{"110631":{"#nid":"110631","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Prof. Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdding value to lignin and biomass by controlled chemical catalysis\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInorganic Chemistry Seminar Series\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETransition metal catalysts have been an integral part of the success story of the petrochemical industry in the past century. Two of the grand challenges for this century are renewable energy and the utilization of green resources. Approximately 1.4 billion tons of lignocellulosic biomass is an annually renewable source of energy and feedstock in the U.S. alone. The major components of biomass are cellulose, hemicellulose\/xylan, and lignin- all polymeric and contain high percentage of oxygen. I will describe catalytic processes based on cheap and abundant materials that can be employed in tandem to unravel polymeric biomass into soluble components and their subsequent transformation into fuels and high value organics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information contact \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/mailto:joseph.sadighi@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EProf. Joseph Sadighi\u003C\/a\u003E (404-385-2244).\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProf. Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAdding value to lignin and biomass by controlled chemical catalysis\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInorganic Chemistry Seminar Series\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2012-02-20 12:00:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:05","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-04-11T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-04-11T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-04-11T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-04-11 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-04-11 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-04-11 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chem.purdue.edu\/people\/faculty\/faculty.asp?itemID=3","title":"Prof. Mahdi Abu-Omar, Purdue University"}],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShirley Tomes (404-894-0591) \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:shirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eshirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}