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THE ALEMBIC April 2008 |
THE VOICE OF CENTRAL JERSEY CHEMISTS |
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Joint Meeting with Speaker: Dr. Madeleine Jacobs
Executive Director & CEO
Topic: âThe Challenges Facing the American Chemical Society in its 132nd Year and Beyondâ
Location: Bart Luedeke Student Center Fireside Lounge, Rider Univ.
Time: Dinner is at 6:00 pm
Reservations: The cost of dinner is $20, payable at the dinner. For Reservations contact Prof. Bruce Burnham bburnham@rider.edu or 609-896-5207, or Dr William McCarroll at 609-896-0392 or mccarroll@rider.edu r trentonacs@lycos.com
Abstract: Long called the âcentral science,â chemistry has also become the âunifying science.â Chemists increasingly are working at the interface of many disciplines: medicine, biology, physics, mathematics, materials science and engineering, electronics, computational science, and engineering. In addition, the chemistry enterprise is a global enterprise and faces strong competition from other nations around the world. What does this rapidly changing world mean for chemists and their main professional association, The American Chemical Society? Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and CEO of the American Chemical Society, will discuss ACSâs new strategic plan and what ACS is doing to meet the challenges in 2008 and beyond. |
Tuesday, May 15
Trenton Section
Location:
Antonioâs, 71 W Upper Ferry Rd, Come and help us honor the top Chemistry sophomore from Rider University, and Mercer County Community College, Scholarship Awardees, and Chemistry Olympiads.
Time: Dinner at 6:00 pm Awards: Immediately following dinner. Reservations Required contact Prof. Bruce Burnham bburnham@rider.edu or 609-896-5207, or Dr William McCarroll at 609-896-0392 or mccarroll@rider.edu or through the website. The cost of dinner is about $25, payable at the dinner. No shows will be billed for dinner. Volunteers Needed for Super â�Science Festival at the NJ State Museum, May 17th or 18th. Super Science Festival (formerly known as Super Science Weekend) is scheduled for the weekend of May 17 and 18 at the New Jersey State museum in Trenton. This event is attended by thousands of visitors, from very young to adults, all interested in seeing and doing hands-on activities involving science and chemistry. Volunteers are needed to help by performing demonstrations and discussing science and chemistry with the public. Training and snazzy patter provided by Trenton Section members at the event. Interested volunteers should contact Helen Tanzini, Professor of Chemistry at Mercer County Comm. College, at tanzinih@mccc.edu or 609-570-3349. Volunteers should respond by May 9.
Trenton Section, American Chemical Society Editor: Michael Dorneman (dorneman@mccc.edu) Editorial support by Mercer Co. Comm. College: http://www.mccc.edu |
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Local Seminars Nearby ACS sections include The Princeton Section, The North Jersey Section, and The Philadelphia Section. All have diverse and interesting monthly speakers. Their speaker schedules and home pages are located online at the following sites: Princeton Section of the ACS http://www.princeton.edu/~pacs/ Princeton ACS Seminars http://www.princeton.edu/~pacs/pacssemr.htm Philadelphia Section of the ACS http://membership.acs.org/p/philadelphia/index.html Philadelphia ACS Meetings and Events http://membership.acs.org/p/philadelphia/meetings/ |
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Call
for Nominees to the Trenton Section The following positions are up for election. Please nominate yourself or another Section member and participate in the governance of your local section. Chairperson Elect â� With the board, helps to acquire speakers for general meetings, helps run meetings, participates in decision making and planning, after one year becomes Chairperson. Chairperson â� was the Chairperson Elect, Directs board meetings, Introduces speakers at general meetings, with the help of the board plans section activities. Directors â� Participate in decision making and planning, help to find speakers, help to operate section activities Councilors â� Directors who also represent the Trenton Section at National meetings. Treasurer â� A Director who is also responsible for recording and reporting section finances. Contact Prof. Bruce Burnham bburnham@rider.edu 609-896-5207, Allen Pulchalski Section Secretary, or Michael Dorneman (dorneman@mccc.edu 609-570-3369, with nominations for any position on the board. The Trenton Section ACS is involved in many activities. Events such as National Chemistry Week and the Chemistry Olympiad need volunteers to help. The local section runs only by the efforts of volunteers who sit on and chair the Local Section Board. At every meeting we talk, laugh, and facilitate the goals of the section. The Board has a few positions that need to be filled, if you are interested, (or know someone who is interested) please let us know. |
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MARM 2008 on May 17-21 The 40th Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held May 17â�21, 2008 at Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY. The theme of the meeting, Chemistry & Health, reflects the importance and impact of the health sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region. Registration is open. To register, click here http://marmacs.org/2008/register.pl. Please see the Registration page at the MARM website for more information: www.marmacs.org/2008/register.html. MARM 2008 programming extends well beyond this central theme, with more than 60 technical sessions planned, covering all areas of chemistry. More information is available at the meeting website: http://www.marmacs.org. |
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Symposium: Biomaterials in Medicine and Personal Care 1:00 pm to 6:30 PM, May 1, 2008 Douglass Campus Center, Trayes Hall at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Presented by NJACS Polymer Topical Group Dr. Hongbo Liu (J&J Ethicon), Organizer
Speakers âFrom Willow Bark to PolyAspirinâ, Dr. Kathryn Uhrich (Rutgers Univ.) âBiopolymers in Tissue Engineeringâ, Dr. David Kaplan (Tufts Univ.) âBiocompatibility Evaluation of Biomaterialsâ, Dr. Richard Hutchinson and Dr. Thomas Barbolt, (Johnson &Johnson) âApplication of Peptide Nanotubes in Virus Detectionâ, Dr. Hiroshi Matsui (CUNY) âHuman Tropoelastin as a Bioactive Polymerâ, Dr. Burt Ensley (DermaPlus, Inc.) âNovel Absorbable Polymers and Their Applicationsâ, Dr. Rao Bezwada (Bezwada Biomedical)
Poster Session Dr. Bin Wei (ICI National Starch and Chemical), organizer and presiding Registration: By mail using the registration form below. Advance fee is required: ACS Member, $40; Non-member; $50; Student, $25. After April 17, 2008: Member, $45; Non-member; $55; Student, $30. Please send your full contact information along with a check made payable to NJACS-Polymer Group to Dr. Willis B. Hammond, Treasurer, NJACS-PTG, 128 Center Ave., Chatham, NJ 07928. Name badge and program will be available at Trayes Hall beginning at 12 noon on May 1, 2008. Directions: See the Rutgers University Website. (http://maps.rutgers.edu/maps/default.aspx?campus=6) Poster Submission: Please send Title, Abstract, and contact information (affiliation, mail and e-mail addresses, phone number) to Dr. Bin Wei (ICI National Starch and Chemical), bwei01@gmail.com. Send registration fee to Dr. Willis B. Hammond at the address given above. If you are from academia, large corporations or local businesses, this is a good opportunity for you to showcase your research, network with other people and contact possible employers and clients. In addition to topics on Biomaterials in Medicine and Personal Care, we are looking for poster submissions in polymer research in diverse areas, such as polymer in health care, advanced polymer materials, polymer characterization etc. Abstracts must be 400 words or less. No tables and graphics. The size of the poster board is 5' wide and 3' high. All poster abstracts must be submitted to Dr. Bin Wei by April 17, 2008. Sponsors: J&J Ethicon, Apollo Ventures, LLC Endorsing Organizations: NY Society of Cosmetic Chemists, NYSTAR CUNY Center for Engineered Polymeric Materials, NJIT Medical Device Concept Laboratory More Information: can be found at http://www.njacs.org/ptg.html or contact Hongbo Liu HLiu5@ETHUS.JNJ.com or Willis Hammond wbhammond1@verizon.net. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - submit with your check - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Registration Form Name _________________________________ Affiliation ______________________________ Address ________________________________ City ______________________ Zip ________ E-mail ___________________________________________ Phone ______________________ ⪠ACS Member, $40; ⪠Non-member; $50; ⪠Student, $25 Must be in by April 17, 2008. After April 17, 2008: Member, $45; Non-member; $55; Student, $30 ⪠I will submit a poster: Title ______________________________________________ Send with check payable to NJACS-Polymer Group to Dr. Willis B. Hammond, Treasurer, NJACS-PTG, 128 Center Ave., Chatham, NJ 07928 |
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