Preliminary Program subject to change
20007 Computational Catalysis I
OverviewThis is the first of two sessions devoted to all aspects of using computational techniques to understand catalytic phenomena.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
Co-Sponsor(s)Low Pressure (01g), Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (21)

Chair

Suljo Linic
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan
2300 Hayward
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Phone Number: 734-647-7984
Fax Number: 734-764-7453
Email: linic@umich.edu

CoChair

John Kitchin
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Phone Number: 412-268-2230
Fax Number: 412-268-7139
Email: jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu
Nitrous Oxide Decomposition over Fe-Zsm-5 in the Presence of Nitric Oxide: a Comprehensive Dft Study
Andreas Heyden, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 228 Smith Hall, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, Niels Hansen, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Eissendorfer Str. 38, Hamburg, 21073, Germany, Alexis T. Bell, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering, 107 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Frerich J. Keil, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, D-21073, Germany
A Theoretical Comparative Study of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis on Fe and Co Surfaces
Rahul Nabar1, Amit A. Gokhale1 and Manos Mavrikakis2, (1)UW-Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1415 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706
Heterogeneous Catalysis by Gold: Oxide-Specific O2 Interactions with Supported Gold
Siris Laursen, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125 and Suljo Linic, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
A Dft Study of Olefin Polymerization by Ti and Zr Single-Site Catalysts Containing Mixed Cyclopentadienyl/Aryloxide Ligation
Thomas A. Manz1, Grigori Medvedev1, Krista A. Novstrup1, W. Nicholas Delgass1, Mahdi Abu-Omar2, Kendall T. Thomson1 and James M. Caruthers1, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100, (2)Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Correlating Electronic Properties of Bimetallic Surfaces with Reaction Pathways of C2 Hydrocarbons
Amit Goda, Mark A. Barteau and Jingguang G. Chen, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716
Ab Initio Studies of Oxygen Electroreduction on Pd and Pd/3d Metal Alloys
Eduardo J. Lamas and Perla B. Balbuena, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division