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To do good research, you need to connect to your fellow researchers. You won’t find anything about desulfurization per sé on WikiHow, but you will find tips on how to connect with and keep in touch with desulfurization colleagues.

For example, if you search WikiHow (www.WikiHow.com) using the term “LinkedIn” you will find several tips on how to improve your networking skills.

But first … this might be a good time to say something about the process of finding information on the Web. While there may be a few questions that you can answer with a simple Google query, most of the really useful information requires a more iterative approach. Connecting with desulfurization colleagues is a good example of the iteration approach.

Let’s say you have searched a site like AllConferences.com (www.AllConferences.com) or something similar to identify a conference you feel would help you advance your research. And let’s say that the conference you have identified is Pacifichem 2010 (http://www.pacifichem.org/). And let’s say, further, that you have identified a specific presenter at the Pacifichem conference … let’s say, Chunshan Song … that you would like to network with.

Design of Zeolite Catalyts for Clean Synthesis of Chemicals (#178)
Takashi Tatsumi Chunshan Song Sang-Eon Park

Now let’s say that you are not that comfortable with the whole networking thing. So you go to a site like WikiHow to get some tips on how to network at conferences. For example, a WikiHow search using the term “LinkedIn” results in the following hit …

How to Network at a Conference [Excerpt]
Look up the people who will be presenting at the conference. They are influencers who can help you get better networked into your targeted industry. Take the time to visit these presenters websites. They should also all have email addresses on their websites--even top executives may have emails. But, if they don't try to find them on sites like LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com).
Tell these influencers you look forward to hearing their talks. You are growing a relationship when you recognize someone for the valuable expertise they will be sharing at a conference. These presenters will appreciate you taking the time and you will gain relationship equity with them. They will, most likely, email you back and thank you. Now you can re-email them and let them know you will make sure you introduce yourself, in person, when you see them at the event.
Go up and introduce yourself at the event. Go to the presenters' talks you have emailed. Go early and sit in the front row. After their presentation take up a business card with a personalized note you have written on the back telling them how much you appreciated their insights. This will build even more relationship equity. You can also ask to follow up with a quick phone call with a question you may have about their presentation. Now you are at the point where you have really created a connection and, more likely than not, laid the groundwork for a long-term connection with whom you can develop all kinds of new business or career opportunities.
source: http://www.wikihow.com/Network-at-a-Conference

Following the WikiHow advice, you Google® Chunshan Song and find …

Activities
Chair, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2008.
Judge, ConocoPhillips Energy Prize (national energy award program), 2008.
Scientific Advisory Board, NSF Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas/ University of Iowa/Washington University at St Louis/ Prairie View A&M University, 2008-present.
Decision Review Board, Chevron-Penn State Alliance on Coal Conversion Technology, 2008.
Advisor, Technical Advisory Council, Research & Development Center, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, 2007-present.
Chair-Elect, Division of Fuel Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2007.
International Advisory Board Member for 2007 International Conference on Coal Science and Technology Nottingham, UK, 2006-2007.
Chair, Advisory Board for International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 2005-2006.
Treasurer, 19th North American Catalysis Society Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, May 22-28, 2005.
Member, Long-Range Planning Committee, American Chemical Society Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 2005-2007.
Chair, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2004.
Award Committee, 21st International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Osaka, Japan, Sept 12-17, 2004.
Program Chair, American Chemical Society Division of Fuel Chemistry, 2003.
Co-chair, Advisory Board for International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 2003-2004.
Chair-Elect, American Chemical Society Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 2003.
International Scientific Committee, International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization, 2003-present.
Member, Scientific Committee, 18th North American Catalysis Society Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, June 1-6, 2003.

One of the articles he has co-authored is …

A Nanoporous Polymeric Sorbent for Deep Removal of H2S from Gas Mixtures for Hydrogen Purification
source: http://www.eme.psu.edu/faculty/song.html

Googling® the article you find an abstract …

A nanoporous polymeric sorbent for deep removal of H2S from gas mixtures for hydrogen purification
Author(s):
Xiaoxing Wang Clean Fuels and Catalysis Program, The Energy Institute andDepartment of Energy and Geo-Environmenta
Xiaoliang Ma
Sun Lu
Abstract: A nanoporous composite sorbent (PEI/SBA-15) was developed by the wet impregnation loading of a linear polyethyleneimine (PEI) on a mesoporous molecular sieve SBA-15, which was prepared by hydrothermal synthesis. The sorbent was characterized by XRD at low angles, N_2 physisorption, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and FT-IR. The sorption performance of the sorbent for removing H2S from H_2-containing gas mixtures was evaluated in a flow system. The characterization results showed that after PEI loading, PEI was dispersed inside the meso-channels of SBA-15 with almost no change of the SBA-15 structure, and the interaction of amine groups in PEI with the functional groups on the SBA-15 surface may anchor PEI on the inner surface of SBA-15. The effects of the inlet H2S concentration and co-existing moisture on the sorption performance were examined. With increasing inlet H2S concentration, both the breakthrough capacity and the saturation capacity increased. The sorption of H2S on the PEI/SBA-15 sorbent can be expressed by the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. A higher sorption capacity was observed in the presence of moisture, indicating that moisture has a promoting effect on the sorption removal of H2S from gas streams on the PEI/SBA-15 sorbent. However, the desorption rate of the sorbed H2S was also reduced in the presence of moisture. The sorption/ desorption cycles showed that the PEI/SBA-15 sorbent had a good regenerability and stable sorption performance.
Source: Green Chemistry , 2007, 9 (6) : 695-702
source: http://citation.nstl.gov.cn/detail.jsp?internal_id=617839

With this kind of information, you would be well prepared to follow the tips in the WikiHow article.

One final tip … this hypothetical exercise demonstrates the time consuming process of chasing down the information you need to do your work. You can do it yourself, or you can save valuable time by enlisting the service of your friendly corporate librarian. If confidentiality is a concern … no worries … confidentiality is a part of the librarian’s professional code.

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