SCHB Program at the ACS National Meeting, Salt Lake City (March 2009)
John H. Lauterbach and Joseph E. Sabol, Program Chairs
SUNDAY AFTERNOON (March 22nd)
Non-Traditional Careers in Chemistry
Sponsored by YCC, Cosponsored by Chemical Information Careers Committee, CINF, CHAL, SOCED, CEPA, SCHB, and POLY
TUESDAY MORNING (March 24th)
Section A
True Stories of Operating a Successful Small Chemical Business
J. H. Lauterbach, Organizer
9:05 — Introductory Remarks.
9:10 —1. Commercialization of a hand-portable GC-MS. D. W. Later
9:35 —2. Enhancement of thermal properties of microencapsulated phase change materials by multi-walled carbon nanotubes. C. Thies
10:00 —3. Suppression toxicities of anti-cancer durgs via selenium nanoparticles. X. Gao Sr.
10:25 — Intermission.
10:45 —4. Traveling chemist: Working as a consultant. J. Gerlach
11:10 —5. Optimization of octadentate 1,2-HOPO sensitized Eu luminescence in aqueous solution. A. D'Aléo, E. G. Moore, C. J. Jocher, J. Xu, K. N. Raymond
11:35 — Concluding Remarks.
Legal Perspectives On A Shrinking World – Intellectual Property, Business and Regulatory Issues in Nanotechnology
Sponsored by CHAL, Cosponsored by SCHB
TUESDAY AFTERNOON (March 24th)
Section A
Small Chemical Businesses and Nanoscience
M. Lefenfeld, Organizer
1:30 —6. Introductory remarks: Small chemical business and nanoscience. M. Lefenfeld
1:35 —7. Commercializing “Small”: What is the “Nano” business model? G. M. Whitesides
2:05 —8. Unique molecular architectures enabling new polymer applications. T. M. Swager
2:35 —9. The blending of research & teaching with entrepreneurship: The launching of Liquidia Technologies. J. M. DeSimone
3:05 —10. A small company made it possible to develop a novel approved anticancer compound. R. Breslow
3:35 — Intermission.
4:05 —11. From laboratory to the real world: Some thoughts on commercializing the results of your research. J. A. Rogers
4:35 —12. Reducing risk is better than reducing fear in a high-tech business startup. M. Dantus
5:05 —13. Fundamental research and technology transfer. R. H. Grubbs
5:35 — Concluding Remarks.