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Volume 44, Issue 1 September, 2013
In This Issue:
ANotefromtheChairP2ANotefromtheChair‐ElectP3Events,CallforVolunteers,CallforTeachersNorthCarolinaAmericanChemicalSociety’s127thSectionalConferenceAnnouncementP4NC‐ACSattheFestivalfortheEnoRiver–2013P5NC‐ACSDurhamBullsNightP5NC‐ACSPicnicAnnouncementP6CallforVolunteers!NC‐ACSattheNCStateFairP7CallforOLLIteachersP7ScienceUndertheStarsP7FirstAnnualChemTubeCompetitionP8CallforVolunteers:NationalChemistryWeekP9ScienceCafesandPintsofScienceP10ProjectSEEDandStudentNewsProjectSEEDOralPresentationsGivenP11TonelliandPasquinelliworkwithSEEDStudentsHighlightedinNCSUarticle–linkP12RecipientofHowieJamesNCACSUndergraduateScholarshiptoreceiveAstronautScholarshipFoundation(ASF)Award!P12BecomeaScienceCoach!P12NC‐ACS2013UndergraduateScholarshipAwardsP13CallforStudentPostersfortheNCACSlocalSectionMeetingP13NationalACSNewsandInformationAMajorRedistrictingPlanforACSP14CandidatesfortheFall2013ACSNationalElectionP16LocalNC‐ACSNewsTheSpring1937ACSNationalMeetinginChapelHill!P17NorthCarolinaSectionSeniorChemistsCommitteeP18AlTonelliReceivestheMarcusHobbsServiceAwardP20OrlinD.VelevReceivesDistinguishedSpeakerAwardP20AbstractfromOrlinVelevpresentation21FourNC‐ACSMembersaremadeACSFellowsin2013!P22CallforNC‐ACSLocalSectionNominationsP23NC‐ACSListServersP24NCACSisonFacebookandLinkedInP24NC‐ACSLocalSectionExecutiveCommitteeMeetingsP25NewMembersP26NC‐ACSLocalSectionExecutiveCommitteeListP27
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September, 2013 Page 2 The TarHelium
A Note from the Chair
Dear Fellow Chemistry Professionals and Enthusiasts,
I would like to highlight a few items that NC‐ACS is doing that may be of potential interest to you:
New Sustainability Discussion Group: We are in the process of establishing a new discussion group focused around Sustainability and Green Chemistry/Engineering. The purpose of this group is to host technical discussions and lectures focused on sustainability and green chemistry/engineering. The inaugural event is being planned for November. Additional programming beyond the technical sessions such as community and educational outreach activities will be planned according to participants’ interests. To get involved, please join the listserve by sending this one‐line message to [email protected]: subscribe ncacs‐sustainability [email protected], replacing "[email protected]" with the address that you want to subscribe to the list.
Video Competition: As highlighted by James Harrington on page 8, NC‐ACS is currently hosting a video competition focused around energy. Videos from anyone from North Carolina (not just NC‐ACS members) are welcome! Award categories are based on age groups, from young kids to retirees! The videos will be featured on the NC‐ACS YouTube channel, and may also be displayed at the NCW activities and our State Fair booth.
ChemLuminary Finalist: We have been selected as a finalist for the Best New Public Relations Program for the ChemLuminaries for our “Our Festival for the Eno” event that is spearheaded by James Harrington (who has also been selected as Volunteer of the Year!). If you will be at the National meeting in Indianapolis, please stop by the event on Tuesday evening to support NC‐ACS! Please see page 18.
New ACS Fellows: Four distinguished members of NC‐ACS have been selected as ACS Fellows this year: David Beratan (Duke Univ.); Jim Chao (IBM, retired); Louis Quin (Duke Univ., emeritus); and Orlando Rojas (NC State Univ.). Please see page 21. We will be celebrating their accomplishments at our Local Section Meeting on November 1.
Need For Volunteers and Leadership: We are always in need for volunteers to help carry out the variety of activities that we have planned. If you have interest in volunteering, but don’t know where to begin, please send me an email. It’s a great way to network while giving back to the local chemical community. If you would like to gain leadership skills, we can also provide opportunities for you to hone those skills too. Potential leadership opportunities include serving as our Social Media Coordinator, Public Relations Coordinator (which includes useful training through ACS). Leadership for the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) is also needed. We also have several positions on the Executive Committee up for election this year; refer to page 21 for more information.
Co‐Sponsorships: We are seeking financial support for a variety of activities, including our NC‐ACS Project SEED program (http://ncprojectseed.org/), Undergraduate Research scholarships, NC‐ACS Local Section meeting on November 1, and targeted events. Please contact me for further information; we can find an opportunity that suits your budget and interests.
Please watch the listserve, website, LinkedIN group, Facebook group, and TarHelium for more details on our activities. If you have other ideas, or other questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me or other members of the Executive Committee, all of whom are listed on the last page of every TarHelium. We look forward to engaging with you through our common interest in chemistry!
MelissaPasquinelli,2013Chair([email protected])
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A Note from the NCACS Chair‐Elect
Dear Fellow Chemical Professionals and Enthusiasts,
The year seems to be flying by faster than potassium’s reaction in water! It’s been great to see members and their guests enjoy several fun events, and I am very much excited for the events coming up to close out 2013. I’d like to draw your attention to 3 items of interest to the NC‐ACS:
1. A focus for the ACS is using social media to encourage more community involvement and public relations for local sections. The Facebook Page for the NC‐ACS has gained some traction over the summer. When you have a chance, check it out and ‘Like’ the page to get announcements and event notifications (http://www.facebook.com/NorthCarolinaACS). I hope it will be a great tool for us to stay connected and share our enthusiasm for science in the local community. NC‐ACS also maintains a website (http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/), LinkedIn Group, and listserv email distribution. The LinkedIn Group is a closed group, so ask to ‘join’ it the next time you are on the LinkedIn site! See Page 22 for instructions on how to join specific listservs.
2. As we’ve mentioned, the NC‐ACS is a strong Local Section due to the continued volunteerism of this excellent group of people! We are always in need of people who can help champion activities, so let us know if you want to build up that part of your resume. I’d be happy to discuss any ideas you have for events as well. The planned events for 2013 have been really great. We had wonderful turnouts for the Science of Eats and Durham Bulls game. Members also enjoyed an after work beer at LoneRider Brewery. With help and sponsorships, we’ll be more likely to expand our event planning and accomplish more types of events. We still have the Family Picnic on September 21st. If you are interested in helping with the event or have ideas for sponsorships, please let me know.
3. Preparations for the 127th Conference of the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society are well underway. The event is being held at NCSU’s College of Textiles on November 1st, 2013 (see Page 4) and promises to be a celebration of all the great scientific achievements happening in the NC‐ACS local area. If you are interested in helping that evening or serving as a judge for the Poster Competition, please shoot me an email. Registration for the Student Poster Competition is now open. If you have contacts in the any local area University science departments or with high school teachers, please send them my way, so I can email them the announcement directly.
I’m looking forward to finishing 2013 strong with great events, and I hope to see you at a planning meeting or an event soon!
Warm regards,
Paige ([email protected])
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September, 2013 Page 5 The TarHelium
Events, Call for Volunteers, Call for Teachers
The NCACS at the Festival for the Eno River – 2013
The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society returned to the Festival for the Eno River on July 4th and 6th, 2013. This year’s festival featured a number of bands, local artisans, and organizations to present on the themes of environmentalism, sustainability, and the ecosystem of the river. NCACS hosted a booth that focused on alternative energy, greenhouse gases, and phase transitions. Visitors took part in the activities by catching bubbles filled with carbon dioxide from dry ice, making chromatography butterflies, and shaving cream name badges. More than 25 volunteers came out to support the local section despite the heat and humidity and provided fun and informative demonstrations of chemistry to almost 1,200 visitors over the course of the two‐day festival. A number of visitors commented about how excited they were to see a group of scientists talking about how chemistry can be a part of the solution to many of the environmental issues facing humanity. The organizers of the festival were impressed with the efforts of NCACS and commented that they were excited to see what would be shown in 2014.
Highlights of the Festival can be found at: http://youtu.be/ypBLBhxhotU ByJamesHarrington
On May 28th, approximately 100 NC ACS Members and their guests enjoyed amazing weather and seeing the Durham Bulls take on the Buffalo Bisons at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Prior to the game start, members and their guests enjoyed a ballpark picnic meal in the Miller Lite Bull Pen. Everyone had fun cheering on the many between inning entertainment shows including the sumo wrestlers and the running of the bases with Wool E. Bull and mini‐Wool E.’s. Several ACS prizes were given out to NC‐ACS members such as Periodic Table Bulls T‐Shirts and Bulls baseball caps. Two runs scored in the bottom of the 7th put the Bulls within 2 to the Bisons, and then the team pulled out a WIN in the bottom of the 9th inning making for an exciting game! Thanks so much to all the attendees for bringing their families and guests for a great night.
Link to photos from the night: http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/apps/photos/album?albumid=14859119
For more information about the Durham Bulls Schedule and Special Events: http://www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t234
By Paige Presler‐Jur
Volunteer Keely Glass discusses with a visitor acidification of water by dry ice, aided by a universal indicator.
NC‐ACS Durham Bulls Night
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We'll enjoy a delicious picnic spread at the Reedy Creek Shelter #1. Dinner will include vegetarian options and s'mores for dessert!
An EventBrite registration email has been sent out…if you didn’t receive it, please let me know!
Bring your family that Saturday AM and enjoy the many trails and great scenery at Umstead, and then, come to the picnic at 1PM for great food and fun
with fellow ACS members.
Kids and teens under 15 are free...all others are just $6.27/person for a great picnic lunch.
The NC‐ACS invites members and their families to anafternoon picnic at Umstead State Park
September 21st from 1‐5PM
FYI: The shelter has drinking water, fireplace, restrooms, and parking. The entrance to the Reedy Creek section is 11 miles west of Raleigh off I‐40.
From I‐40, take the Harrison Avenue exit and travel northeast into the park. If you have games that you'd be willing to bring to the event, please let me
know. We are trying to have plenty for the kids to do.
Paige Presler‐JurNC‐ACS 2013 Chair‐Elect
Check out the Section Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/NorthCarolinaACS
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Events, Call for Volunteers, Call for Teachers
Call for Volunteers: NC State Fair – October 17‐27, 2013 The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society will be again participating at the NC State Fair on October 17‐27, 2013. Nearly 1 million people attend the Fair for the rides, games, concerts, fireworks, and of course the food!
The theme of the exhibit this year is Agriculture Today. We will be sharing with the visitors the aspects of agriculture, the differences between historic, current, and future agriculture, and especially the chemistry impact on modern
agriculture. At our booth we will hold activities for the public that will include educational discussions, knowledge tests, interactive demonstrations, and stage demonstrations to small and large groups of visitors. We are looking for volunteers for the exhibit, who are willing to give time to staff the booth and/or prepare stage demonstrations. Our exhibit will need to be staffed from 9:00 am to 9:45 pm from October 17‐27 in 3‐4 hour shifts. The stage demonstrations will be 30 minute to 1 hour segment that will run 4 times per day. Whether you can work a 3‐4 hour shift, or perform a stage demonstration, we would be excited to have you! Parking and admission to the fair will be free for all who volunteer at the ACS booth.
This is a great opportunity to take part in an outreach event for our local section, and attend the Fair for free! Invite your friends to volunteer with you for several hours, and then enjoy spending the rest of the day getting entertained by all of the Fair attractions.
If you are interested in any aspect of the Agriculture Today Exhibit, please contact Sasha Ormond at: [email protected]. Please provide your name, contact information, and the day/time that works best for you. As the Fair gets closer, we will contact you with more details and the activities that we will be presenting.
Teachers are needed for the OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke University
The OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke University offers non‐credit classes to (mostly) retired adults in the Triangle community. Over one hundred classes are given each semester during the Fall, Winter, and Spring semesters on a wide variety of topics. While we would be happy to meet new OLLI members who would like to take our classes, we are particularly interested in recruiting new teachers‐particularly in the sciences. While we can offer a very modest honorarium for teaching, most OLLI teachers teach as volunteers. Current we are planning new classes on drug discovery and development, radioactivity, great events in biological evolution and several other areas. If you think you might be interested in developing a class, please email Phil Carl ([email protected]). You can find out more about OLLI at http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/.
Philip Carl ([email protected])
Science under the Stars! The 9th Annual Science under the Stars will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, at Duke's French Family Science Center, lower level hallway and outside between French and the greenhouses, weather permitting. We will again have a variety of hands‐on interactive stations overseen by a number of Duke groups/organizations. Back by popular demand, the Duke Chemistry Outreach Team will stage a Demonstration Extravaganza outside, weather permitting.
6:00 ‐ 7:30 PM Interactive Stations (stations will run to 8:00 PM if weather is poor)
7:30 ‐ 8:00 PM Demonstration Extravaganza (weather permitting)
You, your students, and their families are most welcome to attend. Free parking will be available in the Chemistry Lot, entrance off of Circuit Drive. There is no charge for this event. Activities will be appropriate for all ages. Please no children without parents/ guardians/teachers!
SubmittedbyKennethLyle,Ph.D.–DukeUniversityDepartmentofChemistry
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North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society
First Annual ChemTube Competition The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society is proud to announce the First Annual ChemTube Competition! The local section has created a Youtube channel to share interesting and exciting chemistry videos produced by both members and non‐members from across the region. We are accepting applications from individuals and classroom groups for a contest to produce and share videos about chemistry on our Youtube channel!
The theme for this year’s competition is:
Energy: Now and Forever!
Chemistry comes into play in both the realm of traditional energy sources and of the alternative energy sources of the future. In addition to electrical energy, though, there are thermal, chemical, and kinetic energy, all of which make the world work! Produce a video that discusses or demonstrates energy in chemistry and let us see it! The format of the video can be a documentary, an interview with an individual who works with energy chemistry, a fun or innovative demonstration of energy, or a profile of a company that uses energy chemistry.
How to Enter:
It’s easy to take part in the competition! All you have to do is film a video that can fit in any of the categories and submit an entry form and a copy of the video to [email protected]. We will upload the videos to the NCACS Youtube channel for viewing and voting.
See: https://www.youtube.com/user/NCAmChemSoc for more details and examples!
The Formal Rules of the competition can be found at: http://www.ncsu.edu/chemistry/outreach/ACSnc/pdf/chemtube2013.pdf
Submissions may begin immediately and are due by September 22, 2013. Voting will be based on the number of “likes” each video collects. The videos that garner the most “Likes” will be selected and shown at the local section’s public activities at the North Carolina State Fair and the National Chemistry Week activity at the North Carolina Museum of
Natural Science in Raleigh, NC on October 12, 2013. We’re looking forward to seeing your video! Good luck!
By James Harrington
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Events, Call for Volunteers, Call for Teachers
Call for Volunteers: National Chemistry Week 2013 ‐ October 12, 2013 The North Carolina Section of the ACS is actively planning the National Chemistry Week event for this coming year. National Chemistry Week is an event that is held annually in October that serves to increase public awareness of chemistry in society, sponsored by the American Chemical Society. The theme of this year’s National Chemistry Week is “Energy: Now and Forever,” celebrating the science of energy in the home and in the world around us! Thermal, electrical, kinetic, or chemical energy; all forms of energy are up for discussion at our annual event! This year, we are planning a single event at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh on Saturday, Oct. 12 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are currently recruiting volunteers who are interested in participating in any aspect of the event at the museum, either presenting or logistical. We would like volunteers who are
interested in presenting a booth with an interesting, interactive demonstration that speaks to learners of all ages to share the role of chemistry in our lives. We are especially in need of volunteers who can help out with logistical aspects on the day of the event and with the local section’s display at the event. Last year’s event was the 25th Anniversary of National Chemistry Week, and the day featured 15 groups from academia and industry who presented for almost 4000 visitors on topics from microfluidics to biologically‐inspired textiles, and we’re hoping to make this year even bigger! If you are interested in volunteering to present or for logistical support, have suggestions for additional activities, or would like additional information, please contact James Harrington at [email protected]. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you! By James Harrington
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Connect to Triangle Area Science Cafés and Pints of Science!
CAROLINA SCIENCE CAFÉ
Pints of Science Calendar October 22 ‐ Carla Frohlich "Origins of Chemical Elements"
November 26 ‐ John Millhauser "Where Turkey and Thanksgiving Comes From"
December 17 ‐ Heather Troutman "Sustainable Plastics"
January 28 ‐ Erik Ascheung "Species Invasions"
February 25 ‐ James Bonner "Nanotoxicology"
March 25 ‐ Mi Gyung Kim "Women in Science"
Events are Held at: Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount St Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919.833.7795 https://www.facebook.com/PintsofScience
https://www.facebook.com/periodictables?directed_target_id=0
“Science Cafés are live—and lively—events that take place in casual settings such as pubs and coffeehouses, are open to everyone, and feature an engaging conversation with a scientist about a particular topic” (from http://www.sciencecafes.org/what/)
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Project SEED and Student News
Project SEED Oral Presentations Given
The NC‐ACS Project SEED participants of Summer 2013 gave oral presentations of their projects at The Hamner's Health Research & Education Foundation on August 2. The NC‐ACS Project SEED staff, students, parents, research mentors, and research group members were in attendance. After each presentation, students fielded questions about their research, and their parents or guardians were also recognized. Dr. Melissa Pasquinelli, Chair of the local NC‐ACS section, delivered closing remarks. The NC State participants presented the NC‐ACS Project SEED Director, Mr. Ken Cutler and SEED staff, Mrs. Josie Cutler and Mr. Michael Cherry with gift bags.
The NC‐ACS Project SEED program is grateful for support from their staff, SEED students and parents, Duke, UNC, and NC State mentors, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences for program support, the NC State Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development Seed grant, and the Golden Corral Charitable Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation for financial support.
The Presenters
STUDENT:
MENTOR:
TITLE:
Miles Ndukwe (Millbrook High School, Wake County)
Dr. Alan Tonelli, North Carolina State University ‐ Raleigh
"Probing the Bases of Polymer Glass Transitions (Two‐Year Study)"
STUDENT:
MENTOR:
TITLE:
Donathan Bryant (Kinston High School, Lenoir County)
Dr. Benjamin Wiley, Duke University
"The Synthesis of a Novel Copper Nanowire Touchsensor"
STUDENT:
MENTOR:
TITLE:
Michael Zhou (East Chapel Hill High School, Orange County)
Dr. Jeffrey S. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Stereoselective Transamination with Salicylamine‐Derived Aminoacrylate Derivatives"
STUDENT:
MENTOR:
TITLE:
Timothy Chen (Green Hope High School, Wake County)
Dr. Melissa A. Pasquinelli, North Carolina State University ‐ Raleigh
"Which Flame Retardants May Disrupt the Endocrine System? The Use of Virtual Screening to
Predict Risks to Human Health"
The NC Project SEED Staff
Mr. Kenneth Cutler Program Director
Mr. Michael Cherry Assistant Director/Duke University Coordinator
Ms.Tyjuanna LaBennett NCSU Coordinator
Mr. John Greene Assistant Director
Mr. Barrington Ross UNC Coordinator
Mrs. Josie Cutler Activities Coordinator
Ms. Deborah Rogers Special Events Coordinator
Ms. Faye McNeal Scholarship Coordinator
Mr. Donald Guth Administrative Assistant
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Project SEED and Student News
NC‐ACS Project SEED Class of 2013 – 2014
From left to right: Mr. Michael Cherry (Assistant Director), Mr. Michael Zhou, Mr. Timothy Chen, Mr. Ken Cutler (Director), Mr. Donathan Bryant,
Reverend Barrington Ross (SEED Staff), Mr. Miles Ndukwe.
Alan Tonelli and Melissa Pasquinelli work with Project SEED High School Students is presented in an article at NCSU Web!
http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/tecs/news/project‐seed‐2013.cfm
Recipient of the Howie James NC ACS Undergraduate Scholarship to receive Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) Award!
http://wolftext.tx.ncsu.edu/engineering‐student‐to‐receive‐astronaut‐scholarship/
Become a Science Coach!
Share your expertise and enthusiasm for science with an elementary, middle, or high school teacher in your community by becoming an ACS Science Coach. In this year‐long volunteer role, you’ll work directly with a classroom teacher to support science learning. Together, you and the teacher will decide how to best combine your time and talents. If approved, ACS will donate $500 to the school to support your efforts. Find out more at www.acs.org/ScienceCoaches .
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Project SEED and Student News
NC‐ACS 2013 Undergraduate Scholarship Awards The North Carolina Section of the ACS is pleased to announce the 2013 NC‐ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Award recipients. Eric Alexy (NCSU) was the recipient of the Dr. Ernest Eliel NC ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Award. Eric’s research project under the direction of Dr. Jon Lindsey involves the synthesis of ethynyl linked perylene‐porphyrin and perylene‐hydroporphyrin arrays for use as light harvesting pigments. Moshe Dolejsi (NCSU) was the recipient of the Howie James NC ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Award. Moshe’s research project under the direction of Dr. Jan Genzer focuses on the controlled distribution of methylsiloxane substituents throughout a polysiloxane copolymer backbone. Matthew Draelos (NCSU) is the recipient of the Ivy Carroll NC ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Award. Matthew’s research project under the direction of Dr. Gavin Williams focuses on developing a novel in vitro synthesis of polyketide analogs and expanding the synthetic scope and utility of polyketide synthases. Margaret Radack (UNC) was the recipient of the Gertrude Elion NC ACS Undergraduate Scholarship Award. Margaret’s research project under the direction of Dr. Wei You is focused on creating polymer based solar cells. She is currently working towards the synthesis of new variants of PBnDT‐FTAZ with thiophene based, low‐band gap side‐chain copolymers. For each of the award recipients, funds ($3,500) will be sent to the academic department where the research was conducted. Funds could be used to cover reagents, instrument components, labware, copies, books, software or travel costs associated with presentation of award research, and the student’s salary. In addition, each student will receive $500 for presenting their research findings an ACS meeting of their choice. Once again, congratulations to each of this year’s winners! For additional information about the NC‐ACS scholarships, please contact Jeremiah Feducia ([email protected]) or look in future issues of this newsletter.
Call for Posters for the NCACS local Section Meeting
The organizers of the NC American Chemical Society (ACS) 127th Sectional Conference announce a call for student posters from ACS and non‐ACS members. The Conference will be held on November 1, 2013 at the NC State University College of Textiles Centennial Campus in Raleigh, NC.
Posters may feature student research covering any aspects of chemistry or a related science. The poster session is open to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. Cash prizes will be awarded in each of the 3 student groups.
The deadline for submission is October 25, 2013. Please submit your poster title here. Conference registration is free and open to ACS and non‐ACS members, to register click here. For more information, please see Page 4 or contact Paige Presler‐Jur ([email protected]).
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National ACS News and Information
A Major Redistricting Plan for ACS
By James L. Chao, Councilor of North Carolina Section
The ACS Council is taking up a recommendation to do a major redistricting1 which includes the movement of the North Carolina Section from District IV, which is primarily in the Southeast, to District II, which is in the North Central U.S. This could be important because a major part of the governance of ACS is delegated to the Board of Directors, which is comprised of one director from each district and 3 directors which are “at‐large”. The purpose of redistricting is to conform with ACS Bylaws that ensure that each of the six districts is comprised of approximately the same number of constituents. Choosing a director to represent your district could be important, since they are supposed to represent the specific needs of their constituency. The reason why a major redistricting plan is being discussed in Council is that the demographics for the past 30 years has seen the numbers of members growing in the Southern states and declining in the North. Adjustments have been made by every few years moving a few small sections from the South and putting them in the North. This round, the lines are being proposed that would move some rather large sections, including North Carolina, into the North (to join with the Ohio and Michigan populations) and to make up for this rather large loss, by moving the Southeast, further West, to include sections in Texas. Thus, by both adding and losing constituents in this plan, would hopefully reduce the chronic moving of a few small sections from South to North.
The last previous redistricting, moved several of the Virginia and Tennessee sections into Northern districts. In my discussions with councilors from these sections, they didn’t feel that they were necessarily being disenfranchised by redrawing the district lines. As far as the Regions and its technical meetings, nothing will change, by this plan and the Southern regions will continue to grow and prosper.
Because the North Carolina section is such a large section with well over 2400 members, I ask the question as to whether moving us to the North might hurt the ties that we normally share with other Southern brethren in the Southeast Region. It may not make much of a difference, since I have not heard that different districts have differing priorities from one another. The district board member we vote for should be someone to whom we are familiar and will share common interests with all their constituents. In the recent past, the North Carolina section has realized having three of the last 5 district board members come from our section, which is surprisingly high. This may be due to the mere fact that because our section is so large, there is a natural proclivity to winning these elections. This probably would not change much if we went to District II. In the new district, we would still be the largest, with Pittsburgh next at about 30% less.
If you feel strongly about this redistricting or wish to propose an alternative way to ensure representation by the Board of Directors, please contact me or one the four other councilors of our section, so that we may influence the changing of this redistricting proposal.
The link with more info is below, including the map of the new electoral lines: http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1538&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=749f6fb9‐c63b‐4b53‐a544‐37d490cdd461
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National ACS News
Map provided by James Chao ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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National ACS News and Information
Candidates for the Fall 2013 ACS National Election
The Committee on Nominations and Elections (N&E) is announcing the final slate of candidates who will appear on the fall 2013 ballot. They are:
Candidates for President‐Elect, 2014
Dr. G. Bryan Balazs, Associate Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA
Dr. Charles E. Kolb, Jr., President and CEO, Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA
Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt, Section Head R&D, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
Candidates for Directors‐at‐Large, 2014‐2016
Dr. Susan B. Butts, Independent Consultant, Susan Butts Consulting, Midland, MI
Dr. Thom H. Dunning, Jr., Director, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and Professor, Distinguished Chair for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, IL
Dr. Dorothy J. Phillips, Retired, Waters Corporation, Milford, MA
Dr. Kathleen M. Schulz, President, Business Results, Inc., Albuquerque, NM
Candidates for District II Director, 2014‐2016
Dr. George M. Bodner, Arthur Kelly Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Education and Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dr. Alan A. Hazari, Director of Chemistry Labs and Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Candidates for District IV Director, 2014‐2016
Dr. Rigoberto Hernandez, Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Larry K. Krannich, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
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Local NC‐ACS News and Information
The Spring 1937 ACS National Meeting … in Chapel Hill!
Have you ever attended a national ACS meeting for which over 14,000 scientists and engineers were registered? If yes, then can you imagine that there was an ACS National Meeting in Chapel Hill in the spring of 1937? There was, the 93rd
National Meeting; and it was held on the campus of UNC during spring break, April 12 through 15, 1937.
Now in 1937 the ACS was far smaller than it is now. But then Chapel Hill was far smaller than it is now too. The attendance at the meeting was 2,155; if you subtract 124 local members, that number still compared favorably with other national meetings of the time, even those in New York. There were 344 papers presented in total, with the greatest number, 76, in the Division of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry. The editorial in The Chapel Hill Weekly included these remarks:
Chemists from all over the country, and some from across the seas, were in Chapel Hill for the convention of the American Chemical Society. Physical chemists, biological chemists, organic, inorganic, analytical and God knows how many other varieties of chemists…
They held meetings, and read papers at each other, and exchanged questions and answers. About such topics as “The Relations of Various Acyl-Alpha and Beta-Aldoximes with Bases and the Configurations of These Derivatives.” Or now and then a more simple topics, like “The Isolation, Identification, and Synthesis of Epiallopregnanolone,” and “The Derivatives of Dihydrophenanthrene…”
The Chapel Hill Weekly, April 6, 1937
If you compare the dates of the meeting with the date of the editorial, you learn that ACS was adept at pre-meeting publicity.
If residents of a dormitory would allow their belongings to be temporarily removed from their dorm rooms so that ACS members could lodge there, the University gave them an astounding $1.25 rebate on each student’s room. That bargain made rooms available for some eleven hundred chemists. Five hundred more were housed in private homes in Chapel Hill, and the remainder found space in hotels in Durham.
There was a sit-down strike led by Irving Langmuir, the Nobel Laureate and Past President of the ACS. There were chartered buses from Durham to bring attendees back and
forth, but there were also regularly scheduled interurban buses. By mistake, Dr. Langmuir and some 25 other chemists in Durham mistakenly boarded one of the regular scheduled buses, which ended its route at a remote road junction, the normal stopping point for interurban buses. When the driver said that he would go no farther, there was an uproar. The chemists ultimately convinced the bus driver that it would be less trouble to take them to Wilson Library at UNC for registration than to remove their baggage in the middle of nowhere against their combined resistance. The predecessor of Chemical & Engineering News (Industrial and Engineering News, News Edition) reported, “Thus was transit in North Carolina cowed to chemical wishes without the aid of either the A.F.L. or the C.I.O., and even Secretary Perkins [Frances Perkins, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Secretary of Labor, and the first ever woman Cabinet member] had no cause to intervene.”
The News Edition also reported that you couldn’t eat more than 50¢ worth of food at the university cafeteria at any one meal. Coffee was three cents a cup, “great gobs” of ice cream five cents, fried chicken twenty cents per generous portion. The menu included “yams, fried grits, whole hominy, blackeyed peas, sweet potato pie, barbecue, and fried chicken all done to a queen’s taste.” Sessions were held in six campus buildings at UNC and the Hospital Amphitheatre at Duke.
North Carolina was dry, the UNC campus was dry, but northern ACS members were not necessarily. They were thwarted. A guest requested that water and soda be brought to his room. Later he went to the door to find ice and a package of Arm & Hammer baking soda.
One evening nine hundred chemists and their spouses went to a program at Duke University, of which a portion was a modified performance of The Mikado. For example:
The chemists that come in the spring, tra la,
With researches completely in line –
As we merrily dance and we sing, tra la,
We welcome the hope that they bring, tra la,
Of synthetic roses and wine;
So that’s what we mean when we say that a thing
Is welcome as chemists who come in the spring.
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Most reassuringly, the chief of police reported to the Durham newspapers on April 18, after everyone had gone home, that not a single arrest had been recorded in connection with the convention and that it had been one of the quietest held in Chapel Hill in the past few years. He must not have heard about Dr. Langmuir and his colleagues.
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I have shamelessly borrowed from my book, Carolina Chemists: Sketches from Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill: 1982, and even plagiarized from it. The copyright is held by The Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but I hope they will not come after me. After all, the chair of the department was one of my TAs in a laboratory course many years ago. Hi, Valerie!
By Maurice Bursey - North Carolina Section Historian
NC‐ACS has been selected as a finalist for a ChemLuminary award for the Best New Public Relations Program of a Local Section! We are being recognized for the NC‐ACS booth at the Festival for the Eno under the leadership of James Harrington, who also earned the Volunteer of the Year award. James and Past‐Chair Keith Levine will be representing NC‐ACS at the award ceremony. The awards ceremony will be on September 10 at the Fall National ACS Meeting in Indianapolis. Members of the NC‐ACS will present a poster titled: North Carolina Local Section: Public Relations and Outreach Activities. Here is a link to the poster! http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/History/ChemLuminary%20poster%202013.pdf
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North Carolina Section Senior Chemists Committee The first meeting of the (resurrected) North Carolina Section Senior Chemists Committee was a lunch meeting at the Golden Corral in RTP on May 21. Well over 30 fellow chemists attended. The meeting was initiated by Section Chair, Melissa Pasquinelli, who handed out certificates for 50 and 60 year of ACS membership to individuals attaining that status in 2012 and 2013.
General discussions addressed how often and where we should meet as well as possible activities of interest. It was decided that quarterly meetings would best fit members schedules. Possible future events include: meeting in area chemistry departments (in order for non‐academic chemists to observe the current state of academic research labs); visiting NCSU’s new Hunt Library on the Centennial Campus; a roundtable discussion of the “nuts and bolts” of entrepreneurship and consulting; serving as volunteer health and safety "officers" in K‐12 and local community colleges; reviewing papers and grants for Project SEED, junior faculty, undergrad/grad students; and serving as competition judges, perhaps for the Local Section poster session.
Further input is welcome (preferably via e‐mail to me or through the SCC listserve) on these or additional ideas.
After discussing organizational details, attendees got down to the main business of the meeting ‐ visiting with old and new friends and eating. Pictures from the event can be seen at http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/apps/photos/album?albumid=14810437
Many thanks to the hard work and input from Jim Chao, Brad Kosiba and Melissa Pasquinelli, and to all attending senior chemists for making the meeting a success
Calling All Senior Chemists! The next Senior Chemists’ get‐together will be held on Saturday, October 5 at 10:00 A.M. at the Hunt Library on the NCSU Centennial Campus http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary . I have to admit that I wasn’t sure how interesting a library tour would be, but, then, I went to the Library web site and found that Hunt is nothing like the college libraries we experienced. Please take the time to explore the web site. The library typically does not give tours on Saturday, but two of the guides are willing to give our group a special tour outside of their normal working hours. We opted for a Saturday rather than a week day tour because parking in the parking decks is open and free on the weekends! If you’ve tried to park on any of the local University campuses, you’ll know that this is an important consideration. After the tour, we will adjourn to one of the nearby dining options (Newton’s Grill and Dining) for coffee, snacks, or lunch, and mingling. Spouses and significant others are welcome to attend.
Although we don’t need an exact number of people attending, please let me know ([email protected]) if you intend to attend, so we have some idea of how many people will be there.
Volunteer, teaching and other opportunities: Poster judges, not associated with any of the local universities, are needed for the North Carolina Sectional Meeting. The meeting will be held November 1, in the evening at the NCSU College of Textiles (same venue as two years ago). We are hoping to get sufficient judges so that each individual judge is not overwhelmed. Please contact our Chair‐elect Paige Presler‐Jur at [email protected].
Phillip Carl is the chair of the science/technology program at OLLI http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/olli/. He is always looking for possible teachers for his programs. He'd appreciate it if any senior chemist who is interested in learning more about teaching at OLLI would get in touch with him. (e‐mail [email protected])
Sarah Rackley Olson is an attorney who works as the Forensic Resource Counsel for NC Indigent Defense Services. She assists attorneys with the forensic evidence in their cases, and frequently this evidence is GC‐MS data or Headspace GC data. She is looking anyone who may be interested in working as experts on defense cases. If anyone is interested in working on criminal cases, please contact Sarah at (919) 354‐7217.
Kenneth Tomer, Chair ([email protected]) Senior Chemists Committee NCACS
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Al Tonelli Receives Marcus Hobbs Service Award
Professor Al Tonelli has been a strong contributor to the North Carolina Local Section of the ACS. Dr. Tonelli served as Chair‐Elect and then Chair in 2006‐2007 before serving in the roles of Alternate Councilor and Councilor for NC‐ACS. In addition, he has been active with the ACS Polymer Discussion Group, and has been a key driving force in bringing in quality speakers. In addition, each year Dr. Tonelli takes part in NC‐ACS activities at the NC State Fair and at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences during ACS Chemistry week. Most impressively, he is passionate about Project SEED. He is a long standing member of the Project SEED subcommittee, and also serves as a Member of the ACS National SEED committee. He has been a Project SEED faculty mentor for many years to over 20 students, even partially funding their summer research or conference travel. Dr. Tonelli has helped several of his mentees get research publications and awards at science competitions. Last year, he
obtained an ACS Innovative Project Grant to help support a SEED Best Practices Symposium that he organized for the SERMACS 2012 meeting held in Raleigh last November. In 2011, Dr. Tonelli was selected as an ACS Fellow for his impressive professional record and his outstanding service to ACS.
In addition to all that he does for the ACS, Prof. Tonelli typifies an ideal academic researcher – proven research excellence, strong teaching record, and dedication to service both inside and outside North Carolina State University. Dr. Tonelli joined the Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science after a fruitful career in industry. As a professor he has mentored over 75 high school, undergraduate, graduate, and post‐doctoral students. He has a strong reputation in the polymer community, and has nearly 400 publications, including over 120 in the ACS Journal Macromolecules. He has served on the editorial board of Macromolecules and Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science. His strong research focus also earned him the NC‐ACS Distinguished Speaker award in 2007 and as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1989.
Orlin Velev is 2013 Distinguished Speaker Awardee
Dr. Orlin Velev received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, while also spending one year as a researcher in Nagayama Protein Array Project in Japan. After graduating in 1996, Velev accepted a postdoctoral position with the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware. He initiated an innovative program in colloidal assembly and nanomaterials and was promoted to research faculty in 1998. In 2001 formed his new research group in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, where he was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure in 2006, to full professor in 2008 and to Invista chaired professor in 2009. He has contributed more than 140 publications, which have been cited more than 9000 times, and has presented more than 168
invited presentations at major conferences and at universities and companies. Recent awards include NSF Career, Camille Dreyfus Teacher‐Scholar, Sigma Xi, Ralph E. Powe, NC State Alcoa Distinguished Engineering Research, NC State Innovator of the Year and election to an ACS Fellow. Velev is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Langmuir and Chemistry of Materials, as well as of Biomicrofluidics and Particle.
Velev has established a record of innovative research in the area of nanostructures with electrical and photonic functionality, biosensors and microfluidic devices. He has been the first to synthesize "inverse opals", one of the most widely studied types of photonic materials today. He also pioneered principles for microscopic biosensors with direct electrical detection, discovered techniques for electric field assembly of nanoparticle microwires and biosensors and investigated novel types of self‐assembling supraparticles, Janus particles, rod‐like particles and nanofibers. Recently Velev's group also reported new studies where external fields power self‐propelling devices, acting as prototypes of autonomous microrobots, micropumps and micromixers. In addition to teaching several core undergraduate classes, he has been an advocate of incorporating the latest achievements in the areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the engineering curriculum.
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Abstract for the 2013 Dis nguished Speaker Lecture presented at the 127th NC-ACS Local Sec on Mee ng
Principles and Engineering of Complex Particles that Interact, As-semble and Self-Propel in Programmed Patterns
Orlin D. VelevDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC [email protected]; http://crystal.che.ncsu.edu/
The design of self-assembling and self-motile particles brings forth a number of fascinating scientific and applied
problems. This talk will discuss how external AC fields can assemble asymmetric particles into structures with
programmable symmetry and how local field gradients can make complex particles move and perform various
functions. Directional polarization interactions drive the assembly of metallodielectric Janus particles into new
types of staggered chains and anisotropic crystals. Patchy metallodielectric particles in AC fields form networks
and crystals of unusual symmetry by quadrupolar and hexapolar interactions. A new class of permanently bound
linear structures was recently field-assembled from binary mixtures of microspheres of opposite charge with
strongly attractive interactions. We derive assembly rules for these structures based on the size ratio and number
ratio of the two types of particles. The second part of the talk will cover our progress in designing physical
mechanisms of making self-propelling particles, and identifying areas of their practical use. External AC electrical
fields can be used as means of providing energy, propelling and steering Janus metallo-dielectric spheres and
miniature semiconductor diodes that move, correspondingly, by particle-localized AC and DC
electrohydrodynamics. We demonstrate how the diode particles can be steered via the symmetry of the AC field and
hypothesize how an additional level of engineering can turn them into self-propelling microdevices. We will also
present a new class of gel-based self-propelling particles moving on water surface by Marangoni effect. They are
driven by a hydrogel reservoir releasing an ethanol flux that is cyclically disrupted by the bulk flows around the
particles. Interpretation of the role of ethanol mass-transfer enabled us to design particles that “dance” in
pre-programmed trajectories of translational and rotational steps. Finally, we will discuss how similar
self-propelling floaters may serve as a new tool for environmental remediation.
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Four NC‐ACS Members are made ACS Fellows in 2013!
DavidN.Beratan
DukeUniversity
Contributiontothescience/profession:Establishedthefirstsuccessfulpredictiveatomic‐scaletheoriesforelectrontunnelinginproteins,DNA,andsmallmolecules,stimulatingwide‐rangingexperimentalstudiesinthesefields.
ContributiontotheACScommunity:StronglyengagedinmentoringProjectSEEDstudentsinNorthCarolina.
JamesL.Chao
InternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation(Retired)
Contributiontothescience/profession:RecognizedfordesignanddevelopmentofnovelinterferometricmethodsinFouriertransformspectroscopyincludingtime‐resolvedFT‐IRandcustomizedoptical‐mechanicalaccessoriesforspecializedapplications.
ContributiontotheACScommunity:ChairstheCommitteeonPatentsandRelatedMatters.HasestablishedapipelineprotocoltoidentifychemistsforSocietynominationfornationalawards,includingtheNationalInventorsHallofFame,NationalWomen'sHallofFame,andNationalMedalofTechnologyandInnovation.
LouisDuBoseQuin
DukeUniversity(Emeritus)
Contributiontothescience/profession:RecognizedasaninternationalleaderinorganophosphoruschemistryandphosphorusNMRspectroscopythroughresearchpublications,severalbooks,andinternationalconferenceorganization.ServedasPresidentoftheInternationalCouncilonMainGroupChemistry(1996).
ContributiontotheACScommunity:ServedasChairoftheNorthCarolinaLocalSection(1984)andmemberoftheSocietyCommitteeonPublications(1983–1993).AlsoservedoneditorialandpublishingboardsofChemical&EngineeringNews(1983–1991).
OrlandoJ.Rojas
NorthCarolinaStateUniversity
Contributiontothescience/profession:Hasbeenaleaderintheinvestigationofphysicochemicalpropertiesandassemblyofplant‐basedbiopolymersatinterfacesandfibernanostructures.Contributionscoverfundamentalaspectsofthechemistryofnaturalresources.
ContributiontotheACScommunity:ServedasChair,ProgramChair,andCounciloroftheCelluloseandRenewableMaterialsDivision.Hasorganizednumeroussymposiaandworkedwithnetworksofscientistsworldwideindevelopingeducationalandresearchprograms.
From the ACS website: http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding‐and‐awards/fellows/list‐of‐2013‐acs‐fellows.html
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Call for NC‐ACS Local Section Nominations
The Executive Committee of the North Carolina American Chemical Society (NC‐ACS) is issuing a call for officer nominations for the 2014 calendar year. Elected officers serve on the NC‐ACS Executive Committee, which meets on a monthly basis during the academic year.
With eight positions open, there has never been a better time to get more involved with the ACS!
Open positions include:
Chair‐Elect (1 position; 2‐year term):
During the first year, the Chair‐Elect organizes the Local Section Conference, assists the Chair with management of the Section, and represents the Chair in his/her absence. The Chair‐Elect then serves as Chair during the second year of the term.
Secretary (1 position; 2‐year term):
The Secretary records minutes at Executive Committee meetings and maintains an organized and updated file of section records.
Treasurer (1 position; 2‐year term):
The Treasurer maintains a ledger showing income, expenses, and assets of the section according to ACS guidelines, reports Section financial status at each meeting of the Executive Committee, and files appropriate income tax form(s) each year.
Councilor (2 positions; 3‐year term):
Councilors attend, participate in, and vote at meetings of the ACS National Council, which are generally held at ACS National meetings, as often as possible; they also reports to the Executive Committee matters of interest that are considered or acted on at National Council meetings.
Alternate Councilor (2 positions; 3‐year term):
Alternate Councilors substitute for Councilors at meetings of the ACS National Council, as necessary.
Alternate Councilor (1 position; 1‐year term):
Alternate Councilors substitute for Councilors at meetings of the ACS National Council, as necessary.
For a full description of the duties for each position, please refer to the online NC‐ACS job manual: http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/Executive%20Committee/job_manual.html.
Please send all nominations to Keith Levine, Chair of the Nominating Committee, by e‐mail ([email protected]).
Nominations are due by September 30th.
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NC‐ACS ListServers The official email listserve of the membership of the NC‐ACS Local Section, based on the membership rosters from ACS, is [email protected]. Inclusion on this email listserve is automatic for dues‐paying members. The following email listserves are also hosted by the NC‐ACS Local Section but are open to anyone who is interested in the chemical sciences and engineering in the region:
ncacs: Announcements of job opportunities and activities that are NOT sponsored by NC‐ACS ncacs_ycc: Announcements of the Younger Chemists Committee (<= 35 years old) ncacs_scc: Announcements of the Senior Chemists Committee (>= 50 years old) ncacs_wcc: Announcements of the Women Chemists Committee ncacs‐volunteers: For people interested in contributing and/or leading NC‐ACS activities ncchemed: Announcements about Chemical Education (K‐12 and Community College)
To subscribe to the LISTNAME list, send this one‐line message to [email protected]:
subscribe listname [email protected]
replacing "listname" with the name of the list and replacing "[email protected]" with the address you want to subscribe to the list. You can opt out of any of these lists at any time by doing the previous steps, replacing “subscribe” with “unsubscribe”, and where [email protected] is the address used for you by the list.
NCACS is on Facebook and Linked In
Our facebook address is: http://www.facebook.com/NorthCarolinaACS?ref=ts&fref=ts
Once you have become a member of LinkedIn, you can join the group named the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. There are many ongoing interesting discussions and job postings as well.
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NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee Meetings The NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee meets on the first Wednesday of every month. Meetings are held at the Hamner Institute in the Research Triangle Park at 4:30 p.m. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend! Get to know your Executive Committee! Get involved! Volunteer! Address: The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences 6 Davis Drive PO Box 12138 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709‐2137 The next four meetings are scheduled: Wednesday, Sep 4 at 4:30 PM ‐ 6:00 PM
Wednesday, Oct 2 at 4:30 PM ‐ 6:00 PM
Wednesday, Nov 6 at 4:30 PM ‐ 6:00 PM
Wednesday, Dec 4 at 4:30 PM ‐ 6:00 PM
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New Members March 2013
Anne Abruzzo Lukas Erik Chaloupka Mee‐Kyung Chung Ms Kimberly Anne Au Hinton Mr Augustus L Jones Mr William S Letter Dr Bo Li Mr Yuanchao Li Ms Lan Luo Ms Louise D Mayer Ms Gwen McNeill Jitisha Patel Joseph Polli DrLaura S Privalle Dr Greg Runyon Dr Erik Emilio Santiso Holly K Schiltz Ms Fabienne Schwab Prof Adrienne D.Stiff‐Roberts Mr Jonathan A Trullinger Dr Chien‐Chung Wang Dr Joseph Darren Wisk Mr Dehui Zhang
April 2013 Ms Ellen L Arthur Mr Joonhyung Cho Mr Jeffrey Frederick DiBerto Dr Francis Kwaku Duah Dr Nita Anderson Eskew Tom Linz Mr William Daniel Mackay Nooria Razai Ms Margaret Schneider Mr Roger Sommer Ms Mei Sun Miss Iris Wagstaff
May 2013 Mr Stacey D Best Dr Felix N Castellano Mr Abhishek Chhetri Dr Darrin R Dabideen
Dr William M Davis Renea Eckelkamp Ms Melissa Katherine Gish Ms Danielle E Gorka Dr Tao Jiang Mr Yang Liu James Patrick McCord Mr Mason J Risley Dr Elizabeth Anne Shank Wenbo Shi Stacey Turner Dr Narendiran Vitchuli Gangadharan Dr Qingda Zang
June 2013 Dr W Del Alley Travis Cervantez David Coleman Mr James Vincent Giarrusso Mr Randy Ira Hecht Dr Olexandr Isayev Dr Matthew R Lockett Ciana Lopez Raoul Noumbissi John Perry Mr William Tyler Steede Dr Robin Sur Dr Kathryn A Tworkoski Samantha Viviani Ms Melanie Wiley Brandon Zoellner
July 2013 Mr Walt H Bassett William Batten Mrs Tamesha LaVette Bernadel Mark Bokhart Kelsey R Brereton Mr Chenxiao Da Prof Michael D Dickey Prof Jeffrey T Glass Dr Huazhang Huang
Hoshin Kim Mr Nicholas J Maurer Ms Samantha Anne Meiser Devin Montague Maggie Moore Dr Anke Reinold Mr Charles W Spicer Mr Cameron L Stevens Mr Scott C Warren Ms Emily Grace Werth Dr Tianbo Xu
Members who have passed Dr Ronald C Greene
Dr Michael Colvin Dr James F Bonk Dr Frank H Field
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NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee – Winter 2013
Name Affiliation Office Term Phone
Voting Members
Melissa Pasquinelli NCSU Chair 2013 919‐515‐9426
Paige Presler‐Jur RTI International Chair‐Elect 2013 919‐541‐6813
Sally Eckert‐Tilotta NIEHS Secretary 2012‐2014 919‐541‐1446
Joan T. Bursey NCBA at EPA Treasurer 2011‐2013 919‐5412253
Jamie Saunders Saunders Graphics TarHelium Editor 2012‐ 919‐545‐9581
Alvin L. Crumbliss Duke University Councilor 2013‐2014 919‐660‐1540
Richard A. Palmer Duke University Councilor 2013‐2014 919‐672‐7991
Sara Paisner PN&S Consulting, LLC Councilor 2011‐2013 919‐830‐5275
Laura S. Sremaniak NCSU Councilor 2011‐2013 919‐515‐2937
James Lee Chao IBM (retired) Councilor 2012‐2014 919‐481‐2060
Dorian A. Canelas Duke University Alternate Councilor 2010‐2013 919‐660‐1537
Alan E. Tonelli NCSU Alternate Councilor 2010‐2012 919‐515‐6588
Suraj Dhungana RTI International Alternate Councilor 2011‐2013 919‐541‐6601
Reshan Fernando RTI International Alternate Councilor 2011‐2013 919‐541‐6730
Melissa Pasquinelli NCSU Alternate Councilor 2011‐2013 919‐515‐9426
Keith Levine RTI International Past Chair 2012 919‐541‐8886
Kenneth Tomer NIEHS Past Chair 2011 919‐541‐1966
Marc ter Horst UNC‐CH Past Chair 2010 919‐843‐5802
John Hines RTI International Past Chair 2009 919‐541‐6647
Non‐Voting Members
Melinda Box Duke University WebMaster
Maurice M. Bursey UNC‐CH (retired) Ex Officio 919‐493‐3025
Kenneth A. Cutler NCCU Project SEED, Ex Officio
919‐530‐6172
Stephen D. Cooper RTI International TCDG, Ex Officio
Thomas M. O’Connell UNC‐CH TMRDG, Ex Officio 919‐483‐1535
Michael C. Fitzgerald Duke University TAMS, Ex Officio
Larry K. Krannich Alabama Academy
of Science Director, District IV 2011‐2013