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Comments from the Chair 169
Speaker’s Abstract and Biography 171
ACS Fellow Hank Whalen 173
ACS Career Workshop 176
Calendar 183
A D V A N C E N O T I C E
JANUARY MEETING
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Solvay Corporation Bristol, PA
See the JANUARY issue of the Catalyst for details, call the Section Office at (215) 382-1589 or email [email protected].
the Catalyst
Official publication of the Philadelphia Section, ACS http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org
November 2014 Volume 99, No. 9
2014 Ullyot Lecture Dr. George M. Whitesides
Harvard University
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Published monthly except July, August and December by the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society. All views expressed are those of the editors and contributors and do not necessari-ly represent the official position of the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society. Edi-torial matters should be sent to the attention of the Editor-in-Chief c/o the Philadelphia Section ACS, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 or [email protected].
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ACS Philadelphia Section
Founded November 15, 1899
CONTENTS January Advance Notice ........................................... 167 Comments From The Chair ...................................... 169 Help for Philadelphia Schools ................................... 169 November Meeting ................................................... 170 Speaker’s Abstract and Biography ........................... 171 News Atoms ............................................................. 172 2010 ACS Fellow Henry (Hank) Whalen .................. 173 Chemical Consultants Network ................................ 174 Herb Bassow Memorial Chemistry Demonstrations . 175 ACS Career Workshop ............................................. 176 June 2014 Board Meeting Minutes ........................... 177 YCC Networking and Webinar: Speaking Simply ..... 179 Election Notice .......................................................... 180 Local Section Dues ................................................... 180 Section Award Photo ................................................ 180 YCC Quizzo .............................................................. 181 Directory of Services ................................................ 182 2014-2015 Current Calendar of Activities ................. 183
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STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Robin S. Davis
EDITORS News Atoms: Alan Warren Proof Editors: Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Kendra Luther Corrie Kuniyoshi Marge Matthews Alan Warren
ADVERTISING MANAGER
Vince Gale
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Chair: Marge Matthews Anthony W. Addison Georgia Arbuckle-Keil Matthew Bodek Robin S. Davis Vince Gale Elisabeth Harper Corrie Kuniyoshi Kendra Luther Victor Tortorelli Alan Warren
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the Catalyst This is my last submission to the Catalyst as the Chair of the Phil-adelphia Section of the ACS. I need to submit my comments today (October 20th), which is the beginning of National Chemistry Week (NCW). I know there are several activities associated with NCW at Temple University. I hope that other campuses and indus-trial sites around the Section are also participating in outreach
events associated with NCW.
The October Section meeting was the seminar presentation by Professor Feng Gai, the Philadel-phia Section Awardee for 2014. It was a well-attended event. The awards committee is looking forward to evaluating next year’s nominees. You can send nomination packets to Libby Harper at the Section Office at UPenn ([email protected]). Contact me if you have any questions about this process. We need nomination packets to be submitted next spring. I hope you have taken time to participate in the Philadelphia Section election this year. Please join me in thanking all those who were willing to have their names put on the ballot. We wel-come those who were elected and we encourage those who were not elected to continue being involved with the Section. We hope the ACS members of the former Ocean County Section of the ACS will choose to join the Philadelphia Section. We are eager to improve our inclusion of all ACS members in Section activities. We have a terrific YCC group, an active Career Services Committee, an involved WCC group, the beginnings of a Senior Chemists Committee, and several individuals who ex-pend considerable effort keeping the Education Committee on track. We have a communica-tions committee, a finance committee, an awards committee, and a social committee. There’s a place for anyone who wishes to volunteer. I appreciate the time and energy that so many of you give to the functions of the Philadelphia Section. Keep up the good work!
HELP FOR PHILADELPHIA SCHOOLS
Science teachers within the School District of Philadelphia are seeking donations of laboratory supplies and equipment. For example, materials that are needed are: consumables, glassware, burettes, hand held pH meters, ground joint glassware. We will arrange to pick up your gener-ous gifts. Please contact Jim Jetter: [email protected] or (610) 716-9424.
Comments From The Chair
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The 2014 Ullyot Public Affairs Lecture sponsored by
The Philadelphia and Delaware Sections, American Chemical Society The Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia The Chemical Heritage Foundation
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Soft Robots
Dr. George M. Whitesides
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor Harvard University
6:00 PM
Ullyot Meeting Hall, Chemical Heritage Foundation
315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
The lecture is free to the public but registration is required
Reception from 7:00-8:00 PM (free with registration)
FOR LECTURE AND RECEPTION RESERVATIONS: register online at www.chemheritage.org or con-tact Sarah Reisert at (215) 873-8263 or [email protected] by Tuesday, November 11th.
The permanent exhibit Making Modernity and a new temporary exhibit, Suited for Space, will be available for viewing during the reception. Suited for Space is developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. The national exhibi-tion tour is generously supported by DuPont.
Parking: Parking is available at The Bourse Garage on 4th Street between Chestnut and Market Streets (next to
the Ritz Theater), at the garages under Independence Mall between 5th and 6th
Streets, and on 2nd Street between
Chestnut and Walnut. Reduced rate at the Bourse with a CHF stamped ticket. Public Transit: SEPTA suburban trains stop at Market East, a 15-minute walk to the Chemical Heritage Foun-dation. The Market-Frankford subway has stations on Market Street at both 2nd
and 5th Streets. See
http://www.chemheritage.org/about/visit/directions.aspx The Board of Directors will meet at 4:00 PM in the Othmer Alcove Conference Room on the 3rd floor.
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SPEAKER’S ABSTRACT AND BIOGRAPHY Dr. George M. Whitesides
Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor Harvard University
Soft Robots
Abstract: Organic chemistry, materials science, and robotics come together in the development of soft robots. In this talk Dr. George M. Whitesides will describe increasingly elastic robot sys-tems that bridge the gap between man-made machines and their biological counterparts. White-sides’s research group at Harvard University has created robots modeled on organisms without internal skeletons, such as worms, squids and starfish. Various robots designed by the White-sides group can squeeze through a mouse-hole, or jump 30 times their body height—and inter-act safely with humans, making them potentially powerful tools for disaster relief or search-and-rescue missions.
Biography: Dr. George M. Whitesides was born August 3, 1939 in Louisville, KY. He received an AB from Harvard University in 1960 and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology (with J.D. Roberts) in 1964. He was a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1963 to 1982. He joined the Department of Chemistry of Harvard University in 1982, and was Department Chairman 1986-1989, and Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry from 1982-2004. He is now the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor. His contributions cover a wide range of topics including materials and organic surface chemis-try, soft lithography, molecular self-assembly, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), organometallic chemistry, nanotechnology, microfluidics, microfabrication, and catalysis, ener-gy production and conservation and rational drug design. He is best known for his contributions towards understanding how molecules arrange themselves on a surface and his studies have paved the way for many advances in nanoscience, novel electronic technologies, pharmaceutical sciences and medical diagnostics. He is a Fellow or Honorary Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Nation-al Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Philosophical So-ciety, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Physics, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Indian National Science Academy and the Chemical Research Society of India. He is also Member of the Royal Nether-lands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member and Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica and Honorary Member of the Mate-rials Research Society of India. His prizes include the National Medal of Science; the Welch Award; the Priestley Medal; the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal; the Kyoto Prize
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the Catalyst for Advanced Technology; the Dan David Prize; the Nanoscience Prize; Prince of Asturias Award; Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry, the Inaugural Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sci-ences, Othmer Gold Medal, and the King Faisal Prize in Science. Whitesides has received the Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Twente, The Neth-erlands; McGill University, Canada; University of Windsor, Canada; University of Aarhus, Denmark; Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany; and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
NEWS ATOMS—Alan Warren In 1996 the ACS established the Heroes of Chemistry program to honor industrial scientists whose work in chemistry and chemical engineering led to commercially successful products or technologies that benefit humankind. The 2014 Heroes included five scientists from Pfizer who discovered Effexor (venlafaxine). The honorees are Magid Abou-Gharbia, former senior vice president at Wyeth before the firm was acquired by Pfizer; Terrence Andree, former principal research chemist; G.E. Morris Husbands, former medicinal chemist at Pfizer; Eric A. Muth, former global licensing and business development manager; and John Yardley, former senior director of Wyeth’s medicinal chemistry group.
DEATHS
Henry Day Fisher, former Scott Paper executive, September 3, 2014 at 90. During World War II he served in the Military Intelligence Service and was translator and interpreter for General Douglas MacArthur’s technical section in the South Pacific. He joined Scott Paper in 1950 and retired in 1985 as vice president of the natural resources division. He helped establish the Habi-tat for Humanity affiliate in the greater Philadelphia area as well as the Chester County chapter.
Leonard Moseley Sherman, retired marketing manager, September 16th at 90. Following ser-vice in the U.S. Navy in WWII he joined DuPont where he retired in 1982 as marketing manag-er after more than 30 years’ service. He served as vice president and director of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Marketing Association. As a volunteer he chaired the Pennsbury Township planning commission for 12 years.
Leonard Markowitz, retired chemist and aerospace engineer, September 29th at 86. He was employed by several firms including Thiokol, RCA and GE. He contributed to missile defense systems, the international space station, and a number of classified projects. He served as a con-sultant in the military and intelligence communities. After retiring in 1991 he engaged in gene-alogy of his family and was president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Philadelph-ia.
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the Catalyst Note: News Atoms seeks to report on people in the field of chemistry in the greater Philadelphia area. If you have news about new hires, significant promotions, honors and awards, and those who have recently passed away, send it by email to [email protected] or by mail to the Philadelphia Section ACS.
2010 ACS FELLOW HENRY (HANK) F. WHALEN, JR. Henry (Hank) F. Whalen, Jr. was elected as an ACS Fellow in on the basis of his excellence in scientific management and his long-term dedication to serving the American Chemical Society. A Philadelphia native, Hank received a BS in chemistry from Villanova University in 1958 and pursued graduate studies in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School from 1959 to 1961. Hank is well known throughout the professional community for his excellence in scientific management. During his 24 years at PQ Corporation, an international producer of silicates and derived products, Hank was part of the management team that grew the company from $50 million to more than $500 million in sales through acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing and new product development, both domestically and abroad. Prior to joining PQ Corporation, he was a vice president at the First National Bank of Chicago and held various business development positions at Rohm and Haas Co. As a result of Hank’s dedication to the chemical enterprise, he has been recognized with numerous awards and honors. Hank served as president and a director of the Chemical Management and Resources Association, where he received its Award for Executive Excellence in 1988 and its Distinguished Service Award in 1991. He has also been active in the Commercial Development Association and received its “Golden C” award in 1998. As a liaison to the European Association for Business Research, Planning & Development in the Chemical Industry and the Asian Chemical Management and Research Association, he also participated in the Industrial Research Institute, the Council for Chemical Research, several international business associations and the National Association of Corporate Directors. Hank has been a member of the American Chemical Society since 1960 and has taken an active role in the Society's governance. On the national level, Hank put to good use his management and leadership skills serving not only as an active member but Chair of various committees including Committee on Divisional Activities (1984-1985), Industry Relations Advisory Board (1997), and Board Committee on Professional and Member Relations (1996). Hank also served the needs of ACS upon his election to the Board of Directors as a Director-at-Large 1995-1997 and as Chair of the Board of Directors 1999-2000. As Chair, Hank established an Industry Relations Advisory Board whose mission was to assure that the ACS would be the premier provider of value-added services and products to industrial members and their employers.
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the Catalyst Hank was extremely instrumental in the success of the Division of Business Development & Management, serving as Chair of the Division from 1975-1976 as well as Councilor for over 16 years. As a result of his dedication and service, a Division Award was established in his honor in 2002, the Henry F. Whalen, Jr. Award for Excellence in Development and Management within the Chemical Enterprise, for which Hank was the inaugural recipient. On the local level, Hank has been an active member and strong supporter of the Philadelphia Section, holding a multitude of positions over the years. Hank’s various roles have been from Publicity Chair to Public Relations Chair to Director and eventually Chair of the Section. He also seved as a councilor for many years. The above is just a small listing of his various awards and dedicated service to ACS. Hank’s in-duction as an ACS Fellow in 2010 was well deserved.
CHEMICAL CONSULTANTS NETWORK
NOVEMBER 12, 2014 MEETING Visit our website at www.chemconsultants.org
Date & Time: Wednesday, November 12th, Chemical Heritage Foundation, 315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Lecture, 6:00 PM; Reception following.
In lieu of our regular meeting we recommend CNN members attend the 2014 Ullyot Lec-ture by George Whitesides at The Chemical Heritage Foundation and take advantage of the networking opportunities in the reception which follows. In this free meeting Professor Whitesides will discuss how organic chemistry, materials science, and robotics come to-gether in the development of soft robots.
Reservation: To make or cancel a lecture reservation, register at www.chemheritage.org, email [email protected] or call Sarah Reisert at (215) 873-8263 (leave message on voicemail if necessary) by November 11th. There is no charge for the lecture or reception but registration is required using contact information above.
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The Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society
presents
The Herb Bassow Memorial
Demonstrations Chemistry
For
Children of All Ages
See “Genie in the Bottle,” the “Circle of Fire,” “Hero’s Fountain,” “Lemonade,” “Baggie Chemistry,” “Instant Hot Lather,” “Balloon-on-a-Stick,” “Incredible Shrinking Balloons,” the
“Sacrifice of the Gummy Bears,” and much, much more.
Make Slime, Gak, Balloon-on-a-stick, Float Bubbles, Do Baggie Chemistry, pH Art, Milk Art
at
La Salle University Saturday, December 13, 2014 Check the web site for information:
http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org Information: Dr. Thomas Straub at [email protected] or (215) 951-1263 Cost: Free and open to the public
Everyone Welcome!
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Presents
A Career Workshop on Non-Research Careers for Bachelor and Masters Level Chemists
Saturday, November 15, 2014 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Howard Gittis Community Center Temple University
1755 North 13th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122
This workshop focusing on Bachelor- and Masters-level chemists, explores opportunities that go beyond the lab bench. Perhaps you are finishing school and are just beginning to think that the bench is not for you. Or perhaps you were displaced from a large company and want to try something different that also utilizes your chemical skill set. This workshop is the place to learn about new ideas from people who have successfully made this transition beyond the bench. The format for this workshop will be a brief introduction by our panelists, followed by a timed networking session with the panelists and a question and answer session with questions pro-vided by you! Our panelists include: * Bill Smith (Chemistry Teacher, Bristol Borough School District) * Mandy Martino (Sr. Regulatory Affairs Manager, Amedra Pharmaceuticals) * Elizabeth Secord (Quality Assurance Specialist, Bristol-Myers Squibb) * Shawn Springfield (Director of Business Development, Asymchem) * Reba Holley (Senior Field Application Specialist, SPEware Corporation) Please join us for this exciting and informative event! A $10 refundable deposit will be charged for this event. To receive your refund for attending the event, you must register for the event and pay the deposit through the Eventbrite website, present the ticket generated by Eventbrite at the event and attend the event. Tickets are transferrable, so if you cannot attend the event, please give your ticket to someone who can so that you can receive the refund. To register for this event, please visit https://acsphilly-bsms-careerworkshop.eventbrite.com. Walk-ins are welcome to attend; however, all walk-ins without a transferred ticket will be charged a $10 non-refundable admission fee at the door -- no exceptions! Please note well! If you registered for the event, and paid the $10 deposit and you do not attend the event and otherwise present your ticket, you forfeit your $10 deposit to the ACS Philadelphia Section. The proceeds of all forfeited deposits and walk-in ad-mission fees will be used by the ACS Philadelphia Section to fund future Career Ser-vices programming.
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the Catalyst 661st BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
Thursday, June 19, 2014 Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant, Chestnut Hill, Chestnut Hill, PA
Present: Anne DeMasi, Steven Fleming, Douglas Hausner, Alan R. Heldon, Christine McInnis, John (J.P.) Northrop, Kathleen Shagi-naw, William Smith, Thomas S. Straub, Judy Summers-Gates, James Tarver, Denise Thomas, and Judith Cohen. Excused: David J. Cichowicz, Melissa Betz Cichowicz, Deborah H. Cook, Ella Davis, Michelle Johnson, Cynthia Palmer, and. Victor J. Tortorelli Also present: Elisabeth Harper, Joe Martino, Judith Currano and Carol Jean Bruner The 661st Board Meeting of the Philadelphia Section, ACS, was called to order at 2:36 pm. A quorum was not present. 1. Minutes Approval of the April and May Board Meeting Minutes was deferred pending email circulation to the Board. 2. Communications David Cichowicz, Melissa Cichowicz, Deborah Cook, Ella Davis and Cynthia Palmer asked to be excused. 3. Committees
A. Career Services Joe Martino [email protected] Career Services held its most recent meeting of the Career Club on June 3 with ACS Career Consultant Lori Spangler moderat-ing. Five people attended the Career Club and the meeting was generally well-received by those who participated. The next Career Club meeting will take place on September 16 from 6PM to 9PM at the Community Center at the Giant su-permarket in Willow Grove, PA. ACS Career Consultant Joe Martino will moderate. Career Services continues to plan its next workshop to address the needs of finishing PhD and post-doctoral candidates. How-ever, recent salary and employment data from the ACS shows a 20% unemployment rate for finishing Bachelor's chemists, 19% unemployment for finishing Master's chemists, and 6% unemployment for finishing PhD chemists. Career Services will discuss whether or not the next Career Workshop needs to be re-thought to address these cohorts. B. Nominations Committee J.P. Northrop [email protected] Discussion of candidates for fall elections.
David Cichowicz will run to retain the office of Treasurer; another candidate is needed to comply with Bylaw requirements. The Section needs four candidates for counselor to comply with the requirements of the Section’s Bylaws. Looking for candidates for chair-elect. Note: a quorum is now present 4. Officers
A. Chair Steve Fleming [email protected] i. Young Men and Women in Charge The Board discussed the chair’s proposal of $250.00 for Young Men and Women in Charge (YMWIC). The question arose as to what budget item said $250 was to come from. A motion was made to allocate $250.00 with the Treasurer to determine the appropri-ate account. Discussed whether these funds could come from Merck funds.
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the Catalyst ii. Bylaws Sufficient paper ballots have been received and counted to determine that the Philadelphia Section Bylaws have passed. Results were submitted to national on June 12. Barbara Polansky at national has reported that the bylaws are in the queue for processing by the end of June. iii. Ocean County Section: it is understood that, at this time, the Philadelphia Section is the only Section interested in merging with the Ocean County Section. The Ocean County Section’s membership has approved merging with the Philadelphia Section. The results were submitted to national for presentation to the Council at the fall meeting in San Francisco. iv. Deborah Walsh, Project SEED Coordinator, is working on a job description for the work manual and a list of mentors. Renee Harris will be the National Chemistry Week and Science Carnival coordinator. Anne DeMasi, Deborah Cook and Kathy Shaginaw will assist her. v. Sixteen 50-year members and five 60-year members attended the luncheon immediately preceding this meeting. vi. The September meeting will be at Philadelphia Distilling.
B. Chair-Elect Bill Smith [email protected] There were outstanding candidates for the 2014 Philadelphia Section Award. The committee is considering several candidates. The award will be presented on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at the Chemistry Department, U. of Pa. The final committee approval will be submitted to the board for approval electronically. National Chemistry Week (NCW) is October 19-26 in 2014. ACS-sponsored Chem. Clubs will be invited to participate in a “summit” at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. Funding from Na-tional ACS in the amount of $1000.00 should be available. It is estimated the Section would need about $3000.00 to support the pro-gram. A keynote speaker and breakout sections are envisioned. The deadline is approaching for an Innovate Project Grant application, if we want to submit one. The program for 2015 is moving along.
C. Secretary Alan Heldon [email protected] No report.
D. Treasurer D. Cichowicz [email protected] Excused, report submitted electronically, approval postponed.
5. Other Business Kathy Shaginaw suggested a welcome for Ocean County – meet there? Chair invite OC members to a free meeting in Septem-ber? The Chair, Philadelphia Section, will invite the membership of the Ocean County Section to our September Meeting and the Sec-tion will pay for their dinners. Education Committee Tom Straub reporting Chemistry Olympiad: The 2014 Local Section Chemistry Olympiad was a success. There were 22 seats assigned; for these 21 students were picked and 20 showed up for the lab exam. Straub has participation certificates to send to the teachers involved. The Committee has sent 196 outstanding achievement certificates to 188 area high schools. There being no additional business before the Board, on motion, the meeting was adjourned at 3:42 pm. Respectfully submitted, Alan R. Heldon, Secretary [email protected]
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the Catalyst YCC NETWORKING AND WEBINAR: SPEAKING SIMPLY
The Younger Chemist Committee (YCC) hosted a Program in a Box event at Drexel University on October 7th. The participants played networking bingo, engaged in hands on activities to learn about communicating science, and watched a webinar on how to communicate science to both a technical and non-technical audience. One of the activities was to have one person create a structure out of marshmallows and toothpicks, a second person describe the structure to a third person who had not seen the original structure and has to replicate it. Our group did pretty well! (see photos below). Most participants also walked away with a door prize. Special thanks to Jessica Levin for organizing this event for our Section.
Younger Chemists Committee members at the webinar Speaking Simply -- Communi-cating Your Science at Drexel University on October 7th.
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the Catalyst HEADS-UP: ELECTION 2014
The section’s annual election for officers, directors and councilors is taking place now until November 1.
There is still time to cast your vote online -- check your email!
LOCAL SECTION DUES
Local Section dues are included as part of your national ACS member-ship and subscription renewal notice.
DON’T FORGET TO PAY THEM!
ONLY $10 SUPPORTS ALL OF YOUR LOCAL PHILADELPHIA SECTION
ACTIVITIES!
Dr. Feng Gai of the University of Pennsylvania receiving the Philadelphia Section Award from Dr. Bill Smith, Awards Committee Chair with Dr. Marsha Lester, who nominated her colleague at the University.
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2014-2015 CURRENT CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES Date Event Locations
Thursday, Oct. 30 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Tobias Ritter, Harvard University: Late-Stage Fluorination for PET Im-aging
Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/
Tuesday, Nov. 4 Younger Chemists Committee: Quizzo for Everyone
Landmark Americana Tap & Grill Philadelphia, PA (see page 181)
Wednesday, Nov. 5 Free Mid-Atlantic LRIG Fall Sympo-sium
Holiday Inn Somerset Somerset, NJ http://my.lrig.org/LRIGChapterMidAtlantic/RecentCommunityEventsDashboard
Friday, Nov. 7 First Friday: Space Food: the science behind every astronaut’s meal.
Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA http://www.chemheritage.org/visit/events/first-fridays/index.aspx
Saturday, Nov. 8 PAGES™ Program for Sixth Grade Girls
Chestnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA http://www.pagesprogram.org/
Monday, Nov. 10 Delaware Valley Mass Spectroscopy Discussion Group: Andrew Patterson, Penn State University: Metabolomics, Quantitative LC/MS and LC/MS/MS
Mendel Hall Villanova University Villanova, PA http://science.widener.edu/svb/msdg/
Wednesday, Nov. 12 Chemical Consultants Network: Ul-lyot Lecture, see below
Chemical Heritage Foundation www.chemconsultants.org
Wednesday, Nov. 12 Ullyot Lecture: Dr. George M. Whitesides, Harvard University: Soft Robots
Chemical Heritage Foundation Philadelphia, PA www.chemheritage.org
Thursday, Nov. 13 American Institute of Chemical En-gineers: Biotechnology and Network-ing Social
USDA, Eastern Regional Research Center Wyndmoor, PA http://aiche-philadelphia.org/events/
Saturday, Nov. 15 Career Workshop on Non-research Careers for Bachelor and Masters Level Chemists
Temple University Philadelphia, PA https://acsphilly-bsms-careerworkshop.eventbrite.com
Monday, Nov. 17 Mark Allen and Boon Loo, Universi-ty of Pennsylvania: A Tale of Two Faculty Founders – Part I
Levine Hall, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA https://www.chem.upenn.edu/events-list?page=1
Nov. 17-19 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition
Somerset, NJ http://www.eas.org/
Thursday, Dec. 4 Philadelphia Organic Chemists Club: Gong Chen, Penn State University: Palladium-Catalyzed C-H Function-alization of Alkyl Amines and Car-boxylic Acids
Chemistry Building, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA http://www.pocclub.org/
Saturday, Dec. 13 Chemical Demonstrations and Hands-on Activities for Children of all Ages
La Salle University http://philadelphia.sites.acs.org
Tuesday, March 31 Undergraduate and Graduate Poster Session
University of the Sciences Philadelphia, PA
