| Robert J Davis | | Professor and Chair, Chemical Engineering | | Ph.D., Stanford University | | | | Dr. Davis has served on the University of Virginia faculty since 1990. He has published more than 60 technical articles, delivered more than 100 presentations, and holds a patent for a novel aromatization catalyst. He has also co-authored a new textbook entitled "Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering." Davis has received the National Science Foundation’s Young Investigator Award, Union Carbide’s Innovation Recognition Award, and DuPont’s Young Professor Award. His professional memberships include the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, the International X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Society, the American Society for Engineering Education, the Southeastern Catalysis Society and Sigma Xi. | | | | Research Interests | | Robert Davis’ research focuses on the fundamental relationships between surface structure and catalytic function for a variety of heterogeneous catalysts. He studies such materials as mixed metal oxides, solid superacids, solid superbases, and base-promoted metal particles using state-of-the-art techniques, including scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and NMR spectroscopy. His research group routinely uses the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory. His catalysis laboratory also uses seven reactor systems to evaluate the activity of catalyst samples. | | |
Sponsored Research
Elucidating the Role of Water on Heteropolyacid-Catalyzed Hydrocarbon Reactions (funded by: National Science Foundation)
U.S.-South Africa Collaborative Research on Supported Gold Complexes and Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis (funded by: National Science Foundation)
Structure and Function of Supported Base Catalysts (funded by: Department of Energy)
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