In Honor of Alexis Bell's 70th Birthday I Conference: AIChE Annual MeetingYear: 2012Proceeding: 2012 AIChE Annual MeetingGroup: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Type: Oral Location: Convention Center Time: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 8:30am-11:00am Co-chair(s):Snurr, R., Northwestern University This session will feature invited talks by colleagues and former students of Alex Bell in recognition of his accomplishments and in celebration of his 70th birthday. Papers: 8:30 AMIntroductory Remarks 8:40 AM(217a) Conversion of Hemicellulose to Furfural Using Solid Acid Catalysts in Gamma-Valerolactone, a Biomass-Derived SolventJames A. DumesicElif I. GurbuzStephanie G. WettsteinDavid Martin Alonso 9:00 AM(217b) Insights Into the Selective Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Renewable IntermediatesMatthew Neurock 9:20 AM(217c) Computational Methods for Exploring Reaction Paths in Catalytic ProcessesPaul M. ZimmermanShaama Mallikarjun Sharada 9:40 AM(217d) Sequential Quadratic Programming Framework for Ab Initio Structure Property Relationships in Amorphous Catalysts and SupportsBaron Peters 10:00 AM(217e) Computational Catalysis At Solid/Liquid InterfacesAndreas Heyden 10:20 AM(217f) Chemically Titrating Nucleation Sites On Oxide Surfaces with Fluorescent ProbesJoseph M. McCrate 10:40 AM(217g) Making Nanostructures - New ViewsAlon V. McCormick Topics: Catalysis Checkout Paper abstracts are public but to access Extended Abstracts, you must first purchase the conference proceedings. Checkout Do you already own this? Log In for instructions on accessing this content. Pricing Individuals AIChE Members $150.00 AIChE Graduate Student Members Free AIChE Undergraduate Student Members Free Non-Members $225.00