The
I&EC Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia included the authors and
editors of the Centennial book “Innovations in Industrial and Engineering
Chemistry” from left Philip Jessop, Michael Matthews, Bill Flank, Martin
Abraham and Svend Erik Nielsen.
Centennial Celebration in
The I&EC Division's 100th
anniversary party in Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
included a major reception at their new
hall at 315 Chestnut Street on Sunday, August 17 from 6 to 8:30pm. This was a presidential event, with tours of
the new hall and museum during the evening's activities.
Included in the
attendees at the I&EC Centennial Celebration were Wesley Wolf, Mary Moore (Eastman Chemical),
Katie Hunt (Rohm and Haas), Past President of the American Chemical Society,
James Wolf, and John Engelman, of the I&EC Division.
(left to right)
Past Chair and editor Mike Matthews, Former ACS President Katie Hunt, Councilor
and editor Martin Abraham and Historian and editor Bill Flank celebrate the
publication of the I&EC Centennial prospectus.
A number of past and
present I&EC officers were in attendance at the Centennial celebration,
including (L to R, standing) Philip Jessop, Bill Crooks, Sam Morton, Nancy
Jackson, David Hobbs, Jim Ciszewski, Melanie Lesko, Spiro
An example of the sumptuous food that was served at the I&EC Centennial event on 17 August 2008.
The members of the I&EC Steering Committee: (L to R standing) Melanie Lesko, Ken Nash, Jerry Spivey, Bill Crooks, Jim Ciszewski, Martin Abraham, Bill Flank; (L to R, sitting), Dustin James and Joe Zoeller.
The I&EC Executive Committee met at the Fork Restaurant.
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Election Results, Fall 2009
Chair Elect for 2009, Michael
Gonzalez,
Secretary 2009-2010, Ann Visser,
Counselor 2009-2011, Ken Nash,
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From the I&EC Chair-Joe Zoeller
Joseph Zoeller, Research Fellow, Eastman Chemical Company, Chair I&EC
It is traditional for the chair to develop a set of specific objectives for their 1 year tenure as chair. This is a short time to get an objective completed, but it does enable the new chair to start some new directions in motion. In keeping with tradition, my objectives for the division over the next year are:
1)
To insure the
Strategic Plan we constructed in October is staffed and a process is in place
to insure it is initiated and maintained for the next several years.
2)
Restore the health
and participation of the subdivisions.
3)
Reach out to:
a)
Chemical related
organizations outside of the division, outside of ACS, and outside of
b) Groups within ACS who feel
that they are not represented in ACS’s current structure.
With respect to the Strategic Plan, Gregg Lumetta has included an article covering this topic and a copy of the plan is available to any division member. I encourage you to read his article. However, as the chair, I would like to focus on one concept related to Member Involvement that came from the Strategic Planning session, but which may not be entirely clear if you read the report. To address member involvement, we are starting with a student focused approach wherein we act as a mentoring group within the society, through financial assistance (to attend meetings, etc.), acting as teachers, and providing career advice from the time a student starts his/her education to the time she/he launches their chemical career. This starts their involvement in ACS early and will be applicable regardless of the point they decide to leave academia and enter the workforce. This is based on the principle that, when people join and perceive benefit from an organization early in their career, they tend to stay members and actively participate in that organization.
The key to success in this student mentorship approach and the key to improving programming will be having adequate industrial participation. Unfortunately, we have too few involved industrial representatives to act as advisors, provide programming advice, or to participate in the governance of the division. This is the Industrial Chemistry and Engineering Division, so we need the involvement of our industrial members in this effort. We welcome all volunteers and our division has active participation in programming and governance from multiple disciplines and multiple degree levels.
Joe Zoeller
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I&EC Adopts
New Strategic Plan
On October 17 – 19, 2008, a team was assembled to chart the strategic
course of the Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Division for
the next three to four years. The
participants in this planning represented a wide cross-section of the I&EC,
including members employed in academia, industry, and in the government
laboratories. In addition, people at
different stages of their careers were represented. Also present to provide vital assistance to the strategic planning
effort were ACS staff members Kathleen Thompson and Ena Castro. Outside consultant, Bernard Reynolds, acted
as facilitator during the planning meeting.
A draft strategic plan was prepared by this team, and the plan was
subsequently finalized and adopted by the I&EC Executive Committee. The key points of the I&EC Division
Strategic Plan are summarized below. For
more detail, please see the full Strategic Plan document on the I&EC
homepage.
I&EC Mission
Statement
The Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry Division is a member-focused, multidisciplinary
organization dedicated to supporting chemical professionals who apply science
to products and processes.
I&EC
Strategic Vision
The following vision has been adopted for the state of the I&EC
Division by 2012:
The Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry Division provides an essential forum for and
integrates all sectors of the chemical enterprise. We enable collaborative
interaction through programming, effective communication and member networking.
Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry will:
ü
be a leader in multidisciplinary programs in
emerging technologies
ü
take advantage of modern technology in its
communication
ü
promote advancement of students into
chemical professionals.
I&EC Strategic Goals (2009 to 2012)
In order to achieve
the vision described above, the following specific strategic goals have been
established:
Responsibility for
achieving each of these goals has been assigned to specific committees: the
Programming Committee, the Communications Committee (new), and the Membership
Committee, respectively. If you have
interest in serving on any of these committees please contact Gregg Lumetta (gregg.lumetta@pnl.gov),
or any other member of the I&EC Executive Committee.
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From the Councilor—Spiro D. Alexandratos,
Councilor 2008- 2010
It is a pleasure
to inform you that the third annual I&EC Division Fellows award will be
given at the Spring 2009 ACS meeting.
The awardees are Prof Kenneth Klabunde (
In April, a call
for nominations will be sent to all members (only Division members can make
nominations) for the next set of Division Fellows. Please consider sending a nomination to the
Awards Committee (Mike Matthews, Martin Abraham, Michael Gonzalez, and myself).
One item to bring
to your attention from the Fall 2008 Council meeting is that the Committee on
Economic and Professional Affairs submitted a new version of the Professional
Guidelines and they will be voted on at the Spring 2009 meeting. To see the current version, please go to http://portal.acs.org/portal/fileFetch/C/CTP_004009/pdf/CTP_004009.pdf The new version does not have any startling
departures from the old. If after
reading the current version you have any concerns about the "recommended
practices in employment for professional scientists and their employers",
please send me an e-mail (alexsd@hunter.cuny.edu) and I will make sure that
your concerns are heard.
As mentioned in an
earlier message, I am a member of the Committee on Chemical Abstract
Service. I attend the semi-annual
meeting of the committee on the Friday before the ACS meeting begins. This past meeting consisted of an update from
CAS to us on the new version of SciFinder, which has been implemented by
now. If you have any concerns about Chem
Abstracts in general, or SciFinder, in particular, please send them to me and I
will bring the matter up at the Friday meeting.
Rest assured that I will get back to you.
Lastly, since the
Fall 2008 meeting, I have been honored to be elected to the ACS Committee on
Science whose mission is defined on the ACS website:
The Joint
Board-Council Committee on Science provides an organizational framework to
facilitate policy formation, action, and planning in several areas of ACS
activity directly related to the science of chemistry. The Committee is structured to provide a
forum for consideration and coordination of the scientific activities of the
many diverse units of the Society and to provide an interface among such units.
Recently, the Committee on Science reviewed its role in the Society and
determined that it can best serve the members as an integrating and
coordinating body, bringing together the expertise and knowledge of the
Divisions and other ACS groups to illuminate issues of Society-wide concern and
interest. Its aim is to augment information transfer by cooperating with
divisional programming in a broad sense.
I will report back
to you on the Committee's current priorities after I attend my first meeting of
that Committee in
Thank
you., Spiro Alexandratos
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Reception
Honoring I&EC Fellow Madan BhasIn
A
symposium honoring Madan Bhasin as a Fellow of the I&EC Division will be
held at the Spring Meeting (
The
award committee consists of Martin Abraham, Michael Gonzalez, Mike Matthews,
and Spiro Alexandratos (as chair).
2.A
symposium on Process Intensification, organized by Flora Ng (Univ. Waterloo; fttng@cape.uwaterloo.ca) and sponsored by the
Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications will be held at the 2010 Spring
National Meeting. A Call for Papers will be available early this Summer.
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I&EC Facebook
Group—Join In!
Pete Smith has set up an I&EC group in Facebook. Feel free to join the group, make comments, etc. We’ll see how it works out as a communication tool. The site is: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11736689063.
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I&EC
REGIONAL AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING FUND ANNOUNCED
Summary: The Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division has
established a fund of $10,000 per year to conduct joint programming with ACS
regions and local sections. Programming will be tied to the interest areas represented
by I&EC and its subdivisions.
Background: The Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division supports
the effort within the ACS to strengthen regional and local activities. The
Division has already encouraged and co-sponsored ACS Innovation Awards linked
to regional outreach activities. However, I&EC needs to establish a
stronger presence at the regional and local level in order to:
Project Selection Criteria include:
Does the programming technically fit with I&EC and its
subdivisions?:
Please remember, the
activity must recognize I&EC co-sponsorship!
Other Criteria: Are matching funds available (e.g., Innovation Fund?).Is the activity directed at industrial member participation? Does the activity represent a collaboration with other organizations? How does the size of request compare to the expected outcome? Is there specific identification of requested costs (travel, speaker fee, reception, etc.)?
Program Management:
·
I&EC
has committed to a three year pilot of the program to gauge demand and
effectiveness.
·
The
I&EC Program will be announced at the annual P2C2 meeting in October.
·
Proposals
should be submitted to the Program Chair or I&EC Past Chair.
·
Proposals
will be selected twice per year at the National ACS meeting by the I&EC
Executive Committee (or a designated subcommittee) with approval requiring a
majority consent.
·
There
is a funding cap of $2000 per proposal.
·
Funding
can be used for activities up to two years away.
Proposal Deadlines:
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Fall 2009:
July 31, 2009.
Contact:
Michael Gonzalez, Program Chair
Rick Sachleben
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ATTENTION
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division Members
The division is seeking student volunteers to help staff a table with
divisional information at the upcoming Fall Meeting of the American Chemical
Society on August 16-20, 2009 in
If you know of a student or are a student that would be interested and
available, please respond to me and let me know what days and times that you
would be available. I will set up a schedule and let the volunteers know
when and where to meet.
Thanks for your assistance. David Hobbs
Meetings Publicity Chair, I&EC Division, Savannah River National Laboratory,
Aiken, SC 29808, Phone: 803-725-2838, FAX: 803-725-4704, Email: david.hobbs@srnl.doe.gov
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I&EC Division and Subdivision Web Sites
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Novel Chemistry
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The NCIA Chair is Tom Baker (
As outlined in our subdivision newsletter, a
number of symposia are planned for the next few years. In the near future, we
will be soliciting papers for a symposium on “Process Intensification” for the Spring
2010 meeting and one on “Catalysis Applications for Renewable Energy” for Fall
2010 in
Invitation to Join the Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications
Subdivision:
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 from you and have you join the
subdivision. There is no additional
cost. Simply contact the subdivision past-chair, James J. (Jerry) Spivey,
James M. Shrivers Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering,
www.che.lsu.edu/faculty/spivey/index.htm
Phone: (225)-578-3690 to join the sub-division or to get additional information.
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Call for Abstracts
Nuclear Energy and the
Environment
238th American
Chemical Society National Meeting
Sponsored by the
Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology and the Separation Science and
Technology Subdivision of the Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Division
A symposium
entitled “Nuclear Energy and the Environment” is going to be held at the 238th
American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington D. C., August 16 – 20,
2009. While nuclear power is an
important source of carbon-free energy, its wider use has been hindered by
concerns about nuclear waste disposal. The main purpose of this symposium is to
bring nuclear scientists (domestic and international) together to discuss
current status of research activities in developing environmentally sustainable
nuclear energy. The symposium will cover a broad range of research topics
including development of environmentally-sustainable ligands and/or solvents
for actinide separations, radionuclides in the environment, and innovative
approaches for spent fuel reprocessing and nuclear waste reduction,
stabilization and disposal. Researchers
involved in advancing the development of environmentally sustainable nuclear
energy are encouraged to attend.
Organized by: Chien
M. Wai, University of Idaho, cwai@uidaho.edu;
Linfeng Rao, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, lrao@lbl.gov;
Bruce Mincher, Idaho National Lab, bruce.mincher@inl.gov; Dean
Peterman, Idaho National Lab, dean.peterman@inl.gov;
Sydney Koegler, AREVA NP, sydney.koegler@areva.com
Abstracts are due
March 16, 2009. Please submit your abstract using Online Abstract Submittal
Form System (OASys) at http://oasys.acs.org/acs/238nm/nucl/program.html.
In the meantime, please feel free to contact any one of the organizers if you
have questions.
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Symposium for August 16-17, 2009,
“New Applications of Solid Phase Adsorbents”
A two day symposium featuring the invited speakers listed below will take place at the Washington DC ACS meeting this August. The symposium will focus on a survey of the solid phase adsorbents available today and on new adsorbents in various stages of development. Novel applications of these technologies will be presented. We anticipate having room for contributed papers in the afternoon sessions. Please contact Ed Rosenberg (406 243 2592, edward.rosenberg@mso.umt.edu) for further details.
Invited Speakers
Darren W. Johnson
Christopher Jones Georgia
Tech
Gordon Rossiter Ionex
Jerry Atwood
Matthew Linford
Michael T Benson
Mike Sheedy Eco-Tec
Neil Izatt IBC-
MRT
Paul Sylvester SolmeteX
Spiro Alexandratos
Sharad Hajela Crystal
Clear Technologies
Wassana Yantasee
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I&EC Subdivision Programming Chairs
Industrial Biobased Technologies
Steve Zhang, canaimex@gmail.com
Green Chemistry and Engineering
vacant
Separation Science and Technology
Ed Rosenberg
Chair-Elect and Programming Chair
406 243 2592
Novel Chemistry with Industrial Applications
R. Tom Baker
Director, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation
Department of Chemistry
30 Marie Curie, BSC 512B
Ph: (613) 562-5698
rbaker@uottawa.ca
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Chair |
2009 |
Joe Zoeller |
jzoeller@eastman.com |
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Chair-elect |
2009 |
Michael Gonzalez
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gonzalez.michael@epa.gov |
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Past-Chair |
2009 |
Gregg Lumetta |
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Treasurer |
2008 - 2009 |
Rebecca M.
Chamberlin |
rmchamberlin@lanl.gov |
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Secretary |
2009 - 2010 |
Ann Visser |
ann.visser@srnl.doe.gov |
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Councilor |
2008 - 2010 |
Spiro Alexandratos
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2009 - 2011 |
Melanie Lesko |
Leskom@tamug.tamu.edu |
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Councilor |
2009 - 2011 |
Ken Nash |
knash@wsu.edu |
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Councilor |
2007 - 2009 |
Martin Abraham |
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Program Chair |
2008
– 2009 |
James Ciszewski |
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Program Secretary |
2007
– 2009 |
Hongmei Wen |
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Asst. Program Chair |
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Web/Newsletter |
2008 – 2009 |
Dustin James |
dustin@rice.edu |
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Meeting Publicity Chair |
2009 - 2010 |
David Hobbs |
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Awards |
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Membership |
2007
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Sam Morton |
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Parliamentarian |
2007 - 2009 |
Rick Sachleben |
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Industrial Relations |
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Informal industrial
liaison |
2007 - 2009 |
Amber Hinkle |
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I&EC Liaison to the
YCC |
2007 - 2009 |
Lealon L. Martin |
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Historian |
2007 - 2009 |
Bill Flank |
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SS&T Chair |
2009 |
Paul Sylvester |
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SS&T Chair Elect* |
2009 |
Ed Rosenberg |
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SS&T Vice-Chair Elect* |
2009 |
Glenn A. Fugate |
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GC&E Chair |
2009 |
vacant |
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GC&E Chair-elect * |
2009 |
vacant |
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IBT Chair |
2009 |
Steve Zhang |
canaimex@gmail.com |
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NCIA Chair |
2009 |
Tom
Baker |
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NCIA Chair Elect* |
2009 |
George
Stanley |
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