Purdue University Center for Catalyst Design

The Center for Catalyst Design (CCD) at Purdue University is focused on the development of both new catalysts for a variety of chemical processes and a fundamental, molecular-level understanding of how these catalysts work. The CCD is a cross-disciplinary team of researchers with broad expertise in catalysis, surface science, inorganic chemistry, materials science, molecular and process modeling, process systems engineering, and modern informatics methods. The CCD also houses facilities for catalyst preparation, characterization and detailed kinetic evaluation, and a rich infrastructure for data archiving, information management, large scale computing, data visualization and model building.