Professor Stuart Holmes Inaugural Lecture & Wine Reception
| Dates: | 1 February 2019 |
|---|
| Times: | 15:30 - 17:30 |
|---|
| What is it: | Lecture |
|---|
| Organiser: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
|---|
| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
|---|
| Speaker: | Stuart Holmes |
|---|
|
The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Stuart Holmes (followed by wine reception in C1, Great Hall, Sackville Buidling)
From Zeolites to Fuel Cells (and beyond): a career path through intricate porous structures.
The use of materials for the enhancement of environmental processes has long been recognised, with an early example being Aristotle 1 describing the use of ‘sands or soils’ for the desalination of seawater, a possible example of an early ion-exchange processes.
Although I have been working in the area of porous materials for a long time, it is not quite that long. However, I will describe my career path through the use of zeolite materials in hydrocracking catalysts; via diatomaceous earth (the material Alfred Nobel used to make dynamite) and waste water treatment; into membranes and electrochemical processes, notably fuel cells. The pathway will describe the synthesis and development of a range of different structures to try and enhance the performance of these systems and will showcase how the work developed. This involved collaboration with numerous people and, where possible, I will embarrass them with old photos.
Finally, the recent work in fuel cells will be discussed with a simple explanation/demonstration of how a fuel cell operates followed by a description of our studies and speculation about the future direction of the technology and more broadly the hydrogen economy.
1. Aristotle., Works. Vol 7, 933b (circa 300BC), publisher not known!
Please register on Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prof-stuart-holmes-inaugural-lecture-wine-reception-tickets-54585334204)
Speaker
Stuart Holmes
Role: Professor, School of Chemical Engineering
Organisation: The University of Manchester
Travel and Contact Information
Find event
C53
Sackville Street Building
Manchester
