LSAC Group Meeting Schedule 2008


Location:

McCullum Room (775A Tan Hall)

Time:

Fridays from 2-4 PM

(unless otherwise noted)



 
 

Date 
TOPIC
Discussion Leader/Speaker
Food
Short Talk
March 14, Latimer Hall 425
Zeolitic Structural Considerations in the Monomolecular Activation of Light Alkanes
Raj Gounder
Cathy Chin
Dr. Anja Rumplecker/Dr. Kazu Takanabe
March 21, Latimer Hall 425
Oxidation and Acid Catalysis on Polyoxometalate Clusters
Josef Macht
Raj Gounder
Cathy Chin
March 28
Structural Requirements and Reaction Pathways in Dimethyl Ether Steam Reforming Catalyzed by Supported Copper Clusters
Dr. Dokyoung Kim
Josef Macht
Raj Gounder
April 11
Distinguished Lectures in the Berkeley Catalysis Center
Professor Roel Prins (ETH Zurich)


April 18
DME Homologation to Triptane
Dr. Burcin Temel
Dr. Dokyoung Kim
Josef Macht
April 25, Gilman Hall 205
Propane Selective Oxidation on Gold Supported Catalysts
Dr. Juan Bravo
Dr. Burcin Temel
Markus Neumann
May 2
Oxygen Activation on Pt Metal Clusters: High and Low Coverage Limits
Brian Weiss
Dr. Juan Bravo
Dr. Burcin Temel
May 9
The Role of C-H Bond Strength in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes
Mike Zboray
Brian Weiss
Dr. Juan Bravo
May 15, 3-5 PM
Silica Supported Organic Nitroxyls as Solid Phase NOx Traps
Dr. Tatiana Luts
Mike Zboray
Brian Weiss
May 22, Tan Hall 775B
Part 1. CO Activation Mechanisms on Fe and Co during Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
Part 2. Mechanism of CO Oxidation with Au Catalysts

Dr. Manuel Ojeda
Dr. Manuel Ojeda
Mike Zboray
May 28
Mechanism and Kinetics of Ethanol Oxidation on Supported Vanadium Oxide
Dr. Beata Kilos
Dr. Tatiana Luts
Dr. Tatiana Luts
May 30
On the Mechanism of Dimethyl Ether Homologation to 2,2,3-Trimethylbutane (Triptane) Catalyzed by H-BEA
John Ahn
Dr. Beata Kilos
Dr. Manuel Ojeda
June 20
Characterization of LTA-Encapsulated Catalysts: EXAFS and Adsorption Microcalorimetry
Dr. Xinyu Xia
John Ahn
Dr. Beata Kilos
June 30, Tan Hall 775B
Distinguished Lectures in the Berkeley Catalysis Center
Professor Angeliki Lemonidou (Thessaloniki University)


July 23, Tan Hall 775B
The Effects of the Outer-Sphere on the Ti-Calixarene Catalyst
Jarred Ghilarducci
Dr. Anja Rumplecker
Dr. Xinyu Xia
July 25
Preparation and Characterization of Mesoporous Zeolites
Dr. Anja Rumplecker
Jarred Ghilarducci
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August 29
Unveiling the CH4 Partial Oxidation Chemistry: Surface Dynamics and Kinetic Consequences for C-H Bond Activation on Supported Group VIII Metal Clusters
Cathy Chin
Josef Macht
Jarred Ghilarducci, Dr. Anja Rumplecker

Food: Please bring a cake/tart/cookies and ripe bananas, we can get a thermos of coffee from coffee lab and hot water for tea.

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