Preliminary Program subject to change
20008 Computational Catalysis II
OverviewThis is the second 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

Kendall T. Thomson
School of Chemical Engineering
Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering
480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone Number: (765) 496-6706
Fax Number: (765) 494-0805
Email: thomsonk@ecn.purdue.edu

CoChair

William F. Schneider
Assoc. Professor
University of Notre Dame
182 Fitzpatrick Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone Number: 574-631-5580
Fax Number: 574-631-8366
Email: wschneider@nd.edu
Investigation of Nitric Oxide Oxidation Catalysis on Pt(111) Using Density Functional Theory
Rachel B. Getman and William F. Schneider, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
A Dft Study of the Structure of Isolated Molybdena Species Supported on Silica and Their Activity for Methane Oxidation to Formaldehyde
Shaji Chempath, UC Berkeley, 201 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Alexis T. Bell, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering, 107 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
A First Principles Analysis of the Activation of Propane over Substituted Heterpolyacids
Vamsi M. Vadhri, Michael J. Janik and Matthew Neurock, Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, 102 Engineers' Way, PO Box 400741, Charlottesville, VA 22904
A Quantum-Mechanics/Molecular-Mechanics Study of Potential Steps in Direct Propylene Epoxidation Using H2 and O2 on Au/Titanium-Silicalite-1 Catalysts
Ajay M. Joshi1, W. Nicholas Delgass2 and Kendall T. Thomson2, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, FRNY 117 B, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907
Pseudomorphic Monolayer Catalysts for Denox Applications
Jelena Jelic and Randall Meyer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 810 S Clinton, Chicago, IL 60607-7000
Coverage Dependent Adsorption Energies of Oxygen on Ag-Pd Alloy Surfaces
John Kitchin, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, 2208C Doherty Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division