Monday, January 26, 2015 at 12:00 p.m. Wegner G1
Our guest speaker is Charles (Chuck) H.F. Peden, Laboratory Fellow, Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA. The seminar is titled: Some Current and Future Challenges for Catalytic Vehicle Emission Control.
Chuck) Peden has an international reputation for his research studies of the surface and interfacial chemistry of inorganic solids in general, and the heterogeneous catalytic chemistry of metals and oxides (reaction mechanisms, materials) in particular. His current research programs address numerous aspects of the physical and chemical properties of oxide surfaces. These include fundamental experimental studies of the geometric and electronic structure of oxide surfaces, as well as more applied studies that are developing oxides as catalytic materials. A particular focus in this latter area is on developing the scientific underpinning of several new catalytic technologies that are viable candidates for exhaust emission control from diesel-fueled vehicles. Dr. Peden is also currently a principal investigator and program leader of a new multi-institution research effort, funded by the Basic Energy Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Energy, aimed at developing a fundamental understanding of oxide-supported transition metal oxide catalysts.
