Double Bond - February 1999 Web Version

Purdue University

Date:

Tuesday, March 16, 1999

Place:

The Eagle House Restaurant

5559 Main St

Williamsville, NY

Fellowship:

6:00 - 7:00 PM Cash Bar

Dinner:

7:00 PM 3 meal choices @ a cost of
$14.00 per person
(1) Open Sliced Top Round of Beef w/ Mushroom Sauce
(2) Roast Turkey Dinner w/Stuffing
(3) Penne Pasta tossed w/olive oil

Reservations: Patty 888-2340 by Friday, March 12, 1999

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Senior Chemists

If you would be interested in serving as a co-chairman of the Senior Chemists please contact Dr. Joseph F. Bieron @ 888-2340

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Editorial

First, I would like to thank the section for the wonderful turnout we had for February's speaker, author Barry Digregorio, who I'm sure all in attendance will agree gave a wonderful presentation on the Viking evidence for the existence of microbial life on Mars. In continuing with this year's theme of broad general interest talks, on Tuesday, March 16, we will be welcoming ACS Tour Speaker Professor George Bodner from Purdue University. Dr. Bodner's talk is entitled “Why Do Some Cans of Bud Light Float in a Commode? What Can We Learn by Listening to Students.” The talk is dedicated to DJ “Mad Dog” Mattis of Q-95 in Indianapolis, who devoted 45 minutes of his afternoon show to a discussion of why some, but not all, cans of Bud Light float when dropped in a commode.

There is one other event to draw to your attention in March. On March 25, at the Rich Renaissance,

1 West Ferry, Buffalo, NY the Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier will be holding its joint meeting. Our section will continue participation in this event. Interested parties should contact our TSC representative, Randy Leising (rleising@greatbatch.com).

About the Speaker:

Professor George M. Bodner is a Rochester, NY native. He received his BS in Chemistry from SUNY-Buffalo in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indiana University in 1972. From 1972-75, he was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois, and from 1975-77 was a professor at Stephens College. Since 1977, he has been on the faculty at Purdue University, where he holds the rank of Professor. Professor Bodner's research interests are in chemical education, and he has authored more than 80 papers.

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About the Topic:

The talk is entitled “Why Do Some Cans of Bud Light Float in a Commode? What Can We Learn by Listening to Students.” The talk is dedicated to DJ “Mad Dog” Mattis of Q-95 in Indianapolis, who devoted 45 minutes of his afternoon show to a discussion of why some, but not all, cans of Bud Light float when dropped in a commode.

News from Mike Strem
Area Regional Counselor

First I would like to congratulate some of our Region 1 local sections for their 1997 Phoenix Awards (National Chemistry Week) and for the performance of their Student Affiliates Groups in 1997-98:

Best activity in a museum - Maine Section (An afternoon of demonstrations and hands-on experiments at the Children's Museum of Maine in Portland) Best shopping mall event - Honorable Mention to the Cornell Section (Twelve tables of “chemically alive” experiments in the mall)

Fairfield CT; U of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; U of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Commendable: Inter-American U of Puerto Rico-Metropolitan Campus,

San Juan; Union College, Schenectady NY; U of Puerto Rico, Humacao; U of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
Honorable Mention: Alfred U, Alfred NY; Providence College, Providence RI; St.. Johns U., Jamaica NY; U of New Haven, West Haven CT

Workshops - The American Chemical Society will offer a Regional Employment Clearing House, and there will be a workshop by the Office of Legislative and Government Affairs. A Minority Program with activities will also be offered at the meeting. All of these programs are open to meeting participants.

Short Courses - There will be short courses offered at the meeting: (1 ) Laboratory Safety and (2) Conducting Polymers (June 21 ).

REGISTRATION MATERIALS WILL BE MAILED IN MARCH. PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 15. PLAN TO MAKE NERM'99 YOUR CONNECTION WITH A NORTHERN NEW YORK OR CANADIAN VACATION IN 1999.

Undergraduate Program (June 22-23): Chemistry: What's Hot? What's Cool? / Chemistry in the Work Place / What Can a Student Affiliate Chapter Do? / Undergraduate Poster Session / Undergraduate Research Symposium / Social Mixer / Barbecue Employment Clearing House / Graduate Student Fair.

College Teacher's Program (June 21-24): Teaching with Problem Solving / General Chemical Education / Innovative Experiments and Software for the Undergraduate Laboratory / World Wide Web in the Undergraduate Education / Use of Technology to Change Student Learning / Molecular Modeling Workshop and Workshop on Internet Resources and Uses in Chemical Education (June 21 ).

High School Teacher's Program (June 25): Molecular Modeling Workshop (morning), World Wide Web Workshop (morning), Chemical Education Symposium (afternoon), General Session (afternoon), Social Mixer (evening).

Electro-analytical Chemistry (June 22-24): Electro-catalytic Processes / Immunosensors, Nucleic Acid Biosensors and Receptor Based Sensors / Symposium in Memory of Louis Meites / Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry / Special Guest Lecturer: Alan Bond (Australia).

Materials and Colloid Chemistry (June 22-24): Particle Technology: Advancing Towards the 21st Century / Nanstructures / Aggregation Phenomena in Colloidal, Polymeric, and Surfactant Systems / Special Guest Lecturer: H. Mohwald (Max Plank Institute).

Poster Session (Evening of June 22): Undergraduate and General Poster Session, Social Mixer.

Now available from ACS—an updated pamphlet that details the science behind global climate change. The 12-page pamphlet is written for the educated nonscientist.

Single copies of this publication are free and may be obtained by writing to American Chemical Society, Office of Legislative and Government Affairs, 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW, Room 330, Washington, DC 20036, phoning 202/872-4386, or e-mailing govtrelations@acs.org.

Demographics of the

Western New York Section

American Chemical Society Region

Geographical Area

USA ---------------760

Canada ------------162

Europe ---------------1

Total----------------923

Age Profile

21-25 29 46-50 71

26-30 61 51-60 150

31-35 99 61-70 117

36-40 95 71+ 119

41-45 111 N/A 66

Gender

Male----------------743

Female ------------164

N/A----------------- 16

Total---------------923

Major

Chemistry -------723

Chem Eng. -------76

Other ------------120

N/A---------------- 4

Total-------------923

Membership Status

Regular Members -579

Assoc Members---- 66

Students ------------92

Emeritus ------------99

Retired --------------58

Other---------------- 29

Total----------------923

ON-LINE PROFESSIONAL DATA BANK

The ACS Department of Career Services is pleased to announce the release of the On-line Professional Data Bank (PDB). The On-line PDB gives members a free and easy way to post their skills, experience, and areas of interest in a searchable database. Employers use this Internet recruiting tool when searching for candidates to fill their open positions—they know they'll find skilled chemical professionals among the membership of the ACS. No other scientific society offers a career management service of such value to its members.

Members facing a job change or considering making a career transition should try the On-line PDB—it's free, it's state-of-the-art, and it's entirely confidential. Candidates may choose to maintain an active listing (where their profile is posted immediately to a searchable database) or remain inactive for awhile (the profile is saved until the candidate wishes to switch to the active listing). All communication between employers and candidates is handled through an e-mail system created just for the PDB. Using the latest technology, candidate profiles can not be viewed by other users—only qualified employers who register with the ACS may gain access to the database. And an additional confidentiality option allows members to block their contact information and creates a blind e-mail address—no need to worry about your boss finding you on the system—so even members currently employed can use the system without risk.

A new landscape is developing in today's employment climate; to keep one's footing, chemists need to develop their own career management plan. Lifelong employment with one organization has become a retreating reality. Employment data support the prediction that job changes will become more frequent, and more members will start their careers as temporary employees. Career self-management is a necessity for all chemists. Check out the newest addition to the menu of career management tools

available from ACS and take advantage of your member benefits. Available through Chem Center at http://www.chemcenter.org

ON-LINE PROFESSIONAL DATA BANK

The ACS Department of Career Services is pleased to announce the release of the On-line Professional Data Bank (PDB). The Online PDB gives members a free and easy way to post their skills, experience, and areas of interest in a searchable database. Employers use this Internet recruiting tool when searching for candidates to fill their open positions„they know theyÍll find skilled chemical professionals among the membership of the ACS. No other scientific society offers a career management service of such value to its members.

Members facing a job change or considering making a career transition should try the On-line PDB„itÍs free, itÍs state-of-the-art, and itÍs entirely confidential. Candidates may choose to maintain an active listing (where their profile is posted immediately to a searchable database) or remain inactive for awhile (the profile is saved until the candidate wishes to switch to the active listing). All communication between employers and candidates is handled through an e-mail system created just for the PDB. Using the latest technology, candidate profiles can not be viewed by other users„only qualified employers who register with the ACS may gain access to the database. And an additional confidentiality option allows members to block their contact information and creates a blind e-mail address„no need to worry about your boss finding you on the system„so even members currently employed can use the system without risk.

A new landscape is developing in todayÍs employment climate; to keep oneÍs footing, chemists need to develop their own career management plan. Lifelong employment with one organization has become a retreating reality. Employment data support the prediction that job changes will become more frequent, and more members will start their careers as temporary employees. Career self-management is a necessity for all chemists. Check out the newest addition to the menu of career management tools available from ACS and take advantage of your member benefits. Available through Chem Center at http://www.chemcenter.org

R.E.A.C.T.

March 20, 9-12 AM - In the Horan-O'Donnell Science Building, Room # 015 at Canisius College, 2001 Main St. Buffalo, NY

PLEASE NOTE: The March meeting is being changed from March 27 to March 20 to accomodate the teachers attending the National Science Teachers Association Conference in Boston, Mass.

If you need any information please call:

Karen Arnold 884-5894 (one week prior to workshop)

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