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The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia’s Annual Student Poster Contest was held on January 19, with 28 student entries and two post-doctoral presenters. Top honors went to Ed Lee from Lehigh, with his poster Controlling the Molecular Structure and Reactivity of Supported Metal Oxide Catalytic Active Sites. Four runners-up include Rohit Vijay (U. Delaware) with Efficient Co Containing NOx Storage and Reduction Catalysts: Discovery & Understanding Using High Throughput Experimentation; Elizabeth Ross (Lehigh) with Tuning the Molecular and Electronic Structures of Catalytic Active Sites with Oxide Support Nanoligands; Jeff Rimer (U. Delaware) with Self-Assembly and Role of Silica Nanoparticles in the Synthesis of Microporous Silicates; and Michael Gross (Penn) with Development of Solid-Oxide Electrodes with Enhanced Thermal Stability. Ed Lee will be presenting a talk on his work at the Catalysis Club’s Annual Spring Symposium.

Recognizing a need to promote and support the involvement of students in the activities of the CCP, a new meeting format was successfully implemented for the 2005-2006 season. Four students were selected to deliver a 15 minutes presentation before the main presentation is given. The attendance of students at the CCP monthly meetings has also increased since implementing this program. The student speakers were Mike Zellner, University of Delaware; Elizabeth I. Ross, Lehigh University; Gong Zhou, University of Pennsylvania; and Joe Fedeyko, University of Delaware.

The 2006 Spring Symposium will be held on Thursday, May 18 at Clayton Hall Conference Center, University of Delaware. Advance registration deadline is May 8. Registration form is available at 2006SymRegistration.pdf. The program and abstracts are available at sym_program.htm.

The link for CCP new web site is www.catalysisclubphilly.org.