2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: In Honor of the 2024 R.H. Wilhelm Award Winner I (Invited Talks) - Heterogeneous Catalysis: Enabling the Breakthroughs for a Sustainable Energy Transition

The R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering recognizes an individual's significant and new contribution in chemical reaction engineering. The 2024 winner is Fabio Ribeiro (Purdue University).

Chair

Rajamani Gounder, Purdue University

Co-Chairs

James Harris, University of Alabama
Fabio H. Ribeiro, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(255a) Electrophilic Reactions of O-Atoms in O2: Selective Oxidation of Ethene to Ethylene Oxide on Promoted Ag Catalysts
Andrew Hwang, Andrey Karpov, Carlos Lizandara-Pueyo, Enrique Iglesia

08:30 AM

(255b) Ethanol-Based Butadiene: Revisiting a Classic Approach
Thomas Degnan

09:00 AM

(255c) Alkane Oxidation over Catalysts Containing M-N4 Active Sites
James W. Harris

09:30 AM

(255d) High Loaded Ni and Co Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Fischer-Tropsch
Stuart Soled, Alyssa Love, Yi Du

10:00 AM

(255e) Challenges and Opportunities for Electrocatalytic Activation of Light Alkanes
Brian M. Tackett