217 In Honor of Alexis Bell's 70th Birthday I

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 8:30 AM
320 (Convention Center )
Description:
This session will feature invited talks by colleagues and former students of Alex Bell in recognition of his accomplishments and in celebration of his 70th birthday.

Sponsor:
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (21)

Co-chairs:
Enrique Iglesia
Email: eiglesia@aol.com

Edward Maginn
Email: ed@nd.edu

Randall Snurr
Email: snurr@northwestern.edu


8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks

8:40 AM
(217a) Conversion of Hemicellulose to Furfural Using Solid Acid Catalysts in Gamma-Valerolactone, a Biomass-Derived Solvent
James A. Dumesic, Elif I. Gurbuz, Stephanie G. Wettstein and David Martin Alonso

9:00 AM
(217b) Insights Into the Selective Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Renewable Intermediates
Matthew Neurock

9:20 AM
(217c) Computational Methods for Exploring Reaction Paths in Catalytic Processes
Martin Head-Gordon, Paul M. Zimmerman, Joseph S. Gomes, Shaama Mallikarjun Sharada and Alexis T. Bell

9:40 AM
(217d) Sequential Quadratic Programming Framework for Ab Initio Structure Property Relationships in Amorphous Catalysts and Supports
Bryan Goldsmith, Daniel Bean and Baron Peters

10:00 AM
(217e) Computational Catalysis At Solid/Liquid Interfaces
Andreas Heyden

10:20 AM
(217f) Chemically Titrating Nucleation Sites On Oxide Surfaces with Fluorescent Probes
Joseph M. McCrate and John G. Ekerdt

10:40 AM
(217g) Making Nanostructures - New Views
Alon V. McCormick
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