Catalysis Society Of Metro NY

Local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society (NACS)

The Catalysis Society of Metro NY is a non-profit organization founded in 1958 to promote and encourage the growth and development of the science of catalysis in the New Jersey and Metro New York areas.

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2012 Annual Symposium

Wednesday, March 14

8:45 AM - 5:00 PM

hosted by Meeting Program Directions Keynote Speaker *Prof. Philippe Sautet, University of Lyon, France* Catalysts supported on g-alumina: insights from computational chemistry Invited Speakers *Prof. Dionisios Vlachos, University of Delaware* Modern catalytic technologies for converting biomass to renewable fuels and chemicals: An overview of the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation *Prof. Bruce Koel, Princeton University* Modifying selectivity of hydrocarbon conversion reactions by alloying Sn and Pt *Dr. David Barton, The Dow Chemical Company* Higher alcohol synthesis on molybdenum-based mixed metal oxides *Ewelina Mikolajska, Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica, Madrid, Spain* Raman study of structural transformations in alumina-supported VPO-type catalysts during propane ammoxidation reaction *Jie Gao, Stevens Institute of Technology* *Investigation of Mo/ZSM-5 catalysts for methane aromatization with operando* spectroscopy and DFT calculations Dr. Robert McGuire Jr., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (currently with BASF Corporation) Electrochemical activation of water and oxygen: molecular catalysts for solar fuels Dr.Guang Cao, ExxonMobil Synthesis of molecular sieves with chabazite structure type Dr. Eli Stavitski, Brookhaven National Lab Novel nanoporous materials for catalysis and gas separation based on metal organic frameworks: insight into framework flexibility and assembly processes Poster Presentations Comparative analysis of manganese oxide polymorphs for water oxidation: The structural requirements for catalysis** David M. Robinson, Yong Bok Go, Michelle Mui, Martha Greenblatt, G. Charles Dismukes Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey Molecular recognition of electrochemically reduced oxygen: implications for Li-air battery technology Robert McGuire Jr., Nazario Lopez, Yang Shao-Horn, Christopher C. Cummins, and Daniel G. Nocera Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Bimetallic effects in the hydrodeoxygenation of m-Cresol on γ-Al₂O₃ supported Pt-Ni and Pt-Co Catalysts Phuong T. M. Do, Andrew J. Foster, Jingguang G. Chen, Raul F. Lobo* University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Acetylene adsorption and reactions on Pt and Pt-Sn alloys studied with DFT calculations, HREELS and TPD Jie Gao¹, Haibo Zhao³, Xiaofang Yang, Bruce Koel, Simon Podkolzin¹ ¹Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey ²Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey ³Huntsman Advanced Technology Center, The Woodlands, Texas BPE adsorption on silver as a function of surface oxidation and coverage Tao Chen, Amrita Pal, Yun Han, Simon Podkolzin, Svetlana Sukhishvili, Henry Du Stevens Institute of Technology,* Hoboken, New Jersey Nanostructures of Au sub-monolayer: synthesis and its application for reduction of molecular oxygen Xiaofang Yang and Bruce E. Koel Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Catalytic performance of ash from biomass gasification for tar reduction Naomi Klinghoffer¹, Marco J. Castaldi^1, Ange Nzihou² ¹Columbia University, New York, New York ²Ecole des Mines d’Albi Carmaux, Albi, France* Activation of tungsten carbide catalysts by use of an oxygen plasma pretreatment Xiaofang Yang^1,2, Jie Fu¹, Yannick C. Kimmel², Bruce E. Koel^1* and Jingguang G. Chen^2* ¹Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey ²University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Water oxidation catalysts: Examining the benefits and limitations of bimetallic transition metal oxide spinels Clyde W. Cady, Zachary O. Maron, Yong Bok Go, Martha Greenblatt, and G. Charles Dismukes Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey Crystal structure’s role in heterogeneous catalytic water oxidation Graeme P. Gardner, Yong Bok Go, Marth Greenblatt, G. Charles Dismukes Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey *New insights into the water-gas shift reaction over bulk Cr₂O₃Fe₂O₃ mixed oxide catalysts: A combined operando Raman-IR-XAS-MS investigation** Christopher J. Keturakis¹, Emma Gibson², Relja Vasic^3,4, Anatoly Frenkel^3,4, Marco Daturi² and Israel E. Wachs¹* ¹Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ²ENSICAEN,Université de Caen, Caen Cedex, France ³Yeshiva University, New York, New York ⁴Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, New York, Upgrading pyrolysis oils by hydrodeoxygenation over supported Pt catalysts using acetic acid as a model compound Zhong He and Xianqin Wang* New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey The effect of CH₃Cl on dry reforming over a Rh/γAl₂O₃ catalyst McKenzie Kohn¹, Marco Castaldi¹, and Bob Farrauto² ¹ Columbia University, New York, New York, ²BASF Corporation, New Jersey, USA Determination of the nature of the catalytic active Sites present on the surface of bulk mixed oxide photocatalysts Somphonh Peter Phivilay¹, Anke Xiong², Jun Kubota², Kazunari Domen² and Israel E. Wachs¹ ¹Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA ²University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan *In situ* *and operando* Raman/IR/UV-vis/MS spectroscopic studies duringp Metathesis by supported WO_x/SiO₂ catalysts** Soe Lwin¹, Nikolaos Soultanidis², Wu Zhou¹, Christopher Kiely¹, Israel Wachs^1, Michael Wong² ¹Lehigh* University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ²Rice University, Houston, Texas Sulfur poisoning and catalyst regeneration during steam reforming of E85 Amanda Simson¹, Bob Farrauto^1,2, Marco Castaldi^1* ¹Columbia University, New York, New York ²BASF Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey Selective dehydration of propylene glycol over solid-acid catalysts Timothy D. Courtney, Vladimiros Nikolakis, Jingguang G. Chen, Dionisios G. Vlachos* University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Bridging the gap between heterogeneous and enzyme catalysis: Raman and ATR-IR study of vanadium haloperoxidases Julie E. Molinari and Israel E. Wachs Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Application of nano-faceted metal surfaces Wenhua Chen, Quantong Shen, and Robert A. Bartynski Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey Effect of excess support material on metathesis of ethylene and 2-butene to propylene over silica-supported tungsten oxide catalysts Wimonrat Limsangkass¹, Kongkiat Suriye², Piyasan Praserthdam¹, Suphot Phatanasri¹, Joongjai Panpranot¹, Israel Wachs^3* ¹Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ²SCG Chemicals, Bangkok, Thailand ³Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Hydrodeoxygenation of pyrolysis oil in a microreactor Narendra Joshil, Adeniyi Lawal* Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey Template-induced structuring and tunable polymorphism of three-dimensionally Ordered mesoporous (3DOm) titania materials Qianying Guo, Mark A. Snyder Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Aqueous oxidation of methanol by V-containing biocatalysts – A DFT study Duygu Gerçeker, I??k Önal Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Catalytic and physicochemical properties of the aluminum-nitrate-supported rhenium oxide catalysts in over the metathesis reaction S. Vorakitkanvasin¹, K. Suriye², P. Praserthdam¹, J. Panpranot¹, Israel Wachs^3* ¹Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ²SCG Chemicals, Bangkok, Thailand ³Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Development of a new generation of sub-nanometer noble metals catalysts for environmental and energy applications Peichuan Shen¹, Shen Zhao¹, Girish Ramakrishnan¹, Dong Su², Yan Li², Alexander Orlov¹* ¹Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York ²Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York Modeling sorbitol hydrodeoxygenation Brian M. Moreno, Michael T. Klein University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Effect of surface carbon on tungsten carbide (WC) and platinum-modified WC Electrocatalysts Yannick Kimmel, Jingguang G. Chen, Robert W. Birkmire University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware Elucidation mechanistic pathways of methane CPOx using a shock tube Joseph Alifano^1,2, Marco J. Castaldi¹, and Dean Modroukas² ¹Columbia University, New York, New York ²Alliant TechSystems (ATK/GASL), Ronkonkoma, New York Xylose isomerization to xylulose and its dehydration to furfural in aqueous media Vinit Choudhary, Stavros Caratzoulas, Ana B. Pinar, Stanley I. Sandler, Dionisios G. Vlachos, and Raul F. Lobo* University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware	.
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Local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society (NACS)

2012 Annual Symposium

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