CAIA 2024 – 31 October final date to register!

… a fascinating discipline

NIOK, the Dutch school of research in catalysis, with some 200 PhD students involved in research, offers the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into various aspects of this fascinating discipline: fundamental, theoretical, homogeneous, heterogeneous, industrial catalysis and biocatalysis. The main theme of this course is the molecular approach of catalysis in view of its applications, from catalyst preparation and characterization to reactor engineering.

Target audience

The course is designed for graduates and polytechnic (HBO) levels, either as a first introduction or as a refresher course. Especially graduates preparing a doctoral dissertation related to catalysis are potential attendants, but also those who are already working in industry and feel the need to deepen their insights into catalytic processes.

 Topics to be discussed

 Introductory part

• history of catalysis: homogeneous, heterogeneous and biocatalysis
• chemical and technological aspects of a number of important industrial processes. These processes will also form the framework for the subjects to be treated in the fundamental and applied parts of the course
• chemical kinetics of catalyzed reactions

Fundamental catalysis

• chemical bonding to surfaces, in metal complexes and in enzymes
• elementary reaction steps in catalysis
• kinetic and mechanistic processes of catalysis

Applied catalysis

• catalytic reaction engineering
• preparation of catalyst supports including zeolites
• preparation of supported catalysts

Catalyst characterization

• laboratory and advanced methods, incl. in situ and operando methods
• spectroscopic techniques
• temperature programmed techniques
• adsorption methods

Modern developments seen from two angles:

• from the process technology side: more efficient and cleaner processes
• from the theoretical side: development of fundamental catalysis towards an independent science within chemistry and physics.

Course teachers

​Jessi van der Hoeven (Synthesis)

Jimmy Faria Albanese (Heterogeneous Catalysis)

Edwin Otten (Homogeneous Catalysis)

Ulf Hanefeld (Biocatalysis)

Jun Yue (Reaction Engineering & Kinetics)

Guido Mul (Spectroscopy)

Place and time

The course is held on the island Schiermonnikoog. The lectures take place in “Het Dorpshuis”, Torenstreek 18a. Lodging is in Hotel Van der Werff, Reeweg 2, Schiermonnikoog. The course starts Sunday 17 November  (afternoon arrival) and ends Friday 22 November after lunch.

Textbook

The text book will be ‘Catalysis, an integrated approach‘, edited by Prof.dr. U. Hanefeld and Prof.dr.ir. L. Lefferts, with contributions from many experts.

Registration

Registration ends on 1 November 2024.

Register here.

Capacity

The number of participants is limited to 55.

Certificate

A Certificate of Attendance is available. A Certificate of Proficiency is available for those who successfully pass the assessment.
Obtaining the Certificate of Proficiency is one of the requirements that needs to be met before NIOK graduates can apply for a NIOK diploma accompanying their doctor’s degree certificate. For the complete set of requirements please contact the NIOK office or ask your supervisor.

Course fee

The course fee amounts

* VIRAN members can send one employee of a member company’s own staff at a reduced rate of € 900

The fee includes:

• (full board) accommodation (17 November arrival, 22 November departure);
•  a copy of the book ‘Catalysis, an integrated approach‘;
• other course materials and hand-outs.

Cancellation fees

Cancellation fees are applicable:

• cancellation between 20 October –  3 November: 50% of the course fee;
• cancellation after 3 November: the full fee will be charged.

Assessment

Assessment of the NIOK CAIA course will be done based on case studies and a presentation. Throughout the week you will work in groups of 5-6 people on set case studies, i.e. catalysis problems given to you. At the end of the week, the case studies must be presented to the entire group. The case study and presentations will be assessed with pass/fail (and some feedback). For NIOK graduate students it is obligatory to take part and pass, to be able to obtain the NIOK Certificate of Proficiency certificate at the end of your PhD.

Course leader

Prof.dr. M. Tromp, Groningen University

Contact

Niokoffice-science@uva.nl