2015 AIChE Annual Meeting Proceedings

Session: In Honor of the 2014 Wilhelm Award Winner I

This session is in honor of Professor Manos Mavrikakis of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recipient of the 2014 Richard Wilhelm Award for distinguished achievements in the field of chemical reaction engineering. Submissions are by invitation only.

Chair

Jeffrey P. Greeley, Purdue University

Co-Chairs

Ye Xu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Fuat E. Celik, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lars C. Grabow, University of Houston

Presentations

08:30 AM

(75a) Supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Selective Hydrogenolysis and Water-Gas Shift Reactions
James Dumesic, Canan Sener, Thejas Wesley, Ana Alba-Rubio, Sikander H. Hakim, Brandon O'Neill, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Jeffrey T. Miller

08:55 AM

(75b) Insights into the Effects of Structure and Composition on the Activity and Selectivity of Zeolites Gained through the Application of Theoretical Methods
Alexis T. Bell

09:20 AM

(75c) A Theory of Transition Metal Heterogeneous Catalysis
Jens K. Norskov

09:45 AM

(75d) Selective Oxidation with Promoted and Composite Silver Catalysts
Mark A. Barteau

10:10 AM

(75e) Deactivation of Au/TS-1 Catalysts during the Epoxidation of Propylene in the Presence of H2/O2
Eric Stangland, David J. Barton, Rick C. Schroden, Keith J. Watson

10:35 AM

(75f) Complementing Surface Science Experiment with Theory for Detailed Understanding of Surface Reactivity of CeO2(111)
Ye Xu