Preliminary Program subject to change
04A00 Poster Session (student): Catalysis & Reaction Engineering
OverviewPapers dealing with the named subject sould be submitted to this sub-set of the student poster session.
Primary SponsorUndergraduate Education (04a)

Chair

Frank Bowman
Chemical Engineering
UND Chemical Engineering
PO Box 7101
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7101
Phone Number: 701-777-4245
Email: frank.bowman@und.nodak.edu

CoChair

Christopher Williams
Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina
2C02, Swearingen Engineering Center
301 South Main Street; USC
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone Number: 803-777-0143
Fax Number: 803-777-8265
Email: willia84@engr.sc.edu
Synthesis and Characterization of Pt Clusters in Aqueous Solutions and on a Al2O3 Surface
Karen R. Wigal, Attilio Siani, Oleg Alexeev and Michael D. Amiridis, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 301 S. Main St., Columbia, SC 29208
Toxic Organic Dechlorination Using Membrane Immobilized Fe/Pd Nanoparticles
Scott R. Lewis, Dibakar Bhattacharyya and Jian Xu, Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, 177 F. Paul Anderson Tower, Lexington, KY 40506
Photocatalytic Degradation of Polyethylene-Oxide Nanofibers Using Tio2 Nanoparticles
Mildred M. Mercado-Rios, Rebeca Lebron-Rodriguez, Sindia Rivera-Jimenez, Nelson Cardona-Martinez and Carlos Rinaldi, Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Mayaguez, PR 00681
Preparation of Silver-Platinum Bimetallic Catalysts Via Electroless Deposition
Anna C. Pickerell1, John Monnier2, Christopher T. Williams3, Melanie Schaal2 and Clare Hoang4, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 1400 Greene St, Po box 81308, Columbia, SC 29225, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2C02, Swearingen Engineering Center, 301 South Main Street; USC, Columbia, SC 29208, (3)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208, (4)University of Oklahoma
Enzyme Catalyzed Asymmetric Ibuprofen Ester Synthesis
Curtis A. Floyd1, Peter Pfromm2, Mary E. Rezac3, In-Joong Kang4 and Dane Chapman2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, (2)Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, (3)Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, (4)Kansas State University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Manhattan, KS 66506
Studies on Fe Based Non Noble Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Maureen R. Curran, Chemical Engineering, University of South Florida, 14501 Prism Circle Apt. 202A, Tampa, FL 33613, Swaminatha Prabu Kumaraguru, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 301 S main street, columbia ,, Rm 2C02, Columbia, SC 29201 and Branko Popov, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 301 S main street, columbia ,, Rm 2C02, Columbia, SC 29201
Hydrogen Production from the Electrooxidation of Ammonia Catalyzed by Carbon Fiber and Carbon Nanofiber Based Platinum
Russ T. Farquhar, Chemical Engineering, Ohio University, 247 West Union St., Apartment 204A, Athens, OH 45701
Laser Deposition Method for the Synthesis and Analysis of Nanostructured Catalysts
Joseph Swisher, Rebecca Fushimi, Mike Rude, David French and John Gleaves, Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, Campus Box 1198, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130
Investigation of Acetonitrile Adsorption on a Model Support by Method of Sum Frequency Spectroscopy
Jacob A. Smith1, S. Beau Waldrup1 and Christopher T. Williams2, (1)University of South Carolina, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia, SC 29208, (2)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208
Simulation of Linear - Dendritic Copolymers
Enita Okodiko, Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 40 Sevier St.Apt A, Asheville, NC 28804
One- Step Synthesis of Dimethoxymethane Via Methanol Oxidation over Multi- Component Catalysts
Gregory K. Lapp, Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College, box 8508, Easton, PA 18042
Computational Analysis of Atomic Distribution in Bimetallic Clusters
Gustavo E. Ramirez Caballero, Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia and Perla B. Balbuena, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, College Station, TX 77843

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