2012
News related to the Cardiff Catalysis Institute from 2012:
Dr Jennifer Edwards wins prestigious award
03/12/2012
Dr Jennifer Edwards is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 Clara Immerwahr award.
Preserving cultural heritage
03/12/2012
Dr Karen Wilson, Prof Adam Lee and PhD student Rachel Walker have recently investigated the potential of hydrophobic surface coatings as protection for the cathedral walls and grotesques.
Solar Reactor EPSRC Grant
25/10/2012
Professor Adam Lee has been awarded £221k as part of a £1.2M collaborative EPSRC grant entitled "Solar fuels via engineering innovation" with Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer of Heriott-Watt University.
UK-USA collaborative project in renewable fuels
24/10/2012
Dr Karen Wilson has been awarded a major grant under the NSF-EPSRC International Collaboration in Chemistry programme to work on catalytic conversion of biomass to fuels.
A catalyst for change
19/07/2012
The Cardiff Catalysis Institute has received a major University investment in its search for faster, cleaner and more economic industrial processes.
Two awards for Professor Graham Hutchings
03/07/2012
In Munich at the 15th International Congress on Catalysis Professor Hutchings will deliver the Heinz Heinemann Award lecture.
2012 RSC Beilby Medal Awarded to Professor Adam Lee
14/05/2012
Professor Adam Lee has been awarded the 2012 Beilby Medal and Prize for "outstanding contributions in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and surface science with a particular emphasis on clean catalytic technologies."
CCI Presentation
28/03/2012
Prof John Harries, Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales gave a presentation on the Welsh government's Science Strategy today. During the event reception, CCI members Dave Willock and Phil Davies, together with new PDRA Rob Davies set up a stand to show case the skills in Surface science & nanotechnology at Cardiff.
Seminar Prof Takayoshi Hara
13/03/2012
Prof Takayoshi Hara from Chiba University, Japan visited the CCI on Monday 19th March and delivered a seminar entitled 'Design of Novel Anion-Exchanged Hydroxy Double Salt Catalysts for Environmentally Benign Organic Transformation'.
Closing the loop
14/05/2012
Increasing production of sulphur-free diesel fuel from natural gas and biomass will create a glut of low value C7-C12 alkanes. The CCI has been investigating catalytic routes for upgrading this stream of by-products into much more useful chemicals.
