Highlights from Philadelphia
IEC Steering Committee
Left to right, standing: Dennis Hjeresen, Bill Flank, Joe Zoeller, Mike Matthews, and Angelo Cassar; seated John Massingill, Bob Stowe, Martin Abraham, and Becky Chamberlin. Scattered throughout the newsletter are photos from the National ACS meeting in Philadelphia, in August 2004.
In Memory of Dr. Robert Allen Stowe, 1924-2004
Dr. Robert Allen Stowe passed away on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at his home in Cross Village, MI. He was born on July 26, 1924, in Plainwell, MI. Bob, a long time resident of Cross Village, will be remembered for his contributions to the National Ski Patrol where he served at several northern Michigan ski areas for more that 30 years. He also served on the board of directors of the Allied Emergency Medical Service, serving Emmet County.
In his younger years, Bob was an avid tennis player. Bob and his partner won the State High School Class A Doubles Tournament in 1941. He also had a national ranking as a Junior and played in the National Juniors and Boys Championships. He played on the tennis team at Kalamazoo College during his undergraduate years. He was instrumental in the early success of the National Juniors at Kalamazoo College when Stowe Stadium was first built in 1946.
Bob received his B.A. in chemistry from Kalamazoo College and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Brown University. An industrial research chemist with Dow Chemical for 36-years, he achieved the rank of Associate Scientist, (2nd highest technical rank attainable). He is listed on 46 U.S. and foreign patents and had more than a score of contributions to the literature of science and technology.
Bob, ACS Emeritus Member, joined the Society in 1947 and I&EC in 1954. Highlights of his distinguished I&EC service include:
· I&EC Div. Chair, 1982; Chair-elect, 1981; Past Chair, 1983
· ACS Council-1986-97, 1999-2004.
· Program Secretary, ten years (1970-1980)
· Executive Committee, ('70) and Steering Com. ('72) to 2004
· Program Coordinating Com., Pacific Basin Congress ('84) and Pacifichem ('89).
· Co-founder of the Catalysis Secretariat; I&EC Rep. ('87-90; 2000-2004), Twice elected Secretary General, ('90) and ('93).
· Committees of the Council: Meetings and Expositions (M&E), Professional Relations (CPR), Economic and Professional Affairs, (CEPA), Divisional Activities, (DAC) and Chemical Technicians Affairs, (CTA).
· Organized/Chaired numerous National & International Symposia
· Graduate Student Award Chair and numerous other volunteer assignments.
· Active participant of Divisional Officer's Caucus, (1973 to 2004).
· Career Consultant since 1993, (over 100 clients).
Post-Retirement Activities and Honors
· Guiseppe Parravano Memorial Award for Excellence in Catalysis Research and Development, Michigan Catalysis Society, (2000). Joseph Stewart Distinguished Service Award, I&EC Division, (1983). Victor J. Azbe Award, National Lime Association, (1963). Society of Sigma Xi, (1951). E. Gifford Upjohn Fellowship, (1948-49).
· President, Bobcat Technologies, Ltd., (1989 to 2004). Vice President of Technology, Board of Directors and Operating Board, Vantek Corp., (1990 -2004).
His son, Michael Stowe, preceded him in death. His children, Randall, Catherine and Robert Stowe and Dave Brejcha; two grandchildren, Travis Stowe-Schnell and Amber Quinn; and one great-granddaughter, Madison Quinn, survive him.
A memorial service was held Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at the Elks Lodge in Midland. Memorials may be sent to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation.
IEC Poster Session
The crowd reviews the I&EC Division's posters Sunday night at the
Philadelphia ACS meeting.
Fall 2004 Election
Results
In the fall 2004 election, Rick Sachleben was voted to the Chair-Elect position, Bob Stowe was elected Councilor, and Bill Crooks was chosen as Secretary. After Bob Stowe passed away in September, the Executive Committee appointed Spiro Alexandratos to fill the Councilor vacancy.
Perspective from
the Chair
Denny Hjeresen
I&EC Chair 2005
The first thing you realize about being Chair of an important Division at the American Chemical Society is how short a year really is. Having three kids should have made this temporal law abundantly clear a long time ago but that is another story. When I first saw outgoing Chair Bill’s Flank’s 25+ item business agenda for the last National meeting I was somewhat fearful of what I had agreed take on. It seemed that there was much more going on than an individual could keep track of
However, the second thing you realize is the tremendous continuity offered by the volunteer leadership of the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division. Many hands really do make light work and the number of initiatives underway in the Division really exemplifies the power of individuals working with a common purpose. The first rule of good leadership is not to mess up the good work done by those who came before. The Division is on sound financial footing, has strong technical programming, is run by a group of dedicated and talented volunteers and is backed up by a strong professional staff at the ACS. So as incoming Chair I can take advantage of this continuity and focus on a restricted number of issues..
My view is that industrial chemistry is already in the midst of important changes. The trend signs are all around. The geographical shift of chemical manufacturing to China, India and the Middle East carries with it huge implications in employment for Division members. The resulting demand for chemical and chemical engineering professionals has equally daunting challenges for the education of professionals in the field. The economics of the chemical industry has shifted greatly with the price and supply of feedstocks such as natural gas. The proposed merger/collaboration between the ACS and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers is another indication of these great changes. Meanwhile, old issues such as the environmental performance of the industry remain valid while new issues such as national security pose additional challenges.
When the challenges are great and time is short, it is important to focus and prioritize. I would like to focus this year on engaging the I&EC Division in the process of change management and help position it to continue to be relevant to provide answers to some of these issues.
First, in 2005 ACS President Bill Carroll has made the centerpiece of his presidency an evaluation of the needs of the chemical field (R&D, education, funding, etc.) for the future. I have already promised the full support of I&EC since many of the issues fully apply to our members. In a separate effort kicked off while I was Director at the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, the National Academy of Science is conducting a technical panel and workshops on the research needs for sustainable chemistry in the future. I intend to use both events to engage and highlight I&EC interests. The NAS meeting is February 7-9, 2005 and Executive Committee members Martin Abraham, Mike Matthews, Mike Gonzalez and Robin Rogers will all be in attendance. The plan is to work with the NAS organizers to put together a session for the Washington, D.C. fall meeting that would highlight the results of the NAS workshop and be directly tied to the presidential event. This will bring attention to the rest of I&EC programming as well. More importantly, these efforts are bringing together some of the best minds in the chemical enterprise. The intent is to provide focus on a few critical issues that much be addressed to provide for a sustainable future for the industry. My intent is to have these issues provide a basis for future programming opportunities within the Division. I&EC has always been a catalyst for change within the ACS, often exploring new fields before they actually have the critical mass to become areas of discipline. While the change can’t be accomplished in a year, the catalyst can be introduced.
Second, the financial structure of the ACS is slowly changing with the center of gravity moving closer to the local level. Local sections and regional meetings will gain increased importance in this shift. I intent to work more with local and regional organizers to make sure that I&EC is a force at this level. For example, in San Diego the Executive Committee will discuss setting aside a specific fund to support special speakers at regional meetings each year. The intent is to bring critical contributors to the meeting, raise the visibility of I&EC at this level, increase the involvement of regional I&EC members and develop new leadership for national programs. We will also be actively promoting innovative new collaborations at the local and regional level. However, one implication of this strategy is the need for more involvement of current I&EC members at the regional meetings. The Division needs your help in making this happen. We don’t need a major time commitment but anything would help.
Finally, employment and education issues will be very important. The I&EC leadership will work closely with ACS staff to make employment opportunities available at ACS national and regional meetings. One motivation for positioning the Division to work near the leading edge of change is to position members for new jobs and to attract the best and brightest of the new students.
I anticipate a great year and look forward to working with all the members of the Division.
Denny Hjeresen
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Councilor’s statement from Spiro Alexandratos
I began my work as your councilor with the 2005 ACS meeting in San Diego, having been appointed by our 2004 chair, Bill Flank, to fill the position held by Bob Stowe. “Fill” is much too strong a word because no one worked more tirelessly and with greater effectiveness for the Division than Bob. He was a great inspiration to all of us and I owe a great deal to him when I became chair ten years ago - Bob was a wonderful mentor in matters relating to the Division as, I daresay, many others can attest. He will be sorely missed by all of us who had the privilege of knowing him and working with him.
In the issues facing the IEC Division, I will work to ensure that the ACS builds strong ties to the AIChE with ours as the lead division in any formal collaboration that occurs. Having the ACS be more responsive to the needs of our membership, especially those in industry who may have less of an opportunity to attend national meetings, will also be a priority. Please take a moment to send me an e-mail with your concerns. I can only promise to work hard with my fellow councilors to represent the interests of the IEC Division in the best way possible. I will have more to report in the Fall newsletter.
Spiro Alexandratos
Steven Cooke
with I&EC Poster
Steven Cooke, Membership, holds a stuffed Millie the Mole in front of the
I&EC Division's recruitment poster at the Philly ACS meeting.
Call for
Nominations for the Green Chemistry & Engineering Subdivision
The GC&E Subdivision invites nominations for two offices to be filled in 2005. GC&E seeks nominees for Chair-elect in 2006 (to become Chair of the subdivision in 2007) and for Secretary/Treasurer 2006 (to assume office for a two-year term beginning in 2006). Please send nominations to the chair of the nominating committee, Dr. Mike Matthews, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, or matthews@engr.sc.edu. For more information, please see the subdivision website, available through the website of the I&EC Division. Nominations will close two weeks after the 2005 Spring ACS meeting. Results of the election will be announced at the 2005 Fall Meeting in Washington. For more information call:
Mike Matthews
Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Phone (803) 777-0556
Fax (803) 777-0973
Green
Chemistry Subdivision
Mike Matthews, Chair, and Brian Blakey, Chair-Elect, recruit members for the
Green Chemistry and Engineering Subdivision at the Philly ACS meeting.
The GC&E subdivision is pleased to announce several
Green-related symposia in 2005. Three symposia are to be held at the 229th
Meeting of ACS in San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005:
· Joe Breen Student Poster Session in Green Chemistry
· Small Business Opportunities in Green Chemistry
· Going Green: Lecture Assignments and Lab Experiences for the College
The joint meeting of the 2nd International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry and the 9th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference will be held on June 20-24, 2005, in Washington, DC. The Conference focuses on the design, development, and implementation of chemical processes and products that reduce or eliminate hazardous substances in a way that is feasible and economically viable.
We also wish to
advise you of these other Green-related symposia and activities:
8th International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Utilization (ICCDU-VIII) 20-23 June, 2005 at University of Oslo, Norway
Ionic Liquids: Background, State-of-the-Art, and Applications 10th in a series of Council on Chemical Research New Industrial and Chemistry and Engineering Conferences. February 21-22, 2005, Notre Dame, IN, U.S.A.
MSI Engineering Sustainability Conference Next-generation technology in green construction and sustainable water use. April 10-12, 2005, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
ACHEMAMERICA2005: Novel Processes for Refining, SynFuels and Petrochemicals. April 12-15, 2005, Mexico City, Mexico,
7th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids. May 1-4, 2005, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
7th International Symposium on Green Chemistry in China. May 24-26, 2005, Zhuhai, P. R. China
Knowledge-based Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Chemistry. June 1-5, 2005, Tallinn, Estonia
1st International Symposium on Fluorour Technologies (ISFT05). July 3-6, 2005, Bordeaux-Talence, France
ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry. July 6-14, 2005, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Green Chemistry in Education Workshop. July 23-28, 2005, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
ACS PRF Summer School on Sustainability Science and Technology. August 2005, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
230th American Chemical Society National Meeting. August 28 - September 1, 2005, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
8th Summer School on Green Chemistry. September 2005, Venice, Italy
Seventh International Symposium on Catalysis Applied to Fine Chemicals. October 23-27, 2005, Bingen/Mainz, Germany
Pacifichem Meeting. December 15-20, 2005, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Delroy Coleman
Delroy Coleman, Queens College, New York, displays his poster "Synthesis
and Characterization of New Types of Ionic Liquids" at the Philadelphia
ACS Meeting.
Bizuneh Workie
Bizuneh Workie, Delaware State University, with his poster "Hydrogenation
of Olefins Using Palladium Nano-particles Prepared Using Pulse Electrochemical
Deposition" at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
Call for
Papers—AIChE/ACS Joint Symposium on Sustainability
Sustainability
and the Chemical Enterprise
This symposium is co-sponsored by ACS's Green Chemistry and Engineering Subdivision, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division and AIChE's Institute for Sustainability and Sustainable Engineering Forum. You are invited to participate in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers / American Chemical Society's Joint Symposium on Sustainability, to be held at the 230th National Meeting of ACS, August 28 – September 1, 2005 in Washington, DC. The theme of the symposium will be 'Sustainability and the Chemical Enterprise', and sessions will be offered that focus on the key drivers for sustainable operating practices and scientific and technological developments that facilitate sustainable operating results. (continued below)
Papers for oral or poster presentation on any topic related to the theme are welcome, including:
- the business case for sustainability
- financing sustainability
- policy and sustainability
- sustainability metrics
- safety and toxicology
- scientific and technical advances to sustain the enterprise, e.g. new concepts in energy and efficiency, pollution prevention, sensors, sustaining water resources, renewable feedstocks, greener synthesis, greener solvents and separations, inherently safer products, ionic liquids
Abstracts for both oral or poster presentation must be submitted electronically at http://oasys.acs.org/ which will be open soon for the Washington DC meeting. The deadline for submitting an abstract is April 15, 2005.
Co-Organizers: Subhas K. Sikdar, Acting Associate Director for Health National Risk, Management Research Lab/USEPA, 26 W. M.L. King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268; Phone: 513-569-7528, Fax: 513-569-7680; E-mail: sikdar.subhas@epa.gov and Brian C. Blakey, Chair, Green Chemistry and Engineering Subdivision, ACS, One Research Circle, K1 4A43, Niskayuna, NY 12309, telephone 518 387-5327
Sharon Lall-Ramnarine
Sharon Lall-Ramnarine, Queensborough Community College, with her poster "Synthesis and Characterization of New Types of Ionic Liquids" at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications
Joe Zoeller, Chair of the Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications Subdivision, with his subdivision's poster at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
Novel
Chemistry with Industrial Applications (NCIA) Subdivision
By Joseph R. Zoeller
Programming in Novel
Chemistry with Industrial Applications Subdivision
Symposium programming in the Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications subdivision is beginning to make significant impacts on the division’s programming. At the Fall, 2004 meeting in Philadelphia, the subdivision initiated a divisional plenary symposium on “Sustainability in the Chemical Industry”. The subdivision has obtained commitments for future programs in “Process Intensification”; “Chemistry in the Electronics Industry”; “Ionic Liquids”, and “Diagnostics in Detection of Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents and Food Safety” which is indicative of a healthy pipeline for future programming.
Joint Programming
with AIChE
The Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications subdivision is attempting to a participate in the divisional goal of forging closer relationships with ACS’s sister organization, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, by trying to arrange joint programming efforts. The symposium on Process Intensification is an example where we are attempting to coordinate programming so both entities get wide exposure for this mutually useful technology. Success will depend on the involvement of people dedicated to this goal.
Membership Recruiting
for Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications Subdivision
Whereas the Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications subdivision has been successful at generating an interesting slate of programs for the division in it’s <2 years of existence, it will need to grow its membership if this type of programming is to continue long term. For those of you who may not be familiar with the subdivision, the mission of the division is to:
“Provide a forum for the dissemination of novel chemistry directed
toward industrial applications within traditional and non-traditional chemistry
related industries.”
While the subdivision shares the traditional role of the I&EC to publicize chemistry and engineering leading to cheaper, cleaner, and less energy intensive production methods with the rest of I&EC, the sub-division is unique in that it will also seek:
a) Chemistry in industries not traditionally considered a purely chemical enterprise, such as electronics, transportation, security, communications, defense, nutrition, and diagnostics.
b) Chemistry imbedded in multidisciplinary research efforts and industries, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, electronics, and diagnostic devices.
Chemistry in these arenas is rapidly evolving, but since
they cross traditional disciplines and are often in non-traditional chemical
industries, they often lack a good home elsewhere in ACS.
If you feel it is important to have a subdivision to meet this need, we would encourage you to support the effort by joining the subdivision. There is no additional cost. Simply contact the sub-division chair, Joe Zoeller, by email at jzoeller@eastman.com, or if you prefer, by mail at Eastman Chemical Co., P.O. Box 1972, Kingsport, TN 37662-5150 or phone at 1-423-229-5684 to join the subdivision or to get additional information.
Heather Willauer
Heather Willauer, Naval Research Laboratory, displays her poster "Automated Atomizer for Evaluating Aerosols" at the Philadelphia ACS meeting.
Seiichi Ohyama
Seiichi Ohyama, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, displays
his poster "Simple and Rapid Determination of Boron in Wastewater Using
Ion-Selective Electrode".
Call
for Papers ACS Northwest Regional Meeting Small Businesses Conference,
Fairbanks, Alaska, June 15 - 18, 2005
Abstracts open Jan. 24 - close April
22, 2005
Travel ($50 companion fare!),
abstract submittal, registration: www.norm-schb-2005.org.
Technical
Program: Chemical Education; Inorganic and Organometallic; Organic;
Physical; Analytical; Biochemistry; Atmospheric and
Environmental
Symposia: Small Chemical Businesses;
Persistent Organic Pollutants in the
Arctic; Isotopic Spectroscopy; Environmental Spectroscopy; Petroleum in the
Environment; Wood Chemistry and Natural Products
High School Science Teacher Workshop
Oliver Sacks, M.D. -
Plenary Address
University of Alaska BP Visiting
Professor “Journey into Wonder:
Reflections on a Chemical Boyhood.”
Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr. - Plenary Address; ACS
Presidential Event
”Chemical Education: Second Careers
Teaching High School Chemistry”
Interested in joining a Caravan to the Alaskan NORM? E-mail Lawrence Taylor, Jr, taylor@labsafari.com.
Raj Varma, Chandra Sridara and Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie
Raj Varma, Chandra Sridara and Endalkachew Sahle-Demessie, US EPA, display their poster "Hydrogenation of CCl2F2 Using Pd Supported on G-Al2O3 Catalysts" at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
The American Chemical Society
International Initiatives Program: Call for Applications for 2005
In 1990, the American Chemical Society (ACS) established a program to assist scientific exchanges with selected countries. Called ACS International Initiatives, the program of competitive grant awards was designed to foster scientific collaboration with scientists who have little opportunity to interact with U.S. laboratories.
The goal of the 2005 ACS International Initiatives program is to provide professional development opportunities for chemical scientists (chemists, biochemists, materials scientists, etc.) and chemical engineers, either in-country or in the United States, and build ACS's relationships with chemically related organizations in countries in Latin America and Africa.
Types of activities eligible for funding include:
1. Visits by chemical scientists from countries to U.S. laboratories, with reciprocal visits to the country by the U.S. partners strongly encouraged;
2. As a second priority, visits by U.S. chemical scientists to eligible countries to offer short courses;
3. Scientists residing outside the United States are not required to be ACS members to apply to the program. Proposals that involve groups of researchers in eligible countries or leverage other ACS programs or domestic and international sources of support are especially encouraged.
4. The following countries are eligible for participation in the 2005 program: Bahamas, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Jamaica, Kenya, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
All travel and associated expenditures for this year's ACS International Activities Program must be completed by December 31, 2005. Application deadline: March 1, 2005. For full details about the ACS International Initiatives program, and an application, please visit:
<http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=international%5Cinitiatives.html>
Charlene Wall, BASF, speaks at the "Sustainability and the Chemistry Industry" Plenary Session at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
Seeking: Community Outreach and Program Coordinators
Community Outreach Coordinator
· Recruits coordinators for community outreach programs (e.g. National Chemistry Week, Chemists Celebrate Earth Day, Chemagination, etc).
· Determines overall outreach budget, including soliciting funding.
· Facilitates or coordinates correspondence with schools and other partner organizations to ensure program consistencies.
· Coordinates with Public Relations Chair to ensure media coverage of local section outreach events.
· Serves as liaison and point person for Local Section Executive Committee.
· Schedules Program Coordinator meetings.
· Keeps lines of communication open to all Program Coordinators, and
· Reduces duplication of effort by volunteers by identifying redundancies in programming.
Programs supported by the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Office of Community Activities (OCA) are designed to assist volunteers in becoming more involved in their local section, division(s), and community by providing reliable resources that can be easily used for promoting the contributions of chemistry. Participation in community activities provides opportunities for ACS members to increase media and public awareness of the importance of chemistry in our daily lives.
CHEMISTS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY (“AIR – HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE” – APRIL 22, 2005) Chemists Celebrate Earth Day is an environmental awareness campaign. The event provides activities that are designed to enhance public awareness of important contributions made through chemistry in preserving our planet and improving our environment. The event is held annually on April 22. For more information visit chemistry.org/earthday.
NATIONAL
CHEMISTRY WEEK
(“THE JOY OF TOYS” – OCTOBER 16-22, 2005) National Chemistry Week (NCW), a
community-based outreach program, is designed to reach the public with positive
messages about chemistry and to make a positive change in the public’s
impression of chemistry. Activities include chemical demonstrations, hands-on
activities, lectures, open houses, displays, contests and games. NCW is
celebrated annually from Sunday through Saturday during the fourth week of
October. For more information visit chemistry.org/ncw.
CHEMAGINATION
(ANNUAL CONTEST IN THE SPRING) Chemagination is a creative innovation and
writing contest for high school science students In the contest, students are
asked to imagine that they are living 25 years in the future and have been
invited to write an article for ChemMatters, a magazine for high school
students that focuses on the role of chemistry in everyday life. The subject of
the article is: “Describe a recent breakthrough or innovation in chemistry
(and/or its applications) and how it has improved the quality of people’s lives
today.” In addition to the article, students are asked to design a cover for
the magazine.
Finalists are named at three levels— local, regional and national. For more
information visit chemistry.org/chemagination.
For advice on these or other community activity programs available through ACS, contact the Office of Community Activities at 800-227-5558 x 6097, or 202-872-6097.
Percy Carter, Bristol-Myers Squibb, speaks at the Young Innovators Forum at the Philadelphia ACS Meeting.
Presidential Events
ACS National Meeting in San Diego
March 13-18, 2005
During the year 2005, ACS President Bill Carroll is leading a Society-wide effort to develop scenarios of how the chemical enterprise—education, industry and government--will change in the next ten years. The goal is to understand how we can help our current and future members adapt to these changes and take advantage of the opportunities they offer. To that end, several symposia have been scheduled for the San Diego Meeting. Please see the relevant technical program for details on the following symposia:
· Chemistry Enterprise 2015: Where in the World Will We Be? [PRES]
· Closing the Gap for Underrepresented Groups by 2015: Proactive Strategies are the Key! [WCC]
· Are We Preparing for the Technician Careers of the Future? [TECH]
· Communication Beyond Generational Differences: Boomers, X-ers, and Millennials in the Industrial Workplace [YCC]
Special Symposia.
The Academic Employment Initiative (AEI), an NSF-funded pilot project to support the academic interviewing process, will continue in its second year. The Symposium on Academic Hiring: How to Get the Job, scheduled for Sunday morning, will feature a panel of senior and newly hired faculty to address concerns and questions raised by academic job seekers. [PRES]
The Symposium on Teaching High School Chemistry as a Second Career, scheduled for Sunday afternoon, will explore ways in which members can address the need for chemistry teachers trained in chemistry by entering the teaching field. [CHED]
The Symposium on PROGRESS: Strengthening our Academic Foundation, scheduled for Tuesday morning, will report on ACS efforts to support the hiring, promotion, and retention of women faculty and the NSF ADVANCE-sponsored university site visit project. Geraldine Richmond, founder of COACh and 2005 recipient of the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, will present her award address. [CHED]
Community Event: The Festival de Química, scheduled on Sunday, 1 – 3 PM, at Cesar Chavez Park, will bring chemistry to the community with a bilingual event that will feature hands-on chemistry activities, a chemical demonstration show, free science goodies for the kids, music, and opportunities to meet some special chemists.
Tom Chappie
Tom Chappie, Pfizer, speaks at the Young Innovators Forum during the Philadelphia ACS meeting.
Visiting at the Poster Session
Becky Chamberlin (right) visits with her classmates from graduate school during
the I&EC poster session at the Philly ACS meeting.
Sign
Up Now for Chemjobs Career Center
By Bruce M. Millar
Is your New Year’s resolution to look for another job? Sign-up began January 17
for Chemjobs Career Center, a venue at the ACS National Meeting in San Diego
where job seekers and employers can meet to discuss job opportunities.
This comprehensive career resource center will provide a broad array of career services, including online job searches, onsite job interviews, and career workshops ranging from “Interviewing 101: Basic Skills” to “Effective Networking” to “Starting a Chemical Consulting Business”. One-on-one résumé reviews and mock interviews also will be available.
The Chemjobs Career Center will be located in Hall A of the San Diego Convention Center, Sunday, March 13, through Wednesday, March 16, from 8 AM to 5:30 PM.
Chemjobs Career Center, brought to you by C&EN Chemjobs and ACS Career Services, is open to ACS members and national and student affiliates. Job seekers and employers must sign up online at http://www.cen-chemjobs.org/careercenter to participate.
The center’s database allows job seekers to sign up and manage their accounts. Using the database, job seekers can
· Maintain a
personal calendar;
· Search job
postings by field of specialization, work function, education level, or
employer;
· Request
interviews;
· View
interviews scheduled by employers;
· Have notices
sent to a personal email account; and
· Obtain
information about jobs and employers before the meeting.
Please note: Job seekers must sign up for Chemjobs Career Center by March 14 to participate. Those who sign up by February 25 will receive confirmation packets containing their yellow Chemjobs Career Center ID cards prior to the meeting. Those who sign up after February 25 must pick up their ID cards at the Chemjobs Career Center Information Booth in Hall A of the San Diego Convention Center. All job seekers must register for the national meeting. Waivers for national meeting registration fees are granted to members who have received a 2005 dues waiver. Please check the appropriate box on the meeting registration form. Attendees must display their national meeting registration badges to enter Hall A.
Also in Hall A, the Chemjobs Career Center will provide one-on-one career assistance. Individual half-hour appointments with a career consultant will be available for the purpose of reviewing your résumé or CV, conducting a practice interview, and discussing your career options. Please bring a copy of your résumé or CV for all appointments. To sign up for an appointment for Sunday, March 13, please email k_dyson@acs.org or call Karen Dyson at (800) 227-5558, ext. 4432. Appointments for Monday, March 14, through Wednesday, March 16, will be assigned onsite
2005 Regional Meetings Online Abstracts and Registration Open
The spring regional meetings are soliciting abstracts and are now open for advance registration. The North Jersey Local Section is hosting the Mid-Atlantic Meeting, May 22 – 25, at Rutgers Busch Campus, Piscataway, NJ. They have prepared a stunning and very unique program. Visit their web page at http://www.marmacs.org/ for more information and links to online abstract submittal and advance registration. Abstracts close March 15.
The “spring” season ends in July this year as Western Connecticut is hosting the Northeast Regional Meeting at the beautiful campus of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. You still have plenty of time to submit a paper and participate. For more information, contact Linda Farber, General Chair, at 203-365-7596 or farberl@sacredheart.edu. Their web site was not ready at press time. Please visit the ACS regional meetings website (www.chemistry.org/meetings/regional) for details.