Catalyst Design I

Wednesday, June 17, 2015: 1:30 PM-3:10 PM
403-405 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Nicholas Brunelli, The Ohio State University, USA and Ambareesh Murkute, Babcock & Wilcox Company, USA.
1:30 PM
 Keynote 
Molecular Design of Advanced Supported ReOx/Al2O3 Olefin Metathesis Catalysts
Soe Lwin1, Christopher J. Keturakis1, Jaroslaw Handzlik2, Philippe Sautet3, Anatoly Frenkel4, Albert E. Stiegman5 and Israel E. Wachs1, (1)Lehigh University, USA, (2)Cracow University of Technology, Poland, (3)University of Lyon and CNRS, ENS-Lyon, France, (4)Yeshiva University, USA, (5)Florida State University, USA.
2:10 PM
CH3ReO3/Cl-Al2O3: A Novel Highly Active and Stable Catalyst for Olefin Metathesis
Alessandro Gallo1, Julia Rieb1, Regis M. Gauvin2, Mostafa Taoufik3, Laurent Delevoye2, Anthony Fong1, Baron Peters1 and Susannah L. Scott1, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, USA, (2)Universite Lille Nord de France, France, (3)Université Lyon 1, France.
2:30 PM
Rational Design of ZnxZryOz Catalysts for the Conversion of Ethanol to Isobutene with Improved Selectivity and Stability
Rebecca A. L. Baylon1, Colin Smith1, Junming Sun1, Changjun Liu1 and Yong Wang1,2, (1)Washington State University, USA, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
2:50 PM
Synthesis of Meso/Macroporous Activated Carbons from Petroleum Coke
Stephanie F. Ketep, Luis D. Virla and Josephine Hill, University of Calgary, Canada.