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2008 Meek Lecturer: Dr. Jeffery Bricker
Director of Research at UOP LLC
Dr. Jeffery Bricker is the Director of Research at UOP LLC, a Honeywell
company, which has been delivering cutting-edge technology to the petroleum
refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing
industries for over 90 years. Jeff’s primary responsibility is to lead UOP’s
scientific capabilities development and conduct research in the areas of
New Materials, Catalysis, Advanced Characterization, and Exploratory Research.
Dr. Bricker started at UOP in 1983 as a catalyst research scientist working in
paraffin dehydrogenation, selective hydrogenations, natural gas utilization, and
selective oxidation. He has held a variety of positions in Refining, Petrochemical,
and Separations R&D and has played a key role in development of UOP
technologies and products. He is a key inventor for UOP’s advanced catalytic
dehydrogenation technologies for producing biodegradable detergents, light
olefins, and styrene; which have combined capacities exceeding 10 billion lbs.
He has been awarded 46 U.S. patents and has 15 applications pending.
Dr. Bricker is very active in the field of catalysis and has given invited lectures
at international catalysis symposiums, reviewed technical papers for journals, and
has co-authored 13 publications in peer reviewed scientific journals. He received
a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Chemistry from Heidelberg College in 1979
and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from The Ohio State University in 1983 under the guidance
of Professor Sheldon G. Shore. He is a member of the North American Catalysis Society
and the American Chemical Society.
Dr. Bricker will present the following lectures:
Thursday, May 1st 2008
Time: 4:30-5:30pm
Location: 1015 McPherson Laboratory
Lecture Title: “Meeting Energy Demand in an Oil-Expensive, Warming World”
Immediately followed by a Reception and Undergraduate Poster Session:
1st Floor Foyer McPherson
140 West 18th Avenue
5:30-6:30pm
Friday, May 2nd 2008
Time: 11:30-12:30pm
Location: 1015 McPherson Laboratory
Lecture Title: “New Inorganic Catalysts for Major Petrochemicals: Mechanism and Performance“
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