February Meeting: “Creating Resistant Oxidation and Reduction Catalysts by Tuning Electronic Structure” | AIChE

February Meeting: “Creating Resistant Oxidation and Reduction Catalysts by Tuning Electronic Structure”

Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 9:00am EST
In-Person / Local
United States

General Topic Synopsis

This is a joint meeting with the Clemson student section of AIChE. Clemson University’s Assistant Professor, Rachel B. Getman, Ph.D., will be presenting a talk on “Creating Resistant Oxidation and Reduction Catalysts by Tuning Electronic Structure”.

Dr. Rachel B. Getman started her appointment in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at Clemson University in the Fall of 2011.  She presently advises two graduate students and six undergraduates. Her group uses quantum and classical mechanical methods to study molecular level phenomena, with particular emphasis on understanding catalytic processes.  Dr. Getman's special interest is in how reactive environments influence catalytic properties and catalyst activity, and she is presently working on determining catalyst composition under actual reaction conditions and creating materials that resist deactivation under strongly reactive environments.