Tuesday, October 19 at the Marco Polo
Restaurant, East Hartford, CT
(joint with AIChE Hartford area chapter)
Wine Tasting with Gordon Alexander
Gordon Alexander, President of Veritas Wine Education LLC, is by
training a geologist with a background in chemistry, and is the creator and
former director of Table & Vine of Northampton. A lifelong wine aficionado, he has spent over a decade in the
wine import and retail business, with special expertise in the wines of
Burgundy, Germany and Alsace. He has
traveled extensively throughout many of the world's vineyard districts
including Chile & Argentina, France, Italy, and of course California. Gordon has taught wine appreciation courses
at assorted colleges and conducted private tastings and courses for a large
variety of groups. A serious amateur
chef, he is also particularly interested in the pairing of wines with food, the
chemical basis of ageing in wine, and in the objective measurement of quality
in wines.
Time: 6:00 PM Social Hour 6:30 PM Wine
tasting, followed by Dinner
Cost: $30.00 per person
including a raffle ticket for one of six bottles of wine.
Directions to Marco Polo, 1250 Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, CT
(860) 289-2704
Eastbound from Hartford: I-84 to Exit 60, turn
left onto Burnside Ave (Rt. 44);
Marco Polo is 1 mile on the right
hand side.
From I-91: Take I-91 to Harford; get
on I-84 East toward Boston. Follow
directions above.
Westbound from Boston: I-84 to Exit 62/60.
Follow signs for Exit 60. Turn
right onto Burnside Avenue (Rt. 44); Marco Polo is 1/2 mile on the right hand
side.
Thursday, December 2 at the Radisson Hotel, Springfield-Enfield
Patent Infringement and Product Liability Litigation Involving
Chemicals and Plastics
Dr. Myer Ezrin: Director,
Associates Program, Institute of Materials Science
University of Connecticut
Millions and even billions of dollars can be involved in
litigation for patent infringement or product liability. Cases will be presented in which the speaker
participated as an expert witness. In a
patent infringement case, the decisive development that led to the court deciding
in favor of the plaintiff was an innovative analytical method. Other cases of product liability will be
discussed including one involving a major failure of a plastic company in a
large-scale application that has affected the acceptance of plastic in
general. Cases of death or serious personal
injury due to plastics failure will also be presented.
Myer Ezrin received the PhD in organic chemistry at Yale. Prior to joining the Institute of Materials
Sciences at the University of Connecticut, he had worked at DuPont, Monsanto,
and Springborn Laboratories. At UConn,
he directs the IMS Associates Program, an industrial outreach program, and does
research on plastics analysis, plastics failure analysis, and electrical
insulation.
Time: 6:00 PM Social Hour 6:45 PM Dinner 7:45 PM Program
Cost: $25.00 per
person
Directions to Radisson
Hotel, Springfield-Enfield, One Bright Meadow Boulevard,
Enfield, CT (860) 741-2211
Directions: Exit 49 off Interstate 91. From the north take a left off the
interstate. At the second light, turn right.
From the south: Take a right off the interstate. Turn right to
the hotel.
RSVP: by
Thursday, October 14 for wine tasting, by Friday, November 26 for Dec 2 dinner.
E-mail Jane Knox
jane.knox@uconn.edu
Department of
Chemistry
University of Connecticut
(860) 486-6646
You must reserve, but may pay at the door.