The
North American Catalysis Society
Newsletter - Table of Content
March 2006 www.nacatsoc.org Vol. XL – No. 1
Stuart Soled is 2006 Ciapetta Lecturer
It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Stuart Soled of ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co. is the 2006 F. G. Ciapetta Lecturer. This award is sponsored by Grace Davison Catalysts and administered by The North American Catalysis Society.
Nominations open for next Eugene J. Houdry Award
The Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis is sponsored by Süd-Chemie, Inc. It is administered by The Catalysis Society and is awarded biennially in odd numbered years, generally at the North American meeting of The Catalysis Society, where the awardee will be asked to give a plenary lecture.
Heinemann Biography
Heinz Heinemann was a founding member of the Catalysis Club of Philadelphia as well as of the New York Catalysis Club. He was Executive Secretary of the First International Congress on Catalysis in Philadelphia in 1956 and President of the International Congress on Catalysis from 1956-1960.
20th NAM Update
Key Dates
Call for Abstracts - Aug. 21, 2006
Abstract Submission Deadline - Dec. 8, 2006
Notice of acceptance - Feb. 23, 2007
Deadline for Early Registration - April 13, 2007
Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York
The Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York is pleased to announce that Professor W. Nicholas Delgass of Purdue University is the recipient of the Society’s 2006 Excellence in Catalysis Award sponsored by ExxonMobil Research and Engineering.
Southeastern Catalysis Society
The DOE/BES Nanoscience Centers are coming on-line. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is the site of one of the Users centers, the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS). Among other areas of Nanoscience, the CNMS will feature a theme area in Catalysis and Nano-Building Blocks.