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| Chair Luis Colon UB @ Buffalo 645-6963 |
Chair-Elect Mary McCourt D'Youville College 881-3200 : x 7609 v mail |
| Vice-Chair | Secretary Nancy Gleason Canisius College 888-2347 gleasonn@canisius.edu |
| Treasurer Andrew Poss Allied-Signal 827-6268 |
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| Double Bond Staff:
Editor and Publisher Business Manager Joanna Christopher West Valley Nuclear Services ZoeWolf@Whitesparrow.com |
Assistant Editor Patty Shelley Canisius College 888-2341 FAX 888-3112 shelleyp@canisius.edu |
Mr. Ralph J. Critelli Kenmore East Senior High School
| Jay R. Stork | Buffalo State College | |
| Grace R. Smalley | Canisius College | |
| Timothy A. Boebel | SUNY at Buffalo, Chemistry | |
| Helena Holeckova | SUNY at Buffalo, Chemical Engineering | |
| Michael Hsie | SUNY at Buffalo, Biochemistry | |
| Ifeoma Igboeli | SUNY at Buffalo, Medicinal Chemistry |
| Topic: | Development of Power Sources for Medical Applications |
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| Speaker: | Dr. Esther S. Takeuchi Vice President of Research and Development at Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. |
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| Place: | Canisius College, the Richard E. Winter Student Center, West Wing |
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| Dinner: | 5:30 PM Beer and Wine, & Assorted Soda Pop Assorted Veggies, Cheese & Fruit 6:30 PM Buffet @ $22.00 per person Carved Roast Beef & Turkey, Penne Pasta, Roasted Red Bliss , Grilled Veggies, Chef Salad |
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| Talk: | 7:30 PM | ||||
| Reservations: | Patty 888-2340 by Thursday, April 27, 2000 |
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Tis the season to honor hard work and achievement, the culmination of the year's efforts. Students and teachers will be recognized in May at the Education Night Dinner. And the winner is... all of us!
Industrial excellence will be the topic in June, with the awarding of the prestigious Schoellkopf medal. Then in July, it will be the beach! But before that, don't forget to vote!
Please don't miss these opportunities to be inspired by the progress of those being rewarded, not to mention the delicious dinners to precede the festivities! Make your reservations with Patty Shelley today! And, we'll see you at the beach - or, in September, when the cycle begins anew.
I'd like to close with a favorite quote:
"Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
- Dag Hammarskjold, Statesman and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Editor
Joanna Christopher
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Esther S. Takeuchi is the Vice President of Research and Development at Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. Since joining Wilson Greatbatch Dr. Takeuchi has been active in lithium battery research, particularly on cells for implantable applications. A main focus has been the development of power sources for implantable cardiac defibrillators. All FDA approved devices use the lithium/silver vanadium oxide technology developed at Wilson Greatbatch. Esther's work has been honored by several organizations. These include the Jacob F. Schoellkopf Award given by the WNY American Chemical Society for creative research in batteries for medical applications, the Electrochemical Society Technology Award for development of lithium/silver vanadium oxide batteries, and the Community Advisory Council of the State University at Buffalo for outstanding achievement in science. Dr. Takeuchi was also inducted into the WNY Women's Hall of Fame and is an inventor on over 37 patents.
Currently, Dr. Takeuchi leads the Technology Division at Wilson Greatbatch and is responsible for a broad range of technical areas. Her staff is active in electrochemical, materials, and electromechanical research as well as participating in product and process development.
Prior to joining Wilson Greatbatch Ltd., Dr. Takeuchi received a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in chemistry and history and completed a Ph.D. in chemistry at Ohio State University. She also completed Post-Doctoral work at the University of North Carolina and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
“Development of Power Sources for Medical Applications”
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will be presented to
Professor Melvyn Rowen Churchill
Tuesday, June 6, 2000
at the Airport Holiday Inn
Reservations: Patty 888-2340 by Thursday, June 1, 2000
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C&EN Online, the full electronic edition of Chemical & Engineering News, has a new look-but best of all, it's now free to all ACS members. That's right! As an entirely new benefit of membership, full access to C&EN Online has been available since March 27 to all ACS members by simply logging on to http://pubs.acs.org/cen and entering your membership number. This means you can gain instant access to the print edition on each week's issue date. The online edition continues to contain more than 100 valuable links to corporate, academic, and government web sites. C&EN Online also enables readers to search important articles in the C&EN archive dating from August 1998. And, as always, the C&EN Job Bank and career information are easily accessed. The new design gives users multiple entry points and is easier to navigate. And there are many more features--check them out. Together, the print and online editions provide a strong news and information package for ACS members. Members who had previously subscribed to C&EN Online have received an e-mail offering them a choice of a complete refund of $15 or the opportunity to donate their refund to one of several ACS programs. If you have comments on the new C&EN Online, send them to the online editor Melody Voith at m_voith@acs.org or to C&EN's Editor-in-Chief Madeleine Jacobs.
"On the other hand, the early worm gets eaten."
-Anon
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The three ACS regional meetings scheduled for Fall, 2000 have issued calls for papers. All persons interested in submitting papers in any field of chemistry to any or all of the meetings listed below are urged to do so. Abstracts should be submitted to each meeting according to its specific instructions found below. If the standard ACS abstract form is needed, it may be accessed at
http://www.acs.org/meetings/abstract/abinfo.html or by calling the ACS Office of Society Services at 1-800-277-5558. Graduate students and research associates are urged to participate. For further information on regional meetings please call the ACS Office of Regional Meetings at 1-800-227-5558, ext. 6129.
The 35th Midwest Regional Meeting will be held Wednesday, October 25th through Saturday, October 28th, 2000 in St. Louis. The meeting, hosted by the St. Louis Section, will be held at the King Henry VIII Hotel located on Lindbergh Blvd, one-half mile north of 1-70 and one mile south of 1-270. The hotel is located 5 minutes from Lambert International Airport. Please visit the meeting web site,
http://www.umsl.edu/~acs/mrm.html.
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The Western New York Section of the American Chemical Society has announced the names of nine outstanding local high school chemistry students who will take a national qualifying exam for berths on the U. S. team that will compete in the 32nd International Chemistry Olympiad in Copenhagen, Denmark in July. These students and their chemistry teachers are:
| William Lin from Williamsville East H.S | Mr. Joseph Tuzzolino, teacher | |
| Daniel Li and Cynthia Tung from Williamsville North H.S. | Mrs. Marilyn Matz, teacher | |
| Bartosz Nogal and Catherine Ertel from Hutchinson Technical H.S. | Mr. Peter Hurley, teacher | |
| Michael Dray and Nathaniel Reden from Kenmore West H.S. | Ms. Marilyn Drnevich, teacher | |
| Dan Licata from Amherst Central H. S. | Mr. Paul Graf, teacher | |
| Alisa Lehman from Buffalo's City Honors H.S. | Ms. Valerie Davis, teacher |
The students were chosen through a local competition among the top chemistry students nominated by area high schools. The competition took place at Canisius College on March 23 and was organized by Dr. Mariusz Kozik, professor of chemistry at Canisius. The students and their teachers will be honored by the Western New York section of the American Chemical Society at the Education Night dinner that will take place on May 2nd at Canisius College.
The Olympiad involves a series of exams, laboratory tests, and other activities aimed at identifying the best chemistry students from many participating nations from around the world. This is the sixteenth year of U.S. participation. The local nominees are among more than 900 nationwide that will take a national qualifying exam on April 15th to select finalists. The 22 students with highest scores on this exam will undergo intensive training in June at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Four will then become the U.S. team and compete in the International Olympiad. The 22 finalists will be announced in May.
Western New York students have achieved an unprecedented level of success in the Chemistry Olympiad competition in the 1990's. In the last eleven years, nine local students qualified for the study camp in Colorado, and five local students were chosen as members of the U.S. team for the International Olympiad, where they earned two gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.
The Western New York Section's participation in the International Chemistry Olympiad was sponsored by the Oishei Foundation, Allied Signal Inc., E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Praxair, Wilson Greatbatch Ltd., Starks Associates, Moore Research Center, Occidental Chemical Corporation, and Canisius College.
Founded in 1876 and chartered by Congress, the American Chemical Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of chemistry in the public interest. The Western New York Section is one of 185 across the nation serving the Society's 144,000 members. For more information contact: Dr. Mariusz Kozik
Department of Chemistry
Canisius College
Buffalo, NY 14208
(716) 888-2337
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Calling all chemists-Senior Professionals and
Graduate Students-to apply for one of the two American Chemical Society Congressional Fellowships and a Science Policy Fellowship, available in fall 2001. Work in Congress or ACS using your scientific and technical expertise. Gain first-hand knowledge of the government and contribute to decision-making. For a brochure contact: ACS Office of Society Services, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. Phone: 1-800-227-5558; E-mail: help@acs.org. Information on the Internet: http://www.acs.org/government
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The Directory provides a wealth of information on faculty and their research programs in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, medicinal/pharmaceutical chemistry, clinical chemistry, polymer chemistry, food science, forensic science, marine science, toxicology, materials science, and environmental science in the U.S. and Canada. It lists faculty member biographical information, area of specialization, titles of all papers published within the last two years, individual telephone numbers, and FAX numbers. It also contains listings for 694 academic programs, 12,365 faculty members, and 88,637 publication citations. Published in odd-numbered years by the ACS Committee on Professional Training, the 1999 edition of the Directory contains current faculty information for the 1999-2000 academic year. If you would like more information on how to order a copy of the Directory, call the ACS Office of Society Services at (800) 227-5558.
Also available is DGRweb 1999! DGRweb is an easy-to-use, searchable database that contains all the information found in the ACS Directory of Graduate Research (DGR). DGRweb 1999 is a great resource to quickly find who is doing what type of research in chemistry and related disciplines. For more information or to order this product, please go to the DGRweb 1999 homepage at
http://pubs.acs.org/dgrweb. A subscription to the 1999 edition of DGRweb includes access to the complete 1997 database.
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ChemCenter's Meeting Locator (http://www.acs.org/meetinglocator) is a tool that will help. Here you'll find details about meetings, workshops, short courses, symposia, and Internet events of interest to practitioners of the chemical-related sciences. You can browse events scheduled over the next three months, or you can search our listings based on event type, title, location, date, sponsor, description, or keyword. Events sponsored by ACS are easy to find-just look for the ChemCenter recommended logo. We've also made it easy for you to suggest events to be added to the locator. Simply click on the "Submit Meeting" button on the left-hand navigation bar and follow the instructions.
We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please send them to us by phone (202-872-4564),
fax (202-776-8258), e-mail (eventlist@acs.org
< mail to: eventlist@acs.org>), or snail mail (ChemCenter Meeting Locator, ACS, 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036).
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Will meet on May 20, 2000 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at
Canisius College, Horan O'Donnell Science Building. The
presenter, Debbie Lazarski, was chosen by NASA last summer to
take part in their nationally acclaimed workshops. Debbie will
share her experiences and many of the activities which she
brought back. We look forward to learning a great deal about
space and air flight as well as coming away with new activities
for our students.
If you are planning to attend, you must call Karen Arnold @ 884-5894 to reserve your spot.
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If you would be interested in serving as a co-chairman of the
Senior Chemists please contact
Dr. Joseph F. Bieron @ 888-2357
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Canisius College Press
Phone: 716-888-3254
FAX: 716-888-3112
E-Mail bieron@canisius.edu
Website: www.canisius.edu/historyproject
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Contact Patty at Canisius College
716-888-2340 or via email at shelleyp@canisius.edu
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