(Formerly 124/224) Introduction to heterogeneous catalysis, including models of surface reactivity, surface equilibria, kinetics of surface reactions, electronic and geometrical effects in heterogeneous catalysis, trends in reactivity, catalyst structure and composition, electro-catalysis and photo-catalysis. Selected applications and challenges in energy transformations will be discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM 31AB or 31X, CHEM 171, CHEM 175 or CHEMENG 170 or equivalents. Recommended: CHEM 173.Terms: Spr | Units: 3 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP)Instructors: Norskov, J. (PI)
Academic
SUNCAT has a substantial academic component through its close integration with Stanford University. Many graduate students are conducting smaller projects as rotation students at SUNCAT or do their PhD research and thesis work with us.
Each spring we teach a catalysis course, and every second year we host a summerschool. SUNCAT is also involved in the biennial summerschools held at CINF and CAMD at The Technical University of Denmark.
CHEMENG 142/242
CHEMENG 444-01
Understanding electronic structure theory and it's use in solving problems in engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology. An introduction to the quantum mechanical many-body problem, density functional theory, approximate total energy methods, usual approximations to the exchange-correlation energy. Overview of methods to solve the quantum mechanical electronic structure problem, an introduction to different numerical implementations, and hands-on experience with a particular electronic structure code. Examples from the literature of the application of electronic structure theory in engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology. Development of a critical approach to the capability of different computational approaches. A self-defined project required. Prerequisite: quantum mechanics.