Appendix
To gather information for its report, the panel contacted a large number of individuals in both academe and industry. Each was asked to respond to the following questions:
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What areas of fundamental research are most helpful to support commercial catalyst/catalysis activity in U.S. industry?
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Should the dispersal of federal research grants to academic researchers be based on demonstrated excellence in science or focused to support the national laboratories?
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What type of linkage with academia/national laboratories is most useful to, and supportable by, U.S. industry?
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What elements in science or technology provided the edge to your commercial business in catalyst/catalytic processes?
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What novel catalytic processes do you expect to be developed in the next 10 to 15 years?
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What will be the nature of the exploratory and basic research that leads to these developments?
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Is academic and industrial catalytic research in the United States well positioned to play a leadership role in creating this new technology and, if not, what needs to be done?
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Identify areas of catalyst science and technology in which the United State is (1) behind competitors, (2) even with competitors, and (3) ahead of competitors.
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Identify problems that have long-term payoff.
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What areas are ''mature'' or "dead"?
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Has too much emphasis been placed on one area in the past?
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What would be the ideal mix of industrial and academic research in catalysis?
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What are the major unsolved problems in catalysis, and what would the solution to these problems provide in economic and technical terms?
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Are there new areas where catalysis could be used?
A total of 30 responses to these questions was received. Those providing input are acknowledged below as corresponding contributers.
CORRESPONDING CONTRIBUTORS
Charles R. Adams
Shell Development Company
David Allen
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
Paul A. Bartlett
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Jay B. Benziger
Department of Chemical Engineering
Princeton University
Robert G. Bergman
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Cynthia J. Burrows
Department of Chemistry
State University of New York, Stony Brook
James P. Collman
Department of Chemistry
Stanford University
Mark E. Davis
Department of Chemical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
W. Nicholas Delgass
Department of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University
Francois N. Diederich
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Robert P. Eischens
Zettlemoyer Center for Surface Science
Lehigh University
John G. Ekerdt
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Texas, Austin
David A. Evans
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Rocco A. Fiato
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Juan M. Garces
Dow Chemical Company
Mary L. Good
Signal Research
Vladimir Haensel
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gary L. Haller
Chemical Engineering Department
Yale University
Heinz Heinemann
Center for Advanced Materials
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Enrique Iglesia
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
William P. Jencks
Graduate Department of Biochemistry
Brandeis University
Andrew S. Kaldor
Exxon Research and Engineering Company
Jeremy R. Knowles
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Ralph Landau
Listowel, Inc.
Jerry A. Meyer
Chevron Research and Technology Company
Craig B. Murchison
Dow Chemical Company
Mario L. Occelli
Unocal Corporation
Nicholas D. Spencer
W. R. Grace & Company
George M. Whitesides
Department of Chemistry
Harvard University
Craig Wilcox
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
As an additional means of gathering information, the panel held a workshop on April 20-21, 1990, to which it invited a series of speakers to give a perspective on the current status of catalysis research and prospective areas for future work. Representatives from each of the federal agencies supporting catalysis research were invited to present a summary of their programs.
PROGRAM FOR THE WORKSHOP ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN CATALYST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Friday, April 20, 1990
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8:30-8:45 a.m. |
Alexis Bell—University of California, Berkeley Introduction and Overview |
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8:45-9:25 a.m. |
James Cusumano—Catalytica, Inc. Catalytic Technologies |
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9:25-9:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
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9:45-10:25 a.m. |
N. Y. Chen—Mobil Research and Development Company Zeolite Catalysis |
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10:25-10:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
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10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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11:00-11:40 a.m. |
James Lyons—Sun Oil Company Alkane Activation by Partial Oxidation |
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11:40-12:00 a.m. |
Discussion |
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12:00-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00-1:40 p.m. |
Mordecai Shelef—Ford Motor Company Catalysis for Environmental Protection |
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1:40-2:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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2:00-2:40 p.m. |
George Parshall—E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company Industrial Synthesis of Chemicals via Homogeneous Catalysis |
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2:40-3:00 p.m. |
Discussion |
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3:00-3:15 p.m. |
Break |
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3:15-3:55 p.m. |
Jack Halpern—University of Chicago New Directions in Homogeneous Catalysis |
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3:55-4:15 p.m. |
Discussion |
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4:15-4:55 p.m. |
Fred Karol—Union Carbide Corporation Polymerization Catalysis |
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4:55-5:15 p.m. |
Discussion |
Saturday, April 21, 1990
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8:30-9:10 a.m. |
John Tully—AT&T Bell Laboratories Theory Applied to Gas-Surface Interactions |
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9:10-9:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
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9:30-10:10 a.m. |
Jack Kirsch—University of California, Berkeley New Challenges in Biocatalysis |
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10:10-10:30 a.m. |
Discussion |
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10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45-11:25 a.m. |
Dennis Forster—Monsanto Company The Interface of Catalysis with Biology |
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11:25-11:45 a.m. |
Discussion |
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12:00-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00-1:15 p.m. |
Robert Mariannelli—U.S. Department of Energy |
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1:15-1:30 p.m. |
Kendall Houck—National Science Foundation |
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1:30-1:45 p.m. |
Warren Jones—National Institutes of Health |
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1:45-2:00 p.m. |
Harold Guard—Office of Naval Research |
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2:00-2:20 p.m. |
Discussion |
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2:20-3:30 p.m. |
General Discussion |
