1996 AIChE Computational Chemistry Presenters

Session Presenters

1996 AIChE Annual Meeting
Location: Chicago, Palmer House Hotel
Date: November 10-15, 1996

Co-Sponsored by Area 1a - Thermodynamics and Transport Properties
and the Research and New Technology Committee
and by
Area 8a: Polymer Engineering and Sciences;
Area 8d: Ceramics; Area 8e: Electronic and Photonic Materials;
Areas 10a/c: Computing and Systems Technology;
Area 15b: Pharmaceuticals
Group 20: Kinetics, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering


Plenary Session

Industrial Applications of Molecular Simulation
Nicholas Quirke; Editor, "Molecular Simulations"

Application of Molecular Simulation to Petroleum Industry
Y. Tang; Chevron Petroleum Technology Company

Molecular Modeling Strategies for New Chemical Technology
John M. Walsh [Speaker], T. F. Brownscombe, Kenneth R. Cox; Shell U.S.A.

Computer-Assisted Design in the Discovery of New Anti-HIV Drugs C. Nicholas Hodge [Speaker], Charles J. Eyermann, Prabharkar K. Jadhav, and Patrick Y.-S. Lam; The DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company

Application of Computational Thermochemistry to Industrial Process Design
Nelson G. Rondan* [Speaker], David J. Frurip,* Joey Storer**; *The Dow Chemical Company, **Cray Computer

Panel comments and response to audience questions


Poster and Demonstration Session

Improved High Temperature Corrosion Inhibition Through Molecular Modelling
Sunder Ramachandran* [Speaker], Bao Liang Tsai,* Mario Blanco,* Huey J Chen,* Yongchun Tang,** William A. Goddard III*; *Beckmann Institute of Caltech, **Chevron Petroleum Technology Co.

The Use Of Molecular Orbital Calculations To Describe The Phase Behavior of Associating Fluids
Jeffrey P. Wolbach [Speaker], Stanley I. Sandler; University of Delaware

Molecular Modeling of Phase Equilibria
Vassilis I. Harismiadis, Johannes Vorholz, Jeff Errington, Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos [Speaker]; Cornell University

Molecular Simulation of Liquid-Vapor Phase Equilibria of Branched and Star Alkanes
Shengting Cui [Speaker], Peter T. Cummings, Henry D. Cochran; University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Chemical Demulsification of W/O Emulsions: Relationships Between Demulsifier Effectiveness and Octanol Water Partition Coefficient
Mamadou S Diallo [Speaker], Mario Blanco, Mohammed Sarbar, Mark Williams, William A Goddard III; *Beckmann Institute of Caltech, **Chevron Petroleum Technology Co.

An Ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Study of Inorganic Membranes for Gas Separations
Ken C. McCarley [Speaker], J. Douglas Way, Mohammed H. Hassan, John B. Nicholas; Colorado School of Mines

Ab Initio Studies of Eley-Rideal Hydrogen Abstraction During Plasma Deposition of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon
Easwar Srinivasan [Speaker], Gregory N. Parsons, Hong Yang; North Carolina State University

The Use of Quantum Chemistry in Formulation of Reaction Mechanisms for OMCVD Processes
Harsono Simka [Speaker], Klavs F Jensen; Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ab Initio Study of the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Cracking
Yitian Xiao; Exxon Production Research Co.

Calculating Thermochemistry and Kinetics of NOx Using Ab Initio Methods
Karin Rotem [Speaker], Phillip R. Westmoreland; University of Massachusetts Amherst

NIST CKMech: WWW Accessible, Interactive Database of Thermochemical Data, Reaction Rates, and Citations for Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms
Donald R. Burgess, Jr. [Speaker], Michael R. Zachariah, W. Gary Mallard, Peter J. Linstrom; National Institute of Standards and Technology

Applications of DFT/MD to Catalysis
Jorge M Seminario; University of New Orleans

Investigation of the Structure Sensitivity of Ammonia Synthesis Using Density Functional Theory
David J. Dooling [Speaker], Linda J. Broadbelt; Northwestern University

Quantum Chemical Study of the Catalytic Oxidative Coupling of Methane
Isik Onal [Speaker], Selim Senkan; University of California, Los Angeles

Solid Acid Catalyst Modelling
Raul Miranda [Speaker], Sriram Ramani; University of Louisville

Development of Accurate Force Fields for Materials Simulations from First-Principles Quantum Chemistry Studies
Shaoyi Jiang [Speaker], William A. Goddard III, Siddarth Dasgupta, Mario Blanco, California Institute of Technology; Elaine Yamaguchi, Rawls Frazier, Chevron Research and Technology Company

Towards Standard Supercomputer Benchmarks for Computational Chemistry
Robert H. Kuhn [Speaker], Kuck & Associates, Inc.; Gregory G. Gaertner, Digital Equipment Corporation

Ab Initio Study of the Kinetics and Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon Cracking
Yitian Xiao; Exxon Production Research Company

Investigation Of The Structure And Transport Properties Of Salt-Occluded Zeolite-A
E. M. Gelbard, R. Agrawal [Speaker], Argonne National Laboratory

All-Electron Ab Initio Investigation of HDS Catalysis Energetics
Christopher L. Marshall [Speaker], Jeffery L. Tilson, Argonne National Laboratory; Michael Palmer, University of Wyoming; James R. Brenner, Argonne National Laboratory

Integration of Ab Initio Quantum Chemical Calculations with Monte Carlo Kinetic Surface Simulations for Modelling Heterogeneous Catalysis
Eric W. Hansen, Matthew Neurock [Speaker]; University of Virginia


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Last revision: September 19, 1996.