8:00 AM – 8:55 AM: Check in, poster-set up and light breakfast at the Chemical & Biological Engineering (CHBE) Atrium
8:55 AM – 9:00 AM: Welcome remarks, CHBE 102
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM: Session 1: Catalyst design and characterization
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM: Robert Burwell Keynote Lecture, Prof. Umit Ozkan, The Ohio State University, "Electrocatalysis on Hetereoatom-doped Carbon (CNx) Catalysts: Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) and Beyond"
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: Prof. Matteo Cargnello, Stanford University, "Understanding and Engineering Catalytic Materials Using Nanocrystal Precursors"
10:15 AM – 10:35 AM: Dr. Adam C. Nielander, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, “Probing dynamics and degradation at electrified catalytic/ionomeric interfaces”
10:35 AM – 10:50 AM: Break
10:50 AM – 12:00 PM: Session 2: Thermochemical innovations
10:50 AM – 11:20 AM: Prof. Matthew W. Kanan, Stanford University, “Dispersed Carbonates: A Solution to the Selectivity Problem of Intermediate-Temperature Reverse Water-Gas Shift”
11:20 AM – 11:40 AM: Mr. Abdullah Abufara, Parkland Corporation, "Co-processing in Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit: utilizing existing assets to accelerate energy transition"
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM: Prof. Julie C. Rorrer, University of Washington, “Bifunctional Heterogeneous Catalysts and Advanced Analytic Platforms for Selective Waste Plastic Deconstruction”
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch and Poster Session
1:30 PM – 2:50 PM: Session 3: Electrochemical Innovations
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Prof. Előd Gyenge, University of British Columbia, "Manganese Dioxide-based Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions"
2:00 PM – 2:20 PM: Prof. Eva M. Nichols, University of British Columbia
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM: Prof. Curtis P. Berlinguette, University of British Columbia, “Electrochemical loading enhances deuterium fusion rates in a metal target”
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM: Break
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Session 4: Modelling and interface engineering
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM: Prof. Paul A. Kempler, University of Oregon, “Catalyzing Interfacial Ion Transfer in Electrodeposition Reactions”
3:20 PM – 3:40 PM: Prof. Justin C. Bui, New York University, "Continuum Modeling of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction: From Interfacial Microenvironments to Membrane Electrode Assemblies"
3:40 PM – 4:00 PM: Prof. Konstantinos Goulas, Oregon State University, "Effects of basicity on the Fischer-Tropsch reaction"
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM: Poster session and happy hour in CHBE Atrium
6:00 PM: Dinner at Brown's Crafthouse UBC (6111 University Blvd #101, Vancouver, BC V6T 0C7)
Undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows who register for the PCCS meeting are invited to join us for a free "Catalysis Crash Course" held on the University of British Columbia Campus the day after the PCCS meeting. This course will be targeted towards students and trainees who are interested in learning the basics of catalysis and catalyst characterization. The program will run from 8:30 AM - 12:45 PM on September 7th in CHBE 202 on the UBC Campus.
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Informal Breakfast and Icebreakers, CHBE 202
9:15- 10:00 AM: Prof. Karthik Akkijaru, The University of British Columbia, "Introduction to Catalysis"
10:00 - 10:45 AM: Dr. Gerald Seidler, easyXAFS LLC, "Analytical XAFS for Heterogeneous Catalysts: XAFS isn’t just for Experts"
10:45 - 11:00 AM: Break
11:00 - 11:30 PM: Dr. Brad Losey, Malvern Panalytical
11:30 - 12:00 PM: Dr. Ricky Alamillo, Micromeritics
12:00 - 12:45 PM: Lunch (Provided)