Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division

Presentations at the 2008 AIChE Annual Meeting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 - 21 November 2008

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Industrial Perspectives in H2 Generation through Short Contact Time - Catalytic Partial Oxidation Technologies...... 1 Luca Basini

Design Principles of Multifunctional Microdevices for Hydrogen Production Via Short Contact Time Steam Reforming...... 9 Georgios D. Stefanidis, Niket S. Kaisare, Matteo Maestri, Dion Vlachos

Steam Reforming of Ethanol Over ZnO and ZnO/Al2O3 Supported Catalysts...... 10 Mengnan ChEn, Chang Hwan Kim, Levi Thompson

Steam and Dry Reforming and Partial Oxidation of Methane on Rh. A Comprehensive Kinetics Study...... 12 Matteo Maestri, Enrico Tronconi, Gianpiero Groppi, Alessandra Beretta, Dion Vlachos

Hydrogen Production by CO2 Reforming of Methane Over Pdni Catalyst...... 13 Usman Oemar, S. Kawi, K. Hidajat

Supported Cobalt Catalysts for Ethanol Steam Reforming by Impregnation and Coprecipitation Methods ...... 14 Sean S.-Y. Lin, Su Ha, Hideo Daimon

Desulfurization of Refinery off-Gases for Hydrogen Production ...... 15 Gokhan O. Alptekin, Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Margarita Dubovik, Michael Ware, Krsitin Bradley

Cfd Applied in the Design and Trouble Shooting of Reactors ...... 16 Sue Degaleesan

3D Simulation of the Local Flow Field In Ceramic Foam Structures ...... 17 Hannsjörg Freund, Amer Inayat, Jürgen Bauer, Thomas Zeiser, Wilhelm Schwieger

Modeling of Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation in Trickle-Bed Reactor Assisted with Volume of Fluid Method...... 18 Rodrigo J.G. Lopes, Rosa M. Quinta-Ferreira

Intra-Particle Diffusion/Reaction Modeling for Strongly Endothermic Reactions in Low-N Tubes with Cfd ...... 20 M. Ertan Taskin, Alexandre Troupel, Anthony G. Dixon, Michiel Nijemeisland, Hugh Stitt

Influence of the Break up and Coalescence Models in a Bubbly Flow...... 21 Milton Mori, Marcela Kotsuka Silva, Marcos D'Ávila, Renato Dionísio

Dual-Mode Monolithic Catalysts Formulated for Removal of Hydrogen Sulfide and Reduced Formation of Cos in Coal Gases ...... 33 Kyung C. Kwon, Robie Lewis, Shicociya Townsend, Chadwick Corbett

Synthesis of Higher Hydrocarbons from CO2 Hydrogenation ...... 34 Huali Wang, Manhoe Kim, Kapila Wadumesthrige, Shuli Yan, John Wilson, Steven O. Salley, K. Y. Simon Ng

Promotion of Gas-Phase Catalytic Perchloroethylene Dechlorination Using Low Molecular Weight Alkanes Under Redox Conditions...... 35 Erik Rupp, Marty Willinger, Desiree Polson, Brian Barbaris, Song Gao, A. Eduardo Sáez, Robert Arnold, Eric Betterton

Autothermal Reforming of Landfill Gases ...... 39 Marco J. Castaldi, McKenzie Primerano

Adsorption and Dissociation of Chloroethenes on Zero-Valent Iron ...... 40 Dong-Hee Lim, Christian M. Lastoskie

Simulation Insights into Catalytic Ndma Reduction at Metal Surfaces...... 41 William F. Schneider, Víctor A. Ranea

Platinum Nanostructures by Template Wetting Nanofabrication and Their Use in a Miniature Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly ...... 42 Eric Broaddus, Jared Fernandez, Scott A. Gold

Deposition of PtxRu1-X Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation In Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cells ...... 47 William Mustain, Hyea Kim, Shruti Prakash, Paul Kohl

Development of a Nanoporous Superacidic Proton Exchange Membrane...... 48 Brittany Wilson, Scott A. Gold

Ceramic Proton Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells...... 49 Maria A. Azimova, David T. Johnson, Steven McIntosh

Novel Proton Conducting Ceramic Thin Films for Intermediate Temperature Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells...... 51 Dongxia Liu, Daniel Fink, Matt Yates

Optimization of Cathode Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells ...... 52 Parag Jain, Lorenz T. Biegler, Myung S. Jhon

Planar Model for the Cathode Catalyst Layer In a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell...... 53 Dennis O. Dever, Richard A. Cairncross, Yossef A. Elabd

Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cells ...... 54 Shruti Prakash, Hyea Kim, William Mutain, Paul Kohl

Rhodium Supported on Thermally Enhanced Zeolite as Catalysts...... 55 Ivan C. Lee

Cfd Analysis of the Zoneflow(TM) Reactor for Methane Steam Reforming...... 56 Juray De Wilde, Gilbert F. Froment

Morphological Study of Deposited Carbon Derived from Dodecane Reforming Over Ni-Based Monolith Catalysts ...... 59 Johannes W. Schwank, Xiaoyin ChEn, Benjamin Gould

Autothermal Reforming of Dodecane Over Ru-Ni-Based Aerogel and Xerogel Catalysts...... 60 Vidya Sagar Guggilla, Jale F. Akyurtlu, Ates Akyurtlu

Reactor Temperature Profile during Catalytic Partial Oxidation on Rh/Al2O3 Catalyst In a Reverse Flow Reactor...... 61 Lucia Salemme, Marino Simeone, Laura Menna

Autothermal Reforming of JP8 Using a 10 kWth Finned Wall Reactor...... 62 Federico Barrai, Marco J. Castaldi

Quantum ChEmical and Detailed ChEmical Kinetic Modeling of Methylamine Oxidation: Applications to Atmospheric and Supercritical Water ChEmistries...... 63 Kenneth M. Benjamin, Justin P. Meyer, Fanariot Sefa

The Reaction of Vinyl Radical with Alkenes: Measured Rates and Predicted Pressure-Dependent Product Distributions...... 64 Claude Franklin Goldsmith III, Huzeifa Ismail, Paul Abel, William H. Green

ChEmical Processing in a Film Boiling Reactor ...... 74 Wing Tsang, C. Thomas Avedesian, Sung Ryel Choi

Interacting Roles of Fuel Evaporation, Micro-Mixing and Homogeneous ChEmical Kinetics In Limiting the Performance of Continuous Spray Combustors ...... 76 Daniel E. Rosner, Manuel Arias-Zugasti, Michael Labowsky

On-the-Fly Reduction of Kinetic Mechanisms Using Element Flux Analysis ...... 77 Kaiyuan He, Ioannis P. Androulakis, M.G. Ierapetritou

Kinetic Modeling of Oxidation Methane Conversion in Regime of Filtration Combustion with Superadiabatic Heating...... 80 Anna A. Karnaukh, Avigeya N. Ivanova, Svetlana S. Kostenko, George B. Manelis, Eugene V. Polianczyk

Diffusion and Reaction in Catalytic Monolith Washcoat - Modeling Approaches ...... 86 Milos Marek, Petr Koci, Jan Stepanek, Vladimir Novak, Milan Kubicek

Exploring the Synergistic Performance of a Pt-Rh/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst for the Reduction of NO with H2 ...... 87 Paul S. Dimick, Richard G. Herman, Charles E. Lyman

SO2-Derived Enhanced Stability of Ag-Alumina Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Methane ...... 94 Xiaoyan She, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Chongmin Wang, Yong Wang, Charles H. F. Peden

Effect of Urea and Urea Decomposition Byproducts on Zeolite Activity for Selective Catalytic Reduction...... 95 Maik Eichelbaum, Marco Castaldi

Low Temperature Scr Activity Over MnOx/TiO2 Catalysts Prepared by Sol-Gel Method; Effect of Mn Loadings...... 96 Hyuk Jae Kwon, Young Jin Kim, In-Sik Nam, Hong-Jip Kim, Gwon Koo Yeo, Jin Woo Choung, Moon-Soon Cha

N2O and NH3 Formation Over Three-Way Catalytic Converters - the Effect of Low Sulfur Gasoline...... 98 Isidro Mejia-Centeno, Gustavo A. Fuentes

Molecule-Based Modeling of Petroleum Resids: Matthew Neurock's Linking of Quantum ChEmistry and Global Petroleum Fractions ...... 100 Michael T. Klein, Craig Bennett, Zhen Hou

Molecular Recognition In Heterogeneous Catalysis...... 101 Rutger A. van Santen

Microreaction Engineering: Is Small Really Better? ...... 102 Jan J. Lerou

Selective Oxidation Reactions Catalyzed by Au In the Aqueous Phase ...... 103 Robert J. Davis, William C. Ketchie, Bhushan Zope

Advances toward Obtaining Kinetics from Reactive Molecular Dynamics...... 104 Phillip R. Westmoreland, Sonia Tulyani, Kenneth Smith, Marc R. Nyden, Stanislav I. Stoliarov, George A. Petersson

Deactivation, Regeneration, and Stable Performance of a Platinum-Molybdenum-Rhenium Water Gas Shift Catalyst for on-Site Hydrogen Generation...... 106 Lucas Dorazio, Wolfgang Ruettinger, Marco J. Castaldi, Bob Farrauto

Kinetic Study of Water-Gas Shift Over Au-Ferrochrome Catalysts...... 107 John S. Coleman, Gaurav N. Vajani, Carl R. F. Lund

Development of Precious Metal Modified Spc-Ni/Mgal Catalyst for Hydrogen Station Application...... 108 Dae Hyun Kim, Byung Gwon Lee, Moon-Ju Park, Jae Suk Choi, Suk In Hong, Dong Ju Moon

Development of Cu-Mo Based Wgs Catalyst for Hydrogen Station and Fuel Processor Applications ...... 114 Dong Ju Moon, Dae Jin Sung, Yun Ju Lee, Jong Woo Ryu, Sang Deuk Lee

Synthesis of Mesoporous Nickel-Ceria Catalyst Using Tri-Block Co-Polymer Template for Low–Temperature Water-Gas-Shift Reaction ...... 120 Jiann-Horng Lin, Prakash Biswas, Vadim V Guliants

Cellulose Liquefaction and Hydrogen Production In Supercritical Water ...... 121 Adam Byrd, Sandeep Kumar, Ram B. Gupta

Optimization of Diesel Aftertreatment Catalysts and Systems Using Computer Modeling as a Tool...... 122 Jianguo Dai, Andrew P.E. York, Mehrdad Ahmadinejad, Maya R. Desai, Monica Tutuianu, Timothy C. Watling

Detailed Microkinetic and Modeling of the Pt/ba Lean NOx Trap Monolith: Spanning Steady-State and Cyclic Operation with Hydrogen as the Reductant...... 123 Jin Xu, Michael Harold, Vemuri Balakotaiah

The Influence of Pt Incorporation on NOx Storage-Reduction Capacity of Nsr Monolith Catalysts ...... 125 Beñat Pereda-Ayo, Juan J. Delgado, Rubén López-Fonseca, José J. Calvino, Serafín Bernal, Juan R. González-Velasco

Effect of Ceria on the Sulfation and Desulfation Behavior of Lean NOx Trap Catalysts...... 132 Yaying Ji, Todd J. Toops, Mark Crocker

Various Roles of Water In the Regeneration Processes Over the Pt-BaO/Al2O3 Lean NOx Trap Catalysts ...... 133 Do Heui Kim, Ja Hun Kwak, XianQin Wang, Janos Szanyi, Jonathan Hanson, Charles H. F. Peden

Elucidating the Role of the Pt/ba Interface during NOx Storage and Reduction on Model Pt/bao Catalysts...... 134 Ashok Kumar, Robert D. Clayton, Michael Harold, Vemuri Balakotaiah

Role of Surface Acidity on Immobilization and Stability of Rhodium Complexes on Zsm-5: In Situ FTIR, Raman, and Xas Characterization...... 136 Brandon Long, Javier Guzman

Characterizing the Nanostructure of Metal Oxide Catalysts Using High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy ...... 137 Hari Nair, ChElsey D. Baertsch

Spectroscopic Identification of Intermediates In Aqueous-Phase Oxidation of Glycerol Over Au ...... 138 Kimberly N. Heck, Benjamin G. Janesko, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Naomi J. Halas, M. S. Wong

In-Situ Vibrational Spectroscopic Investigation of Chirally-Modified Metal Catalysts for Enantioselective C=C Bond Hydrogenation ...... 139 Gengshen Hu, Ivelisse Ortiz-Hernandez, Christopher T. Williams

Catalytic Shock Tube ...... 140 Nora M. McLaughlin

Towards Computational Screening for New Catalysts ...... 141 Jk Norskov

Alkane Cracking and Dehydrogenation In Zeolites ...... 142 Johannes A. Lercher, Carsten Sievers, Praveen Chinthala, Xuebing Li

Strategies for Changing the Energy Content and Achieving C-C Coupling In Biomass-Derived Oxygenated Hydrocarbons...... 143 James A. Dumesic

Applications of Theory to Catalysis: A ChEmical Engineering Perspective ...... 144 Alexis T. Bell

Catalytic ChEmistry of Dimethyl Ether: Energy Carrier and ChEmical Intermediate...... 145 Enrique Iglesia

Bifunctional Monolithic Catalysts for User Defined Fischer Tropsch Products...... 146 Tomasz Wiltowski, Adam Campen, Debalina Dasgupta, Agnieszka Konieczny

Demonstration of the Loop Reactor Concept...... 147 Aharon Madai, Moshe Sheintuch

High Pressure Catalytic Hydrogenation of Acetone in a PDMS Based Recirculating Microreactor System...... 149 Ketan Pimparkar, Rui Lin, Robert Y. Ofoli, James E. Jackson, Sherine Obare, Dennis J. Miller

Hexane Isomerization In a Reverse-Flow Chromatographic Reactor...... 154 Brad Carnish, Hugo Caram

Needle in a Haystack Catalysis: An Experimental Study Using Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP)...... 155 Xiaolin Zheng, John T. Gleaves, Gregory S. Yablonsky

Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Application In Life Support Systems and In Situ Resource Utilization ...... 162 Hyun Hwang, Aadesh Harale, Paul K. T. Liu, Muhammad Sahimi, Theodore T. Tsotsis

Water-Gas Shift Reaction on Metal Oxide Supported Palladium Catalysts ...... 165 Luis Bollmann, W. Damion Williams, Joshua L Ratts, J. T. Miller, W. Delgass, Fabio H. Ribeiro

Kinetic and Process Study for Ethanol Reforming Using a Pt/rh Washcoated Monolith Catalyst ...... 166 Amanda Simson, Marco Castaldi

Reaction-Relevant Gold Structures in Au-Feox Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction ...... 167 Yanping Zhai, Rui Si, Weiling Deng, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Anatoly Frenkel, Steven H. Overbury, George Flynn, Kwang Rim

The Roles of the Transition Metal Oxides Nanoparticles and Their Interaction with Noble Metals In Processing Biomass Renewable Energy...... 168 Min Yang, Xianqin Wang

Study of the Activity of Mo-Oxide Catalysts for the Reforming of Hydrocarbons...... 169 Oscar G. Marin Flores, Su Ha

Preparation of Magnetic Cobalt-Based Catalyst for Hydrogen Generation from Alkaline NaBH4 Solution...... 170 ChEng-Hong Liu, Yi-Chia Kuo, Kuo-Jen Hwang, Chan-Li Hsueh, Jie-Ren Ku, Bing-Hung ChEn

Investigating the Support Effects In the Pd / ZnO Catalyzed Steam Reforming of Methanol...... 179 Matthew P. Hyman, John M. Vohs

Influence of ZrO2 Nanoligands on the Catalytic Performance of Supported Pt/ZrO2/SiO2 Catalysts ...... 180 Somphonh Peter Phivilay, Israel E. Wachs, Wu Zhou, Chris Kiely

Effect of the Preparation Method and Distribution Profiles of Pdo and Pd Supported Catalyst in the Isopropyl Alcohol Partial Oxidation...... 181 Diana C. Botia, Gabriel Camargo, Joaquin Tirano, Juan Carlos Moreno, Liliana Giraldo

A Comparison of Monoliths and Short Contact Time Supports for Selective Catalytic Oxidation: Performance and Steady-State Multiplicity ...... 193 Federico Barrai, Marco J. Castaldi

Investigation of the Effect of Spillover Processes on the Catalytic Activity Using Mixed Ionic Electronic Conducting Membrane Reactors...... 194 Danai Poulidi, Ian S. Metcalfe

Platinum Supported on Molybdenum Carbide for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction, a Theoretical and Experimental Study ...... 196 Neil M. Schweitzer, Suljo Linic, Levi Thompson

Rutherford Aris (1929 -2005): Christian Gentleman, Catholic and Prolific Scholar, Supportive and Sagacious Mentor, and Irrepressible Prankster ...... 197 W. Harmon Ray

A First Course in the Foundations of ChEmical Engineering...... 198 Morton Denn

Intriguing Nonlinear Dynamic and Stability Characteristics of Film Blowing Process...... 199 Jae Chun Hyun, Joo Sung Lee, Hyun Wook Jung, Dong Myeong Shin

Can We Predict How Humans Will Respond to Drugs?...... 206 Michael L. Shuler, Daniel A. Tatosian, Jong H. Sung

New Methods for Hydrogen Generation from Boron Compounds and Water ...... 208 Arvind Varma, Evgeny Shafirovich, Moiz Diwan

Submechanism for Mercury Oxidation Via Bromine and Chlorine In Coal Combustion Flue Gas ...... 209 Terumi Okano, Jennifer Wilcox, Ilie Fishtik

Microkinetic Assessment of Propane Selective Oxidation to Acrylic Acid ...... 211 Konstantinos Metaxas, Joris W. Thybaut, Frederik N. Naraschewski, Johannes A. Lercher, Andreas Jentys, Guy B. Marin

A Generic Hydrodynamic Model of Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Riser Reactor ...... 221 Jun You, Chao Zhu

Magnetic Imaging of Pyrolysis Feedstocks to Model Olefin Product Yields from Naphthas...... 230 Preetinder S. Virk

Rate Laws for Reactions with Parallel Pathways: Use of the Electrical Analogy...... 231 Ravindra Datta, Saurabh Vilekar, Ilie Fishtik

Reaction Stoichiometry and Conservation Relations from Batch Process Data ...... 232 Samantha Burnham, Mark Willis

Network Analysis of Cooperative Dynamic Effects of Simultaneous Oxidation and Reduction In Twc Converters ...... 234 Igor Schreiber, Otto Hadac, Milos Marek

Understanding Sulfur Poisoning and Carbon Deposition on Rh-Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts during Steam Reforming of Logistic Fuels...... 235 Satish Lakhapatri, Martin A. Abraham

Effect of Reaction Temperature on the Performance of Thermal Swing Sorption Enhanced Reaction Process for Simultaneous Production of Fuel Cell Grade H2 and Compressed CO2 from Synthesis Gas ...... 236 Michael G. Beaver, Ki Bong Lee, Hugo Caram, Shivaji Sircar

Effect of Sulfur on Mo2C-Supported Liquefied Petroleum Gas Steam Reforming Catalysts ...... 237 Peng Wang, Levi Thompson

Effect of Fuel Sulfur on Reformation of Distillate Fuels...... 238 Subir Roychoudhury, Christian Junaedi, Dennis Walsh, Curtis Morgan, Rich Mastanduno

Contaminant Tolerant Catalysts for High Temperature Membrane Wgs Reaction...... 239 Ataullah Khan, Panagiotis (Peter) Smirniotis

Topological Analysis of Catalytic Decomposition of Ammonia for Hydrogen Production...... 240 Saurabh A. Vilekar, Ilie Fishtik, Ravindra Datta

Pyrrole Hydrogenation Over Monodisperse Platinum Nanoparticles Supported Onto Mesoporous Silica: Impact of Particle Size upon Product Selectivity...... 241 John N. Kuhn, Wenyu Huang, Chia-kuang Tsung, Gabor A. Somorjai

Density Functional Theory Study of Support Effects In Reverse Hydrogen Spillover ...... 242 Carolina Gomez, Randall Meyer

Ab Initio Studies of Ceria-Based Oxides for Direct Hydrocarbon Oxidation...... 243 Adam D. Mayernick, Michael J. Janik

Kinetic and Spectroscopic Investigation of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction on Supported Pt Catalysts ...... 245 Joshua L. Ratts, Luis Bollmann, W. Damion Williams, Jorge Pazmino, Andrew Smeltz, Ajay M. Joshi, J. T. Miller, W. N. Delgass, Fabio H. Ribeiro

Pt-Catalyzed NO Oxidation Pathways and the Effect of NO2 Adsorbents...... 246 Brian M. Weiss, Enrique Iglesia

Predicting Catalytic Activity from Measured Electronic Structure of Supported Catalytic Materials: Supported Ni Versus Ni Alloys...... 247 Eranda , Suljo Linic

Catalytic Autothermal Reforming of Renewable Fuels at Millisecond Times ...... 248 Lanny D. Schmidt

Monod's Growth Kinetics. Is There a Rationale for It? ...... 249 Doraiswami Ramkrishna

Understanding Microreaction Systems through Rutherford Aris' Contributions to Reaction Engineering...... 253 Klavs F. Jensen

Reaction Engineering and the Catalytic Converter...... 254 L. Louis Hegedus

Coming to Terms with Complex ChEmistry...... 255 Martin R. Feinberg

Carboxyl Vs. Formate Routes In the Mechanism of the Water Gas Shift Reaction - A Reaction Route Network Analysis...... 256 Matthew Quitadamo, Saurabh Vilekar, Ilie Fishtik, Ravi Datta

Reaction Path Analysis of the Total Oxidation of Propane Over a Cuo-CeO2/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst by Means of Temporal Analysis of Products (TAP) ...... 257 Veerle Balcaen, Raf Roelant, Hilde Poelman, Guy B. Marin

Mastering Simultaneous Reaction and Diffusion through Single Event Microkinetic Modeling of N-Alkane Hydroconversion on Pt/H-Zsm-5...... 261 Indranil R. Choudhury, Joris W. Thybaut, Johan A. Martens, Joeri Denayer, Guy B. Marin

First Principles Reaction Path Analysis of the Fischer-Tropsch Initiation and Chain Growth Mechanism...... 269 Kong Fei Tan, Mingkun Zhuo, Armando Borgna, Mark Saeys

Design and Testing of Microreactors for Kinetic Experiments of Catalytic Oxidation of Small Alkanes Over Platinum ...... 272 Justin A. Federici, Dion Vlachos

A New Method for Monte Carlo Simulations Using Sampling of Normally-Distributed Rate Probabilities: Study of the Preferential Oxidation of CO...... 273 Sichem Guerrero-Ruz, Eduardo E. Wolf

Gallium-Incorporated Mfi Zeolites for Enhanced Aromatics Production Under Fischer-Tropsch Conditions ...... 275 Johannes W. Schwank, Benjamin D. Harris

Desulfurization / Tar Removal for Gasifier and Biogasifier Effluents with Mixed Rare Earth Oxides...... 276 Kerry Dooley, Vikram Kalakota, Sumana Adusumilli, Robert Forest

Stability and Kinetic Study of Barium Manganese Hexa-Aluminate Combustion Catalysts...... 283 Geofrey Goldwin, James Richardson

Conversion of Oxygenate Mixtures Obtained from the Catalytic Conversion of Syngas into Hydrocarbons ...... 284 Prashant Reuben Daggolu, Mark G. White

Mixed Metaloxide Supported CeO2 Catalysts for the Transesterification of Soybean Oil with Methanol ...... 285 Manhoe Kim, Shuli Yan, Huali Wang, John Wilson, Steven O. Salley, K. Y. Simon Ng

Reaction Kinetics of Soybean Oil Transesterification at High Temperature ...... 286 Shuli Yan, Manhoe Kim, John Wilson, Steven O. Salley, K. Y. Simon Ng

Electrocatalytical Properties of Perovskites for SOFC Anodes ...... 287 Michael Van den Bossche, Michael Kelly Bruce, Steven McIntosh

Stability and Dissolution of Monolayer 3d-Pt Bimetallic Electrocatalyst Surfaces ...... 288 Carl A. Menning, Jingguang G. ChEn

First Principles Studies of Electrochemical Reactions at Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Electrodes ...... 290 David B. Ingram, Suljo Linic

Co-Adsorption and Electrode-Electrolyte Interfacial Structure Effects on Oxygen Dissociation and Reduction Energetics ...... 291 Michael J. Janik, Kuan-Yu Yeh, Erin K. Boland, Janna K. Maranas

Reactivity Descriptors for Improving Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Anode Catalysis ...... 292 Peter A. Ferrin, Anand U. Nilekar, Jeff Greeley, Jan Rossmeisl, Manos Mavrikakis

Stability and Reactivity of Metal-Supported Metal Adclusters ...... 293 Jeff Greeley, Nenad Markovic, Vojislav Stamenkovic

Chiral and Achiral Dendrimers Supported on Mcm-41 as Organocatalysts ...... 294 Qingqing Wang, Daniel F. Shantz

A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Structure and Reactivity of VOx/TiO2/SiO2 Catalysts for Methanol Oxidation ...... 295 Will C. Vining, Anthony Goodrow, Alexis T. Bell

The Use of Ultra High-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Study the Surface Structure and Catalytic Properties of Poorly Crystalline γ–Al2O3 Surfaces ...... 296 Ja Hun Kwak, Jianzhi Hu, Do Heui Kim, Janos Szanyi, Charles H. F. Peden

Manipulating Metal-Support Interactions Via the Ferroelectric Effect ...... 297 Yang Yun, Nicolas Pilet, Udo D. Scwarz, Eric I. Altman

Investigation of Promoted Catalysts for Ethylene Epoxidation...... 298 Joseph C. Dellamorte, Jochen Lauterbach, Mark Barteau

Reductive Behaviors and H2 ChEmisorption of Cobalt Catalyst Supported ZrO2-La2O3 Mixed Oxide...... 299 Soipatta Soisuwan, Tassanee Tubcharoen, Chanarong Chareondechanukor, Piyasan Praserthdam

On the Challenge of Solving 3-D Population Balance Equations...... 300 Christos Georgakis

Promise and Reality of Systems Biology In Elucidating Cellular Behavior: Studying Global Regulation In Yeast ...... 301 Gregory Stephanopoulos, Joel F. Moxley, Maciek R. Antoniewicz, Hal Alper, Lily Tong, Trey Ideker, Jens Nielsen

Some Interactions Between Problems In ChEmical Engineering and the Biological Sciences...... 302 Kyriacos Zygourakis

Choosing the Right Variables...... 304 Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, Thomas Frewen

Multiscale Simulation for Scale-up of Nanotechnological Processes: Symbiosis of Traditional and Modern Tools ...... 305 Dion Vlachos

Gas and Particle Phase ChEmistry of Linalool Ozone Reactions and Analysis of Resulting Reactive Oxygen Species...... 306 Meera Sidheswaran, Lawrence L Tavlarides

Methanol Oxidation Mechanisms by Methanol Dehydrogenase Enzyme: A DMOL3 Study...... 315 Nagesh B. Idupulapati, Daniela S. Mainardi

Reaction Pathway Analysis of the L-Proline Catalyzed a-Aminoxylation of Aldehydes...... 316 Ivan A. Konstantinov, Linda J. Broadbelt

Heterogeneous Vs. Homogeneous Pd Coupling Pathways: Heck and Suzuki Couplings Using Palladium Immobilized on Propylthiol-Modified Mesoporous Silica ...... 318 John M. Richardson, Christopher W. Jones

Mechanistic Understanding of “Pd Cycle” Using Reaction Progress Analysis: An Insight into Understanding the Formation of Homo-Coupled Biaryl (impurity) Vs Hetro-Coupled Biaryl (desired product) Using Reaction Kinetics in the Catalytic Cycle ...... 320 Sandeep B. Kedia, Mark B. Mitchell

Mass-Coupled Cstrs – Cooperative Dynamics in Complex pH-Oscillatory Reactions...... 321 Lenka Schreiberova, Oldrich Pesek, Igor Schreiber

Nano-Scale Environmental Effects In the Reactivity of Platinum Clusters...... 325 Ye Xu, Rachel B. Getman, William A. Shelton Jr., William F. Schneider

Adsorbate-Adsorbate Interactions In Heterogeneous Catalysis: DFT and Ab Initio Thermodynamic Studies of Pressure- and Temperature-Dependant Impact of Alkalis on Oxidation Reactions ...... 326 Hongliang Xin, Suljo Linic

Different Wetting Behaviors of Pd and Rh on the CeO2(111) Surface. A DFT and Hrtem Study ...... 327 Liang ChEn, Xiaoqing Pan, George Graham

Density Functional Theory Study of NOx Storage Reduction Catalysts...... 328 Randall Meyer, Jelena Jelic

Support Effects on the Catalytic Properties of Pt-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticles. A Multi-Scale Simulation Study...... 329 Brian H. Morrow, Alberto Striolo

Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Decomposition...... 330 Danielle A. Hansgen, Jingguang G. ChEn, Dion Vlachos

ChEmical Reaction Engineering: Quo Vadis? ...... 331 Jan J. Lerou

Temperature Excursions during Regeneration of Diesel Particulate Filters...... 332 Dan Luss

Tracking and Controlling Molecular Transformations Over Catalytic Surfaces...... 333 Matthew Neurock

Challenges in Mutiphase Reaction Engineering ...... 334 Milorad P. Dudukovic

Heat Recirculation Microreactors In Gas-Phase and Catalytic Reactions...... 335 Justin A. Federici, Eric D. Wetzel, Bruce R. Geil, Dion Vlachos

Harnessing ChEmical Energy for Hydrogen Purification In Microreactors ...... 337 Kishori Deshpande, Andrea Adamo, Martin A. Schmidt, Klavs F. Jensen

Catalytic Cracking of Methylcyclohexane Over Fcc Catalysts in a Mini-Fluidized Crec Riser Simulator ...... 339 Mustafa Al-Sabawi, Hugo de Lasa

Experimental Demonstration of a Thermally-Integrated Microchannel Network...... 350 Angela M. Moreno, Benjamin A. Wilhite

Ignition Strategies for Catalytic Microdevices...... 351 Niket S. Kaisare, Georgios D. Stefanidis, Dion Vlachos

Synthesis and Characterization of Au-Pd/SiO2 Catalysts Prepared by Electroless Deposition Methods...... 352 Jayakiran Rebelli, Joseph H. Montoya, Christopher T. Williams, John R. Monnier

Dendrimer-Derived Bimetallic Ir-Based/γ-Al2O3 Catalysts for Liquid-Phase Hydrogenation Reactions ...... 353 Yaritza M. López-De Jesús, Aurélie Vicente, John R. Monnier, Gwendoline Lafaye, Patrice Marécot, Christopher T. Williams

Pre-Synthesized Nanoparticles Are Not Always Catalytically Active: Importance of Pretreatment for the Removal of Stabilizing Polymer Monolayers and Growth-Control Additives ...... 354 Robert Rioux, Michael E. Grass, Peidong Yang, Gabor A. Somorjai

Reverse Micelle Synthesis of Bimetallic Catalysts ...... 356 Elizabeth D'Addio, Joseph C. Dellamorte, Rohit Vijay, Mark Barteau, Jochen Lauterbach

Preparation of Supported Nanoparticle Catalysts. A Molecularly-Engineered Route Based on Synthesis, Assembly and Activation...... 357 Chuan-Jian Zhong, Jin Luo, Peter Njoki, Birgid Wanjala, Zhichuan Xu, Rameshwori Loukrakpam, Derrick Mott, Stephanie Lim, Lingyan Wang

Effect of Synthesis Variables and Development of Nickel Dispersion In Ni/czo Autothermal Reforming Catalysts Prepared by Incipient Wetness ...... 358 Andrew R. Tadd, Johannes W. Schwank

First Principles Investigation of Water Dissociation on Cu, Au, and Pt-Group Metals...... 359 Abhijit A. Phatak, Kendall T. Thomson, W. Nicholas Delgass, Fabio H. Ribeiro, William F. Schneider

Evaluating Uncertainty In Ab Initio Phase Diagrams of Oxygen on Pt and Au(111) ...... 360 Spencer D. Miller, John R. Kitchin

Electrochemical Stability and Surface Segregation Tendencies of Core-Shell Structures. A Density Functional Theory Study...... 361 Gustavo E. Ramirez-Caballero, Yuguang Ma, J. Rafael Callejas-Tovar, Perla B. Balbuena

A First Principles Study of the Poisoning Effects of Sulfur on Pt3Co(111) ...... 362 Devina Pillay, Michelle D. Johannes

First Principles, Atomistic Thermodynamics for Sulfur Poisoning of Cu Water Gas Shift Catalysts ...... 363 Nilay Inoglu, John R. Kitchin

DFT Estimation of the Adsorption Energy of CO on Ni, Ru and Rh Surfaces with Different Morphologies...... 364 Rajib Mukherjee, Francisco R. Hung, James J. Spivey, Jose A. Romagnoli

Ramki - Some Reflections...... 365 Arnold G. Fredrickson

Puzzling Mysteries...... 366 Edwin N. Lightfoot

New Combustion-Based Methods for Hydrogen Generation...... 367 Arvind Varma, Moiz Diwan, David Hannah, Evgeny Shafirovich

How to Find What You Do Not Know When You Do Not Even Know What to Look for ...... 368 Eleftherios Terry Papoutsakis

Thermodynamics: A Fifty Year Review ...... 369 Stanley I. Sandler

Nonlinear Dynamics in Rfid Enabled Supply Chains ...... NA Sangtae Kim, Nathan J. Patterson, Jeffrey Rhoads

Toward the Reproducible Intrinsic Kinetic Measurement in Multi-Phase Microreactors...... 370 Pedro Castaño, Daniel Van Herk, Michiel T. Kreutzer, Michiel Makkee, Jacob A. Moulijn

Supercritical Continuous Microreactor Synthesis of Narrow Size Distribution Quantum Dots ...... 371 Samuel Marre, Jongnam Park, Moungi G. Bawendi, Klavs F. Jensen

Microreactor Engineering for Metallic Nanoparticles Synthesis...... 374 Saif A. Khan

Constant-Flow Recirculation In Microchemical Systems...... 375 Hemantkumar R. Sahoo, Patrick L. Heider, Klavs F. Jensen

Kinetics and Thermodynamics of the Ring Opening Reaction of Hexamethyl Cyclotrisiloxane (D3) ...... 376 Georg Witek, Margot Brandstaetter, Matthaeus Siebenhofer, Frank Uhlig

High Temperature Self-Initiation in Ethyl Acrylate Polymerization. A Computational Study...... 384 Sriraj Srinivasan, Myung Won Lee, Michael C. Grady, Masoud Soroush, Andrew M. Rappe

The Kinetics of Hybrid Photopolymerizations for Urethane Acrylate/epoxide Hybrid Mixture Systems as a Function of Water Concentration and Temperature ...... 387 Ho Seop Eom, Julie L.P. Jessop

Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Photoinitiation Rate for Thick Polymer Systems Illuminated by Polychromatic Light: Selection of Efficient Photoinitiators for L.E.D. or Mercury Lamps ...... 389 Cindy C. Hoppe, Nicole Stephenson Kenning, Beth A. Ficek, Alec B. Scranton

A Kinetic and Spectroscopic Studies of Effect of Oxygen on Photopolymerization of Patterned Hydrogel Thin Film ...... 390 Dipti Biswal, J. Zach Hilt

Understanding Kinetics of Spontaneous Thermal Polymerization of Alkyl Acrylates: An Experimental Study ...... 391 Sriraj Srinivasan, Christopher Bruni, George A. Kalfas, Michael C. Grady, Masoud Soroush

Manufacturing of Decadiene Copolymers ...... 393 Job D. Guzman, Daniel Arriola, Joshua Gaubert, Teresa Karjala, Brian Kolthammer

Influences of Redox Initiators on Free-Radical Frontal Polymerization of Poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate)...... 394 Su ChEn, Yuan Fang, Huan Yu, Li ChEn, Xiaohua Lu

Characterizing the Processes of Calcination and Reduction in the Preparation of Supported Cobalt Catalysts ...... 399 S. David Jackson, Fiona A. Wigzell

Synthesis of Carbon Aerogel Supported Co-Based Pemfc Catalysts Using Supercritical Ammonia ...... 406 Alevtina Smirnova, Yan-Ling Hu, Mark Aindow, Daniel Gouberman, Pete Menard, Wendell Rhine

Supported Dimeric Oxides from Organometallic Routes ...... 416 Justin M. Notestein, Andrew Korinda, Nicholas Schoenfeldt

A General Methodology for Preparing Nanostructured Silica Supported Catalysts ...... 417 Craig E. Barnes

Nanoislands on Nanoislands: Controlling the Dispersion of Barium Oxide on Aluminum Oxide through Successive Ionic Layer Deposition...... 419 Thomas I. Gilbert, Johannes W. Schwank

Characterization of Metal Oxide Electrical Properties for Band Engineered Catalysis...... 420 Meredith C. Kratzer, Edmund G. Seebauer

Electrochemically Assisted Photocatalytic Degradation of Methyl Orange Using Anodized Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes...... 421 Ravi Subramanian, Yon S. Sohn, York R. Smith, Manoranjan Misra

Oxidation of Propylene Oxide in Subcritical and Supercritical Water...... 422 Teresa Moreno Rueda, Juan García-Serna, María José Cocero Alonso

Effects of Ultrasonic Power and High Frequency on the Kinetics of the Sonochemical Oxidation of Aqueous Carbon Disulfide...... 425 Yusuf G. Adewuyi

Design of Photochemical Ractors with Experimental Data ...... 426 Edson Tomaz, Helio Gabardo Filho, Jose Roberto Nunhez

Kinetic Study of CATALYTIC Cracking of Model Hydrocarbons on Fcc Catalysts ...... 427 Jose Roberto Nunhez, Gustavo P. Valença, Adriana S. Pagani

DFT Study of the Dissociation of H2O and H2 on áAl2O3 Supported Pt Clusters ...... 429 Jennifer Synowczynski, Jan Andzelm, Dion Vlachos

Insights into Partial Oxidation and Reforming of Ethane on Pt: Density Functional Theory ...... 436 Ying ChEn, Dion Vlachos

DFT Analysis of the Quantitative Effects of Ion Pairing and Sterics for 1-Hexene Polymerization Catalyzed by Mixed Cp′/ArO Complexes ...... 437 Kendall T. Thomson, Thomas A. Manz, James M. Caruthers, W. Nicholas Delgass, Khamphee Phomphrai, Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Shalini Sharma, Grigori A. Medvedev, Krista A. Novstrup, Andrew E. Fenwick

A DFT Study of the Structure-Function-Performance Relationship of Group 4 Metallocenes ...... 438 Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler, Michaela Flock, Joerg Sassmannshausen, Johannes G. Khinast

First Principle Calculations of Supported Catalysts: CO Binding on MgO Supported Gold Clusters and Nanoparticles ...... 439 Giannis Mpourmpakis, Dion Vlachos

Theoretical Investigation of the Rh(TFA)3(CO)2 Catalyst for the Oxidative Carbonylation of Toluene to P-Toluic Acid ...... 440 Andrew Behn, Alexis T. Bell, Martin Head-Gordon

Directed Deposition Synthesis of Supported Bimetallic Overlayer Catalysts ...... 441 Joseph H. Holles, Michael P. Latusek, Brett Spigarelli, Rebecca Heimerl

Comparison of Modeling and Experiments for Impregnation and Drying of Nickel-Alumina Catalysts ...... 443 Xue Liu, Johannes G. Khinast, Ben Glasser

Sintering of Heterogeneous Catalysts...... 444 Levi R. Houk, Andrew T. DeLaRiva, Abhaya K. Datye

Kinetics, Self-Similar Crystallite Size Distributions, and the Mechanism of Catalyst Sintering ...... 445 Elizabeth Salinas-Rodriguez, Enrique Soto-Mercader, Gustavo A. Fuentes

Role of Solvent In Determining Catalytic Strength In Organic Acid Functionalized Mesoporous Silica...... 446 Basak Cinlar, Brent H. Shanks

Silica and Alumina Pd-Sn Catalysts : Correlations Between Structure and Surface Properties of the Catalysts and Their Catalytic Performances In Citral Hydrogenation...... 447 Aurélie Vicente, Gwendoline Lafaye, Catherine Especel, Christopher Williams, Patrice Marécot

Statistics and Pattern Discovery: Identification of Metabolomic Biomarkers for End Stage Renal Disease ...... 448 Gregory Stephanopoulos, Lily Tong, Joanne Kelleher, Ravi Thadhani

A New Approach for Crystal Shape and Size Evolution during Crystallization from Solution...... 449 Michael F. Doherty

Foamability of Liquid Particle Suspensions ...... 450 Darsh T. Wasan, Alex Nikolov, Krishna Vijayaraghavan

A Combined Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) Model for Tumor Growth In Rats with Uft Administration...... 451 Jong H. Sung, Anjali Dhiman, Michael L. Shuler

Looking for Control Principles in Biological Networks ...... 452 Francis J. Doyle III

Process Analytical Technology (PAT): Use from Development through Implementation in the Pharmaceutical Industry ...... 453 Katherine A. Bakeev, Jun ChEn, Gregory J. Gervasio, Su-chin Lo

Low Temperature Small Scale Reaction Calorimetry with in-Situ ATR Spectroscopy for Tracking Lithiation and Electrophilic Addition in Alkylation/acylation Reactions...... 456 Tamas A. Godany, Yorck-Michael Neuhold, Konrad Hungerbühler

Reactor Modelling for Monitoring and/or Multivariable Control - A Process Analytical Tool...... 458 Sten Bay Jorgensen

Fiberoptical Infrared Spectroscopy for the ChEmical Plant...... 459 Marcel A. Liauw

The Characterization of Catalyst for Internal Reforming Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell ...... 460 Chang-Sung Jun, Seongyoun Park, Yun Sung Kim, Tae Won Lee

Supported Catalysts in Heterogeneous Gas Phase Hydrogen Iodide Decomposition Reaction: a Screening Study...... 467 Carlo Mazzocchia, Alina Carmen Tito, Luigi Bimbi, Paolo Favuzza, Claudio Felici, Michela Lanchi, Raffaele Liberatore, Luigi Nardi, Annarita Spadoni, Pietro Tarquini

A Compact Reformer for Portable Fuel Cells...... 468 Jing Su, Chang Won Park

Reactor Stability and Sensitivity Analysis in a Diesel Particulate Filter...... 473 Jason M. Keith, Di Huang

Hydrogen Generation from Hydrolysis of Sodium Borohydride Using Ni-Ru Nanocomposite as Catalysts ...... 474 ChEng-Hong Liu, Bing-Hung ChEn, Chan-Li Hsueh, Jie-Ren Ku, Ming-Shan Jeng, Fanghei Tsau

Paper-Structured Catalyst with Layered Fiber-Network Microstructure for Efficient Autothermal Hydrogen Production ...... 484 Hirotaka Koga, Takuya Kitaoka, Hiroyuki Wariishi, Ryo Suzuki

Dynamic Regeneration of NOx Storage Catalyst - Modeling Study...... 485 Jan Stepanek, Frantisek Plat, Petr Koci, Milos Marek, Milan Kubicek

Lumped Kinetic Models for Olive Mill Wastewaters Catalytic Ozonation ...... 487 Rui C. Martins, Rosa M. Quinta-Ferreira

Catalytic NOx Reduction Using Paper-Structured Catalyst for the Purification of Automobile Exhaust Gas ...... 488 Hirotake Ishihara, Hirotaka Koga, Takuya Kitaoka, Hiroyuki Wariishi, Akihiko Tomoda, Ryo Suzuki

Effect of Solvent on Noble Metals Over Hydrotalcite Catalysts ...... 489 Sun Young Park, Dong Ju Moon, Jong Ho Kim, Jae Soon Shin, Young Chul Kim, Nam Cook Park

Quantitative Correlation Between the Acidity and the Catalytic Activity for the Methanol Dehydration...... 490 Dae Yun Lee, Eun Duck Park, Jae Eui Yie

NO Oxidation Over Supported Cobalt Oxides Catalysts...... 491 Dae Su Kim, Tae Hun Yeon, Eun Duck Park, Jae Eui Yie

The Catalytic Effects of Perovskite on the Oxidation of Fuel Borne Catalysts Deposited Diesel Particulates ...... 492 Ju Young Sung, Dae - won Lee, Young-Moo Park, Kwan-Young Lee

The Comparison of CO Conversion on the Cr-Free Metal Oxide Catalysts for High Temperature Wgsr ...... 493 Joon Yeob Lee, Kwan-Young Lee, Dae - won Lee, Young-Moo Park, Seongmin Kim

Oxidative Coupling of Methane Using Nano-Sized Hydroxyapatite Catalyst...... 494 Sung Woo Im, Dae - won Lee, Joon Yeob Lee, Kwan-Young Lee

Infrared Spectroscopy and DFT Calculation Studies of the Effect of Gas Phase Water on Formic Acid Adsorption on TiO2 Anatase (101) Surface ...... 495 Kristi L. Pelz, J. L. Falconer, J.W. Medlin

Impact of Crystallization and Film-Breakage on Drying of Supported Catalysts...... 496 Xue Liu, Johannes G. Khinast, Ben Glasser

Influence of Reactor Configuration on the Selective Oxidation of Glycerol Over Supported Au Catalysts ...... 497 Bhushan N. Zope, Robert J. Davis

Hydrogen Production by Autothermal Reforming of Propane Over Ni/Perovskite Catalysts Modified by Mo...... 498 Kil-Young Jung, Dong-Ju Moon, Jong-Ho Kim, Young-Chul Kim, Nam-Cook Park, Jae-Soon Shin

Catalytic Combustion of Psa Residue Gas In Hydrogen Station Over Hexaaluminate Catalysts ...... 499 Seongmin Kim, Joon Yeob Lee, Hee-jun Eom, Dae - won Lee, Kwan-Young Lee

Analysis of the Sol-Gel Synthesis of Tungsten-Based Nanomaterials In a Multiphase Semi-Batch Reactor ...... 500 Kenneth L. Roberts, LaTecia D. Anderson-Jackson, Prashanth R. Ramasahayam, Darlene K. Taylor

Heat and Mass Transfer In Deep Microchannel Reactors (FMR)...... 501 Ken-Ichiro Sotowa, Shintaro Yamaguchi, Shigeru Sugiyama, Keizo Nakagawa

Performance of Au-Mg/Al2O3 Catalyst for the Selective CO Oxidation In Hydrogen Rich Stream...... 502 Sadi T Tezcanli, Ramazan Yildirim

Analysis of the Multitubular Reactor for Formaldehyde Production by One-Dimensional Models ...... 505 Juliana Schotborgh, Gustavo Adolfo Orozco, Iván Dario Gil Chaves

Synthesis of Well-Defined Multilayer Catalyst Systems by Successive Ionic Layer Deposition...... 513 Thomas I. Gilbert, Johannes W. Schwank

Structure-Property Relationships of Supported Pt-Ni Bimetallic Catalysts ...... 514 William W. Lonergan, Jingguang G. ChEn, Dion Vlachos

Nanoporous Gallium Oxides through Evaporation-Induced Self-Assembly...... 516 Chinmay A. Deshmane, Moises A. Carreon

Optimizing Impregnation of Catalysts: Examining the Saturation of Alumina Particles in a Double Cone Blender...... 517 Dustin Kucko, Charles Radeke, Arthur W. ChEster, M. Silvina Tomassone

Interactions of Sulfur-Containing Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons S-PAHs with Surface of Titania-Supported Silver: Novel Model System for Studies of Adsorption/Desorption and Surface Reactivity of Adsorbents for Sulfur Removal ...... 518 Alexander Samokhvalov, Zenda Davis, Bruce Tatarchuk

Principles of Fabricating High Performance Catalyzed Membranes for Proton-Exchange-Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells...... 519 Saurabh A. Vilekar, Quincy Elias, Deep Khatri-Chhetri, Ravindra Datta

Effect of Heterogeneities In Activity on Pattern Formation In Catalytic Reactors...... 520 Santhosh Reddy Gundlapally, Vemuri Balakotaiah, David H. West

Multi-Mode Low-Dimensional Models for Real Time Simulation of Monolithic Catalytic Reactors ...... 521 Saurabh Y. Joshi, Michael P. Harold, Vemuri Balakotaiah

Deactivation of a Platinum-Molybdenum-Rhenium Water Gas Shift Catalyst for on-Site Hydrogen Generation...... 522 Lucas Dorazio, Wolfgang Ruettinger, Marco J. Castaldi, Bob Farrauto

Experimental Kinetic Analysis of CO2 and Steam Gasification of Biomass Fuels ...... 523 Heidi C. Butterman, Marco J. Castaldi

Rapid Steam Gasification of Biomass In An Aerosol Flow Reactor...... 525 R. Bryan Woodruff, Christopher Perkins, Alan W. Weimer

Electrochemistry from First Principles: Studies of Electrochemical Transformations at Model Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Anodes ...... 526 David B. Ingram, Suljo Linic

Adsorption and Reaction of Methanol on Ceria and Au-Ceria: Influence of Ceria Structure ...... 527 Nan Yi, Rui Si, Howard M. Saltsburg, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

Targeted Ag Nano-Structures as Highly Selective Partial Oxidation Catalysts...... 528 Phillip Christopher, Suljo Linic

Adsorbate-Adsorbate Interactions In Heterogeneous Catalysis: DFT and Ab Initio Thermodynamic Studies of Pressure and Temperature Dependant Impact of Alkalis on Oxidation Reactions...... 529 Hongliang Xin, Suljo Linic

High Throughput Microcalorimetry for Catalyst Discovery ...... 530 Richard Nelson, William J. DeSisto, Brian G. Frederick, Adriaan van Heningen, M. Clayton Wheeler

Hydrodynamic and Mass Transfer Parameters of Gases in Organic Liquids Under Fischer-Tropsch Conditions...... 532 Laurent Sehabiague, Mariela Sanoja, Yannick J. Heintz, Badie I. Morsi

Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis of a Multitubular Fixed Bed Catalytic Reactor to Produce Phthalic Anhydride...... 533 Gustavo Adolfo Orozco, José Rodrigo Gómez-Díaz, Hector A. Duran

Application of the Btem Family of Algorithms to Reconstruct Individual FTIR Spectra for Fine ChEmical Syntheses In a Fast and Accurate Manner ...... 536 Feng Gao, Marc Garland

Effect of Urea and Urea Decomposition Byproducts on Zeolite Activity for Scr...... 537 Maik Eichelbaum, Marco Castaldi

The Effects of Preparation Methods for Pd/Al2O3 and Pd/TiO2/Al2O3 Catalysts on the Denox Activity Under Simulated Post Euro-4 Exhaust Condition...... 538 Yoon-Ki Hong, Yinghua Li, Youngsan Yoo, Hyunsik Han, Dae-Won Lee, Kwan-Young Lee

One Body Composite of Catalyst and CO2 Absorbent for Sorption Enhanced Reforming Process ...... 539 Kwang Bok Yi, Jeong-Hyun Park, Chang Hyun Ko, Jong-Ho Park, Jong-Nam Kim

Studies on Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Over Co-Based Catalysts...... 540 Jung Shik Kang, Ki Poong Na, Awate Shobhana, Suk In Hong, Sang Deuk Lee, Dong Ju Moon

A Kinetic and Process Study for Ethanol Reforming Using a Pt/rh Washcoated Monolith Catalyst ...... 547 Amanda Simson, Marco Castaldi

An Investigation of the Effect of Mass Transfer on the Product Selectivity In Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis ...... 548 Dinae Hilldebrandt

Catalytic Decarboxylation of Naphthenic Acid with Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst ...... 549 Jong-Ho Park, Hyun-Young Oh, Chang Hyun Ko, Kwang Bok Yi, Sang-Sup Han, Soon-Haeng Cho, Jong-Nam Kim

Experimental and Modeling Studies of NOx Storage and Reduction for a Diesel Exhaust In the Presence of H2O and CO2...... 550 Divesh Bhatia, Michael Harold, Vemuri Balakotaiah

Tap Studies of Nox Storage and Reduction on Variable Dispersion Pt/BaO/Al2O3 Catalysts ...... 551 Ashok Kumar, Vemmuri Balakotaiah, Michael Harold

Experimental Study of Reactive Mixing In a Mini-Scale Jet Mixer by Laser Induced Fluorescence Technique ...... 553 Liu Zhe, ChEng Yi, Jin Yong

Experimental Investigation of Mass Transfer Coefficient of Nitrobenzene In Concentrated Sulfuric Acid ...... 554 M. Rahaman, B. Mandal, P. Ghosh

Mechanistic Study of Non-Halogenated Flame Retarded Polycarbonate and Numerical Modeling of Cone Calorimetry Heat Release Rate...... 555 David Statler Jr., Rakesh K. Gupta

Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Structures Using Carbon Particles ...... 556 Douglas Moushey, Panagiotis (Peter) Smirniotis

Dehydrogenation of Hydroxyl Nest Groups In Silicalite-1 ...... 557 Dustin W. Fickel, Michael J. Nash, Raul F. Lobo

Low Temperature Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Using Microfibrous Entrapped Catalyst ...... 558 Shirish S. Punde, Bruce Tatarchuk

Catalytic Properties of Amine-Grafted Metal-Organic Framework MIL-101 ...... 559 Do-Young Hong, Young Kyu Hwang, You-Kyung Seo, Sung Hwa Jhung, Christian Serre, Gerard Ferey, Jong-San Chang

Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane to Synthesis Gas Over Nickel Incorporated Ni-Mcm-41 Catalysts...... 560 Yanhui Yang, Dapeng Liu, Raymond Lau

Syngas Conversion to Gasoline Over Fe/zsm-5...... 561 Amit C. Gujar, Shetian Liu, Emily A. Blaylock, Peter Thomas, Hossein Toghiani, Mark G. White

Alkylation of Benzene with Ethene over H-ZSM-5 – A Multiscale Investigation ...... 563 Niels Hansen, Till Brüggemann, Rajamani Krishna, Jasper M. Van Baten, Frerich J. Keil, Alexis T. Bell

Catalytic Ethanol Decomposition: An Example for Reducing Brute-Force DFT Work for Surface Reactivity by Combining BEP and Scaling Relations...... 566 Peter A. Ferrin, Dante Simonetti, Shampa Kandoi, James A. Dumesic, Jens K. Norskov, Manos Mavrikakis

Selective Hydrogenation of the Oxygenates : The Influence of the Nature of the Solvent...... 567 Nishant K. Sinha, Matthew Neurock

Structure Characteristics of Hydration Layer Confined to Slab Geometry of Rutile(110)...... 568 Xin Feng, Mingjie Wei, Qing Shao, Linghong Lu, Xiaohua Lu

Relating the Electronic Structure of the Oxide Support to the ChEmical Activity of Au/oxide Catalysts: A First Principles Study ...... 569 Siris Laursen, Suljo Linic

Theoretical Study of Propane, Dioxygen and Ammonia Activation Over Cluster Models of the Surface ab Planes of Mo-V-Te-Nb-O M1 Phase Catalyst ...... 570 Agalya Govindasamy, Yaroslav Kapustin, Vadim V Guliants

Activity and Electrochemical Stability of Pt Binary and Ternary Core-Shell Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction In Pemfc...... 571 Ratndeep Srivastava, Kenneth Neyerlin, Prasanna Mani, Peter Strasser

Design of Highly Active and Stable Pt-Cu Fuel Cell Catalysts with Controlled Morphology towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction ...... 573 Daniel A. Slanac, Gaurav Gupta, Jaclyn Wiggins, Keith J. Stevenson, Keith P. Johnston

Layered Carbon Nanostructures for Fuel Cell Electrocatalyst Applications...... 574 Mubarak Alazemi, Samuel St. John, Anastasios Angelopoulos

Alloyed and Intermetallic Platinum-Based Nanomaterials as Fuel Cell Catalysts ...... 575 Zhenmeng Peng, Shengchun Yang, Hong Yang

Non Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells...... 576 Ramanujam Kothandaraman, Vijayadurga Nallathambi, Scott A. Calabrese Barton

PEM-Based Electrochemical Separation of Gases...... 577 John Kitchin, James Landon

Interaction of Microwave Heating with Heterogeneous Organometallic Systems: Application to the Grignard and Reformatsky Reaction...... 578 Bastiaan H. P. Van de Kruijs, L.a. Hulshof, J. Meuldijk, J.a.J.M. Vekemans

Temperature Distribution within Zeolite Precursor Solutions In the Presence of Microwaves...... 580 Murad Gharibeh, Geoffrey Tompsett, W. Curtis Conner

Reaction Rate Analysis of De-Chlorination of Low-Concentration PCBs...... 582 Koji Amano, Koichi Itoh

Investigation of Microwave Interactions with Nickel Based Autothermal Reforming Catalysts...... 583 Steven E. Edmund, Johannes W. Schwank

Microwave Synthesis of Sapo-11: Aspects of Reactor Engineering...... 584 Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Murad Gharibeh, W. Curtis Conner, K. Sigfrid Yngvesson

Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Stable Nanoporous Gallium Oxide Phases...... 594 Chinmay A. Deshmane, Moises A. Carreon

Crystallization of Mordenite from a Clear Solution...... 601 Khalid Al-majnouni, Nathan D. Hould, Dion Vlachos, Raul F. Lobo

Synthesis of, Characterization of and Catalytic SWNT Synthesis on Pt-Co-Mcm-41...... 602 Xiaoming Wang, Nan Li, Lisa D. Pfefferle, Gary L. Haller

Structure and Colloidal Stability of Nanosized Zeolite Precursors In the Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zeolite Beta...... 603 Nathan D. Hould, Raul F. Lobo

Radius of Curvature Effect on the Hydrotransformation of N-Heptane Over Mesoporous Al-Mcm-41 ...... 604 Yanhui Yang, Dapeng Liu, Raymond Lau

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Over Mo/Zeolite Catalysts ...... 605 Shetian Liu, Amit C. Gujar, Peter Thomas, Hossein Toghiani, Mark G. White

Operating Mechanism and Activation Phenomena of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes...... 611 Andrew A. Vance, Mohammad A. Haider, Steven McIntosh

A First Principles Study of Direct Electrooxidation of Aqueous Borohydride on Au and Pt Surfaces...... 612 Gholamreza Rostamikia, Michael J. Janik

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Supported Pt-Sn and Pt-SnO2 Catalysts and Investigation the Effect of Oxide Phase In Ethanol Electro-Oxidation Reaction...... 613 Hilal Kivrak, Sadig Kuliyev, Deniz Uner

Pt-Decorated Electrocatalysts for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells...... 615 John Kitchin, Carmeline Dsilva, Diane Mattingly, Alia Lubers

Co-Deposition of Pt and Ceria In Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Anode Catalyst...... 616 Eunyoung You, Christos F. Karanikas, Eduardo , Rolando Guzman, Carlos R. Cabrera, James J. Watkins

Electro-Oxidation of Methanol on Pt-Ru Nanoparticles...... 617 Li Ren, Yangchuan Xing

Electrooxidation of Formic Acid Over Pt Supported on Carbon Nanotubes...... 618 Sankaran Murugesan, Kirby Myers, Vaidyanathan Subramanian

Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue on Multifunctional Titanosilicate ETS-10...... 619 Zhaoxia Ji, Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Mariam N. Ismail, Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco Jr.

Synthesis of Biodiesel Via Cavitation-Enhanced Homogeneous and Solid Acid Catalyzed Processes ...... 621 Yusuf G. Adewuyi

A Novel Visible Light Photocatalyst for Oxidation of Organic Compounds ...... 622 Venkata Bharat Ram Boppana, Lobo F Raul

Photocatalytic Degradation of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate In Aqueous Suspension ...... 623 Dorothy W. Skaf, Randy D. Weinstein, Amanda M. Grannas

Structure-Photocatalytic Relationships of Well-Defined TiO2 Nanodomains ...... 624 Charles A. Roberts, Israel E. Wachs

Optimal Design of Catalysts Via Multiscale Modeling: Application to Hydrogen Production Reactions ...... 625 Vinay Prasad, Zachary W. Ulissi, Megan A. Zagrobelny, Dion Vlachos

Rational Design of Hierarchically Structured Porous Catalysts and Its Application to Autothermal Reforming for Fuel Cells ...... 626 Gang Wang, Marc-Olivier Coppens

First Principles Based Design of a Ni Catalyst with Improved Stability...... 627 Xu Jing, Mark Saeys

Improving Long-Term Stability of SOFC Anodes: First Principles Approaches toward Carbon-Tolerant Alloy Electrocatalysts ...... 631 Eranda Nikolla, Johannes W. Schwank, Suljo Linic

Correlation Between Structure and Gas Binding In Co(salen) Nanoparticles...... 632 Chad A. Johnson, Bala Subramaniam, Javier Guzman

Enhanced Cooperativity Via Design: Pendant Co(III)-Salen Polymer Brush Catalysts for the Hydrolytic Kinetic Resolution of Epichlorohydrin...... 633 Christopher S. Gill, Christopher W. Jones

Rational Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts by Controlled Immobilization of Organometallic Compounds ...... 634 Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler, Rafael J. P. Eder, Birgit Wilding, Iris Pflueger, Alexander Muhr, Peter Feenstra, Gerburg Schider, Eleonora Polo, Johannes G. Khinast

High Quality Biodiesel Production from Spent Coffee Grounds ...... 636 Manoranjan Misra, Narasimharao Kondamudi, Jason Strull

Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis of the Conversion of Dihydroxyacetone to Lactic Acid...... 637 Susanne Lux, Peter Stehring, Thomas Hilber, Matthäus Siebenhofer

Supercritical Reactivation of Fischer Tropsch Catalysts...... 638 Ed Durham, Sihe Zhang, Christopher Roberts

Pilot-Scale Evaluation of Fluidizable Reforming Catalyst for Biomass Syngas Cleanup ...... 639 Calvin J. Feik, Daniel L. Carpenter, Katherine R. Gaston, Jason Hrdlicka, Steven D. Phillips, Marc Pomeroy

Supported Silver Based Adsorbents for Deep Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels for Fuel Cell Applications...... 640 Sachin Nair, Bruce Tatarchuk

Studies on An Annulus-Type Micro-Reformer System Integrated with a Two-Staged Micro-Combustor...... 641 Jung Hak Lee, Oh Chae Kwon

Autothermal Reformer Design for Fuel Cell Applications ...... 642 Chu Y. Nah, Srinivas Palanki, Nicholas D. Sylvester

Dodecane ATR Over Ni-Monolith Catalysts: Effects of Catalyst Calcination Temperature and Oxygen/ Carbon Ratio...... 643 Xiaoyin ChEn, Benjamin Gould, Kevin Dahlberg, Johannes W. Schwank

Water-Gas Shift Reaction Over Bimetallic Pt-Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts...... 644 A.Erhan Aksoylu, Burcu Selen Caglayan

Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Surface ChEmistry of Tungsten Carbide and Platinum-Modified Tungsten Carbide ...... 646 Alan Lee Stottlemyer, Ping Liu, Jingguang G. ChEn

Design and Optimization of Micro Reactor-Heat Exchanger Cascade Configurations for Autothermal Conversion of Iso-Octane to Hydrogen...... 648 Güliz Talay, Mustafa Karakaya, Ahmet K. Avci

Hydrogen Production from Bio-Ethanol Steam Reforming Over Co-Based Catalysts...... 650 Hua Song, Lingzhi Zhang, Kurtis F. Blohm, Umit S. Ozkan

Structure-Activity Relations for the Reactions of Alkyl-Sulfur Compounds with Model Metal-Oxide Surfaces...... 651 Barr Halevi, John M. Vohs

Mechanism and Active Site Density Elucidation for Ethanol Oxidation Over Supported V Ox , Mo Ox , and W Ox Catalysts ...... 652 Hari Nair, ChElsey D. Baertsch

Role of Promoters on Stability and Activity of Potassium Promoted Iron Oxide Dehydrogenation Catalysts...... 653 Zheng Li, Brent H. Shanks

Using Aberration-Corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) to Explore the Effect of the Addition/exclusion of Elements to/from the Orthorhombic Mo-V-Te-Nb-O ‘M1' Framework ...... 654 William D. Pyrz, Douglas A. Blom, N. Raveendran Shiju, Vadim V. Guliants, Thomas Vogt, Douglas J. Buttrey

Mechanism and Site Requirements for Selective Oxidation of CO In H2 Over CuOx-CeO2...... 655 Christopher S. Polster, ChElsey D. Baertsch

Metal Oxide Surface Density Effects on Pentane Isomerization Activity Using Tungstated Zirconia...... 656 Soultanidis, Alejandro J. Gonzalez, Antonios C. Psarras, Israel E. Wachs, Michael S. Wong

Development of a Vanadium Oxides Loading Method on Solid Supports...... 657 Manhoe Kim, Shuli Yan, Huali Wang, John Wilson, Steven O. Salley, K. Y. Simon Ng

Simulation of Pulp Mill Black Liquor Gasification with Gibbs Free Energy Minimization Approach...... 658 Hua-Jiang Huang, Shri Ramaswamy

Cellulase Production from Paper Mill Sludge by Trichoderma Reesei Rut C-30...... 659 Wei Wang, Li Kang, Y.Y. Lee

Advancing Cellulose and Hemicellulose Hydrolysis from Cellulosic Materials by Surfactant Pretreatment ...... 660 Qing Qing, Bin Yang, Charles Wyman

Characterization of Fast Pyrolysis Oils from Woody Biomass and Poultry Litter...... 661 Foster A. Agblevor, Frederick Teye

Selective F-T Synthesis for the Production of Middle Distillates ...... 662 Yuhan Sun, Yao Xu, Jiangang ChEn

Silica-Supported Cobalt Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Effect of Support Surface Area, Calcination Temperature and Preparation Medium...... 666 Alaa Kababji, Babu Joseph, John Wolan

Catalyst Docking Stations on Carbon Nanotubes Used In Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis...... 673 Rajesh A. Khatri, Uschi M. Graham, Alan Dozier, Neil J. Coville, Burtron H. Davis

Prospect of Success in Scaling-up Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Reactor Operates in near-Critical and Supercritical Phase Media ...... 674 Nimir O. Elbashir

Studies of the C-Number Distribution in the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis...... 686 Yoshifumi Suehiro, Xiaohao Liu, To Jiu, Kaoru Fujimoto

Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis by Nb2O5-Supported Iron or Cobalt Catalysts ...... 707 Demian P. Fabiano, Marcos N. Napolitano, Gustavo A. Teixeira, Lais L. Guimaraes, Lara C. A. Fonseca, Ricardo Reis Soares

Zn Modification of the Reactivity of Pd(111) and Co(0001) towards Ethanol and Acetaldehyde ...... 709 Eseoghene Jeroro, John M. Vohs

High Throughput Methodology for Study of Surface Segregation...... 710 Andrew J. Gellman, James B. Miller, Deepika Priyadarshini

Anchoring Pt-3d Bimetallic Surfaces on Tungsten Carbide...... 711 Michael P. Humbert, Jingguang G. ChEn

Analysis of Adsorption Induced Surface Composition Changes In CuPt/Al2O3 ...... 712 Sean Oxford, Peter L. Lee, Jeffrey T. Miller, Mayfair C. Kung, Harold H. Kung

Step Decoration for Improving Enantioselectivity of Chiral Metal Surfaces...... 713 Jeong Woo Han, David S. Sholl

DFT Studies of the Reactivity of Oxide Phases on Pd(111) ...... 714 Aravind R. Asthagiri, Jeffery M. Hawkins, Jason F. Weaver

Kinetic Phenomena In Low-Temperature CO Oxidation on Nanostructured Pt Catalysts ...... 715 Yi Zhang, Sittichai Natesakhawat, Christopher Matranga, Goetz Veser

Ultrasmall Monometallic and Bimetallic Rh and Pt Dendrimer-Templated Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous Silica: Synthesis, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity...... 716 John N. Kuhn, Wenyu Huang, Chia-kuang Tsung, Michael E. Grass, Gabor A. Somorjai

Combinatorial Screening of Carbon Supported Pt Based Binary and Ternary Systems as Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution ...... NA Kenneth Neyerlin, Peter Strasser

Nanoscale Catalytic Materials by Swelling, Pillaring and Exfoliation of a Zeolite Precursor ...... 717 Sudeep Maheshwari, Edgar Jordan, Sandeep Kumar, Frank S. Bates, R. Lee Penn, Daniel F. Shantz, Michael Tsapatsis

Strong Shape/Crystal Plane Effect of Nanoscale Ceria on the Activity of CeO2-Based Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction...... 718 Rui Si, Yanping Zhai, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

The Covalent Attachment of Homogeneous Catalysts to Graphene Coated Cobalt Nanomagnets Enables a Rapid Catalyst Recovery...... 719 Alexander Schaetz, Robert N. Grass, Wendelin J. Stark, Oliver Reiser

Hydrocarbon Formation Model of Slurry-Phase Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis...... 720 Tomasz Olewski, Dragomir B. Bukur, Lech Nowicki

Comparison of the Kinetics of the Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Reaction Between Alumina and Silica Supported Cobalt Catalysts as a Function of Metal Loading...... 723 Wenping Ma, Gary Jacobs, Muthu Gnanamani, Burtron H. Davis

Influence of Support and Promoter on the Activity and Selectivity of Rh Catalysts for the Direct Conversion of Syngas to Ethanol ...... 728 Mohammad A. Haider, Makarand R. Gogate, Robert J. Davis

The Use of Isotopic Labels In Understanding CO/H2 Reactions ...... 729 S. David Jackson

Low Temperature Methanol Synthesis from CO Hydrogenation Over Cu-Based Catalyst ...... 730 Baoshan Hu, Kaoru Fujimoto

A Method of Studying Short-Lived Intermediates with Temperature Programmed Reaction Spectroscopy...... 738 Scott A. Epstein, Neil M. Donahue

Kinetic Modeling of NO Oxidation Over a Model Pt Catalyst...... 739 Rachel B. Getman, William F. Schneider

Experimental and Computational Studies of Si-O Bonding Structures Formed by Submonolayer Coverages of Si and O on Metal Surfaces...... 740 Dylan C. Kershner, J. Will Medlin

Selective Oxidation ChEmistry on Gold ...... 741 Jinlong Gong, Rotimi A. Ojifinni, Nathan S. Froemming, Ting Yan, Graeme Henkelman, C. Buddie Mullins

Engineering Selectivity In Heterogeneous Catalysis: The Impact of Ag Surface Structure on Ethylene Epoxidation Selectivity...... 742 Phillip Christopher, Suljo Linic

An STM Study of High-Coverage Structures of Atomic Oxygen on Pt(111) ...... 743 Sunil P. Devarajan, Jose A. Hinojosa Jr., Jason F. Weaver

First-Principles Studies of the Oxidation of Transition Metal Surfaces ...... 744 Aravind R. Asthagiri, Jeffery M. Hawkins

High Unsaturated Alcohol Selectivity Over Silica and Alumina Pd-Sn Catalysts...... 745 Aurélie Vicente, Gwendoline Lafaye, Catherine Especel, Christopher T. Williams, Patrice Marécot

Kinetic Characterization of Multimetallic Cluster-Derived Catalysts Used for Selective Hydrogenation of Citral ...... 746 Karen J. Uffalussy, Burjor Captain, Richard D. Adams, Ana B. Hungria, John R. Monnier, Michael D. Amiridis

Synthesis and Characterization of Subnanometer Sized Rh Particles on ZrO2 ...... 747 Zahra Nazar Poor, Paul T. Fanson, Oleg S. Alexeev, Michael D. Amiridis

Copper Supported on TiO2 Nanotubes as Catalyst for the Preferential Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide ...... 748 Sichem Guerrero-Ruz, R. F. Li, T. Shibata, Jeffrey T. Miller, Eduardo E. Wolf

Investigation of Nano-Particle Metal Oxide Supports for the Oxidative Coupling of 4-Methylpyridine Over Palladium...... 749 Luke M. Neal, H. H. Weaver, Danial Hernandez

CO2 Fixation by Nanoscale Galvanic Couples...... 751 Kanchan Mondal

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