Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Robert Davis has been select\u00aded for the 2007 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Catal\u00ady\u00adsis. The award con\u00adsists of a plaque and a prize. The pur\u00adpose of the Award is to rec\u00adog\u00adnize and encour\u00adage indi\u00advid\u00adual con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions (under the age of 45) in the field of catal\u00ady\u00adsis with empha\u00adsis on dis\u00adcov\u00adery and under\u00adstand\u00ading of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adna, pro\u00adpos\u00adal of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic reac\u00adtion mech\u00ada\u00adnisms and iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of and descrip\u00adtion of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic sites and species.<\/p>\n
Since 2002 Bob has been Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and Chair of the Depart\u00adment of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Vir\u00adginia, Char\u00adlottesville, Vir\u00adginia. Bob has made numer\u00adous last\u00ading con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal sci\u00adence of het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous catal\u00ady\u00adsis with excep\u00adtion\u00adal advances in acid, base, bifunc\u00adtion\u00adal acid\/base, and base-pro\u00admot\u00aded met\u00adal catal\u00ady\u00adsis. He is rec\u00adog\u00adnized here for his pio\u00adneer\u00ading con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions to the use of in-situ spec\u00adtro\u00adscop\u00adic meth\u00adods cou\u00adpled with both steady-state and tran\u00adsient kinet\u00adic meth\u00adods to elu\u00adci\u00addate how oxide sup\u00adports and basic pro\u00admot\u00aders alter the active cat\u00adalyt\u00adic sites for a vari\u00adety of reac\u00adtions, includ\u00ading the selec\u00adtive oxi\u00adda\u00adtion of hydro\u00adcar\u00adbons, acid\/base con\u00adver\u00adsions, and ammo\u00adnia syn\u00adthe\u00adsis. A dis\u00adtin\u00adguish\u00ading char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of Bob\u2019s research is its inte\u00adgra\u00adtion of mul\u00adti\u00adple exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal tech\u00adniques for char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adiz\u00ading het\u00adero\u00adge\u00adneous cat\u00ada\u00adlysts and the kinet\u00adics of reac\u00adtions occur\u00adring on their sur\u00adfaces. Bob has employed a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive set of spec\u00adtro\u00adscop\u00adic tools includ\u00ading extend\u00aded X-ray absorp\u00adtion fine struc\u00adture, X-ray absorp\u00adtion near-edge struc\u00adture, infrared, Raman, nuclear mag\u00adnet\u00adic and elec\u00adtron spin res\u00ado\u00adnance, adsorp\u00adtion microcalorime\u00adtry, elec\u00adtron microscopy togeth\u00ader with steady state as well as tran\u00adsient kinet\u00adic analy\u00adses to deter\u00admine the local elec\u00adtron\u00adic and geo\u00admet\u00adric struc\u00adture of the active site(s), the influ\u00adence local envi\u00adron\u00adment, and the reac\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty of nov\u00adel sup\u00adport\u00aded cat\u00ada\u00adlysts under work\u00ading con\u00addi\u00adtions. This wide array of tools has enabled him to dis\u00adcov\u00ader the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal fea\u00adtures that con\u00adtrol a wide range of impor\u00adtant cat\u00adalyt\u00adic sys\u00adtems.<\/p>\n
In addi\u00adtion to his out\u00adstand\u00ading research accom\u00adplish\u00adments, Bob has proven to be a leader in edu\u00adcat\u00ading stu\u00addents and advanc\u00ading the field of catal\u00ady\u00adsis and reac\u00adtion engi\u00adneer\u00ading. He is the co-author of a rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly new undergraduate\/graduate text\u00adbook \u201cFun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtals of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Reac\u00adtion Engi\u00adneer\u00ading\u201d pub\u00adlished by McGraw-Hill. His lead\u00ader\u00adship has also been well rec\u00adog\u00adnized by the field as Bob has cho\u00adsen to lead the pro\u00adgram\u00adming efforts for Catal\u00ady\u00adsis in the Divi\u00adsion of Catal\u00ady\u00adsis and Reac\u00adtion Engi\u00adneer\u00ading of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Insti\u00adtute of Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneers and cur\u00adrent\u00adly serves as a Divi\u00adsion Direc\u00adtor. He has also orga\u00adnized and par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded in a num\u00adber of work\u00adshops to pro\u00admote catal\u00ady\u00adsis in Asia, South Amer\u00adi\u00adca and Africa for the Nation\u00adal Sci\u00adence Foun\u00adda\u00adtion. He is one of the founders as well as the past Pres\u00adi\u00addent of the South\u00adeast\u00adern Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety. He also recent\u00adly chaired the 2006 Gor\u00addon Con\u00adfer\u00adence on Catal\u00ady\u00adsis.<\/p>\n
Bob will give a ple\u00adnary lec\u00adture and be rec\u00adog\u00adnized at the 2007 North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety meet\u00ading in Hous\u00adton. The Paul H. Emmett Award in Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Catal\u00ady\u00adsis is spon\u00adsored by the Davi\u00adson Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Divi\u00adsion of W.R. Grace and Com\u00adpa\u00adny. <\/p>\n
It is admin\u00adis\u00adtered by The North Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Catal\u00ady\u00adsis Soci\u00adety and is award\u00aded bien\u00adni\u00adal\u00adly in odd num\u00adbered years. More infor\u00adma\u00adtion on this award, the awards process, and pre\u00advi\u00adous awardees can be found inside the Awards fold\u00ader on the NACS home page: www\u200b.nacat\u200bsoc\u200b.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Robert Davis has been select\u00aded for the 2007 Paul H. Emmett Award in Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal Catal\u00ady\u00adsis. The award con\u00adsists of a plaque and a prize. The pur\u00adpose of the Award is to rec\u00adog\u00adnize and encour\u00adage indi\u00advid\u00adual con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtions (under the age of 45) in the field of catal\u00ady\u00adsis with empha\u00adsis on dis\u00adcov\u00adery and under\u00adstand\u00ading of cat\u00adalyt\u00adic [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,8],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award","category-news","tag-ccp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2329,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions\/2329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalysisclubphilly.org\/awe9a91v\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}