Selected seminar videos and slides from the 2006 PIRE-ECCI/ICMR Summer School talks are listed below and available for download.

Monday, August 13, 2006


• John Yates, University of Pittsburgh (Slides)
  "Photochemistry on TiO₂ Semiconductor Surfaces - How Kinetic Measurements Can Provide Insight into the Behavior of Charge Carriers."
  
  
• Matthias Scheffler, FHI Berlin and UC Santa Barbara (Video)
  "ab initio kinetic Monte Carlo."
  



Tuesday, August 14, 2006


• Tony Cheetham, UC Santa Barbara (Slides) ( Video)
  "The Evolution of Shape-Selective Catalysts through Zeolites and Phosphates."
  
  
• Song I-Han, UC Santa Barbara (Slides) (Video)
  "Introduction to Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and EPR in Heterogeneous Catalysis."
  
  
• Wilson Ho, UC Irvine ( Slides 1) ( Slides 2) ( Video)
  "Atomic Scale Coupling of Electromagnetic Radiation to Single Molecules."
  



Wednesday, August 15, 2006


• Jens Norskov, Technical University of Denmark (Slides) (Video)
  "Surface Reactivity and Heterogeneous Catalysis - A Theoretical Perspective."
  
  
• Chuck Peden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Slides) ( Video)
  "Surface Science Studies of Catalytic Vehicle Emission Control."
  
  
• Jeroen van Bokhoven, ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(Slides) ( Video)
  "Structure of Heterogeneous Catalysts using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy."
  



Thursday, August 16, 2006



• Masatake Haruta, Osaka National Research Institute, Japan (Slides 1) ( Slides 2) ( Video)
  "Modern Alchemy: Catalysis by Gold Nano-Particles."
  
  
• Bob Maughon, Dow Chemical (Slides) ( Video)
  "Redefining Feedstocks for the Chemical Industry: Opportunities and Challenges for Catalysis"
  
  
• Karen Smith-Pilkington, Managing Director, Management Savvy (Video)
  "Global Opportunites, Challenges and Agility for Technologists."
  
  
• David Wong, Chairman and CEO, D2 Technologies (Video)
  Perspectives from the business sector: Dr. Wong is an American-educated foreign national; here he discusses his experiences as a technician in the business world.
  



Friday, August 18, 2006


• Xinhe Bao, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, P.R. China (Slides) ( Video)
  "Concept and Practice of Nano-Catalysis."
  
  
• Ron Shen, UC Berkeley (Slides) (Video)
  "Surface-Specific Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy: Basic Principles and Applications."
  



Monday, August 21 2006


• Horia Metiu, UC Santa Barbara (Slides) ( Video)
  "Is Phenomenelogical Kinetics Correct for Catalytic Processes?"
  
  
• Rick Wormsbecher, W.R. Grace (Slides) ( Video)
  "Catalytic Reduction of Sulfur in Fluid Catalytic Cracking."
  
  
• Daniel Auerbach, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (With Alec Wodtke) (Slides-Auerbach) ( Slides-Wodtke) ( Video pt. 1) ( Video pt. 2)
  "Molecular Beam Scattering as a Probe of Surface Chemical Dynamics."
  
  
• Alec M. Wodtke, UC Santa Barbara (With Dan Auerbach) (Slides-Wodtke pt. I) ( Slides-Auerbach) ( Slides-Wodtke pt. II) ( Video)
  "Experimental Approaches to Optically Pumping Molecules for Beam/Surface Scattering Studies."
  



Tuesday, August 22, 2006


• Xinhe Bao, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Slides) ( Video)
  "Overview of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics."
  
  
• Wei-Xue Li, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Slides) ( Video)
  "Oxidation of Transition Metal Surfaces and Effect on Catalysis."
  
  
• Xiulian Pan, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (Slides) ( Video)
  "Direct Catalytic Conversion of Methane."
  
  
• Al Stiegman, Florida State University (Video)
  "Vibration Spectra of Supported Catalysts."
  
  
• Brad Chmelka, UC Santa Barbara (Video)
  "NMR Applications to Catalysis Research: Characterizing Solid Catalysts, Or Using NMR to Moniter Catalytic Reactions; Use of In Situ and Flow Techniques."
  



Wednesday, August 23, 2006


• Juergen Eckert, UC Santa Barbara (Slides pt. A) (Slides pt. B) ( Video)
  "Applications of Neutron Scattering Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis."
  
  
• Steve Golden, Catalytic Solutions (Slides) ( Video)
  "Materials Science in the World of Catalysis: Technology to Business."
  
  
• Marcos Gomez, BASF (Slides) ( Video)
  "Innovation at the Chemical Company, Challenges and New Perspectives."
  
  
• Richard Nader, East Asia and Pacific Program, NSF (Slides) ( Video)
  "Overview of International Opportunities at the National Science Foundation."
  
  
• Eric McFarland, GRT and UC Santa Barbara (Slides)
  "Methane Activation: A Global Challenge in Surface Chemistry."
  



Thursday, August 24, 2006


• Bas Hendriksen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Slides) ( Video )
  "The Use of STM and SXRD to Study Catalysis...at 'Realistic' Conditions."
  
  
• Susannah Scott, UC Santa Barbara (Video )
  "Probing Functionality on Solid Catalysts and Catalyst Supports by Chemisorption."
  
  
• Steve Buratto, UC Santa Barbara (Slides) ( Video)
  Size-Selected Au_n and Ag_n Nanoclusters on Rutile TiO₂(110): Cluster Shape, Binding Site, and Electronic Structure Probed by UHV-STM."
  



Friday, August 25, 2006


• John Vohs, University of Pennsylvania (Slides 1) ( Slides 2) ( Video)
  Introduction to X-Ray Photo-Electron Spectroscopy (XPS): Theory, Instrumentation, and Applications in Catalysis."
  
  
• D. Wayne Goodman, Texas A&M University (Slides 1) ( Slides 2) ( Video)
  "Catalysis by Au and Au Alloys."
  
  
• Alec Wodtke & PIRE-ECCI students, UC Santa Barbara (Video)
  Closing remarks, Dalian photo slide-show, and a panel discussion of UCSB students' recent experiences researching at the DICP.