The Catalysis Society of New England
Oral Program Spring 1999
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 227 Goddard Hall, May 1, 1999
- 9:00-10:00 Designing the Characteristics of Molecular Sieves for Making Successful Catalysts
Avelino Corma, Ciapetta Lecturer, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
- 10:00-10:50 A Fast Trip through the Methods of Computational Quantum Chemistry
Phillip R. Westmoreland, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- 10:50-11:20 Theoretical Investigation into the Nature of Solid Acidity in the Zeolite Chabazite and Activation of Methanol for Hydrocarbon Synthesis
Bernhardt Trout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 11:20-11:50 Enumeration and Discrimination of Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Ravindra Datta, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- 11:50-12:20 Microkinetics Modeling of Catalytic Networks
Robert S. Weber, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
- 12:20-1:00 Lunch
- 1:00-2:00 Poster Session
- 2:00-2:30 AC Discharges in the Catalytic Activation of CO2, CH4 and other Small Molecules
Steven L. Suib, Stephanie L. Brock, Guanguang Xia, and Manuel Marquez, University of Connecticut
- 2:30-3:00 CO2 Reforming of CH4 over Supported Ru Catalysts
Michael C.J. Bradford, CeraMem Corporation and M.A. Vannice, Pennsylvania State University
- 3:00-3:30 In situ CIR-FTIR and Kinetic Analysis of Hydrocarbon Catalytic Cracking under Supercritical Conditions
William R. Moser, Zissis Dardas, M. SoCer and Yi Hua Ma, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- 3:30-4:00 Technical and Economic Issues in Syngas Conversion in Gas-to-Liquids Technologies
C. J. Read, J. H. J. Thijssen, and R. S. Weber, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
- 4:00-4:30 To be announced
Dragos Ciuparu and Lisa Pfefferle, Yale University
- 4:30 pm - Adjourn
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