u00adtion (CCEI), an Ener\u00adgy Fron\u00adtier Research Cen\u00adter (EFRC) fund\u00aded by the Depart\u00adment of Ener\u00adgy (DOE). Dr. Vla\u00adchos obtained a five years diplo\u00adma in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Nation\u00adal Tech\u00adni\u00adcal Univ. of Athens, in Greece, in 1987. He obtained his MS and Ph.D. from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Min\u00adneso\u00adta in 1990 and 1992, respec\u00adtive\u00adly, and spent a post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal year at the Army High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adput\u00ading Research Cen\u00adter, MN, after which he joined UMass as an Assis\u00adtant Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor. He was pro\u00admot\u00aded to an asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at UMass in 1998. He joined the Univ. of Delaware in 2000. He was a Vis\u00adit\u00ading Fel\u00adlow at Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in the spring of 2000, a vis\u00adit\u00ading fac\u00adul\u00adty at Thomas Jef\u00adfer\u00adson Univ. and Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal in spring of 2007 and the George Pierce Dis\u00adtin\u00adguished Prof. of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading and Mate\u00adri\u00adals Sci\u00adence at the Univ. of Min\u00adneso\u00adta in the fall of 2007. Dr. Vla\u00adchos is the recip\u00adi\u00adent of the R. H. Wil\u00adhelm Award in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Reac\u00adtion Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from AIChE, an AAAS Fel\u00adlow, an ONR Young Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtor Award and a NSF Career Award. He is a mem\u00adber of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneers, the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety, the Com\u00adbus\u00adtion Insti\u00adtute, the Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety, and SIAM. His main research thrust is mul\u00adti\u00adscale mod\u00adel\u00ading and sim\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion along with their appli\u00adca\u00adtion to catal\u00ady\u00adsis, crys\u00adtal growth, portable micro\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcal devices for pow\u00ader gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of renew\u00adable fuels and chem\u00adi\u00adcals, cat\u00ada\u00adlyst infor\u00admat\u00adics, detailed and reduced kinet\u00adic mod\u00adel devel\u00adop\u00adment, and process inten\u00adsi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. He is the cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading author of more than 300 ref\u00ader\u00adeed pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions and has giv\u00aden near\u00adly 200 ple\u00adnary lec\u00adtures, keynote lec\u00adtures, and oth\u00ader invit\u00aded talks. He has served as an exec\u00adu\u00adtive edi\u00adtor of the Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Sci\u00adence jour\u00adnal and has served or serves on the edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal advi\u00adso\u00adry board of sev\u00ader\u00adal jour\u00adnals (e.g., ACS Catal., Indus\u00adtri\u00adal and Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Chem\u00adistry Research (I<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>ECR), Applied Catal\u00ady\u00adsis A: Gen\u00ader\u00adal, The Com\u00adbus\u00adtion Insti\u00adtute, The Open Ener\u00adgy and Fuels Jour\u00adnal, the Jour\u00adnal of Nano Ener\u00adgy and Pow\u00ader Research, and J. Chem. Eng. <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Proc. Tech.) <a class=\"toc_grey_button\" href=\"#\">ToC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Directors<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Pran\u00adit Metkar<\/strong> is a Research Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtor in DuPont\u2019s Cen\u00adtral Research and Devel\u00adop\u00adment at the Exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal Sta\u00adtion in Wilm\u00ading\u00adton, DE.  He has been work\u00ading with DuPont since June 2012. His main areas of exper\u00adtise include exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal and com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtion\u00adal catal\u00ady\u00adsis and chem\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion engi\u00adneer\u00ading. His cur\u00adrent research at DuPont is focused on pro\u00adduc\u00ading non-fuel chem\u00adi\u00adcals from bio\u00admass. Before that, he received his Ph.D. in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Hous\u00adton, TX under the guid\u00adance of Prof. Michael Harold and Prof. Vemuri Bal\u00adako\u00adta\u00adiah. His Ph.D. research involved exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal and mod\u00adel\u00ading of Fe\/Cu-zeo\u00adlite-wash\u00adcoat\u00aded mono\u00adlith\u00adic cat\u00ada\u00adlysts used for NOx reduc\u00adtion in diesel engine vehi\u00adcles. He earned his Bachelor\u2019s degree in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, Mum\u00adbai, India. He has been an active mem\u00adber of Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Club of Philadel\u00adphia since 2012. Pran\u00adit served as the Mem\u00adber\u00adship Direc\u00adtor for the CCP dur\u00ading 2014\u20132015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Eric R. Sacia<\/strong> is cur\u00adrent\u00adly a Research Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtor at DuPont\u2019s Cen\u00adtral Research <span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span> Devel\u00adop\u00adment in Wilm\u00ading\u00adton, DE.  In this posi\u00adtion, his work focus\u00ades on selec\u00adtive oxi\u00adda\u00adtion catal\u00ady\u00adsis and process devel\u00adop\u00adment in the field of renew\u00adably-sourced chem\u00adi\u00adcals and mate\u00adri\u00adals.  Pri\u00ador to work\u00ading with DuPont, he received his PhD in Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Bio\u00admol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar Engi\u00adneer\u00ading from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia, Berke\u00adley with Prof. Alex\u00adis T. Bell, dur\u00ading which time he was rec\u00adog\u00adnized with a Nation\u00adal Sci\u00adence Foun\u00adda\u00adtion Grad\u00adu\u00adate Research Fel\u00adlow\u00adship and as a Kokes award win\u00adner for the North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety dur\u00ading the 23rd NAM.  His the\u00adsis con\u00adcen\u00adtrat\u00aded on the elu\u00adci\u00adda\u00adtion of new cat\u00adalyt\u00adic path\u00adways from bio\u00admass-derived furan\u00adics and relat\u00aded deriv\u00ada\u00adtives to auto\u00admo\u00adbile lubri\u00adcants as well as gaso\u00adline, diesel, and jet fuel. Dur\u00ading the course of this work, Eric stud\u00adied nov\u00adel chem\u00adi\u00adcal path\u00adways using het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous acid, base, and selec\u00adtive hydro\u00adgena\u00adtion catal\u00ady\u00adsis through the frame\u00adwork of reac\u00adtion kinet\u00adics and cat\u00ada\u00adlyst fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtals.  In addi\u00adtion to his pub\u00adlished arti\u00adcles, patent appli\u00adca\u00adtions, and pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions in the field of catal\u00ady\u00adsis, he also has pri\u00ador indus\u00adtri\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence with Marathon Petro\u00adle\u00adum. Eric has an exten\u00adsive back\u00adground in lead\u00ader\u00adship roles, serv\u00ading most recent\u00adly as DuPont\u2019s Safe\u00adty Day Co-Chair along with roles in the Grad\u00adu\u00adate Stu\u00addent Advi\u00adso\u00adry Com\u00admit\u00adtee, Lab Com\u00admit\u00adtee, and Safe\u00adty Com\u00admit\u00adtee at UC, Berke\u00adley. He hopes to have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to serve the Philadel\u00adphia area catal\u00ady\u00adsis com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty as a direc\u00adtor of CCP.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bingjun Xu<\/strong> is cur\u00adrent\u00adly an Assis\u00adtant Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in the Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal and Bio\u00admol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar Engi\u00adneer\u00ading at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware. Bingjun received his Ph.D. in Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Chem\u00adistry from Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in 2011. After fin\u00adish\u00ading his post\u00addoc\u00adtor\u00adal research at Cal\u00adtech, he joined Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Delaware in the fall of 2013. Bingjun\u2019s research inter\u00adest spans het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis, elec\u00adtro\u00adcatal\u00ady\u00adsis and in-situ spec\u00adtroscopy. Bingjun joined CCP in 2011, and has been an active mem\u00adber since. He orga\u00adnized the CCP annu\u00adal poster com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion in 2014, which was well-attend\u00aded and had the high\u00adest num\u00adber poster pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elec\u00adtions for the 2015\u20132016 Sea\u00adson Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Com\u00admit\u00adtee will be held on April 16th 2015 Can\u00addi\u00addates for the CCP Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Com\u00admit\u00adtee Chair-Elect: Anton Petushkov, Daniel Slanac (3&nbsp;year appoint\u00adment) Trea\u00adsur\u00ader: Roger Grey, Steve Har\u00adris Direc\u00adtors: Pran\u00adnit Metkar, Eric Sacia , Bingjun Xu NACS Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive: Chuck Coe, Dion Vla\u00adchos (4&nbsp;year appoint\u00adment) Bio\u00adgraph\u00adi\u00adcal sketch\u00ades of the can\u00addi\u00addates Chair-Elect (3&nbsp;year [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4253"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4253\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}