The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia

2008 Spring Symposium

Thursday, May 22, 2008

John M. Clayton Hall, University of Delaware

Route 896 North, Newark, DE 19716

7:45 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 AM Welcome
8:30 AM Ciapetta Lecture-2008
Automotive emission control: past, present and future
Robert J. Farrauto, BASF Catalysts
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9:10 AM Molecular Basket Sorbents as a Novel Approach to CO2 Capture and Separation
Chunshan Song, The Pennsylvania State University
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9:50 AM Coffee Break
10:10 AM Search for a better water gas shift catalyst
Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University
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10:50 AM Cooperative and environmental effects in catalysts
Harold H. Kung, Northwestern University
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11:30 AM Polarization dependence of adsorption on ferroelectric BaTiO3 surfaces
Mosha Zhao, University of Pennsylvania
Winner of CCP 2008 Poster Competition, University of Pennsylvania
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11:55 AM Announcement of 2008 CCP Award
12:00 AM Lunch
1:30 PM Challenges and solutions in diesel emission control
Andy Walker, Johnson Matthey
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2:10 PM The development of nano-composite electrodes for natural gas-assisted steam electrolysis for hydrogen production
Raymond J. Gorte, University of Pennsylvania
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2:50 PM Coffee Break
3:10 PM The use of ultra high field nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the surface structure and catalytic properties of poorly crystalline γ-Al2O3 surfaces
Charles H. F. Peden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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3:50 PM Catalysis for decentralized hydrogen production
Dion G. Vlachos, University of Delaware
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4:30 PM Closing