SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | NOVEL CARBON MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leaders: Professor Teresa J. Bandosz (The City College of New York) and Professor Hiroaki Hatori (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Professor Dongyuan Zhao (Fudan University) "Large-Scale Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Materials and Their Applications" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Professor Takeshi Abe (Kyoto University) "Lithium-ion Kinetics at Carbon Electrode for Lithium-ion Batteries - From Graphite to Carbon Nanosphere" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal Poster Session |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HEAVY HYDROCARBONS (I) |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. Simon R. Kelemen (ExxonMobil) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Professor Hilkka I. Kenttämaa (Purdue University) "Novel Mass Spectrometric Methods for Characterization of Hydrocarbons" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Dr. Koji Saito (Nippon Steel Corporation) "Total Understanding of the Local Structures of Brown Coal: Perspective From Recent Multi-Nuclear (1H, 13C, 15N, 29Si, 27Al, 11B, 23Na, 25Mg) Solid-State NMR Technique at High Magnetic Field (16.4T)" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Professor Tadafumi Adschiri (Tohoku University) "Role of Water on Reactions Under Supercritical Condition - Hydrocarbons, Biomass, Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HEAVY HYDROCARBONS (II) |
| Discussion Leader: Professor Murray Gray (University of Alberta) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Professor Ronald J. Pugmire (University of Utah) "Kerogen and Ashpaltene Structures and Molecular Modeling" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dr. Alan Burnham (American Shale Oil LLC) "Mechanistic Comparison of AMSO’s: True-In-Situ Shale Oil Recovery Process to Historical Approaches" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal Poster Session |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | COAL TO GAS AND LIQUIDS |
| Discussion Leader: Professor Kouichi Miura (Kyoto University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Dr. David Harris (CSIRO) "Measurement of Coal Gasification Kinetics: Unraveling The Process to Build Practical Understanding" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Professor Burt Davis (University of Kentucky) "Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Mechanism for Fe and Co Catalysts" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Professor Zhenyu Liu (Beijing University of Chemical Technology) "Chemistry and Engineering Challenges in Direct Coal Liquefaction" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | RENEWABLE RESOURCES TO HYDROCARBONS |
| Discussion Leader: Professor Victor S.-Y. Lin (Iowa State University/Ames Laboratory) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Professor Takashi Tatsumi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) "Catalysis of Porous Materials for the Conversion of Alcohols to Lower Alkenes" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Professor Masahiko Matsukata (Waseda University) "Porous Membranes for Process Intensification" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal Poster Session |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HYDROGEN PRODUCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Professor Chunshan Song (Penn State University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Dr. John A. Turner (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) "The Sustainable Hydrogen Economy: Frontiers, Opportunities and Challenges" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Professor Serguei N. Lvov (Penn State University) "Alternative Thermochemical Cycles for H2 Production" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Professor James J. Spivey (Louisiana State University) "Hydrogen Production from the Catalytic Reforming of Hydrocarbons" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHALLENGES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND STORAGE |
| Discussion Leader: Professor Alan L. Chaffee (Monash University) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Professor Benny Freeman (University of Texas at Austin) "Next Generation Polymeric Membrane Materials for Carbon Capture and Syngas Purification" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dr. Anthony V. Cugini (National Energy Technology Laboratory) "Advanced CO2 Management Technologies for Capture, Storage, and Risk Assessment" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal Poster Session |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting (Part 1) |
| (Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences) |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. James Franz (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Dr. N. Aaron Deskins (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) "Computational Chemistry as a Tool for Understanding Catalytic Processes over Oxide Surfaces" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Dr. Jeffrey P. Greeley (Argonne National Laboratory) "First-principles Investigations of the Catalytic Activity of Aqueous Metal Electrodes and Subnanometer Metal Clusters" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Professor Jonathan Mathews (Penn State University) "Coal Molecular Modeling, Moving Forward with Large-Scale Modeling" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Presentations
Organizer: Professor Diego Cazorla-Amoros (Universidad de Alicante) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting (Part 2) |
| (Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. Martin Gorbaty (Hydrocarbon Science Consulting) |
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Dr. John Shinn (Chevron) "Developments in Energy and Climate: Need for New Solutions" |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal Discussions and Refreshments |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |