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South German Catalysis Institute
Graduate study course-Winter-Course 2007/2008:
“Catalysis: Fundamental Aspects and Common Principles”
Invitation
The Scientific Committee expresses an invitation to participate in the graduate study course which will be
held near Ulm starting with a two day session in Schloss Reisensburg, Wissenschaftszentrum der Universität
Ulm, in Günzburg.
Reason
Catalysis has a remarkable importance in our modern industrial society. Nearly all the products that we use
in our everyday lives were produced with the help of catalysts. Catalysis is a particularly interdisciplinary
science. It comprises the traditional fields of chemistry, biology, physics, material science and process
engineering.
Aim and Format
It is the essential aim to intensify the education in the promising sector of catalysis, without having to extend
the normal duration of the studies. A further purpose consists in abolishing the existing barriers between the
traditional academic disciplines and to lead the new generation of scientists as early as possible to the
interdisciplinary way of thinking and working that has gained such an enormous importance in our days.
PhD students of any field can be accepted into this program, as long as they are involved in the field of
catalysis in a University in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg or Switzerland. The participation for these PhD
students is free of charge. Members of the industry with appropriate preparation can also participate, but in
this case a fee of 1500 € will be charged per participant.
The main activity consists of full time lectures which will be held every second Friday during the winter
semester at the University of Ulm. All the lectures will be held in English by professors from BadenWürttemberg and Bavaria and if necessary by professors coming from other federal states.
The content of the lectures: heterogeneous catalysis, from quantum chemical basis to catalytic process
engineering, preparation, characterisation and deactivation of catalysts; kinetics, theory and catalytic
reactors; homogeneous catalysis, biocatalysis, photocatalysis and electrocatalysis.
The lecturers are: Behm, Groß, Hashmi, Jentys, Jess, Lercher, Reiser, Rieger, Tillmetz, Wasserscheid,
Weitkamp and Weuster-Botz.
The vocational training quality of all the professors will be – according to custom nowadays – evaluated by
the participants. The participants and professors will meet just before the beginning of the lectures, in
October, in a two day session in which they will get to know each other and where some introductory lectures
containing general principles and essentials of catalysis, will take place. The participants will take a written
examination after the completion of the program, which is normally in March, and with it’s approval, a
certificate issued by the organisers will be awarded.
Scientific Committee
Prof. Dr. Rolf Jürgen Behm
Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Jess
Prof. Dr. J. A. Lercher
Prof. Dr. P. Wasserscheid
Prof. Dr. Jens Weitkamp
University Ulm,
University Bayreuth
Tech. Univ. Munich
Univ. Erlangen-Nürnberg
University Stuttgart
Organisation Secretary
Dr. Hans Kral, Phone and Fax: 08379/7735
Bergstrasse 15, 87448 Waltenhofen-Oberdorf
juergen.behm@chemie.uni-ulm.de
jess@uni-bayreuth.de
johannes.lercher@ch.tum.de
wasserscheid@crt.cbi.uni.erlangen.de
jens.weitkamp@po.uni-stuttgart.de
Hanskralallgaeu@aol.com
Registration Form
Please send this form not later than July 28, 2007 back to:
Telex: +(49)8379-7735 or to
Email: Hanskralallgaeu@aol.com
Dr. H. Kral, SGCI-Home Office, Bergstr. 15, D-87448 Waltenhofen
Graduate study course: Winter-Course 2007/2008
South German Catalysis Institute
“Catalysis: Fundamental Aspects and Common Principles”
Introductory Course 2007 from October 15/16, 2007 in Schloss Reisensburg, Günzburg/Donau
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