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Newsletter of the Carolina-Piedmont Section of the American Chemical Society
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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SERMACS 2017 is Coming to Charlotte!
Theme: “Evolution of Energy: Humans to Hybrids”
Stone Award Winner Announced!
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April Meeting Details
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Highlights from the
Council meeting
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Local Section Members Spotted in
Denver!
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Upcoming Area
Chemistry Seminars
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UNCC Science and
Technology Expo
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Volunteers are still needed to fill key positions!
Current details will be posted on the section website.
(carolinapiedmont.sites.acs.org/)
STEM Scholarships
Available at Gaston
College.
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Please like/follow us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sermacs2017) and
follow us on Twitter @sermacs2017 (https://twitter.com/sermacs2017)
Upcoming National
and Regional
Conferences
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NYT Best-Selling
Author coming to
UNCC
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Upcoming ACS
Webinars
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C-P Executive
Committee 2015
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November 7 - 11, 2017 (Save the Date!)
Sheraton Charlotte Hotel
Charlotte, NC
For more information, visit www.sermacs2017.org or
email [email protected]
General Chair: Jordan Poler ([email protected])
Program Chair: Dan Rabinovich ([email protected])
Stone Award Winner Announced!
The ACS Carolina Piedmont Section is very pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Charles H. Stone Award:
Dr. J.Vincent Ortiz
Ruth W. Molette Professor - Auburn University
Prof. Ortiz studies the application of quantum chemistry to problems of
structure, bonding, and spectra.
We congratulate Prof. Ortiz and look forward to his presentation at the
Stone Award dinner in May!
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April Meeting Details
When:
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Where:
Bravo Cucina Italiana
6851 North Lake Mall Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28216
(704) 597-1455
www.bravoitalian.com
RSVP: http://goo.gl/0SbTMV
Map: http://goo.gl/EXXV71
Time: 6:00 pm - Social Networking
7:00 pm - Dinner
8:00 pm - Program
Presentations from our Student Award Winners
 Excellence in Scholastic Achievement: Ms. Jessica Logan (Winthrop University)
 Excellence in Undergraduate Research: Mr. George Mukosera (Davidson College)
 Outstanding Student Leadership: Mr. Eric Medici (Davidson College)
Poster Presentation from the ACS C-P Travel Grant Award Winner
 Ms. Marissa Styron (UNC-Charlotte)
Menu:
Bravo! Chopped Salad
Choose one main course:
Mama’s Lasagna Bolognese
Grilled Chicken Marsala
Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Cost: $20 per person; $10 for retirees, students, and between job members.
To complement the evening's dinner, a full bar will be available for individual purchases.
As a reminder, all individual bar tabs are to be settled by the individual as alcoholic beverages are not included in the dinner cost.
Please let us know if you have special dietary requirements for other arrangements.
Response requested by 6:00 PM, Friday, April 24, 2015.
Last minute cancellations please send text to Matthew Chan (704) 277-3643.
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Highlights from the Council Meeting in Denver
From Dan Rabinovich:
1. Candidates were chosen for major society offices, including two candidates for 2016 ACS President-Elect:
G. Bryan Balazs, Associate Program Leader at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Allison A.
Campbell, Associate Laboratory Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
2. The Council voted to approve a $4.00 increase in ACS annual dues to $162 for 2016.
3. The Society Committee on Education (SOCED) reported that more than 1,900 individuals have joined the
American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT), which was launched last year. 88% of members teach
chemistry at the K-12 level.
4. The Committee on Meetings and Expositions (M&E) recommended that the early registration fee for
members attending 2016 national meetings be set at $415. The Council requested that the Board of Directors delays the implementation of the new registration fee until a break-even analysis, including and excluding
the net revenue from the Exposition, is presented, preferably at the upcoming Boston national meeting.
5. M&E also reported that official attendance at the 248th National Meeting in San Francisco, CA, was
15,774, while the Exposition had 439 booths with 290 exhibiting companies. For the Denver ACS meeting,
the total attendance as of Tuesday evening, March 24th, was 13,940.
6. As part of the continuing ACS sustainability effort and to encourage the use of the ACS mobile app and
online program, M&E decided to discontinue free distribution of the hard copy program book starting in
2016. Attendees who pre-register for the meeting will be able to purchase a copy of the program book for
$10 (pick up on site), and copies will be available at the meeting for $20. The (free) PDF version of the national meeting program will be more prominently displayed on the ACS website for those who would like to
print portions for themselves.
7. The Council approved the establishment of ACS International Chemical Sciences Chapters in India and
Taiwan. The International Activities Committee (IAC) reviewed and approved new chapter applications initiated by members in Brazil, Nigeria, Peru, and the United Arab Emirates.
8. The Committee on Budget & Finance reported on the society’s 2014 financial performance. Revenues
totaled $499.0 million, and net contribution from operations reached $17.9 million, $0.7 million higher than
had been budgeted. Expenses were 481.1 million, $3.5 million favorable to the budget. The variance was
largely attributable to a continued emphasis on expense management across the Society.
The full report will be available shortly at the section's web site (http://carolinapiedmont.sites.acs.org).
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Local Section Members Spotted in Denver!
Snapshots from the 249th ACS National Meeting in Denver, March 22-26
(C&EN,Vol. 93, April 6, 2015, pp. 30-31).
Councilor Matthew Chan (far
left) with several ACS dignitaries.
He has been involved with the
ACS Scholars Program for many
years. This program is celebrating the 20th year since its
inception.
Matthew Chan of BASF (from left); James Phillips, husband of ACS
Director-at-Large Dorothy Phillips; retired chemist Jeannette Brown;
and District IV Director Rigoberto Hernandez gather during a private
reception for ACS donors.
Credit: Linda Wang/C&EN
Alternate Councilor Marilynn
Sikes (in the blue jacket) has
been involved with the Committee on Chemists with Disabilities for 12 years. The committee
will celebrate its 35th anniversary at the fall ACS meeting in
Boston.
Karl Booksh, past-chair of the Committee on Chemists with Disabilities, chats with Patricia Redden of Saint Peter’s University before the
Committee on Minority Affairs Luncheon.
Credit: Linda Wang/C&EN
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Upcoming Area Chemistry Seminars
Monday, April 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm at UNC Charlotte: Prof. Javier Vela (Iowa State University):
“Molecular Control of Nanoscale Composition, Morphology and Function: From Axially Anisotropic Nanorods to Surface Doped Quantum Dots ”
Seminar at 4:00 PM in Burson 115. Contact Juan Vivero-Escoto ([email protected]) for additional details.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 4:00 pm at UNC Charlotte: Prof. Peixuan Guo (National Cancer Institute): “Therapeutic RNA Nanotechnology”
Seminar at 4:00 PM in Burson 115. Contact Prof. Kirill Afonin ([email protected]) for additional details.
Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 3:30 pm at UNC Charlotte: Prof. Andrew Wang (UNC Chapel Hill):
“Application of Engineering in Cancer Research and Treatment”
Seminar at 3:30 PM in Burson 115. Contact Juan Vivero-Escoto ([email protected]) for additional details.
Monday, April 27, 2015 at 4:00 pm at UNC Charlotte: Dr. Joel Schneider (NIH/NCI): “The Design
Evolution of Anticancer Peptides and Drug Delivery Vehicles from Self-Assembled Hydrogels ”
Seminar at 4:00 PM in Burson 115. Contact Prof. Kirill Afonin ([email protected]) for additional details.
Wednesday evening, May 20, 2015 at 7:00 pm at the David H. Murdock Research Institute: Dr.
Bruce Ames (UC Berkeley). "The Longevity Diet". There is no charge for attending the talk, but online registration is requested:
http://www.uncnri.org/index.php/appetite-for-life/
Seminar at 7:00 pm in the First-Floor Event Room, David H. Murdock Research Institute, 150 Research Campus Drive (GPS address: 201 North
Main Street), Kannapolis, NC. For more information, please telephone 704-250-5000.
UNC Charlotte Science and Technology Expo
An extravaganza of science, technology, learning and exploration, featuring
robots, robots, robots, aerial displays, explosive chemistry, weird physics,
exotic animals and plants and MUCH, MUCH MORE.
April 26, noon - 4 pm
UNC Charlotte Union Plaza
http://ncsciencefestival.uncc.edu/
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STEM Scholarships Available at Gaston College!
The Gaston College SPARC3 Scholars program is a scholarship initiative funded by the National Science
Foundation under Grant No. (DUE-1355569) to help offset the unmet need of Gaston College students.
Scholarships up to $5600 per student, per year, are offered to select full-time Associate of Science students,
who plan to transfer to a four-year university after graduating from Gaston College, major in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM), and who show academic merit. Students do not need to be from Gaston
County.
More details at :http://www.gaston.edu/arts-and-sciences/?page_id=24555&preview=true
Upcoming National and Regional Chemistry Conferences
Details and additional listings in the Meetings tab of http://www.acs.org
250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition: Innovation from Discovery to Application. August 16 - 20,
2015, Boston, MA.
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/meetings/fall-2015.html
67th Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (SERMACS), 71st Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM).
Exploring All Directions. November 4 - 7, 2015, Memphis, TN.
http://www.2015sermacs-swrm.com/
The Charlotte Area Science Network is pleased to present a
Lunch, Address and Book Signing by NYT Best-Selling Author
Dr. Barbara Oakley (Author of A Mind for Numbers: How to
Excel at Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra))
“Lessons from a Basement Studio on Effective STEM Instruction”
Presenting insights into how inexpensive online technology and production techniques can
make an extraordinary difference in students’ abilities to excel in the STEM disciplines.
Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:30-2:00
Alumni House, UNCC
For more information, contact Lee Kindberg
([email protected], 704-756-5965)
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Upcoming ACS Webinars
ACS Webinars™ is a free, weekly online event serving to connect ACS members and scientific professionals with subject matter experts and
global thought leaders in chemical sciences, management, and business. Each webinar is 60 minutes in length, comprising a short presentation
followed by Q&A with the speaker(s). Recordings of the webinars are available online and upcoming events are posted at http://acswebinars.org/
Thursday, April 23@ 2-3pm ET– “From Floods to Drought: How Aerosols Impact Our Climate” Speakers:
Dr. Kimberly Prather (UC San Diego) and Ms. Alexis Shusterman (UC Berkeley)
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/events/upcoming-acs-webinars/2015-cced.html
Thursday, April 30, 2015 @ 2-3pm ET– “Picking the Right Screening Strategy” Speakers: Dr. David Swinney
(Institute for Rare and Neglected Diseases Drug Discovery) and Dr. Barry Bunin (Collaborative Drug Discovery)
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/events/upcoming-acs-webinars/drug-screening.html
Thursday, May 7, 2015 @ 2-3pm ET– “Science, Skepticism, and Knowledge: Three Tools for the Practicing
Chemist” Speakers: Dr. David Ball (Cleveland State University) and Dr. David Harwell (ACS Industry Member Programs)
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/events/upcoming-acs-webinars/skepticism.html
2015 Carolina-Piedmont Section Executive Committee
Dr. Kristoffer Stokes, Chair
[email protected]
Dr. Nicholas Grossoehme, Immediate Past Chair
[email protected]
Dr. Norman Spencer, Chair Elect
[email protected]
Dr. Jay Hanna, Secretary
[email protected]
Dr. Michele Battle, Treasurer
[email protected]
Mr. Matthew Chan, Councilor
[email protected]
Dr. Dan Rabinovich, Councilor
[email protected]
Ms. Marilynn Sikes, Alternate Councilor
[email protected]
Dr. John Zimmer, Alternate Councilor
[email protected]
Dr. Lee Kindberg, Member at Large
[email protected]
Dr. Nicole Snyder, Member at Large
[email protected]
Ms. Sonia McElveen, Webmaster
[email protected]