William Taifan presented on his work on Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of Ethanol Catalytic Conversion to 1,3-Butadiene on MgO. Dr. B presented on Design and Properties of Supported Tungstate Catalysts for Oxidative Coupling of Methane (OCM) and K2O/WOx/Al2O3 Catalyst Interactions with the Components and Byproducts of Sour Natural Gas.