Michigan Catalysis Society
Club Officers 2005-2006
- President: Eric Stangland, The Dow Chemical Company
- Vice-President: John Hoard, Ford Motor Company
- Secretary/Treasurer: Jong-Hwan Lee, General Motors Corporation
- Club Representative: Galen Fisher
Meeting Schedule
- April 19, 2006 - Prof. Enrique Iglesia, UC Berkeley - Burwell Lecture
- May 25, 2006 - Spring Symposium at Midland, MI
Club Awards
Prof. Bruce C. Gates of UC Davis has been selected as the recipient of the 2005 Giuseppe Parravano Memorial Award for Excellence in Catalysis Research. During the 27th Annual Spring Symposium, Outstanding Student Presentation Award was given to Worajit Setthapun, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan.
News
On September 14, 2005, as the winner of 2005 Parravano Award, Prof. Bruce C. Gates gave a special lecture on the chemistry of transition metal complexes and clusters supported on solids. On October 19, Dr. Chris Marshall of Argonne National Laboratory updated us on his research on the HC-SCR of NOx using diesel fuel as reductant. Not surprisingly, his talk has attracted one of the largest crowds for our regular monthly meetings. On November 15, Prof. Umit Ozkan braved the strong thunderstorm to visit us, and discussed her research on the fuel cell catalysis area. During our November meeting, we also passed our club bylaws.
