2016 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Award Session in Honor of Prof. Jim Dumesic III

This is an invitation-only session that will take place in honor of Prof. Jim Dumesic for receiving the Alpha Chi Sigma award, which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to fundamental or applied chemical engineering research.

Chair

Lars C. Grabow, University of Houston

Co-Chair

Rajamani Gounder, Purdue University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(393a) C2H6 Dehydrogenation on Pt-Based Catalysts: Fundamental Mechanistic Studies
Manos Mavrikakis, Duygu Gerceker, Guowen Peng, James Dumesic

03:45 PM

(393b) Microkinetic Analysis of γ-Valerolactone Ring Opening and Decarboxylation over Solid Acids
Jesse Bond

04:15 PM

(393c) Solvent Effects in the Catalytic Conversion of Fructose to Lactic Acid
Nelson Cardona-Martinez, Christian G. Rivera-Goyco, Yomaira Pagan Torres, Michelle M. Marrero-Vazquez

04:45 PM

(393d) Stabilization with Formaldehyde Facilitates the High-Yield Production of Monomers from Lignin during Integrated Biomass Depolymerization
Jeremy Luterbacher

05:15 PM

(393e) Solvent-Enabled Control of Reactivity for Liquid-Phase Biomass Conversion Reactions
James Dumesic, Max A. Mellmer, Ali Hussain Motagamwala, Bengi Demir, David Martin Alonso