COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 3, 2008 – Suljo Linic, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, will discuss his research on electro-catalysts Wednesday, Nov. 5, as part of the Fall 2008 J. D. Lindsay Lecture Series at Texas A&M University.
Linic is scheduled to present “Design of Heterogeneous (Electro)catalysts Guided by
Molecular Insights” from 3-4 p.m. in Rm. 106 of the Jack E. Brown Building. His presentation is sponsored by Texas A&M’s Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering.
Linic’s research focuses on the application of various state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental tools aimed at advancing predictive theories of materials, particularly developing concepts that will be helpful in first principles design of catalytic materials.
His presentation will detail the development of robust and selective electro-catalysts and catalysts for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) and epoxidation reactions. SOFCs convert the chemical energy of combustible fuels into electricity.
Linic received his undergraduate degree in physics from West Chester University, and he earned his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He joined the University of Michigan in 2004 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Germany.
Linic has received several honors and distinctions, including a National Science Foundation Career Award, the Soros Foundation Fellowship, the West Chester University Faculty Scholarship, the University of Delaware Competitive Fellowship Award, the University of Michigan Rackham faculty Development grant and the Young Scientist Prize from the Council of the International Association of Catalysis Societies.
In honor of Professor J.D. Lindsay, Texas A&M’s first chemical engineering department head, the department established the Lindsay Lecture Series to bring speakers to the university. Coming from both industry and academia, the lecturers are recognized for their accomplishments in the practice, teaching and/or research of chemical engineering. The series also allows the lecturers several days for visiting the university and the department and for exchanging ideas on teaching and research objectives and methods.
