NASCRE 4 Program

Conference Program

Download the final presentation program and poster session program in PDF format (Revised, current as of Feb. 18, 2019).

NASCRE 4 Program Schedule
Sunday, March 10
1:00 - 7:00 PM	Symposium Registration (Westin Main Lobby, 2^nd Level)
1:00 - 5:30 PM	Workshops (pre-registration required): Laboratory Reactors (1:00 - 3:30 PM, Location TBD) Simulation of Catalytic Reactors (1:00 - 3:30 PM, Location TBD) Women in Engineering: Let's Break the Boundaries (4:00 - 5:30 PM, Location TBD)
6:00 - 7:30 PM	Welcome Reception (Plaza Ballroom, 3^rd Level)
Monday, March 11
	Galleria I & II
8:00 - 8:15 AM	Introductory Remarks and Symposium Announcements
8:15 - 9:15 AM	*Plenary Presentation: "Finding the Active Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysts: Lessons from Olefin Polymerization and Metathesis," Susannah Scott* (University of California - Santa Barbara) (84) Sponsored by ExxonMobil, Introduction by Bryan Patel
9:15 - 9:30 AM	Break
9:30 AM - 12:25 PM	Breakout Sessions: In Honor of Dan Luss I (Galleria I & II) Reaction Engineering Fundamentals: Kinetics and Mechanisms I (Galleria III) Reaction Engineering of Biofuels and Renewables I (Post Oak) CO₂ Capture, Conversion, and Reuse (Tanglewood, Bellaire)
12:25 - 1:30 PM	Lunch on own
1:30 - 4:25 PM	Breakout Sessions: In Honor of Dan Luss II (Galleria I & II) Reaction Engineering Fundamentals: Kinetics and Mechanisms II (Galleria III) Reaction Engineering of Biofuels and Renewables II (Post Oak) Shale Gas Conversion (Tanglewood, Bellaire)
4:30 - 6:30 PM	Poster Session (with refreshments) (Woodway II - 4^th Level)
Tuesday, March 12
	Galleria I & II
8:15 - 9:15 AM	*Plenary Presentation: "Advancing Reaction Engineering Through New Separations," Joan Brennecke* (University of Texas at Austin) (160) Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company, Introduction by Dan Hickman
9:15 - 9:30 AM	Break
9:30 - 10:20 AM	*Aris Award Address: "Catalyst and Reactor Design Strategies for Lignin Upgrading," Yuriy Roman-Leshkov* (MIT) (170) Sponsored by UOP - A Honeywell Company, Introduction by Kurt VandenBussche
10:20 - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 - 1:25 PM	Breakout Sessions: Multiphase Reaction Engineering (Galleria I & II) Multiscale Modeling and Reaction Pathway Analysis (Galleria III) Reaction Engineering for Microwave, Photochemical, and Acoustically-driven Processes (Post Oak) Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalytic Reaction Engineering I (Tanglewood, Bellaire)
1:25 - 2:30 PM	Lunch on own
2:30 - 5:25 PM	Breakout Sessions: Novel Reactor Designs and Process Intensification (Galleria I & II) Reaction Engineering through Computational Catalysis (Galleria III) Reaction Engineering of Macromolecules (Post Oak) Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalytic Reaction Engineering II (Tanglewood, Bellaire)
5:30 - 6:30 PM	Poster Session (with refreshments) (Woodway II - 4^th Level)
7:00 - 10:00 PM	NASCRE Banquet, Monarch Room *Amundson Award Presentation* to Professor W. Harmon Ray Sponsored by ExxonMobil, Introduction by Bryan Patel and Remarks by Harmon Ray
Wednesday, March 13
	Galleria I & II
8:15 - 9:15 AM	*Plenary Presentation: "Progress and Challenges in the Autothermal Oxidative Coupling of Methane," David West* (SABIC) (101) Sponsored by SABIC, Introduction by Pankaj Gautam
9:15 - 9:30 AM	Break
9:30 AM - 12:25 PM	Breakout Sessions: Multiphase Reactor Modeling in Reaction Engineering (Galleria I & II) Reaction Engineering and Data Science (Galleria III) Industrial Case Studies and Applications (Post Oak) Novel Catalysts, Sorbents, and Materials to Advance Reaction Engineering (Tanglewood, Bellaire)
12:30 - 1:00 PM	Closing Remarks

Key Dates

Aug 18, 2018 — Open Call for Abstracts

Nov 2, 2018 — Award Nomination Deadline

Nov 19, 2018 — Abstract Deadline

Dec 7, 2018 — Online Registration Begins

Dec 14, 2018 — Notification of Acceptance

Feb 1, 2019 — Early Registration Deadline