4月1日上午，盘锦校区G01行政服务楼 E402会议室，来自美国宾州州立大学的Michael J. Janik 教授为校区师生奉献了一场精彩的学术报告。科研与学科工作部部长梁长海、副部长王万辉、石油与化学工程学院副院长包明及学院部分老师和研究生参加了学术报告会。学术报告会由梁长海主持。
梁长海首先对Janik教授到盘锦校区参观和作报告表示热烈的欢迎，进而向与会教师和同学介绍了Janik教授丰富的人生经历和他的科研成就。随后，Janik教授介绍了计算化学如何用于指导催化剂的设计和制备，使用密度泛函理论（DFT）方法如何确定电催化反应机制和指导电催化材料的设计等，并以自己团队研究的氢氧燃料电池、硼氢化物燃料电池和二氧化碳电还原为例，进行了详细的讲解。报告会后，与会的教师和Janik教授进行了深入的讨论，期待以后能有更深层次的交流和合作。
宾州州立大学与大连理工大学有着深厚的友谊和合作基础，14年间美国宾州州立大学孔子学院中方院长、大连理工大学外国语学院副教授牛晓春来校区讲学，宾州州立大学的7名留学生也到校区进行交流和访问。相信随着校区科学研究的开展，我们和宾州州立大学的合作会更加深入和全面。
报告人简介：
Bio for Dr. Michael J. Janik
John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Chair
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Janik is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and holds the John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Chair. He began his appointment at Penn State in August, 2006. His research interests are in the use of computational methods to understand and design materials for alternative energy conversion systems. Current activities address a wide-range of energy technologies including fuel cells and batteries, hydrogen generation, desulfurization, zeolite catalysis, organic photovoltaics, and CO2capture and utilization. Research methods emphasize atomistic simulation using quantum chemical methods and kinetic modeling. Janik is affiliated with the PSU Electrochemical Engine Center, Battery and Energy Storage Technology Center, Energy Institute, PSU-Dalian University of Technology Joint Center for Energy Research, and the PSU Institutes of Energy and the Environment. He also holds the title of HaiTian (Sea-Sky) Scholar from Dalian University of Technology. The Janik group currently includes 7 graduate students and 9 undergraduate students. Dr. Janik received his B. S. in Chemical Engineering from Yale University. Following his bachelor’s program, Janik spent three years as a Process Engineer for Procter and Gamble in Dover, Delaware. Janik returned to graduate school and completed his doctoral studies at the University of Virginia under the advisement of Bob Davis and Matt Neurock. He has co-authored approximately 85 peer reviewed papers, and co-edited the book “Computational Catalysis” (with Aravind Asthagiri), published by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013.
