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Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
To Receive The
72nd ANNUAL SCHOELLKOPF AWARD
2002 JACOB F. SCHOELLKOPF
MEDAL AWARD DINNER
Hyatt Regency Buffalo
Thursday, May 30, 2002
| Chair
Joanna Christopher |
Chair-Elect
Patricia DePra
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| Vice-Chair
Larry Springsteen
|
Secretary
Mary
O'Sullivan
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| Treasurer
Andrew
Poss |
Double Bond Staff: Editor and Publisher Business Manager Joanna Christopher
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| Assistant Editor
Patty
Shelley
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Hello Western New Yorkers, Happy Spring!
Spring is an exciting time for us as we honor those who have contributed
to the sciences in our local area. Our
April meeting was the traditional Education Night, where we honored excellent
students and teachers. Mariusz
Kozik awarded the Chemistry Olympiad members and their teachers pins, pens,
T-shirts, and cash! Ken Takeuchi
awarded the Outstanding High School Science Teacher of the Year to Kathleen
Walh-Henshaw, who gave an inspiring acceptance speech.
The keynote speaker was Rod Doran of UB, who spoke about testing in
science. We all learned a lot, and
then we took the "Test on New York State Tests in Science" for extra
credit! Rod brought some hands-on
science demonstrations for children that we all got a chance to play with after
the ceremonies. He also recommended
a book called "Science for All Americans" for further reading.
Dinner was excellent as is always the case in the Peter Gust Economou
Dining Hall. Everything went as
planned, thanks to Patty Shelley, the amazing person who pulls together all of
the details and coordinates the arrangements for our dinner meetings.
Thanks, Patty! And a Big
Thank You to all the Education Committee Members, students, and teachers who
made the evening happen. Thank you to our Councillors, Dave Nalewajek and Peter
Schaber, for consistently working behind the scenes.
Nominees are needed for next year's Schoellkopf
Award! If you have someone in mind
who has contributed to life in the Niagara Frontier through work in chemistry -
technical achievements, service to the community, education, whatever - please
nominate that person. Just send a
letter of nomination, at least two supporting
letters, and a current cv/resume to the Section Secretary, Mary
O'Sullivan, at Canisius College.
I hope to see you at this year's Schoellkopf
Award Dinner!
Editor
Joanna Christopher
The
Western New York Section of the
American Chemical Society
invites you to be present at the
Seventy-second Presentation
of the
Jacob
F. Schoellkopf Medal
to
Joseph A. Gardella, Jr.
Thursday
Evening the Thirtieth of May
Two Thousand Two
Cash Bar at 6 O’clock Dinner at 7 O’clock
Presentation to follow Dinner
Hyatt
Regency Buffalo
Two Fountain Plaza
Buffalo, New York
Formal Dress Optional
Dinner
Selection
Sliced Roast Sirloin of Beef
Chicken Normandy
or
Vegetable Napolean
Wine served with meal
Plates at $35.00
Contact Patty Shelley
Canisius College 716-888-2340
This brief history of the Schoellkopf Medal is reprinted in part from an article which originally appeared in Western New York magazine June 1976, volume 51 (6), p20.
The Overcoming Challenges Award acknowledges the efforts of women
undergraduates who have overcome economic, personal, and/or academic hardships
in pursuit of an education in the chemical sciences. In year 2000, The Women
Chemists Committee (WCC) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) established the
Overcoming Challenges Award in alignment with the committee's goals 1) to
promote and recognize accomplishments of women scientists and 2) to increase
participation of women in chemical related disciplines. The award currently
consists of a plaque, a $250 honorarium, and up to $1,000 travel expenses to the
Fall ACS National Meeting. While at the Fall ACS meeting, award recipients are
recognized and presented the award at the WCC Luncheon held on Tuesday
afternoon.
Award candidates must be women matriculating as an undergraduate chemical
science major/minor in a two-year program or at a 4-year school not granting a
doctoral degree in chemical related disciplines. The WCC Recognizing and
Promotion subcommittee administers the Overcoming Challenges Award with
nominations due by May 1, 2002. Nominations require a letter of request with
description of challenges faced by the nominee, one letter of recommendation,
and current school transcripts. Award candidates must demonstrate triumph over
hardships while pursuing their education and will be evaluated for improvement,
initiative, successes, and grades from the most recent 2 semesters.
Nominations for the WCC Overcoming Challenges Award should be sent to the Women
Chemists Committee, American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20036. For additional information, contact the WCC at wcc@acs.org.
or visit http://membership.acs.org/W/WCC.
You are encouraged to apply and/or nominate deserving women for the
WCC Overcoming Challenges Award
Chemical & Engineering News Online (http://pubs.acs.org/cen) offers free links to journal articles in a growing number of publications. Links to journal references in C&EN articles include not only ACS journals, but also journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (such as Chemical Communications) and Angewandte published by Wiley-VCH. Readers do not need to be subscribers to these journals to read the linked journal articles. Please contact me if you have any questions: Melody Voith, Online Editor, Chemical & Engineering News, 1155 16th St., NW, Washington, DC 20036; http://pubs.acs.org/cen; phone: 202-872-4406; fax 202-872-8727.
Joe Gardella graduated from Oakland University with a B.S. in chemistry and B.A.
in philosophy in 1977 and received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the
University of Pittsburgh in 1981. After spending a year as a faculty intern in
professor Eyring’s
laboratory at the University of Utah, he accepted a faculty position at SUNY
University at Buffalo, where he has been ever since. He became a full professor
of chemistry and biomaterials in 1992. He has also held many other important
positions at UB. In 1984 he helped to found the Surface Science Center and
served as its Associate Director until 1988.
Since 1996 he has been the Director of the Materials Research
Instrumentation Facility, since 1988 he has been a Senior Member of the
Undergraduate College, between 1988 and 1992 he was the Co-Director of the
Industry University Center for Biosurfaces, and in 1999 he became the Associate
Dean for External Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Joe Gardella’s research has earned
him national and international recognition. His research focuses on the solution
of molecular and macromolecular structures at surfaces and interfaces, an area
that encompasses many aspects of physics, chemistry, materials, and engineering.
In collaboration with other research groups he developed modified Teflon
surfaces that could eventually be used for tissue regeneration or wound-healing
systems. He has published more than 200 papers or book chapters, has given more
than 200 invited talks on his research and teaching endeavors, and has more than
200 presentations at scientific meetings. His research has also led to six U.S.
Patents. One of these patents in fluoropolymer surface modifications resulted in
the founding of Integument, Inc., by one of his former Ph.D. students. His
awards for research include the National Science Foundation Award for Special
Creativity, 1991-93; Fellow of the Exxon Educational Foundation, 1989-91; and
Fellow of the Lawrence M. Gelb Foundation, 1986-89. He was also recognized by
his undergraduate Alma Mater with a Distinguished Alumni Award, Oakland
University, 1998.
In addition to his contributions to the arena of research, Joe Gardella is
a highly accomplished teacher as well. He has been involved in a number of
instances in curricular development at SUNY University at Buffalo.
A few of these efforts include the development of : (1) a new
instrumental analysis laboratory, (2) a new advanced graduate course in surface
science, (3) a new Great Discoveries Microworld course and the laboratory for
that course as a part of new curriculum for non-science majors, (4) an
Environmental Studies Internship Program for Environmental Auditing with the
City of Buffalo, Town of Amherst, and Buffalo Museum of Science, and (5) an
Environmental Analysis Field Study Program as part of his Faculty Development
Public Service Award. His teaching efforts, including his significant service in
launching the Great Discoveries courses as part of the General Education
curriculum, were recognized in 1996 with the SUNY Chancellor’s Medal for
Excellence in Teaching.
Joe Gardella’s professional contributions have also impacted the lives
of many people in WNY through promoting chemistry and science to the whole
community. He has been instrumental in the development of programs that forged a
bond between the chemical industry and the community in South Buffalo. By
utilizing his scientific and diplomatic skills he has broken down barriers that
existed between the two groups and provided a foundation of trust, communication
and understanding. He has eased the concerns and anxieties of the residents and
given the chemical industry a platform to interact with its neighbors in a
positive manner. More recently, he has worked with the Hickory Woods Concerned
Homeowners Association, whose members believe their properties, built on the
site of a former steel company, are contaminated.
In making the selection for the 2002 Schoellkopf Medal the jury cited Joe
Gardella
- for professional contributions that have impacted the lives of many in the WNY
community by facilitating interactions between citizen organizations, local
businesses, industry, and government, and providing environmental expertise,
- for innovations in polymer surface science research with various biomedical
applications,
- and for excellence in the teaching of chemistry and outstanding mentorship.
This citation underscores Joe Gardella’s contributions as a scientist
and teacher, as well as a great public servant, communicator, and diplomat.
This is an invitation to submit papers for the conference and, of more importance, to come to the party. NORM 2002 will be held from June 20-22 at the Schoenberg Conference Center on the campus of Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. It is being hosted by the Inland Northwest section of the American Chemical Society, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The technical program will feature symposia in the areas of
· Bioremediation
· Less Common Modes of Bonding in Organometallic Complexes
· Medicinal uses of Northwest Plants
· Monitoring and Health Assessments of Contaminated Sites
· New Approaches to Teaching General and Organic Chemistry:
Web-assisted Learning in General and Organic Chemistry
· Pharmaceutical Engineering and Manufacturing
· Physical and Materials Chemistry
General sessions will include
· Analytical/Environmental Chemistry
· Biochemistry
· Inorganic Chemistry
· Organic Chemistry
· Physical/Theoretical Chemistry.
· Chemical Education
· General Poster Session
· Undergraduate Poster Session
For further information, please visit our meeting web page: www.gonzaga.edu/inlandacs.
Questions concerning the Technical program and
Abstract Submissions can be sent to Joanne Smieja at smieja@gonzaga.edu
.
ACS Standard Abstract Forms in Hard Copy can be
sent as late as June 1 to: Jeffrey
A. Rahn, Eastern Washington University, Department of Chemistry, 226 Science
Building, Cheney, WA, 99004-2440.
Registration for the conference will open in
mid-March. See our website.
Our keynote speaker will be Dr. John Turner,
Principle Scientist, Center for Basic Science, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Golden, Colorado. Dr.
Turner will probably talk about fuel cells and the use of hydrogen for energy
needs. Dr. Turner will speak at our Thursday evening banquet, which
will also present regional Teacher
and Industrial awards.
Several workshops are planned in chemical education,
and graduate school preparation. Additionally, the ACS Department of Career
Services will be presenting several career development workshops. The workshops
will be offered Thursday morning and include Targeting the Job Market, Resume
Preparation, and Interviewing Skills. Resume reviews will be conducted in the
afternoon following the workshops so bring a copy of your resume.
Special events will include a Director’s
breakfast, an undergraduate poster session and social, an awards banquet, a
Women Chemists luncheon, tours of local industries, and Chemagination contest
& awards for regional high school students.
We are scheduling two plant tours, one of SIRTI,
a local research facility, and the other of Hollister-Stiers, a local drug
company. There will be a small vendor exhibition and a professional
glassblowing presentation.
There will be a boat trip on Coeur d’ Alene lake on Saturday afternoon, and
there is an opportunity to play a round of golf at the world famous Coeur d’
Alene Golf Course, home of the floating 18th hole.
SENIOR CHEMISTS
If
you would be interested
in serving as a co-chairman of the
Senior Chemists please contact
Dr. Joseph F. Bieron @ 716 888-2357
Contact
Mary Jean Syrek @ 716-894-2128
Up-coming meetings
Saturday
October 26, 2002
November 30, 2002
January 25, 2003
February 22, 2003
March 29, 2003
The NSF-sponsored Center
for Workshops on the Chemical Sciences ("CWCS": http://chemistry.gsu.edu/CWCS/)
provides workshops specifically designed for faculty members at 2- and 4-year
colleges, advanced graduate students and post-docs who intend to embark on
college teaching careers, and instructional staff at graduate institutions. The
workshops provide background and hands-on experience which the participants can
take back to their home institutions to enhance the undergraduate curriculum.
The workshops are FREE!
The NSF grant which supports CWCS provides the cost of registration and
workshop materials, together with housing and food.
Limited amounts of assistance might be available for travel.
Workshops scheduled for summer 2002 for which there are still openings
are listed below. Please register
on the web (http://chemistry.gsu.edu/CWCS/apps.html)
as soon as possible if you have interest in participating in these workshops. I
hope that you will consider attending one of these workshops.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Pullman, WA (May 19-24, 2002)
Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Atlanta, GA (June 10-14, 2002)
Surface Analysis
Flint, MI (June 10-14, 2002)
Organometallic Chemistry
Atlanta, GA (June 17-21, 2002)
Practical Aspects of Process Analytical Chemistry
Kingsport, TN (June 10-14, 2002)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Athens, GA (July 8-14, 2002)
Molecular Genetics and Protein Structure and Function
Atlanta, GA (August 5-10 , 2002)
Combinatorial Synthesis
Dayton, OH (August 11-16, 2002)
Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences is
sponsored by the
NSF-ILI-ND program.
For details on upcoming workshops and registration, please see our web-site at: http://chemistry.gsu.edu/cwcs
EASTERN ANALYTICAL SYMPOSIUM, INC.
EAS
Telephone: (610)485-4633
EAS FAX: (610)485-9467
EAS e-mail: easinfon@aol.com
On the Internet: http://www.cas.org/
The Eastern Analytical Symposium announces the winners of the 2002 EAS awards. The awards will be presented during our annual meeting to be held November 18 - 21, 2002 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey.
Eastern Analytical Symposium Award
for Outstanding Achievements in the Fields of Analytical Chemistry
Charles Wilkins
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Eastern
Analytical Symposium Award
for Achievements in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
Jerry Workttuin
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Eastern
Analytical Symposium Award
for Achievements in Separation Science
Sponsored by Waters Corporation
Karl Crammers
Eindhoven Technical University, Retired
Netherlands
Eastern
Analytical Symposium Award
for Achievements in Magnetic Resonance
Axsel Bothner-By
Carnegie Mellon University, Retired
Galactic
Industries Award
for Achievements in Chemometrics, Presented by EAS
Paul Gelandi
University of Umea
Sweden
Contact Patty @ Canisius College
716-888-2340 or via email at shelleyp@canisius.edu
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