Lessons Learned from Catalyst Design
Date: Oct. 14, 2009
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: 1103 Shelby Center
Mark Barteau
Robert L. Pigford Chair of Chemical Engineering and professor of chemistry and
biochemistry
University of Delaware
Biography
Barteau currently serves as the senior vice provost for research and strategic
initiatives at the University of Delaware. He holds a bachelor's degree in chemical
engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as master's and doctoral
degrees from Stanford University. Barteau has received numerous honors, including
an election to the National Academy of Engineering. He was named one of the "100
Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Abstract
Lessons Learned from Catalyst Design
Barteau will present challenges that researchers face when attempting to design
better catalysts from a molecular-level. He will describe the methodology used
to combat these challenges by focusing on reactions where selectivity is the overriding
consideration.
