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DAYTON SECTION OFFICERS
CHAIR
Dr. Anastasie Weaver
CHAIR-ELECT
Dr. Erick Vasquez (93) 229-2688
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
Dr. Eugeniya (Jenny) K. Iskrenova-Ekiert
SECRETARY
Ms. Jessica Davis (570) 337-2298
TREASURER
Dr. Prakriti B. Pollack
COUNCILOR
Dr. Steven Trohalaki
878-0677, [email protected]
ALTERNATE COUNCILOR
Dr. Yu Kay Law, (765) 973-8323
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
MEMBERSHIP
Dr. Aaron Burke
890-2312, [email protected]
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Dr. Ibrahim Katampe
376-6513, [email protected]
PATTERSON COLLEGE CHEMISTRY AWARDS
Vacant
PATTERSON HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY AWARDS
Vacant
PATTERSON-CRANE AWARD
Dr. Steven Trohalaki
878-0677, [email protected]
BULLETIN EDITOR
Dr. Steven Trohalaki
878-0677, [email protected]
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Vacant
EDUCATION
Vacant
INVESTMENT
Dr. Prakriti B. Pollack
SECTION CAREER PROGRAM
Vacant
WOMEN CHEMISTS
Dr. Suzanne Seleem
376-6689, [email protected]
YOUNGER CHEMISTS
Vacant
WEBMASTER
Dr. Yu Kay Law, (765) 973-8323, [email protected]
NATIONAL CHEMISTRY WEEK COORDINATOR
Dr. Melinda Greer
(513) 936-7165, [email protected]
COMMITTEE FOR CAFFEINE ABSTINENCE
Bruno More
Meetings and Events
Feb. 17-18: TechFest 2018 (see enclosed flier)
April 4: Annual Poster Session and Patterson College
Chemistry Awards at the University of Dayton
Section News and Other Stuff
Election Results — page 2
Call for Poster Abstracts — page 3
Call for TechFest Volunteers — page 3
Past Meetings — pages 4-5
Call for Section Volunteers — page 4
U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Exam — page 5
Alzheimer’s Avoidance Therapy — page 6
AAT-2: Su Doku for Chemists — page 6
Quotable Quotes — page 6
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B U L L E T I N Belat ed New Year’s Edi t ion 2018
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R E S U LT S O F T H E 2 017 E L E C T R O N I C S E C T I O N E L E C T I O N S !
After all the excitement of the 2016 election, the 2017 election was pretty dull. Russian hacking, twitter
bots, and illegal ballots — even millions of them — can’t make a difference if there is only one candidate
for each office, right?
Jessica Davis was elected Secretary and will serve a two-year term. Yu Kay Law was elected Alternate
Councilor, and will serve the remaining two years of a three-year term. Erick Vasquez was elected Chair-
Elect, and will succeed to Chair in 2019, and then to Immediate Past Chair in 2020.
Photos of our newly-elected officers, returning officers, and outgoing officers appear below. The Section
offers its congratulations to Jessica, Yu Kay, and Erick, and sincerely thanks Freddie Jordan, Kerra Fletch-
er, and Rachel Jakubiak for their service.
Freddie Jordan
Immediate Past Chair
Rachel Jakubiak
Alternate Councilor
Prakriti Pollack
Treasurer
Kerra Fletcher
Secretary
Jenny Iskrenova-Ekiert
Immediate Past Chair
Anastasie Weaver
Chair
Jessica Davis
Secretary Yu Kay Law
Alternate Councilor Erick Vasquez
Chair Elect
Steve Trohalaki
(#badcombover)
Councilor
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U P C O M I N G M E E T I N G S
A P R I L 4
Annual Poster Session and Patterson College Chemistry Awards Venue: Ballroom, John F. Kennedy Memorial Union, University of Dayton
Address: 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469
Parking: Visitor Lot, University Circle/L Street or Lot C
Agenda: 5:00 - 5:30 PM -- Poster setup
5:30 - 7:30 PM -- Poster session and student-poster judging
7:30 - 8:00 PM -- Outstanding Posters and College Award presentations
The Annual Poster Session is a tradition of long standing in the Dayton Section. The Dayton Section
invites you, your colleagues, and students to present a poster relating to any area of chemical re-
search. Outstanding undergraduate and graduate poster presentations will be awarded with prizes of
$100. Join us and volunteer as a poster judge by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Compli-
mentary food and soft drinks will be provided by the Section. In addition to poster awards, we will also
recognize the outstanding junior chemistry major at each college and university within the Section’s
boundaries with the Patterson College Chemistry Award.
Call for Poster Abstracts Send abstracts of 250 words or fewer by Sunday, April 1, 2018 using the Google form on Day-
tonACS.org (http://daytonacs.org/PosterSession/index.html). Alternatively, send your abstract
to Dr. Anastasie Weaver at [email protected] . For students, please indicate on the ab-
stract if you would like to be considered for an award and whether you are an undergraduate
or graduate student. An ACS abstract template (DaytonACS.org/abstract/Abstract Tem-
plate.doc) is available for abstracts sent via email. Poster boards measure 3’ high by 4’ wide.
Volunteers Needed for TechFest 2018
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 10 AM–6 PM, and Sunday Feb. 18, 11 AM–5 PM
Where: Sinclair Community College Ponitz Center (Building 12)
Parking: Free in the underground garage beneath Building 12 off Fourth St.
Since 2003 TechFest has brought “Math & Science Outside the Classroom” to the Miami
Valley. With the Dayton Section’s participation, this event is the area’s biggest outreach pro-
gram and is a lot of fun for families as well as exhibitors. For more information on TechFest
2018, check out the enclosed flyer, which is also available at:
http://www.ascdayton.org/TechFest/downloads/2018%20TechFest%20Flyer.pdf
If you are interested in volunteering for one or more 2-hour shifts, provide your name, email
and availability by filling out this doodle poll: https://doodle.com/poll/n7h3zh8uerhy3d43.
For more information, contact Amit Sharma at [email protected] or Wayne Cook at
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P A S T M E E T I N G — M E M B E R S H I P
The Section’s Membership Meeting was held at the Wellington Grill on Thursday, November 16th. Sec-
tion members assembled to honor our new 50-year members: Dr. Ronald Camp, Dr. Richard Eppley,
Dr. Gerry Keil, Dr. John McDonald and Dr. Don Sullenger. We also announced the 2017 Election results
(see page 2).
Call for Central Regional ACS Awards
The Toledo Section of the ACS is excited to be hosting the 2018 Central Regional ACS Meeting, June 13-16, 2018.
We wish to encourage you to nominate worthy candidates for three important regional awards.
E. Ann Nalley Regional Award for Volunteer Service to the ACS
This award recognizes the volunteer efforts of individuals who have served the ACS, contributing significantly to the
goals and objectives of the Society through their regional activities.
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences This award recognizes individuals and/or institutions who have advanced diversity in the chemical sciences and
significantly stimulated or fostered activities that promote inclusiveness within the region.
Partners for Progress and Prosperity Award
This award encourages and recognizes successful and exemplary partnerships. These partnerships can be be-
tween industry, academia, government, small business and/or other organizations, including ACS local sections,
ACS divisions, ACS international chapters, other societies or various entities domestic or overseas resulting in im-
pactful outcomes.
Regional Award for Excellence in High School Teaching
Any individual, except a member of the award selection committee, or currently enrolled student of the nominee,
may submit one nomination or support form in any given year. The nominee must be actively engaged in the
teaching of chemistry or a chemical science in a high school (grades 9-12) on at least a half-time basis. The nomi-
nation should clearly demonstrate as many of the following attributes as possible
For more information on the purposes, eligibility, nomination requirements, submission deadlines,
and instructions for any of these awards, please visit:
http://www.centralregionacs.org/awards/
Call for Section Volunteers — Committee Chairs Needed!
The section currently has several Committees without Chairs. These positions are greatly needed
to administer awards and ensure smooth section operations. Please consider volunteering as
Chair of the Following Committees:
Education
Patterson High-School Chemistry Awards Industrial Relations
Patterson College Chemistry Awards Section Career Program
Unfortunately, we have no photos
of the Membership Meeting, but it
looked something like this.
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P A S T M E E T I N G S
National Chemistry Week and the Dayton Regional Science Festival We celebrated National Chemistry Week with two events in 2017. The first event took place at the
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery on October 21st and 22nd, and the second event was held on
October 29th at the Centerville Library. Although it is not a National Chemistry Week event, the
section also participated in the Dayton Regional Science Festival on November 17th and 18th. All
three events highlighted this year’s theme — Chemistry Rocks! Experiments utilizing rocks and
minerals included identifying rock types by streak and hardness tests, copper plating onto zinc
metal, and making a volcano. Throughout both NCW events, we experimented with around 500 local
children. Although there is no formal count on how many people visited our table at the Science
Festival, almost 2500 people attended the event. Thanks to all who volunteered!
2018 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad and Patterson High School Awards
The date, time, and venue for the Chemistry Olympiad section exam were not determined at press time. In
previous years, it was scheduled at Centerville High School on a Friday afternoon in early March. The ex-
am takes a little more than an hour.
The Dayton Section uses the Olympiad exam for the first part of its Patterson High School Chemistry
Awards, given annually. In addition, the top ten scorers (although no more than two from one high school)
will be invited to take the laboratory portion of the local Olympiad exam.
Students competing in the USNCO are eligible for selection as members of the United States team for the
International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO). This year, the competition will be held July 19-29, 2018 at the
50th International Chemistry Olympiad in Bratislava, Slovakia and Prague, Czech Republic .
Joy Haley can’t hide her disappointment that
rock candy was left out of the demonstrations. Wayne shows Olivia how to
make counterfeit pennies!
Volunteers and participants observe the ex-
tent of reaction between acetic acid and sev-
eral rock types.
Seeing how the banner attracts the ladies,
it’s a wonder that no one has thought to
make banner-look sportswear.
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AAT-2 — Su Doku for Chemists!
Using the following nine chemical elements:
fill in the grid below so that each row, column, and 9-element
subcell has only one occurrence of each element.
Alzheimer's Avoidance Therapy* Unscramble the letters to reveal a chemical name. Then,
use the circled letters to solve the riddle. Answers next edition!
A I M N R U U
D E I I N O
C I N Z
Answers for Last Edition
HYDRATES VALINE SODIUM The Higgs Boson is awakened by his
wife early Sunday morning. “I want us to
go to church today,” she says. “Aw,
honey,” the Higgs Boson replies, “I was
looking forward to eating some pan-
cakes, reading the paper, and then tak-
ing a nap before the football game
starts.” “We have to set a good example
for the children!” she yells. “You’re the
one who wanted kids, not me!” answers
the Higgs Boson. Later, at church, the
priest says, “I’m sorry, but we don’t allow
Higgs Bosons in here.” Startled, the
Higgs Boson asks, “But without me, how
can YOU HAVE MASS?”
La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb
*Surveys suggest that mental exercises, including word puzzles, may delay the progression of Alzheimer's Disease.
Pr Eu
Ce Eu Sm
Gd Eu
Sm Pm
Pr Nd
Pm La Gd Tb
Pr Ce Eu
Ce Sm
Sm Pm La Tb
Solution for Last Edition
In the new hit reality show – Marry the Plumber! – a contestant questions two
potential life partners and discerns which one is the plumber. The plumber is
the better choice because, of course, plumbers make way more money than
chemists, and are never unemployed. Also, if you marry the chemist and, in the
dead of winter your pipes burst, who you gonna call? In the first episode, the
contestant steps up to the microphone and asks, “How would you pronounce
this word?”, and then spells out:
Sm Pm Pr Eu Gd La Ce Tb Nb
Tb Eu La Sm Ce Nd Pr Pm Gd
Nd Ce Gd Pm Pr Tb Eu La Sm
Ce Tb Eu Nd Sm Gd Pm Pr La
Gd Nd Pm Pr La Ce Tb Sm Eu
Pr La Sm Tb Pm Eu Gd Nd Ce
La Pr Tb Gd Eu Sm Nd Ce Pm
Pm Gd Ce La Nd Pr Sm Eu Tb
Eu Sm Nd Ce Tb Pm La Gd Pr
Quotable Quotes for $1000, Alex!
“Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union
has no heart. Whoever wants it back has
no brain.”
– Vladimir Putin
“The only effective answer to organized
greed is organized labor ”
– Thomas Donahue
“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat,
tears or the sea.”
– Isak Dinesen
"Attempts to regard a molecule as consist-
ing of specific atoms or ionic units held
together by discrete numbers of bonding
electrons or electron pairs are considered
as more or less meaningless."
– Robert Mulliken
“Tim, who's the head of the Aryan Union, you
or me? ”
– George Costanza