SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Advanced Analytical Techniques |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. Phil Britt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Dr. Pratibha L. Gai (Dupont, Central Research Laboratories and University of Delaware)
"In-Situ Atomic Resolution Electron Microscopy of Gas-Catalyst and Liquid-Crystal Reactions in Hydrocarbon Catalysis and New Energy Sources" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dr. Kenneth W. Herwig (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Neutron Scattering and Materials Characterization-Structure, Dynamics, and New Facilities" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Hydrogen Production and Storage |
| Discussion leader: Dr. Kenzo Fukuda (Institute of Applied Energy) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Omar Yaghi (U. of Michigan)
"Hydrogen Storage in MOF's" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Prof. Hironobu Fujii (Hiroshima University)
"Recent Developments on Hydrogen Storage Materials Composed Of Light Elements" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Prof. Kazunari Domen (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
"Hydrogen Production from Water on Heterogeneous
Photocatalysts" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Afternoon free for individual discussions |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Hydrogen Production and Storage |
| Discussion Leader: Dr. Tom Autrey (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Prof. Craig Jensen (U. of Hawaii)
"Characterization and Mechanistic Studies of the Active Titanium Species
in the Reversible Dehydration of Ti-Doped Sodium Aluminum Hydride" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dr. Isamu Yasuda (Tokyo Gas Company)
"Advanced Membrane Reformer Technology for Hydrogen Production
from Hydrocarbons" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal poster session with refreshments |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Carbon Materials |
| Discussion leaders: Takashi Kyotani (Tohoku University) & Robert Hurt (Brown University) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Professor Taeghwan Hyeon (Seoul National University)
"Designed-Synthesis of Nanostructured and Nanoporous Carbon
Materials" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Professor Osama Ito (Tohoku University)
"Long Lifetimes of Photoinduced Charge-Separated States of
Fullerene-Donor Systems" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Professor James Tour (Rice University)
"Single Wall Nanotube Functionalizion and Chromatographic
Separation by Bandgap" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Afternoon free for individual discussions |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Carbon Based Catalysts |
| Discussion leaders: Professor Hank Foley (Penn State University) & Professor Robert Bradley (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Scotland) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Prof. Francisco Rodriguez Reinoso (University of Alicante)
"Carbon Materials in Heterogenous Catalysis" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dr. Shekhar Subramoney (Dupont Central Research and Development Laboratories)
"A New Catalyst for an Old Process Dictated by Environmental Issues" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal poster session with refreshments |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Organic Chemistry of Hydrocarbons |
| Discussion leaders: Dr. Martin L. Gorbaty (Exxon/Mobil Corp) & Dr. Ikuo Saito (AIST, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Dr. Ripudaman Malhotra (SRI)
"Organic Chemistry of Retrogressive Processes" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Prof. Bradford B. Wayland (University of Pennsylvania)
"Hydrocarbon C-H Bond Activation by Rhodium Porphyrins" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Dr. Shigeto Hatanaka (Nippon Oil Company)
"Selective Catalytic Cracked Gasoline Hydrodesulfurizaion" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Afternoon free for individual discussions |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Theoretical Caculations |
| Discussion leaders: Randy Winans (Argonne National Laboratory) & Prof. John Nicholas (University of Southern California) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Larry Curtiss (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Computational Studies of C-H and C-C Bond Activation in
Nanoporous Materials" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Thanh Truong (University of Utah)
"Molecular Modeling of Reactions on Carbonaceous Materials" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal poster session with refreshments |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CO2 Sequestration |
| Discussion leaders: Dr. Carlos Abanades (CSIC, Spain) & Dr. Hisao Makino (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, CRIEPI) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Dr. Curt White (National Energy Technology Laboratory)
"Imbibition of CO2 by Coal-Infrared Studies, Isothermal Measurements and CT Scattering Information" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Dr. Koki Maruyama (Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry)
"Global Warming Predictions for IPCC AR4(2004) Utilizing the World's Fastest Super Computer-the Earth Simulator and the Role of CO2 Capture and Storage" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Dr. Ozgen Karacan (National Institute for Environmental Health)
"Evaluation of lithotype-dependent spatial variations in sorption and swelling in a confined coal during CO2 injection and an approach for the flow related properties important for sequestration" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Afternoon free for individual discussions |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Energy Policy & Energy Resources |
| Discussion leader: Dr. Howard Stephens |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Prof. Kenneth Deffeyes (Princeton University)
"Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage" |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Informal poster session with refreshments |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |