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People Götz Veser

Associate Professor and CNG Faculty Fellow

Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering


412-624-1042
Fax: 412-624-9639
Office: 1232 Benedum Hall

Education

Dr. rer. nat. (Phys. Chem.), Fritz-Haber-Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1993
Dipl.-Ing. (Chem. Eng.), University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 1990

Professional Interests

After receiving his PhD in 1993, Professor Veser was a A.v.Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) from 1994 to 1996.

Following that, he held positions at the University of Stuttgart (Dept. of Chem. Eng., 1996–99) and at the Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research (Dept. of Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2000–02), both in Germany, before returning to the United States in 2002 to join the University of Pittsburgh.

The focus of Professor Veser's research is on catalytic reaction engineering with an emphasis on the integration of a fundamental understanding of reaction mechanisms with the design of novel catalyst systems and the development of modern reactor concepts.

Some examples of current research interests are:

  • High-temperature millisecond contact-time catalysis
  • Multifunctional reactor concepts
  • Nanoscale engineering of catalyst systems
  • Development of catalytic microreactors

For additional information on Professor Veser's research programs, please visit the page of his laboratory at Benedum Engineering Hall.

Selected Publications

S, Chattophadyay and G. Veser, "Heterogeneous-Homogeneous Interactions in Catalytic Microchannel Reactors", AIChE Journal, 52 (2006) 2217-2229.

T. Sanders and G. Veser, "Supported Nanocomposite Catalysts for High-Temperature Methane Conversion", ACS Fuel Chemistry Preprints 51 (1) (2006).

T. Liu, T. Symosi, R. Siriwardane, and G. Veser, "Nanocomposite Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping Combustion", ACS Fuel Chemistry Preprints 51 (2) (2006).

T. Liu, V. Gepert, and G. Veser, "Process Intensification through Heat Integration for High-Temperature Millisecond Contact-Time Catalysis", Chem. Eng. Res. Design, 83 (2005) 611 - 618.

M. Kirchhoff, U. Specht, and G. Veser, "Engineering High-Temperature Stable Nanocomposite Materials", Nanotechnology, 16 (2005) S401-408.

G. Veser, "Process Intensification through Heat-Integration For High-Temperature Catalysis", Chapter 9 in: "Microreaction Technology and Process Intensification" (Y. Wang and J.D. Holladay, Eds.), ACS Symposium Series No. 914, Washington, 2005.

G. Veser, "Combined Reactor and Catalyst Engineering for Efficient Decentralized Conversion of Methane to Synthesis Gas or Hydrogen", STREM Chemiker 22 (2005) 24-29.

D. Neumann and G. Veser, "Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane in a Reverse-Flow Reactor", AIChE Journal, 51 (2005) 210-223.

T. Liu, C. Snyder, and G. Veser, "Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane: Is a Distinction between Direct and Indirect Reaction Mechanisms Meaningful?", ACS Fuel Chemistry Preprints 50 (2005).

T. Liu and G. Veser, "Temperature Dynamics during Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane in a Reverse-Flow Reactor", ACS Fuel Chemistry Preprints 50 (2005).


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