Investigation of Coal, Coal Derived Prod. and Coal Catalysts

少数民族院校研究改进计划(RIMI)的设立是为了提供支持，以加强以少数民族为主的机构或拥有大量少数族裔学生的机构的研究环境和能力。符合条件的机构还必须有理科研究生课程或工程学课程。基金为教师在科学和工程领域的研究提供资金，并用于购置研究仪器。德克萨斯南方大学将使用RIMI Support来研究煤炭催化和煤炭衍生产品。这项工作将涉及过渡金属配合物的制备和表征。此外，大量的工作将集中在煤炭液化和各种催化物种的性质、结构和组成上。提出者将把金属络合物的相对分子质量和分子结构与催化活性和产物选择性联系起来。南得克萨斯州是一所城市大学，位于其许多少数族裔选民居住的地区。首席研究员是一名少数化学家，他是聚吡硫硼酸配体体系的专家。他在被引用的期刊上发表了大量文章，并在学术和工业领域进行了煤炭研究。基金会之所以支持这一项目，是因为它将为少数群体提供机会，让他们更多地参与有价值的研究。

The Research Improvement in Minority Institutions (RIMI) program was established to provide support to strengthen the research environments and capabilities of predominantly minority institutions or institutions that have substantial minority student populations. Eligible institutions must also have graduate programs in science or programs in engineering. Funding is provided for faculty research in fields of science and engineering supported by the Foundation and for the acquisition of research instrumentation. Texas Southern University will use RIMI support to study coal catalysis and coal derived products. The work will involve the prepartion and characterization of transition metal complexes. In addition, considerable work will focus on coal liquefaction and the nature, structure, and composition of various catalytic species. The proposers will correlate the molecular weight and molecular structure of the metal complexes with catalytic activity and product selectivity. Texas Southern is an urban university that is located in an area where many of its minority constitutents live. The principal investigator is a minority chemist who is an expert in polypyrasoyborate ligand systems. He has published widely in refereed journals and has done coal research in the academic and industrial sectors. The Foundation has supported this project because it will provide opportunities for minorities to increase their participation in meritorious research.