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http://phil a del phia.sites.acs.org/ Vol ume 97, No. 3

HIGHLIGHTS

Chair's Col umn 46

Seek ing Sec tion AwardNom i nees 50

2012 MARM 51

Phil a del phia ACS onTwit ter 52

Book Re view 55

2012 Cal en dar 60

APRIL MEETING

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Scholastic Achievement AwardsMcCall Meeting and Conference Center

Highland Park, PA

See the APRIL issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Sec tion Of fice at (215) 382-1589 or email PhilaACS@aol.com.

A D V A N C E N O T I C E

ED GAR FAHS SMITH LEC TURE

Dr. Wil liam H. Miller, Uni ver sity of Cal i for niaand Law rence Berkeley Na tional Laboratory

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Chair's Col umn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Vol un teers Wanted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

March Meet ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Speaker's Ab stract and Bi og ra phy . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Seek ing Phil a del phia Sec tion Award Nom i nees . . 50

News At oms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

2012 Mid dle At lan tic Re gional Meet ing. . . . . . . . . 51

Lo cal ACS on LinkedIn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Phil a del phia ACS on Twit ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chem i cal Con sul tants Net work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

YCC's Fun Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Book Re view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

ACS Webinars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Seek ing Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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FromTheChair

As I write this col umn, theposter ses sion at Tem ple Uni -ver sity is to oc cur, so I willcom ment on that event in mynext col umn. The Marchmeet ing is the Ed gar FahsSmith lec ture, truly one of the most dis tin guished lec ture -ships in the Section. Startedin 1929, the lec ture ship hasrun con tin u ously ex cept forthree years dur ing World War II.

Ed gar Fahs Smith (1854-1928), a pro fes sor of chem is -try and the 13th pro vost at theUni ver sity of Penn syl va nia,had a deep in ter est in the his -tory of chem is try. He amas-sed a large col lec tion of pa -pers, pho to graphs, chem i calap pa ra tus, books and bi og ra -phies which are mostly of the pre-1850 era of chem is try.His fore sight and vi sion hasre sulted in the Ed gar FahsSmith Col lec tion in the His -tory of Chem is try at the Uni -ver sity of Penn syl va niawhich can be viewed in per -son or at: http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/sceti/smith/. The Ed gar FahsSmith Me mo rial Col lec tionhas been des ig nated a Na -

VOL UN TEERS WANTED

The Com mu ni ca tionsCom mit tee is seek ing vol -un teers. The Com mit teeover sees the con tent andpro duc tion of the Cat a lyst,con tent of the Web site,Twit ter Ac count, Facebook Ac count, and other as pectsof com mu ni ca tion for thePhil a del phia Lo cal Sec tion. Not able to join the Com-mittee? Sub mit an ar ti cle! Mem ber con tri bu tions tothe Cat a lyst are al wayswel come. If in ter ested injoin ing the Com mit tee orsub mit ting an ar ti cle please con tact Libby Harper at the Sec tion Of fice by phone:(215) 382-1589 or email:PhilaACS@aol.com.

tional His toric Chem i calLandmark by the Amer i canChem i cal So ci ety. The plaque pre sented on March 16, 2000reads:

The Ed gar Fahs Smith Me -mo rial Col lec tion in the His -tory of Chem is try is one ofthe old est, most di verse, andmost sig nif i cant col lec tions of chem is try books, manu -scripts, and im ages in theUnited States. Dur ing morethan 40 years at the Uni ver -sity of Penn syl va nia, Ed garFahs Smith (1854-1928)shared his great in ter est inthe cul ture and his tory ofchem is try through teach ing,lec tur ing, and writ ing. Thecol lec tion be gan as Smith’sper sonal li brary and at hisdeath con sisted of some 3000printed vol umes, 600 manu -scripts, and 1800 im ages;since then it has grown tomore than 15,000 vol umes,100 lin ear feet of manu -scripts, and 4000 im ages. The col lec tion re mains an es sen -tial re source for his to ri ansand chem ists alike.

The col lec tion con tin ues togrow to day through bene fac -tors and through the SmithCol lec tion en dow ments, es -tab lished by Smith’s widow,Margie Gruel Smith.

The Ed gar Fahs Smith lec tur -ers are a re mark able list ofem i nent and dis tin guishedsci en tists. Among the pastspeak ers are No bel lau re ates: Har old Urey, The Svedberg,

Wendell M. Stan ley, MelvinCal vin, Linus Pauling, Pe terJ.W. Debye, Vin cent duVigneaud, Rob ert B. Wood -ward, Glenn T. Seaborg, PaulJ. Flory, Her bert C. Brown,Henry Taube, Elias J. Corey,F. Sherwood Rowland,George Por ter, Rudolf A.Marcus, Rich ard R. Ernst,Rob ert H. Grubbs, and K.Barry Sharpless. This year’slec turer, Pro fes sor Wil liam H. Miller, Uni ver sity of Cal i for -nia Berke ley, will dis cussSemiclassical The ory of Elec -tron i cally Non-Adi a batic Dy -nam ics. I en cour age all toat tend that are able. As well,I also rec om mend view ingthe Ed gar Fahs Smith col lec -tion via the web-link above.

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MARCH MEETING

THE PHILADELPHIA SECTION, AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY and

THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

present the

2012 Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Lecture

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dr. William H. Miller Department of Chemistry and K.S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry

University of California and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Semiclassical Theory of Electronically Non-Adiabatic Dynamics

6:00 PM

Carolyn Hoff Lynch Lecture Hall Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania

34th and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA

The reception and lecture are free

Social Hour: 5:00-6:00 PM in the Alumni and Faculty Hall of Fame, Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania. Dinner following the lecture at Penne Restaurant, 3611 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Dinner cost: $46; Students with reservations and ID: $23.

RESERVATIONS should be made by calling Mrs. Harper at the Section Office, (215) 382-1589, or emailing PhilaACS@aol.com by 5:00 PM Thursday, March 8th. Cancellations, if necessary, cannot be accepted after NOON on Tuesday, March 13 th. UNCANCELLED RESERVATIONS WILL BE BILLED.

PARKING is available in the Drexel University garage on Ludlow Street (from Market Street go south on 34th; it’s the first left) and a University of Pennsylvania garage on 34th Street just past Ludlow. Metered street parking may also be available. The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 in the Makineni Room of the Chemistry Building (Room 260 in the Cret wing), University of Pennsylvania.

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SPEAKER’S AB STRACT AND BI OG RA PHYDr. Wil liam H. Miller

De part ment of Chem is try andK.S. Pitzer Cen ter forThe o ret i cal Chem is try

Uni ver sity of Cal i for niaand Chem i cal Sci ences

Di vi sionLaw rence Berke ley Na tional

Lab o ra tory

Semiclassical The ory ofElec tron i cally Non-Adi a batic Dy nam ics

Ab stract: The fo cus of myre search over the last de cadehas been on de vel op ingsemiclassical (SC) the ory into a prac ti cal way for add ingquan tum ef fects to clas si calmo lec u lar dy nam ics (MD)sim u la tions of large, com plexmo lec u lar sys tems. A par tic -u larly in ter est ing and im por -tant as pect of this is theabil ity to de scribe elec tron i -cally non-adi a batic pro cessesin a fash ion that treats nu clear and elec tronic de grees of free -dom (DOF) in an equiv a lentdy nam i cal frame work. Thisis ac com plished by us ing amodel de vel oped by Meyerand Miller (MM) [J. Chem.Phys. 70, 3214 (1979)] for re -plac ing a fi nite set of elec -tronic states of a mo lec u larsys tem (i.e., the var i ous po -ten tial en ergy sur faces andtheir cou plings) by a clas si calHamiltonian in volv ing the nu -clear and (col lec tive) elec -

tronic DOF. Much later Stock and Thoss (ST) [Phys. Rev.Lett. 78, 578 (1997)] showedthat the MM model is ac tu ally not a ‘model,’ but rather a‘rep re sen ta tion’ of the nu -clear-elec tronic sys tem; i.e.,were the MM nu clear-elec -tronic Hamiltonian taken as aHamiltonian op er a tor andused in the Schröding er equa -tion, the ex act (quan tum) nu -clear-elec tronic dy nam icswould be ob tained. In re centyears var i ous ini tial value rep -re sen ta tions (IVRs) of SC the -ory have been used with theMM Hamiltonian to de scribeelec tron i cally non-adi a baticpro cesses. Of spe cial in ter estis the fact that al though theclas si cal tra jec to ries gen er -ated by the MM Hamiltonian(and which are the ‘in put’ foran SC-IVR treat ment) are‘Ehrenfest tra jec to ries,’ whenthey are used within theSC-IVR frame work the nu -clear mo tion emerges from re -gions of non-adiabaticity onone po ten tial en ergy sur face(PES) or an other, and not onan av er age PES as in the tra -di tional Ehrenfest model. Very re cently an even moream bi tious SC de scrip tion ofelec tronic DOF—one whichre places the fermionic cre -ation and an ni hi la tion op er a -tors in the gen eral sec ond-quantized many-electron

Hamiltonian by func tions ofclas si cal ac tion-an gle vari -ables—has been seen to pro -vide an ex cel lent de scrip tionof trans mis sion of elec tronsthrough a mo lec u lar junc tion. This opens up the pos si bil ityof be ing able to use clas si calMD sim u la tions (of elec tronic and nu clear DOF) to modelthe many as pects of cur rentin ter est in ‘mo lec u lar elec -tron ics.’

Bi og ra phy: Wil liam H. Mil-ler was born in Kosci usko,MS in 1941, and grew up inJack son. He re ceived a BS inChem is try from Geor gia Tech (1963) and a PhD in Chem i cal Phys ics from Har vard (1967). Dur ing 1967-69 he was a Ju -nior Fel low in Har vard’s So -ci ety of Fel lows, the first year of which was spent as aNATO post doc toral fel low atthe Uni ver sity of Freiburg(Ger many). He joined thechem is try de part ment of theUni ver sity of Cal i for nia,Berke ley, as As sis tant Pro fes -sor in 1969 and has been Pro -fes sor since 1974, serv ing asDe part ment Chair man from1989 to 1993 and be com ingthe Ken neth S. Pitzer Dis tin -guished Pro fes sor in 1999.

Pro fes sor Miller’s re searchhas dealt with es sen tially allas pects of mo lec u lar col li sionthe ory and chem i cal re ac tion

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(IVR) of semiclassical the oryinto a prac ti cal way of add ingquan tum ef fects to clas si calmo lec u lar dy nam ics sim u la -tions of chem i cal pro cesses.

Pro fes sor Miller is a mem berof the In ter na tional Acad emyof Quan tum Mo lec u lar Sci -ences (1985), the US Na tional Acad emy of Sci ences (1987),the Amer i can Acad emy ofArts and Sci ences (1993), and the Leopoldina (Ger man Na -tional Acad emy of Sci ences)(2011). His awards in cludethe An nual Prize of the In ter -na tional Acad emy of Quan -tum Mo lec u lar Sci ences(1974), the E.O. Law rence

Me mo rial Award (1985), theIrving Langmuir Award inChem i cal Phys ics (1990), theAmer i can Chem i cal So ci etyAward in The o ret i cal Chem is -try (1994), the HirschfelderPrize in The o ret i cal Chem is -try (1996), the Ira RemsenAward (1997), the Spi ersMedal of the Royal So ci ety of Chem is try (1998), the Pe terDebye Award in Phys i calChem is try (2003), theHerschbach Award in the Dy -nam ics of Mo lec u lar Col li -sions (2007), the WelchAward in Chem is try (2007),and the Ahmed Zewail Prizein Mo lec u lar Sci ences (2011).

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NOMINATIONS INVITED FOR THE

2012 PHILADELPHIA SECTION AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY AWARD

The Philadelphia Section invites its members and regional and topical groups to consider recommending candidate(s) for the Philadelphia Section Award. This Award recognizes an individual, “who, by conspicuous scientific achievement through research, has made important contributions to man's knowledge and thereby aided the public appreciation of the profession.” Any member of the American Chemical Society, Philadelphia Section, may be nominated for this award. Recent awardees include: Larry Sneddon (University of Pennsylvania), Eric Borguet (Temple University) and John J. Baldwin (Vitae Pharmaceuticals).

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING NOMINATION

(1) The nominator should provide detailed biographical data of the nominee, showing educational and employment data, a list of publications and a record of other accomplishments pertinent to consideration for this award.

(2) One or two seconding letters (at least one of which should be from a person in an organization other than

that of the nominee) should be requested in support of the nomination. (3) Nominators and seconders should be identified with addresses and telephone numbers so that they can be

contacted, if necessary, for additional information. (4) Unsuccessful nominees from previous years may be renominated. In fairness to the nominee, however,

renominations must be accompanied by an updating of the nominee's biographical data and list of accomplishments in order to make the nomination competitive. Unsuccessful nominees who have been considered three years in a row should not be renominated for the fourth year in succession without prior consultation by the nominator with the chair of the Awards Committee.

Nomination forms are available from the Section Office. Contact the Administrative Secretary, Mrs. Libby Harper at: Philadelphia Section, ACS Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 (215) 382-1589; email PhilaACS@aol.com The completed packet of nomination materials may be emailed to PhilaACS@aol.com or mailed by March 29, 2012 to Mr. John P. Northrop, Chair, Awards Committee, at the section office address above.

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NEWS AT OMSMarisa Kozlowski, pro fes -sor of chem is try at the Uni -ver sity of Penn syl va nia, wasnamed a 2012 Penn Fel low.The Fel lows pro gram rec og -nizes mid-ca reer lead er shipde vel op ment.

The ACS di vi sion of or ganicchem is try re cently awarded a num ber of un der grad u atesum mer re search fel low ships. Re cip i ents this year in cludeW. Neil Palmer of Swarth-

more Col lege and Al ex an der Sun of the Uni ver sity ofPenn syl va nia.

DEATHS

Herman H. Radtke, re tiredpe tro leum prod ucts re searchchem ist, De cem ber 5, 2011 at 93. His work with oil ad di -tives re sulted in sev eral pat -ents and tech ni cal pa persdur ing his 45-year ca reerwith Rohm and Haas.

Rob ert P. Bryer, re tired re -search chem ist with Sun Oil,De cem ber 26th at 70. His ca -reer at Sun Oil was as a re -search chem ist and later as an

en vi ron men tal pro tec tionman ager. He was a vol un teerwith the Boy Scouts ofAmer ica and Meals onWheels.

Rich ard Merle Peck, re tired or ganic chem ist, Jan u ary 2,2012 at 90. His en tire pro fes -sional ca reer was de voted tosyn the siz ing anti-tu mor com -pounds at the Fox Chase In -sti tute for Can cer Re search.

Phil a del phia Sec tion ACS Group on LinkedIn

As many mem bers of ACS are al ready aware, the website LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com)is an ex cel lent net work ing site ded i cated to keep ing work ing pro fes sion als in touch with one an -other. As a re sult, and in an ef fort to as sist in any way that we can, the Phil a del phia Sec tion ofthe ACS has es tab lished a group open for all to join. Within this group, dis cus sions can be fa -cil i tated as well as the op por tu nity for new jobs and in tern ships to be posted. If you al ready have a pro file in LinkedIn, feel free to go to the Groups Sec tion and search for“Amer i can Chem i cal So ci ety - Phil a del phia Sec tion.” Send a mes sage to the group ad min is tra -tor to be come a mem ber. If you are not al ready on LinkedIn, we highly rec om mend that youjoin. Es tab lish ing an ac count is free and easy to set up. For ad di tional in for ma tion or as sis -tance, please feel free to con tact J.P. Northrop, Li ai son Com mit tee, atjohn.northrop@anton-paar.com

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CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK MARCH 14, 2012 MEETING

Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 14th, at the Cynwyd Club, Bala Cynwyd, PA; Networking, 5:30 PM; Dinner, 6:30 PM; Talk and Business Session, 7:30 PM.

Self-Image Tune-Up:

How to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Personal Performance Abstract: Get ready to turbo-charge your mind for success in business, family life, self-actualization and happiness. In the “Self-Image Tune-Up,” Marc Halpern will first show the simple relationships between self-talk, self-image and personal performance. He will then provide extremely simple, fun, free and practical tools to improve self-image and performance. Marc will conclude by showing how this technique is applied to chemical consulting, other aspects of business/life and assign homework. No magic packages will be sold, so come prepared to think and learn with no pressure. You must bring at least two pieces of paper, a pen, an open mind and a positive attitude. You may find it easier to take notes by printing and bringing the 4 pages shown at http://webuyhousessometimes.com/Self_Image_Tune_Up_Worksheet.pdf. Bio: Dr. Marc Halpern has been a full-time entrepreneur in chemical consulting, real estate investing and marketing since 1995. Dr. Halpern's primary areas of highly specialized expertise are in the fields of phase-transfer catalysis, lease-option and real estate market analysis. Marc has provided PTC services on site at 259 process R&D departments in 37 countries and 50 2-day PTC courses in the US, Europe and Asia. He has helped chemical companies save more than $200 million. Marc has written four books on PTC and one on part-time real estate investing. Marc has been a member of CCN since 1996 and a member of South Jersey Investors since 2004. Marc has absolutely no qualifications whatsoever in the field of psychology and he will share the techniques he has used to achieve happiness, financial well-being and a highly enjoyable chemical consulting business.

Location: The Cynwyd Club, 332 Trevor Lane, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004. From I-76, drive S on City Line Ave. (US Rte. 1). Turn right on Conshohocken State Rd. (Rte. 23); stay in right lane. After second light watch for white left-turn arrows painted on street (about 0.14 mile). Do not follow Rte. 23 left at turn but instead go straight ahead onto Llandrillo Rd. (passing to the right of Valley Press printing). After one block bear left onto Trevor Lane at stop sign. Clubhouse and parking are on the left. Please park in lot if space is available; otherwise park on Trevor Lane. If lost, call the club at 610-667-4524, ext. 2. Reservation: To make or cancel a dinner reservation, e-mail CCNReservations@aol.com or call the ACS office at 215-382-1589 (leave message on voicemail if necessary). Fee, including food and beverages (wine, beer & sodas), is $25 by the deadline, Thursday, March 8th, $35 afterwards. Late reservations and walk-ins subject to availability. No-shows will be invoiced. Please advise of any special food requirements. There is no charge for talk only; registration is suggested using contact information above.

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See the Sights of Philadelphia with YCC’s

Fun Run!

Don’t end up stuck inside the convention center for the whole conference! Come join us for some exercise, a tour of the city, and

a great networking opportunity.

A professional guide will lead you on a 3.5 or 5 mile run through Philadelphia’s tree-lined Fairmount neighborhood as you pass the Rodin Museum, the future Barnes

collection and the famed Philadelphia Museum of Art. Run to the top of the “Rocky steps” and get a spectacular view of the city. Catch a glimpse of rowers gliding down the Schuylkill River and enjoy one of Philadelphia’s most popular running trails. You’ll also have a chance to run through downtown Philadelphia’s most popular restaurant

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12-14 min/mile or 9-11 min/mile.

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BOOK RE VIEW–Alan War renMod ern Dry ing Tech nol ogy: Ex per i men tal Tech niques, ed.Evangelos Tsotsas and Arun S. Mujumdar. 412 pages, 6 ¾ by 9 ½inches, casebound, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, Ger many, 2009. ISBN 978-3-527-31557-4, $215, John Wiley & Sons, 111 River St.,Hoboken NJ 07030.

This is the sec ond vol ume of a pro jected se ries of five vol umes on mod ern dry ing tech nol ogy.The first vol ume cov ered com pu ta tional tools at dif fer ent scales. The re main ing vol umes willfo cus on prod uct qual ity and for mu la tion, en ergy sav ings and pro cess in ten si fi ca tion.

Two dozen au thors and co-au thors pro duced the six chap ters of this book. The first chap terdeals with mea sure ment of mois ture con tent and dry ing ki net ics of sin gle par ti cles, drop lets and dry ers. The de vices used in clude the mag netic sus pen sion bal ance, in fra red spectrophotometer,coulometer, NMR spec trom e ter, and acous tic (ul tra sonic) levi ta tor. Case stud ies for each in stru -ment are given.

The next chap ter re views near-in fra red spec tral im ag ing for vi su al iz ing mois ture dis tri bu tion infoods, us ing de tailed in stru men tal meth ods. The third chap ter cov ers mag netic res o nance im ag -ing to de ter mine mois ture pro files and dry ing curves. Again ex per i men tal meth ods are de finedthat are ap pli ca ble to a va ri ety of ag ri cul tural and in dus trial ma te ri als in pow der or pel let form.

The next chap ter ad dresses use of X-ray to mog ra phy for dry ing-re lated ap pli ca tions. The ex per -i men tal tech niques and mea sure ment are dis cussed. Chap ter 5 is de voted to mea sur ing tech -niques for par ti cle for mu la tion pro cesses. Par ti cle size mea sure ment and size and shapede tec tion are de scribed. One method is used to mea sure the sta bil ity of par ti cles dur ingfluidized bed pro cess ing, and an other to mea sure at tri tion and overspray in fluidized beds.

The fi nal chap ter ex am ines the de ter mi na tion of phys i cal prop er ties of fine par ti cles,nanoparticles, and par ti cle beds. Prop er ties in clude light scat ter ing for di lute dis per sions, sur -face area, pore size dis tri bu tion, par ti cle ad he sion forces, and par ti cle abra sion among oth ers.Each chap ter ends with ref er ences in that spe cific field. The in tro duc tion in cludes a list of rec -om mended no ta tion used through out the book with a prop erty and its ab bre vi a tion or sym boland unit of mea sure ment.

The book will be of par tic u lar in ter est to chem i cal en gi neers in volved with unit op er a tions.

DEL A WARE VAL LEY SCI ENCE FAIRS

Judg ing for the Del a ware Val ley Sci ence Fairs has started, but you can still vol un teerfor most fairs. Judges and men tors are al ways needed. Check the website,www.dvsf.org, for more in for ma tion and to vol un teer.

 

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 Tuesday March 6, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST    Tips for Creating High Impact Scientific Poster Presentations 

In the scientific community, poster presentations are an important tool in communicating research – a dynamic poster can build your reputation and create interest in your work.  After years of research, trials, and collecting data, how do you pull it all together to create a dynamic poster presentation that gets you remembered?   Speaker:  Dr. Brent Znosko, Saint Louis University   

 Thursday March 15, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST   FOOD CHEMISTRY: More Advanced Beer and Brewing – Tips, Tricks, and Tidbits You Wish You Knew 

“Brewing  is mankind's oldest biotechnology. These days  it  is  a  sophisticated operation, based on an  in‐depth understanding derived  from a range of scientific disciplines. Yet  it retains  the  charm  of  an  art  form  appreciated  by  billions  of  people  the  world  over.”   Speaker:  Dr. Charlie Bamforth, UC Davis    

 Thursday March 22, 2012 | 2pm‐3pm EST   EXTREME CHEMISTRY:  Designer Babies 

“Do you want a boy or a girl?”  That question is now only one of many variables soon‐to‐be parents could choose from.  Again, technology takes us to the outer realm  where parents no longer have to wish for certain traits, but can plan for them through genetic engineering.   Speaker:  Dr. Darren Griffin, University of Kent, UK   

    

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We are seek ing help from the mem ber ship of the Phil a del phia Sec tion of the ACS. In most cases, thiswould only re quire in di cat ing an ap pro pri ate con tact per son. The Phil a del phia Sec tion of the Amer i canChem i cal So ci ety has de vel oped a web site that will post sum mer po si tions avail able in a lab o ra tory set -ting for un der grad u ate stu dents ma jor ing in chem is try or re lated ar eas.

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PHILADELPHIA SECTION, ACS

2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Event Locations Monday, March 12 Delaware Valley Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group: Craig

Westphal, DuPont Corporate Center for Analytical Sciences: Recent Advances in ICP/MS Analysis

Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/

Wednesday, March 14 Chemical Consultants Network: Marc Halpern: Self Image Tune-Up: How to Overcome Psychological Barriers to Personal Performance

Cynwyd Club Bala Cynwyd, PA http://www.chemconsultants.org

Thursday, March 15 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Pat Sandra, Research Institute of Chromatography, Ghent, Belgium: Coupling Different Retention Mechanisms in Chromatography: From Simple to Complex Conformations

D’Ignazio’s Towne House Media, PA http://www.cfdv.org/

Thursday, March 15 The Edgar Fahs Smith Lecture: Dr. William H. Miller, University of California, Berkeley, Semiclassical Theory of Electronically Non-Adiabatic Dynamics

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org

Thursday, March 22 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Brian M. Stoltz, California Institute of Technology: Complex Natural Products as a Driving Force for Discovery in Organic Chemistry

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.poccclub.org

Thursday, March 29 AIChE Annual CEO Lecture: Jerome Peribere, Executive Vice President, Dow Chemical Co.; President and CEO Dow Advanced Materials

Union League Philadelphia, PA http://www.aiche-philadelphia.org

Wednesday April 11 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley (CFDV): Two One-day Short Courses: HPLC Troubleshooting and Supercritical Fluid Chromatography

Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA http://www.CFDV.org

Thursday, April 12 Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley: Spring Symposium

Holiday Inn Fort Washington, PA http://www.CFDV.org

Thursday, April 12 Heritage Day Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA http://www.chemheritage.org

Thursday, April 19 Undergraduate Awards McCall Meeting and Conference Center Upper Darby, PA

April 20-29 Philadelphia Science Festival http://www.philasciencefestival.org/

Saturday, April 21 PAGES™ Program (Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science) for Sixth Grade Girls

Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA http://www.pagesprogram.org./

Saturday, April 21 Philadelphia Science Carnival: Science on the Parkway http://www.philasciencefestival.org/

Thursday, May 17 Teaching Awards TBA

Thursday, June 21 Fifty-Year Luncheon TBA

43rd MARM

Chemistry on the Chesapeake May 31 – June 2, 2012

University of Maryland, Baltimore

ACS Fall National Meeting August 19-23, 2012

Philadelphia, PA

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