Announcement of the 2008-09 Season of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia

CCP - 27 August 2008

Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the 60th season of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia. Since the club was founded in 1949, we continue the tradition of holding regular meetings in catalysis to stimulate discussions among our fellow scientists. Following the path, your officers, listed on the left column, have assembled a program of activities for the 2008-09 season and seek to provide a myriad of stimulating and enjoyable technical meetings. We hope that you will join us by registering as a member of the club for the new season and enjoy the presentations.

The program includes a joint meeting with the Wilmington area section of AIChE in October. Our annual student poster session will be coordinated by Joseph Fedeyko (Johnson Matthey) and held in March. Michael A. Smith (Villanova University) will organize the Spring Symposium in May. As introduced in the past couple of years, we will continue to have a brief presentation by a local graduate student or post-doc prior to the main lecture at some of the monthly meetings.

Dues for the 2008-09 season will remain at $10.00 ($5.00 for the local club and $5.00 to the national club). Dues for students will be $6.00. You can pay your dues to your company representative, to our treasurer (Steve Harris), or at the monthly meetings. A list of company representatives is available at catalysisclubphilly.org/compRep.php.

The cost of the dinner will again be $30.00 for members, $15.00 for students/retirees and will include one drink during the social hour. Walk-ins and non-members dinner fees will be $35.00. We strongly encourage advance reservations for the meetings.

We encourage all members to use our website at catalysisclubphilly.org to receive latest information on monthly meetings. If you would like to receive our monthly announcements or need to update your contact information, please contact our Membership Director, Elizabeth Ross-Medgaarden at Elizabeth.Ross-Medgaarden@lyondellbasell.com.

Please continue to support our club by attending and inviting your colleagues to our monthly meetings.

I am looking forward to seeing you at the club monthly meetings. Please feel free to contact me, or any of the other officers, throughout the year with any comments or suggestions for the club.

Best regards,

Hai-Ying Chen
Chair
610-341-3441
chenh@jmusa.com

David Olson Wins the 2008 Catalyst Club of Philadelphia Award

CCP - 26 May 2008

Dr. David Olson

The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia is pleased to announce that Dr. David Olson is the recipient of the 2008 Catalysis Club of Philadelphia Award. The award is given for outstanding contribution to the advancement of catalysis. Such advancement can be scientific, technological or in organization leadership.

The 2008 Award recognizes Dr. Olson for his innovative and pioneering work in the field of zeolite crystal chemistry, adsorption and catalysis and for his organizational leadership. Dr. Olson has been involved in zeolite research for over 40 years, including 33 years at Mobil and since then has served as Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and more recently at Rutgers University. Illustrative of his many significant scientific and technological achievements are his structural works on rare earth X and Y zeolites, ZSM-5 and their application to petrochemical processes, including the use of ZSM-5 as a xylene isomerization catalyst. He is cofounder of the Structure Commission of the International Zeolite Association and served as its chair for over six years. In addition, he organized and for many years chaired the North East Corridor Zeolite Association (NECZA). He is co-author of the Atlas of Zeolite Structure Types, which is a well-known handbook for researchers in the field of zeolites.

Thanks to our 2007-2008 Sponsors

CCP - 27 August 2008

We would like to express our appreciation for the generous support of our sponsors during the 2007-08 season.

Gold Sonsors:

  • LyondellBasell Induestries
  • The Catalyst Group
  • The PQ Corporation/Zeolyst International
  • Arkema
  • Colonial Metals, Inc.
  • Hyperion Catalysis
  • Symyx
  • BASF
  • Du Pont

Silver Sponsors:

  • Lummus Technology, a CB&I Company
  • Air Products
  • Evonik
  • Johnson Matthey Catalysts
  • Millennium Inorganic Chemicals