Photos from the Fall ACS meeting in
The
Gloria Martinez explains her poster “Tethering 3,2-HOPO Chelators Via Sulfonamide Linkages”.
David Combe discusses his poster “Isolation of Metallic Nitride Fullerenes using Amino Silica“ with a researcher.
Robert Fairchild goes over his poster “Tuning Host Properties by Metalation“.
Woo K. Cho explains a point on his poster “Artificial Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Biomimetic Approach”.
Brandi Schottel displays her “Theoretical Investigations of the Role Anion-p Interactions Play in Polygon Formation“ poster.
Nicholas Bridges displays his „Synthesis of Hydrogen Carbonate Ionic Liquids Through the Krapcho Reaction“ poster.
Trey Rahn points out a feature of his data “Reductionist Approach to Identifying Key Cell Components in Assisting Phytophotolysis“ to a chemist.
Mallikarjuna Nadagouda discusses his poster “Greener and Controlled Synthesis of Noble Nanostructures in Aqueous Media Using Microwave Irradiation”.
Rajender Varma with his poster.
The beautiful Yerba Buena Gardens just across the street from the
Moscone Center.
HELP CELEBRATE I&EC's 100th YEAR!
We were the first Division organized
in the ACS, back in 1908, and our 100th birthday is coming up. We are planning special events at
the 2008 meetings in both New Orleans and Philadelphia. I&EC needs your
help in our centennial celebration projects.
We have laid out some ambitious plans for the centennial. These plans include receptions for both the New
Orleans meeting and the Philadelphia meeting, relevant symposia at both
meetings, and a promotional campaign to educate people about, and call
attention to, this significant milestone in both our history and the Society's
history. ACS headquarters and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, among others,
are now aware of the I&EC Centennial and are beginning to help us along. We
expect to get major support also from the industries that I&EC has served
so ably in the past 100 years.
We need volunteers to help organize symposia and events in 2008 and to contact companies. Please let the organizers know if you can help out!
We are continuing with plans for the
Centennial Book. There is still a need
for authors and reviewers. Can
you: identify potential authors for the book, review a book chapter, organize
or contribute to a symposium on sessions covering related groups of topics
under the general title of "I&EC Centennial: Gateway to the Future,"or help work on publicizing all these events? If you can help with any of these
activities, then I&EC Needs You!
A list of topics not yet covered is given below.
Air separation
Ammoxidation
Polyamides
Polyesters
Sorbex-type separations
Superconductivity
Teflon
Thermosets
Wacker Process & homogeneous catalysis Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
To volunteer, contact Bill Flank or one of the other I&EC past, present, or
future chairs:
Rick Sachleben, Past-Chair (Momenta Pharmaceuticals, rsachleben@momentapharma.com);
Mike Matthews, Chair (University of South Carolina. matthews@engr.sc.edu);
or Gregg Lumetta, Chair-Elect gregg.lumetta@pnl.gov; Dr. William H.
Flank, Professor, Chemistry & Environmental Science, Pace University,
Pleasantville, NY 10570, mwflank@pace.edu.
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I&EC Election Results
Based on the results from 134 mailed
ballots, Gregg Lumetta was elected to be I&EC Chair-Elect for 2007, Bill Crooks will continue as
I&EC Secretary in 2007-2008, and Martin Abraham will continue as Councilor
for 2007-2009.
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Chair’s Message to the I&EC Division
Mike Matthews
Department of Chemical
Engineering
It’s a great time to be an active member of the Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division! As we prepare to celebrate the
centennial of the founding of IEC in 2008, we can take great pride in a century
of “Putting Science to Work,” which is the motto adopted by our leadership in
2003. Elsewhere in this newsletter you can read more about some of the
activities planned in recognition of this event in 2008 at both the
In 2007, I&EC has instituted a
new award, the “IEC Fellows Award,” which recognizes outstanding research and
service with an emphasis on collaborative work. Thanks to the hard work of Dr. Spiros Alexandratos and the
awards committee, we are recognizing two outstanding members at the
I would like to thank our past-chair, Rich Sachleben of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, as well as all our division and subdivision officers, session chairs, and other volunteers for their hard work and accomplishments in the past year. The names of our officers are listed at the end of this newsletter. The names of our session chairs and other volunteers appear in the various meeting programs and are too numerous to list here. The efforts put forth to organize meetings, communicate with speakers, keep the books, run meetings, and to engage our division membership are truly inspiring, and we all owe them a great deal.
These volunteer efforts are essential to the value provided by ACS and to our Division in general. The vision of the ACS is Improving people’s lives through the transforming power of chemistry. While society in general may take many things for granted, those of us “in the business” realize that transformations take place only because of the focused, concerted effort of many people for a long time. The joy of improving people’s lives is one of the most powerful benefits of being an ACS member and an I&EC volunteer. I would like to encourage all of you to consider assuming leadership positions where you can make a difference. This could be through one of our subdivisions (Green Chemistry and Engineering; Novel Chemistry With Industrial Applications; Separation Science and Technology, or Industrial Bio-Based Technology); through suggesting and organizing technical symposia, or through helping the division incorporate additional electronic means of disseminating content to our members!
It is a great time to be a member of the Division! See you at the meeting!
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From the Councilor—Spiro D. Alexandratos,
Councilor 2005- 2007
The Spring 2007 meeting
brings to fruition two initiatives undertaken by the Executive Committee. The IEC Division Fellow award program will be
launched with two award symposia, one for Prof Rich Noble of the
In
further showcasing this Division as THE division for applied chemistry and
engineering, a multi-session symposium is scheduled for
All
of this is to say that the Division is taking the lead in recognizing the work
done by its members and in organizing symposia that are in line with the
interests its membership. If this last
sentence has led you to think "Well, you haven't organized a symposium in
my area of work" - no
problem: contact the
program chair, Michael Gonzalez. Let him
know what area we need to program in. If
you would like to organize the symposium, you will find it a painless process -
Michael makes it far easier than you might think. And if you don't want to organize the
symposium, that's no problem as well: work with Michael to identify who else is
doing work in the area you are proposing and the Program Committee will contact
the possible organizers.
The
bottom line is that this is an inclusive Division: we want you involved in all
aspects of the Division. See you in
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Councilor’s Report to I&EC, Spring 2007
Melanie J. Lesko
For the last two years I have served as an associate member of the Meetings and Expositions (M&E) Committee. I now have a two year appointment as a full member of M&E. There are 6 subcommittees of M&E and I am appointed to two of those, expositions and finance. The other subcommittees are meeting site selection, regional meetings, technical programming and meeting logistics.
The expositions subcommittee considers how to make the expo better for the members and for the exhibitors and sets booth prices and times that it will be open during the national meetings. We also consider the floor layout and new features that pull more members in, e.g. the “town hall” area near the center of the exhibit floor where mini-seminars are held by exhibitors throughout the show.
The finance committee recommends meeting registration fee changes to the whole committee after consideration of the meeting costs and income. For example, the increased use of LCD projectors and now adding a laptop to every meeting room adds a cost to the meeting. The divisions wanted this change, but it meant an increase in meeting registration fees.
After the subcommittee meetings the whole M&E committee considers their recommendations and forwards those that pass along to the ACS Council. It also addresses any general items of business from the Board or Council, particularly those affecting meeting attendees and logistics. Quite often there are a number of items of business in M&E that directly impact I&EC programming functions, which I bring back to the executive and/or programming committees during the national meeting.
Prior to my service on M&E I was a member of the Divisional Activities Committee (DAC). I am very interested to see what will eventually come from DAC regarding the dues allocations to divisions. That process of change began while I was on DAC, but it is evolving slowly. I have also served on the Women Chemists Committee and Constitution and Bylaws. Thus I have quite a bit of experience in the ACS committees which I try to use to the benefit of I&EC. I would welcome any feedback, concerns or questions on this committee and its area of responsibility, or others of interest to you, via email at leskom@tamug.edu.
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I&EC
Division Supports Regional Meetings
The I&EC Division supported the Southeast
Regional Meeting (SERMACS) held in Augusta GA November 1-4, 2006. A total of
$1,000 (Silver level sponsorship) was provided to SERMACS based on a request
from Tom Crute, who handled programming for SERMACS.
These funds helped sponsor a 4-hour workshop for Industrial chemists entitled
“Natural Gas Supply Management” that was offered through the Georgia Institute
of Technology. The I&EC Division welcomes
requests from all regional ACS chapters; we hope to expand support of regional
meetings soon.
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Novel
Chemistry with Industrial Applications (NCIA) Subdivision
Joseph R. Zoeller
Purpose of the Subdivision
The purpose of the subdivision is to provide a forum for the
dissemination of novel and interdisciplinary chemistry directed toward
industrial applications in 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 method, the
sub-division is unique in that it also seeks to promote the discussion of:
a)
Chemistry
in industries not traditionally considered a purely chemical enterprise, such
as electronics, transportation, security, communications, defense, etc..
b)
Chemistry
imbedded in multidisciplinary research efforts and industries, such as
biotechnology, nanotechnology, and electronics.
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.
Organizational
Announcements
As of November, we had 182 registered
members in the subdivision. The subdivision is now large enough to transition
from a provisional status to a fully operating sub-division. We have submitted
by-laws for approval by the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Subdivision
and should have them submitted to the membership in the next few months. This
should be followed up by elections this summer for a chair elect.
In addition, to provide the requisite number
of officers, Jerry Spivey (Chemical Engineering professor,
Annual
Meeting
We will be holding the subdivision Annual
meeting at the Spring National meeting in
Symposia
At the Fall, 2006
national ACS meeting in
1)
Process Intensification (organized by Yong Wang, Jamie Holladay,
and Galip Akay and co-sponsored by the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers)
2)
In-Situ Spectroscopic Monitoring in Process
Development and Production
(Organized by Paul Barrett and Joe Zoeller and Co-sponsored by the Analytical Divison)
3)
Industrial Applications of Computational
Chemical Structure Modeling (Organized
by Anthony Cugini, David Sholl,
and Hongmei Wen,
Co-sponsored by Polymer Sciences and Materials Engineering)
I would like to
thank each of the organizers for their efforts.
Unfortunately, the
programming in 2007 does not look to be as ambitious as in 2006. As we develop
programming for Fall 2007 and beyond, we have only one
committed symposium, Chemicals from Alternative Resources (being
organized by Jerry Spivey, LSU, and Joe Zoeller,
Eastman Chemical Company) which is scheduled for the Spring 2008 National
Meeting in
Invitation to Join the Novel Chemistry with
Industrial Applications Sub-Division:
If you feel the Novel chemistry with Industrial
Applications subdivision is a worthy endeavor on the part of the Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry Division, we would like to hear form you and have you
join 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 sub-division or to get additional information.
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IEC Steering Committee Meeting; 10:00AM - 12:00PM;
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IEC Programming Meeting; 7:00AM - 8:30AM; Burnham
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UPCOMING PROGRAMMING FOR
Chemistry in the
Electronics Industry - Cosponsored by the Novel
Chemistry with Industrial Application Sub-Division (Oral symposium #10068)
Sponsored by Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Organizer: Calvin Curtis, Chemical Sciences and Nanoscience,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 80401
Environmental and Economic
Metrics for Green Technologies - Cosponsored
by Green Chemistry and Engineering Sub-Division (Oral symposium #10069)
Sponsored by Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Organizers: Michael A. Gonzalez, Sustainable Technology
Division, United States Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther
King Drive, Mail Stop 466, Cincinnati, OH 45268; Philip G. Jessop, Department
of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 Canada
Feedstocks for the Future II: Renewables for the Production of Chemicals and Materials - Cosponsored by the Green Chemistry and Engineering
Sub-Division (Oral symposium #10090) Sponsored by Division of Industrial &
Engineering Chemistry
Organizer: Joseph J. Bozell, Forest
Products Center - Biomass Chemistry Laboratories, University of Tennessee, 2506
Jacob Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
Formulating Green Products
through Informed Substitution - Cosponsored
by the Green Chemistry and Engineering Sub-Division (Oral symposium #10103)
Sponsored by Division of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Organizer: Clive Davies, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxic Substances, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Mail Stop 7406M, Washington, DC 20460
Green Chemistry and
Engineering with Gas Expanded Liquids and Near-critical Media - Cosponsored by the Green Chemistry and Engineering
Sub-Division (Oral symposium #10100) Sponsored by Division of Industrial &
Engineering Chemistry
Organizers: Aaron M. Scurto,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556; Keith W. Hutchenson, Central Research & Development, DuPont,
P.O. Box 80304, Wilmington, DE 19880-0304; Bala Subramaniam, Department of Chemical & Petroleum
Engineering, University of Kansas, Center for Environmentally Beneficial
Catalysis, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, KS
66047
IEC Poster Session (Poster symposium #10066) Sponsored by Division of
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Organizer: Hollie K. Jacobs,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, NM 88003
Synthetically Useful
Organic Molecules from Renewable Resources (Oral
symposium #10067) Sponsored by Division of Industrial & Engineering
Chemistry
Organizer: James T. Ciszewski,
Sustainable Technology Division,
Joint
ACS/AIChE Programming
235th
- ACS National Meeting & Exposition
April
6-10, 2008,
The American Chemical Society (ACS) and
the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
will hold their respective spring meetings over the same dates in
ACS The
ACS Technical Divisions1 will produce a technical program as they
normally do for the bi-annual national meetings. All symposia will be entered
through the ACS OASYS system and will be held at the
The overarching theme for the
joint ACS/AIChE
sessions and related symposia. Themed symposia as well as Presidential symposia
will be entered through the ACS OASYS system and will be held at the
AIChE The
AIChE National Programming Committee2 (NPC) groups will
produce an enhanced AIChE Spring Meeting, with the
intent to combine programming traditionally held at the AIChE
Fall Meeting with the Spring Meeting. Symposia will be entered through the AIChE Confex system and will
primarily be held at the New Orleans Hyatt, the AIChE
headquarters hotel.
ACS/AIChE Joint-Society Thematic Programming. The
AIChE/ACS Programming Work Group, cochaired
by Kelvin Lee (AIChE, KHL9@cornell.edu) and Mike Morello
(ACS, mike_morello@quakeroats.com) will develop a joint-society symposium –
a showcase event – early in the week of the meeting. All symposia will be
entered through the ACS OASYS system and will primarily be held at the
Cosponsored Symposia.
The ACS Technical Division Program Chairs and the AIChE
NPC Groups will coordinate with their counterparts within each Society to
develop cosponsored symposia of interest to both groups with the goal of
attracting attendees from both societies. All jointly cosponsored symposia
should be entered into the ACS OASYS system, and will be held at the
Meeting Registrations
ACS and AIChE registrations
will be through each society's separate registration systems. AIChE Spring Meetings normally have fewer attendees than
ACS Spring Meetings (~1,500 vs. ~11,000). As an incentive, AIChE
is offering its members the opportunity to register for both the Spring and Fall meetings at a combined (reduced) rate. Registrants
in either society will be able to attend all technical sessions of
either society and the ACS Expo. This creates the opportunity for ACS
divisions and the AIChE NPC groups to create joint or
stand-alone programming that is attractive to both society members.
Meeting Publications
ACS uses the OASYS system as the primary source for
publication of the ACS National Meetings in print, CD-ROM (abstracts), and on
the Web. Any joint programming or symposia that ACS wants to include in its
publications should therefore be entered from the beginning into the ACS OASYS
system. This approach will help to manage the meeting room assignments by the
ACS logistics team.
1The
ACS National Meeting programs are developed by the ACS Technical Divisions.
Contact information for the current ACS Program Committee Chairs can be found
on the OASYS submission pages for
(http://oasys.acs.org/acs/234nm/oasys.htm).
2The
AIChE National Meeting programs are developed by the AIChE National Program Committees (NPC). Contact
information for the NPC groups can be found at:
http://www.aiche.org/Conferences/Resources/NPCmembers.aspx. AIChE also has
divisions and forums, which can be found at: http://www.aiche.org/DivisionsForums/ViewAll/index.aspx.