American Chemical Society 
St. Joseph Valley Local Section 

Welcome

Welcome to the St. Joseph Valley Local Section Home Page. We are a local chapter of the American Chemical Society serving the North Central Indiana and Southwestern Michigan (including South Bend and Elkhart, IN and Niles, Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, MI). The counties included in our Local section are LaPorte, St Joseph, Elkhart, Starke and Marshall Counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass and St Joseph Counties in Michigan. This group promotes public awareness of chemistry by being involved in outreach programs in our community and works with students to encourage an interest in the chemical sciences.

SJVACS Undergraduate Student Travel Awards

Information and Application Form (MS Word File)


Local Section News:

 

NEXT MEETING:

Thursday February 21, 2008

Environmental Forensics - Who is Responsible for the Spill?

Dr. R. Paul Philp, Professor
School of Geology and Geophysics,
The University of Oklahoma

More Info

 

Saturday Febrary 23, 2008 - Engineers Week Celebration - EXPLORATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (more info)

 



 


FILTER PAPER

The Filter Paper is the official newsletter of the SJVACS. See the issues below for recent and upcoming events. These documents require Adobe Acrobat to read. Download the free reader here.

Feb 2008


May 2007

April 2007

January 2007

October 2005

March 2006

Archive


Section Events

Student Paper Day - May 4th, 2007 - (link)


 

Links to National ACS Websites

 

American Chemical Society

Publications of the American Chemical Society

Student Affiliate Activities

Women Chemists Committee Activities

National Chemistry Week Activities

Volunteers in Public Outreach (VIP)

 

Local College and University Chemistry Links

Andrews University Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Goshen College Chemistry Department

IUSB Chemistry Department

Notre Dame Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Purdue University North Central Biology/Chemistry Department

Saint Mary's College Chemistry Department

Local Industry Links

Agdia Inc.

Other Chemistry Links

Chemical Abstracts Service

Chemistry News Groups

 

 

Executive Committee and Committee Chairs

Chair
Boru Zhu
Bayer Corporation

Chair-Elect

Isabel Larazza-Sanchez
Saint Mary's College
W - 574-284-4660
F - 574- 284-4716
Past-Chair
Deb McCarthy
Saint Mary's College
W - 574-284-4584
F - 574- 284-4716
Councilor
Phil Bays
Saint Mary's College
W - 574-284-4663
F - 574-284-4716
Treasurer
Pat Boettcher
Dynamic Metals
W - 574-296-4218
Alternate Councilor
Member-at-Large
Ralph Spelbring
Secretary
Roxana Nicolaescu
Serim Research Corporation
W - 574-264-3440
F - 574-266-6222
rnicolaescu@serim.com

National Chemistry Week Coordinator

Position Unfilled

Newsletter Editor (The Filterpaper)
Andy Edelbrock
Bayer Corporation
W - 574-262-6967
F - 574-262-7886

 



Web Page maintained by Chris Dunlap Last Modified February 11, 2008