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Meetings and Events
May 28: Patterson High School Chemistry Awards
Section News and Other Stuff
Report from Council — page 2
Past Meetings — pages 4−5
Alzheimer’s Avoidance Therapy — page 6
AAT-2: Su Doku for Chemists — page 6
Quotable Quotes — page 6
Correction — page 6
MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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PATTERSON COLLEGE CHEMISTRY AWARDS
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Rites of Spring Edition 2015
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DAYTON SECTION OFFICERS
CHAIR
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Prof. Yu Kay Law, (765) 973-8323, [email protected]
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Dr. Prakriti B. Pollack
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REPORT FROM COUNCIL
By all accounts, Councilors had a rootin’ tootin’ good time in Denver at the 249th National ACS Meeting
— and it had nothing to do with the premium marijuana-infused edibles at the most popular booth at the
Expo. Let me back up a couple of days and tell you about my pre-Council activities.
At Sunday’s Division-II Caucus, Councilors were told that ACS has been losing money on national meetings the past few years. Reasons cited included the fact that only about half the attendees pay the full
registration fee. The other half the are students, K-12 teachers, retired members, 50-year members, or
unemployed members. Cost-saving measures to be enacted next year include a $15 increase in registration per meeting. In addition, the hard-copy program will cost $10. At Council, an irate Ann Nalley — a
Past President of the ACS — noted that the current hard copy program doesn’t even have an author index. Addressing the Chair of the Committee on Meetings and Exhibitions, Prof. Nalley said, “It’s like
you’re American Airlines. You raised the price of my ticket but when I get on the plane you tell me that I
have to pay extra if I want a seat!” Council passed some sort of resolution requiring the ACS Board to
reconsider raising registration fees. Like that’s going to happen. The resolution also asked the Board to
present an analysis (preferably at the Boston meeting) of the projected break-even fee, including and
excluding the net revenue from the National Meeting Exposition. Stay tuned!
After Caucus, I attended the Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by the Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E), where the four candidates for ACS President were grilled with questions from the audience.
Using my patented four-point system, I once again correctly predicted the two nominees selected by
Council: Bryan Balazs and Allison A. Campbell (the vote was 330 to 194). Christopher J. Welch was a
close third with 184, followed by David J. Lohse with 111. To my chagrin, the question I submitted —
How much of your own personal funds do you plan on spending on full-page, color ads in C&EN in order
to sway the electorate? — was not asked at the Town Hall.
At Council, M&E reported that the total attendance was 13,940 but that this number included only
7,307 regular attendees. The Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs reported that the ACS
Career Fair had 715 job seekers, 27 employers, 85 positions, and 10 booths. The Virtual Career Fair
had 918 seekers, 6 employers, and 38 positions. So, whether you want a real career or a virtual career,
you’re pretty much screwed if you’re looking for a job. By the way, I extended my streak of not getting
any interviews at the ACS Career Fair.
N&E announced the selection of the following candidates for Directors-at-Large for 2016-2018 terms:
Willem R. Leenstra, Ingrid Montes, Mary Jo Ondrechen, and Thomas W. Smith. The election of two Directors-at-Large from among those candidates and any selected via petition will be conducted in the
fall. Ballots will be distributed to the Council on October 2, 2015. On recommendation of the Committee on International Activities and subject to the concurrence of the Board of Directors, the Council
voted to approve petitions to charter the India International Chemical Sciences Chapter and the Taiwan
International Chemical Sciences Chapter.
The Society Committee on Education reported that more 1,900 individuals have joined the American
Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT), 88 percent of whom are K-12 teachers of chemistry. The
Dow Chemical Company was announced as the Sole Founding Partner of AACT with a gift of $1 million.
The Committee on Science (said to be the committee where Past ACS Presidents go to die) has collaborated with several ACS committees to develop five public policy statements, most notably a new draft
on hydraulic fracturing, which will be considered by the Board. Current collaborations include revisions
of ACS policy statements on energy, climate change and forensic science.
Your faithful Councilor,
Steve Trohalaki
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UPCOMING MEETING
M AY 2 8
Patterson High School Chemistry Awards
Venue:
Parking:
Social:
Awards:
Keynote:
Room 150, Science Center, University of Dayton
Obtain a parking pass at the Visitor Center at University Circle & L Street
5:30 – 6:00 PM (Food and drink will be served.)
6:00 PM
Prof. Shawn Swavey, Department of Chemistry, University of Dayton
Originally established by Charles A. Thomas and Carroll A. Hochwalt, former Dayton chemists and
Monsanto researchers, the top chemistry students in the area have been recognized under the
auspices of the Dayton Section since 1943. In 1990, the family of the late Austin M. Patterson, also a
prominent Dayton chemist, assumed sponsorship. All area high school students are invited to take an
examination and the highest scoring applicants (*) are then invited to write essays, which form the
basis of the final judging. (These finalists, although only two from each school, are also invited to take
the Chemistry Olympiad Exam.) In addition, teachers of the prizewinners receive $50 awards, and the
top scoring student from each high school is awarded a plaque. Grading was performed separately for
those students who have only taken one year of chemistry. Students from this group (1) who were the
highest scorers in their High School will also receive a plaque. The top three essayists are awarded
first, second, and third prizes of $1000, $750, and $500, respectively.
This year’s Patterson Scholars are:
Maxwell Venetos (*)
Michael Li (*)
Andrew Wang (*)
Brian Daniels (*)
Parker Huntington (*)
Richard Huang (*)
Adit Mahesh (*)
Paddy Fanning (*)
Abhijeet Mulgund (*)
Rosamiel Ries (*)
Sachin Shanka (*)
Nick Fadell
Sam Blizzard
Alexander Morgan
Thao Truong
Ryan Wood
Lindsay Kreill (1)
Noor Ali (1)
Noah Thompson (1)
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Beavercreek High School
Centerville High School
Beavercreek High School
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Centerville High School
Alter High School
Northmont High School
Northmont High School
Northmont High School
Oakwood High School
Beavercreek High School
Centerville High School
Oakwood High School
All Patterson Scholars, their families, Dayton Section Members, and the general public are invited.
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P A S T M E E T I N G S — T E C H F E S T 2 01 5
The Dayton Section of the ACS again presented an exhibit at TechFest 2015. This annual event is sponsored by the Affiliated Societies Council of Dayton for the promotion of science and technology to families and children in the Miami Valley.
This year’s TechFest celebrated the “International Year of Light.” There were a total of 71 exhibits; 15
of which featured the many ways light is used in our lives. The Dayton Section exhibit demonstrated
the role of chemistry in light including fluorescence, UV absorption by sunscreen, “spin-art” chromatography of dyes, and quantum dots. The exhibit itself was designed by Drs. Amit Sharma and Wayne
Cook. It was staffed by volunteer members and students from the Dayton Section and area universities. The Section owes a debt of thanks to all our volunteers.
A total of 2148 students registered for TechFest this year in addition to their parents and other family
members. TechFest is by far the Dayton Section’s biggest chemistry outreach event.
A rookie volunteer signals “all systems go” minutes before she is
overwhelmed by a hoard of sniveling students needing something —
anything — they could use for a science project.
Apparently, some students prefer that the hands in the hands-on
experiments belong to the volunteers.
A student innocently inquires about the type of laser he
can purchase that is powerful enough to blind his teacher.
Yu Kay wonders why the crowd always seems to thin out whenever it’s his shift.
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PAST MEETING
Annual Poster Session and Patterson College Chemistry Awards
We had a tremendous turnout for our first ever Poster Session at Cedarville University. Competing for
outstanding poster awards were 15 graduate students and 16 undergraduates. A total of 34 posters
were presented.
Outstanding Undergraduate Posters:
Synthesis and structure-property relationship of novel azobenzene-containing diamines and polyimides
Matthew Baczkowski, University of Dayton
Steric Hindrance Dependence on the Photophysical Properties of a Donor-pi-Acceptor Organic Nonlinear Absorbing Chromophore
Stephanie Long, Cedarville University
Outstanding Graduate Posters:
Influence of solvents on the physical properties of materials for organic photovoltaic devices
Anna Foote, Wright State University
Combining Photocatalytic and Halamine Chemistry to Produce Antibacterial Materials
Chelsea Marcum, University of Dayton
We also presented three Patterson College Chemistry Awards to outstanding chemistry majors in their
junior year. The award consists of a certificate and a check for $400. This year’s winners are:
Steven Hartman, Cedarville; Rebecca Shreffler, Wittenburg; Matthew Witzeman, University of Dayton
In a secret competition, Patterson College Award winners Hartman (l), Shreffler (c), and Witzeman (r) try to best each other at blocking
the Dayton Section banner in their photographs. And the winner is … Steven Hartman of Cedarville!
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Alzheimer's Avoidance Therapy* Unscramble the letters to reveal chemical names
or concepts. Then, use the circled letters to solve the riddle. Answers next edition!
IINVY
Answers for Last Edition
HELIUM KRYPTON SULFUR
At the Element Bar, the usual
characters are discussing the
latest scientific scuttlebutt. “Did
you hear,” asks the barkeep,
“that helium finally achieved absolute zero?”
“Yeah,” replied
krypton, evidently unimpressed;
“How’s he doing?” “As you might
expect,” pipes in sulfur,
“HE’S 0K.”
EEEHNT
CEGLLORY
Detectives Bert and Ernie are outside the Element Bar investigating a crime. Ernie says, “What say we go inside, wet our whistles,
and see if we can scare up any witnesses?” Bert replies, “I give
no credence to anything any element says!” “Why not?” asks
Ernie. Bert answers, “Everyone knows that elements make up
!”
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AAT-2 — Su Doku for Chemists!
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*Surveys suggest that mental exercises, including word puzzles, may delay the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.
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