Previous Years' Programs
Catalysis Club of Chicago

2008-2009
October 13, 2007   Professor Richard Adams (University of South Carolina)
"Bimetallic Clusters for Facile Activation of Hydrogen and Catalytic Hydrogenations"
November 10, 2007
 		   Professor Robert J. Davis (University of Virginia)
"Conversion of Biorenewable Molecules to Fuels and Chemicals"
December 1, 2007   Professor Charles Campbell (University of Washington)
"Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Surface Chemical Reactions in Catalysis"
January 12, 2008   Professor Fabio H. Ribeiro (Purdue University)
"Catalysis on a Crowded Surface: The Role of Surface Oxygen on NO Oxidation over Pt"
February 9, 2008   Professor Clark Landis (University of Wisconsin)
"Enantioselective Hydroformylation: Converting a Commodity Scale Process to the Production of Chiral Synthons"
March 9, 2008   Dr. Mark Jones (Dow Chemical Company)
"Chemical Industry Needs: Where does alkane activation fit?"
April 13, 2008   Dr. Yong Wang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals"
May 18, 2008   Spring Symposium
Keynote Speaker - _______________
_____________ - 2009 Herman Pines Award Lecture 

 

2007-2008
October 8, 2007   Professor Michael T. Klein (Rutgers University)
"Molecule-Based Modeling of Heavy Hydrocarbon Structure and Reactions: Discrete and Statistical Approaches"
November 12, 2007
 		   Professor Steven Suib (University of Connecticut)
"Selectivity in Catalysis: Catalyst Design, Unique Activation, and Kinetic Studies"
December 10, 2007
 		   Dr. Charles H. F. Peden (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Novel Nano-Dispersed Early Transition Oxide Catalysts on Mesoporous Silica"
January 14, 2008
 		   Professor Umit S. Ozkan (Ohio State University)
"Role of Catalysis in Fuel Cells: Nanostructured CNx Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in PEMFCs and DMFCs"
February 11, 2008
 		   Dr. Peter Nickias (Dow Chemical Company)
"Homogeneous Catalysis at Dow: Vignettes in Olefin Polymerization"
March 10, 2008
 		   Professor James Dumesic (University of Wisconsin/Madison)
"Catalytic Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass-derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons"
April 14, 2008   Professor Wayne Goodman (Texas A&M University)
"Catalysis by Au and Au Alloys:  From Single Crystals to Nanoparticles"
May 15, 2008   Spring Symposium
Keynote Speaker - Professor Bruce Gates (UC Davis)
Dr. Aleksey Yezerets (Cummins Inc.) - 2008 Herman Pines Award Lecture 

 

2006-2007
October 9, 2006   Professor Brent H. Shanks (Iowa State University)
"Heterogeneous Catalyst Design for Biorenewable Conversions"
November 6, 2006   Professor Susannah Scott (University of California/Santa Barbara)
"Redesigning Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Metathesis of Alkenes and Alkanes, with Insight from Organometallic Chemistry"
December 4, 2006   Professor Matthew Neurock (University of Virginia)
"First Principles Elucidation and Design of Electrocatalytic Materials"
January 8, 2007   Dr. J. W. Adriaan Sachtler (UOP LLC)
"Application of Combinatorial Methods to Heterogeneous Catalysis"
February 12, 2007   Dr. Stu Soled (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.)
"Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Catalytic Materials"
March 12, 2007   Dr. Leo E. Manzer (Catalytic Insights Inc)
"Toward a Sustainable Economy: Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels"
April 9, 2007   Professor Scott Anderson (University of Utah )
"Catalysis by Size-selected Cluster Deposition "
May 16, 2007
 		   Spring Symposium
Keynote Speaker - Professor Alexis Bell (UC Berkeley)
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Galen Fisher (Delphi Corporation)
Professor Chunshan Song (Penn State University) - 2007 Herman Pines Award Lecture 

 

2005-2006
October 10, 2005   Professor Wolfgang Hoelderich (University of Technology)
"The Use of Heterogeneous Catalysts in the Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals"
November 7, 2005   Professor Enrique Iglesia (University of California, Berkeley)
"Mechanism and Structural Requirements for CH4 Reactions Catalyzed by Supported Metal Clusters"
December 5, 2005   Professor Jochen Lauterbach (University of Delaware)
"High-Throughput Catalysis"
January 9, 2006   Dr. Christopher Marshall (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Diesel Fuels as Reductants"
February 13, 2006   Professor Bert Weckhuysen (University of Utrecht)
"Snapshots of Catalysts at Work: Probing Heterogeneous Catalysts with Spectroscopy and Microscopy"
March 13, 2006   Dr. Michael F. Carolan (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.)
"ITM Syngas: Ceramic Membrane Technology for Lower Cost Conversion of Natural Gas"
April 10, 2006   Professor Vadim V. Guliants (University of Cincinnati)
"Probe Molecule Chemisorption – Low Energy Ion Scattering Study of Surface Active Sites Present in the Orthorhombic Mo-V-(Te-Nb)-O Catalysts for Propane (Amm)oxidation"
May 16, 2006
 		   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Dr. Jeffrey Miller (BP Corporation) - 2006 Herman Pines Award Lecture 

 

2004-2005

October 4, 2004

   Professor Daniel E. Resasco (University of Oklahoma)
"Combined Deep Hydrogenation and Ring Opening of
Poly-aromatic Hydrocarbons for Diesel Quality Improvement"
November 1, 2004   Dr. Paul Fenter (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Observations of the Mineral-water Interface with High-Resolution X-ray Scattering Techniques: Interfacial Water and Adsorbed Ions"
December 6, 2004   Dr. Russell W. Johnson (Honeywell Corporation)
"The Use of Catalysts for Environmentally Sound
Conversion of Explosives and Propellants"
January 10, 2005   Dr. Piotr Zelenay (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
"Electrocatalysis - The Key to Polymer Fuel Cell Success"
February 7, 2005   Professor Nigel D. Browning (University of California-Davis)
"Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy for Catalysis"
March 7, 2005   Dr. Frits Dautzenberg (SERENIX LLC)
"Better Reactions……by Design"
April 4, 2005   Dr. Saeed Alerasool (Engelhard Corporation)
"Emerging Trends in Industrial Catalysis: From Cleaner Fuels to Healthier Foods"
May 19, 2005   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Professor Isreal Wachs (Lehigh University) - 2005 Herman Pines Award Lecture 
Professor Krijn De Jong (Utrecht University)
Professor Levi Thompson (University of Michigan)

 

2003-2004

October 13, 2003

   Professor Roel Prins (ETH Zurich)
"A Multinuclear MAS NMR Study of the Flexibility of the Al Coordination and of Dealumination and Realumination of Zeolites"
November 10, 2003   Professor Thomas E. Mallouk (Pennsylvania State University)
"Searching the Periodic Table for Better Catalysts and Electrocatalysts"
December 8, 2003   Professor Alexis T. Bell (University of California/Berkeley)
"Defining the Structural and Compositional Requirements of Catalytically Active Centers"
January 12, 2004   Dr. Aleksey Yezerets (Cummins Inc.)
"Understanding Oxidation Kinetics of Diesel Particulate Matter"
February 9, 2004   Professor Franz Geiger (Northwestern University)
"Surfaces and Interfaces Studied by Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy: Bridging Molecular Science with the Macroscale"
March 8, 2004   Professor Johannes Lercher (Technische Universität München)
"Functional Characterization of Solid Acids and Bases"
April 12, 2004   Professor John Meurig Thomas (University Cambridge)
"Molecular Design of New Nanoporous Materials
for an Environmentally Conscious Age"
May 18, 2004   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Dr. Alak Bhattacharyya (BP) - 2004 Herman Pines Award Lecture 
Professor Francisco Zaera (University of California/Riverside)

 

2002-2003

October 14, 2002

   Professor Kenneth S. Suslick (University of Illinois)
"Sonochemical Preparation of Nanostructured Catalysts"
November 11, 2002   Professor Suzanne Harris (University of Wyoming)
"Relating Catalytic Activity, Structure, and Bonding in Molybdenum Carbides and Nitrides"
December 9, 2002   Dr. Robert L. Bedard (UOP)
"Hydrothermal Chemistry of Metal Silicates"
January 13, 2003   Professor Laurence D. Marks (Northwestern University)
"New Developments with Surface Structures"
February 10, 2003   Dr. Thomas Vogt (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
"High-Pressure Structural Chemistry of Zeolites"
March 10, 2003   Dr. Terry J. Burkhardt (ExxonMobil Chemical Company)
"Why Metallocenes For Polyolefins?"
April 14, 2003   Professor Jens Weitkamp (University of Stuttgart)
"Disproportionation of Ethylbenzene as a Test Reaction for Acidic Zeolite Catalysts"
May 20, 2003   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
James A. Dumesic (University of Wisconsin) - 2003 Herman Pines Award Lecture 
Professor Kenneth N. Raymond (University of California, Berkeley)

 

2001-2002

October 8, 2001

 

   Professor Chunshan Song (Pennsylvania State University)
"Catalytic Fuel Processing for High- and Low-Temperature Fuel Cells. Challenges and Opportunities"
November 12, 2001    Dr. Jennifer Holmgren (UOP) 
"Heterogeneous Catalysis: Role of Combinatorial Methods in New Technology Commercialization"
December 3, 2001    Professor John Bercaw (California Institute of Technology) 
"Hydrocarbon Activation and Oxidation with Electrophilic Platinum Complexes"
January 14, 2002    Professor Levi Thompson (University of Michigan) 
"Novel Fuel Processor Catalysts and Reactors"
February 11, 2002    Professor Mark Barteau (University of Delaware) 
"Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Surface Intermediates in Olefin Epoxidation Catalysis"
March 11, 2002    Professor Matthew Neurock (University of Virginia) 
"From First-Principles to Catalytic Turnovers: Molecular Engineering Bimetallics for Oxygenate Synthesis"
April 8, 2002   Dr. Leo Manzer (DuPont) 
"Catalytic Synthesis of Fluorocarbons: Past, Present and Future"
May 20, 2002   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Dr. James Brazdil (BP Corporation) - 2002 Herman Pines Award Lecture 
Professor Harold Kung (Northwestern University) 
Professor Eduardo Wolfe (University of Notre Dame)

 

2000-2001

October 9, 2000

   Professor Tobin Marks (Northwestern University)
"Metal-Ligand Bonding Energetics and the Invention of New Transition Metal-and f-Element-Mediated Catalytic Processes"
November 13, 2000   Professor Ken Seddon (Queen's University, Belfast)
"Ionic Liquids, Neoteric Solvents for Organic Synthesis"
December 11, 2000   Professor Ayusman Sen (The Pennsylvania State University)
"Low Temperature, Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons"
January 8, 2001   Dr. James Brazdil (BP)
"Sol-gel Synthesis and Solid State Characterization of Vanadium Antimony Oxide Catalysts for Propane Ammoxidation to Acrylonitrile"
February 12, 2001   Professor Helmut Knözinger (Universität München)
"From Powder Mixtures to Supported Catalysts"
March 12, 2001   Professor Raymond Gorte (University of Pennsylvania)
"Developing Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells that Operate on Real Fuels"
April 9, 2001   Dr. Gary McVicker (ExxonMobil Corporation)
"Use of Model Compounds to Probe the Acidity of Solid Acid Catalysts"
May 22, 2001   Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Professor Lanny Schmidt (University of Minnesota) - 2001 Herman Pines Award Lecture
Professor Ayusman Sen (Pennsylvania State University)

 

1999-2000
October 11, 1999  

Professor Lanny Schmidt (University of Minnesota)
"High Selectivity of Ethane to Ethylene in Millisecond Reactors"
November 8, 1999  

Professor James Schwarz (Syracuse University)
"The Nature of Protons on the Surfaces of Catalytic Materials"
December 6, 1999  

Dr. Robert McCabe (Ford Research Laboratory)
"Automotive Exhaust Catalysis: Not Your Typical Industrial Catalytic Process"
January 10, 2000  

Dr. Jeffrey T. Miller (BP Amoco Research Center)
"Metal Support Interactions in Pt Catalysts: A New Model"
February 7, 2000   Professor Greg Rorher (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Microscopic Evaluation of Anisotropic Reactivity on Oxide Surfaces"
March 13, 2000  

Dr. Robert Faurrato (Engelhard Corporation)
"The Fuel Cell: New Catalyst Challenges"

April 10, 2000
 		  

Professor Israel Wachs (Lehigh University)
"Methanol: A 'Smart' Chemical Probe Molecule"
May 11, 2000 Spring Symposium Keynote Speakers
Dr. John Monnier (Eastman Chemical Co.) - 2000 Herman Pines Award Lecture
Professor Richard Gonzalez (Tulane University)
Professor Eduardo Wolf (Notre Dame)

 

1998-1999

October 12,1998

   Professor Roel Prins (ETH Laboratorium für Technische Chemie)
"Kinetics of the Hydrodenitrogenation of Quinoline and Alkylanilines Over Sulfided NiMo/Al2O3 Catalysts"
November 9, 1998

   Professor James Haw (University of Southern California)
 "NMR and Theoretical Studies of Solid Acidity"
December 7, 1998

   Dr. Stephen Dunne (UOP Company)
"Modeling of Cold Start Hydrocarbon Traps Emission Reduction"
January 18, 1999

   Dr. Walter Partenheimer (DuPont Experimental Station)
"Models and Principles in the Oxygenation of Hydrocarbons"
February 15, 1999

   Dr. Swathy Sathirajan (General Motors Corporation)  
"Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell for Automotive Applications"
March 15, 1999

   Professor Abhaya Datye (University of New Mexico)
"The Genesis of Iron Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts for Coal to Liquids Conversion"
April 26, 1999

   Professor Avelino Corma (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia)
1998 F. G. Ciapetta Lectureship
"Designing Molecular Sieve Catalyst for Producing Chemicals and Fine Chemicals"
May 19, 1999   Spring Symposium Keynote Speaker
Professor Harold H. Kung (Northwestern University) - 1999 Herman Pines Award Lecture

 

1997-1998

October 13, 1997

  

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren (UOP)
"PILCs and Other Interesting Layered Solids"

November 10, 1997

  

Professor Raul Lobo (University of Delaware)
"The Role of Electrostatic Forces Between Guest and Host in Determining the Properties of Zeolites"

December 8, 1997

  

Professor Julie d'Itri (University of Pittsburgh)  
"Selective Hydrogenolysis of Heterolytic Molecules: Carbon-Chlorine Bond Cleavage Catalyzed by Supported Palladium"

January 12, 1998

  

Dr. Robert Farrauto (Engelhard Corporation) 
"Environmental Catalysts: Present and Future Challenges"

February 9, 1998

  

Professor Richard Masel (University of Illinois)
"What Is Metallic Function?"

March 9, 1998

  

Professor James Haw (Texas A&M University)
"NMR and Ab Initio Studies of Solid Acids"

April 13, 1998

  

Professor Mark Barteau (University of Delaware)
"Vaulting the Pressure: Catalysis of C-C Bond Formation on Metal Oxides"

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