General Info: Homogeneous Catalysis Master Course
Concept: Set-up for a NIOK Master Course in Homogeneous Catalysis
Date and exact location are not known yet, please consult the website at another moment or contact the NIOK secretariat for more information
Learning targets:
At the end of the course, the student will have an overview of the newest developments in the area of homogeneous catalysis; catalyst design, ligand effects, and synthetic applications, and other possible topics depending on most recent hot issues or expertise of guest speakers. In addition the student should be able to formulate his/her own research questions and be able to present his/her own research topic.
Knowledge required:
Organic Chemistry; Organometallic Chemistry; Catalysis (general).
This course is therefore a so-called ‘kop-cursus” on top of existing lectures in homogeneous catalysis or related topics. Participating / interested locations are Amsterdam, Delft, Eindhoven, Leiden, and Utrecht. Participation from other locations is open and welcome. To be informed and implemented is the extent to which the content of existing local courses coincides/complements the course.
Format
- 3 consecutive days at Utrecht
- Students from elsewhere stay 2 nights in a hotel
- Course in faculty building
- To be repeated annually if successful (and after evaluation)
- 2 teachers
The content and examination of the course will be formulated within the next few months in mutual agreement between the participating locations.
In the future, the course could be a stepping stone to the general NIOK PhD course on catalysis and to the catalysis winterschool under development by IDECAT.
Number of students: approx. 3 per location on average (maximum 30).
Master students from all groups involved in NIOK, industrial participants from VIRAN
General Info: Advanced Catalysis Engineering
Advanced Catalysis Engineering, NIOK Course
organised by Catalysis Engineering, DCT-TUDelft
Date for the new course is not known yet, but it is scheduled for autumn 2012. Please consult this page at another moment or contact the NIOK secretariat for more details.
It is the mission of NIOK, the institute for research and education in catalysis to bring together specialists from various backgrounds in special courses. In NIOK’s Special Course ‘Advanced Catalysis Engineering’ an integral approach of catalysis and engineering is presented with the goal to provide the essential tools for new process concepts and future catalytic technologies.
Topics include structured catalysts and reactors, catalyst selection, kinetics and stability/deactivation, novel reactor types (microreactors, autothermal, and multifunctionality) and modeling, process intensification, reactor selection strategies, and industrial cases.
The course comprises two weeks:
- The first week will be completely devoted to lecturing (including some evenings).
- The second week participants may work on a challenging case at home to renew or invent an industrial catalytic process, and present their results after that week.
The teachers are outstanding Dutch and foreign specialists in catalysis and engineering, with an extensive industrial and academic background. Because of the character of this course, the number of participants will be limited. This is, however, beneficial for the contact between teachers and participants.
Who should attend?
The Special Course is aimed at those active in the application of catalysis: the interface where catalysis and engineering meet. Researchers, scientists and engineers from academia, industry, and other organizations will be provided with the state of the art knowledge and experience in this area.
Basic knowledge on reactor theory and (heterogeneous) catalysis is required
(The engineering and kinetics topics of NIOK’s course ‘Integrated approach…’ should be reviewed).
General Info: Master Course on Biocatalysis
Set-up for a Delft-Nijmegen NIOK Master Course on Biocatalysis.
Learning targets:
At the end of the course, the student will have an overview of the newest developments in the area of biocatalysis; catalyst design, characterization, and synergy with homogeneous catalysis (biomimetics). In addition the student should be able to formulate his/her own research questions and be able to present his/her own research topic.
Knowledge required:
Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Catalysis; Biocatalysis or Bioconversion technology (Delft and Leiden students); Chemical Biology (Nijmegen students); Biocatalysis course (Amsterdam, Groningen, Utrecht).
Format
This course is therefore a so-called ‘kop-cursus” on top of existing lectures in biocatalysis or related topics. The format of January 2009 is presented below, and may be used for the new course scheduled most likely for January 2011:
- 2 x 2 days (2d Delft, 2d Nijmegen) in consecutive weeks early January 2009.
- Students from elsewhere stay 1 night in a hotel.
- Course in faculty building.
- To be repeated annually if successful
- 4 topics, each to be treated on a day
General Info: Catalytic Surface Science Master Course
Catalytic Surface Science Master Course
date and place still to be announced, most likely scheduled for October 2010
Coordinator: Prof.dr. Marc Koper, Leiden University
Lectures will be given by several catalysis experts from different universities.
The course is first of all meant for masterstudents from NIOK University groups, but is open for other interested people if places are available. It is an intensive three-day course, lectures are given from 9.00 - 17.00. The number of participants is limited to 30.
The course will cover:
- Basic principles of surface chemistry
- Principles of techniques for surface analysis and characterization including electron spectroscopies, ion spectroscopies, scanning probe microscopies, vibrational spectroscopies, in-situ spectroscopy
- Structure of surfaces
- Adsorption and reactions on surfaces
- Theory
- Case studies with emphasis on understanding of catalytic processes
19 May and several dates in June 2010: management course “Organization and leadership for PhD students”
Click here to download information about this course.