Invited Talks
  
     
  IIT and my research group is honored with numerous requests received in my office to give invited talks, seminars, and colloquia to present my work at the national and international conferences, universities, national labs, and industries.
Following is a partial list of the recently given talks:
  • “Novel Nanostructured Materials: DeNOx and Selective Oxidation Catalysts”, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, December 2002.
  • “Fabrication of Monodisperse Crystalline Solids: Potential Environmental Decontamination Catalysts”, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, November 2002.
  • “Novel Nanostructured Materials: Application in Environmental Decontamination”, The Associated Colleges of Chicago Area, Special Nanochemistry Topic Invited Speaker, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, October 2002.
  • "Bottom-Up’ Synthesis of Supramolecular and Framework Structures”,
    Nanostructured Materials Symposia: Supramolecular Chemistry. 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of The American Chemical Society, Minneapolis, June 2002.
  • “New Framework Materials”, Metal Oxides Symposium, 224th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, August 2002.
  • “Nanostructured Zeolitic Materials”, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, India, August 2002.
  • “Nanocompoites and Zeolitic Materials”, Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division Seminar, Argonne, IL, November 2001.
  • “Multimedia Based New Graduate Programs in Materials and Chemical Synthesis at Illinois Institute of Technology”, 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, August 2001.
  • “New Composite Materials Derived from Oxovanadate Motifs”, Symposium on Polyoxometalate Chemistry for Nano-composite Design”. 2000 International Chemical Congress of the Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2000), Honolulu, December 2000.
  • “Novel Framework Materials”, Chicago State University, Chicago, February 2000.
  • “Design and Development of New Materials: Potential Industrial Applications”. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Department of Chemistry, New Delhi, May 2000.
  • “Novel Zeolitic and Composite Materials”, Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington, DC, February 2000.
  • “Transition Metal Oxide-Based Zeolitic and Framework Materials”, Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry, Evanston, January 1999.
  • “Framework Materials Composed of Transition Metal oxide Clusters”, International Conference on “Polyoxometalates: From Topology to Industrial Applications”, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, Germany, October 1999.
  • “A New Class of Framework Materials Composed of Spherical Transition Metal Oxide Clusters”, American Chemical Society's National Meeting, Anaheim, April 1999.
  • “Materials and Chemical Synthesis: Development of a New Multimedia Based Graduate Degree Program in Chemistry at Illinois institute of Technology Chicago”. American Chemical Society's 34th Midwest Regional Meeting, Quincy, IL, October 1999.
  • “Novel Composites and Framework Materials Composed of Oxometalates”, Argonne National Laboratory, Materials Science Division, Argonne, November 1999.
  • “New Framework Materials Composed of Transition Metal Oxide Clusters”, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Chemistry, November 1999.
  • “Materials and Chemical Synthesis: New Multimedia Based Graduate Programs in Chemistry at Illinois Institute of Technology”, Second Materials Chemistry Conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, October 1999.
  • “Novel Zeolitic and Composite Solids”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Department of Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, (Chemistry Colloquium), Chicago, October 1999.
  • “Metal Oxides as Building Blocks for the Design and Development of Advanced Materials”, Avlon Industries, Bedford Park, Chicago, IL, October 1998.
  • “Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metal Oxide Clusters: New Perspectives”. University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Chemistry, Chicago, January 1998.
  • “New Solids Composed of Spherical Metal Oxide Clusters”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Physics Division, Chicago, November 1998.
  • “Chemoresistive Sensors: Potential Applications of Transition Metal Oxides in Fabricating Metal Oxide Based Sensors for Explosive Materials Detection”, Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute, Chicago, IL, December 1996.
  • “Transition Metal Oxide Based Materials for Applications in Batteries and Cells”, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (Fuel Cell and Battery Program), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, November 1996.
  • “Microporous Zeolitic Solids: New Generation of Advanced Materials With Relevance to Catalysis, Ion Exchange, and Pollution Control”, Education and Research Initiative Presentation Conference, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, April 1996.
  • “Polyoxometalates: New Perspectives”, American Chemical Society's Northeastern Regional Meeting, Rochester, NY, April 1995.
  • “Computer Graphics for the Enhancement of Teaching Chemistry Courses”, DOD Project Conference, Chicago, November 1995
  • “Coordination Chemistry of Polyoxometalates: From Molecular Clusters to Organically Templated Solids”, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chemistry Division, Chicago, June 1994.