Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). In 2022, researchers held a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop on rigor and reproducibility (R&R) in thermal, heterogeneous catalysis. The workshop focused on discussing the state of these issues in the field, developing recommendations to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of data reported in the literature, and compiling collective knowledge about best practices for common methods of study in the field and current knowledge about the availability of benchmark materials.
In this webinar, panelists—including John West (Johnson Matthey), Neil Schweitzer (Northwestern University), Rajamani Gounder (Purdue University), and Robert Rioux (Pennsylvania State University)—discussed outcomes from the workshop, the current state of the field, why the topic is important for industry and bioenergy applications, and planned future activities researchers are undertaking to help the catalysis community address R&R issues in the future.
This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). In 2022, researchers held a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop on rigor and reproducibility (R&R) in thermal, heterogeneous catalysis. The workshop focused on discussing the state of these issues in the field, developing recommendations to enhance the rigor and reproducibility of data reported in the literature, and compiling collective knowledge about best practices for common methods of study in the field and current knowledge about the availability of benchmark materials.
In this webinar, panelists—including John West (Johnson Matthey), Neil Schweitzer (Northwestern University), Rajamani Gounder (Purdue University), and Robert Rioux (Pennsylvania State University)—discussed outcomes from the workshop, the current state of the field, why the topic is important for industry and bioenergy applications, and planned future activities researchers are undertaking to help the catalysis community address R&R issues in the future.
