Volume 46, Issue 2 October 2015 A Note from the Chair Dear Fellow Chemical Professionals and Enthusiasts, Welcome to the special election issue of the TarHelium! Yes, it is that time of the year for us to choose our local section officers for the upcoming term. As I pointed out in the last issue of TarHelium, our local section has been very active and we have accomplished a lot with the active involvement of our members and volunteers; I sincerely request our members to continue their involvement by participating in the upcoming elections. This year we have openings for Chair‐Elect, two Councilors, and two Alternate Councilors. Please take some time to read the candidate profiles (Pages 2‐11) and cast your votes when the e‐voting links are released. The past few weeks have been scientifically outstanding for our local section. Our local section is the home to two of the Nobel laureates in Chemistry for 2015, Dr. Paul Modrich and Dr. Aziz Sancar (Page 12). NC ACS local section would like to congratulate this year’s winners for their outstanding contribution to science. As a part of our outstanding local section scientific traditions, we successfully hosted our annual local section meeting (Page 13). Thank you all the participants, volunteers, and presenters for attending the meeting, and our Chair‐Elect Dori Canelas for organizing this year’s event. Continuing with our local section’s success in science, in this issue of Tar Helium, you can read more about some of the youngest scientist of our local section, the project SEED students, and their scientific presentations to the fellow local section members (Page 24). We also had a number of other outreach activities in the past few weeks: Networking Breakfast by WCC members (Page 26), Visit to the Cotton Incorporated World Headquarters by the SCC members (Page 27), and La Fiesta del Pueblo by the Outreach Committee (Page 26). Before the end of the year we still have few more events in the calendar for our members to enjoy. These include: the North Carolina State Fair (Page 18)Science Café (Page 17), and National Chemistry Week celebratory events (Page 20) and competitions (Page 21). Please consider joining us in some of the upcoming events to celebrate local section science. 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. Sincerely, Suraj Dhungana [email protected]In This Issue: A Note from the Chair P1 Elections List of Nominations P2 Candidate for Chair‐Elect P2 Candidates for Councilor P3 Candidates for Alternate Councilor P3 NC‐ACS News! Two Area Chemists share 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! P12 Reports from the North Carolina American Chemical Society’s 129th Local Section Conference P13 129th NC ACS Local Section Conference Poster Award Winners P13 Congratulations to our 50 and 60 Year Members!! P15 NC ACS Project SEED Team honored with the 2015 Marcus Hobbs Award P15 Conferences and Events! SERC Conference Oct 15‐16, 2015 P16 Science Café, Scientific Solutions to Global Energy Challenges P17 Call for Volunteers NC State Fair October 15‐25, 2015 P18 Call for Judges! Call for Judges for the NC International Science Challenge (NCISC) P19 Contests! National Chemistry Week P20 Chemtube! P21 NCACS History Vivian Thomas Stannett P22 Reports from NC‐ACS Committees Project SEED Biogen Idec Tour P23 The NC‐ACS Project SEED give oral presentations of their projects P24 Outreach Committee La Fiesta del pueblo! P26 Women Chemists Committee Women Chemists Committee Networking Breakfast 2015 P26 Continued P2
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Volume 46, Issue 2 October 2015
A Note from the Chair
Dear Fellow Chemical Professionals and Enthusiasts, Welcome to the special election issue of the TarHelium! Yes, it is that time of the year for us to choose our local section officers for the upcoming term. As I pointed out in the last issue of TarHelium, our local section has been very active and we have accomplished a lot with the active involvement of our members and volunteers; I sincerely request our members to continue their involvement by participating in the upcoming elections. This year we have openings for Chair‐Elect, two Councilors, and two Alternate Councilors. Please take some time to read the candidate profiles (Pages 2‐11) and cast your votes when the e‐voting links are released.
The past few weeks have been scientifically outstanding for our local section. Our local section is the home to two of the Nobel laureates in Chemistry for 2015, Dr. Paul Modrich and Dr. Aziz Sancar (Page 12). NC ACS local section would like to congratulate this year’s winners for their outstanding contribution to science. As a part of our outstanding local section scientific traditions, we successfully hosted our annual local section meeting (Page 13). Thank you all the participants, volunteers, and presenters for attending the meeting, and our Chair‐Elect Dori Canelas for organizing this year’s event. Continuing with our local section’s success in science, in this issue of Tar Helium, you can read more about some of the youngest scientist of our local section, the project SEED students, and their scientific presentations to the fellow local section members (Page 24).
We also had a number of other outreach activities in the past few weeks: Networking Breakfast by WCC members (Page 26), Visit to the Cotton Incorporated World Headquarters by the SCC members (Page 27), and La Fiesta del Pueblo by the Outreach Committee (Page 26). Before the end of the year we still have few more events in the calendar for our members to enjoy. These include: the North Carolina State Fair (Page 18)Science Café (Page 17), and National Chemistry Week celebratory events (Page 20) and competitions (Page 21). Please consider joining us in some of the upcoming events to celebrate local section science.
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.
NC ACS Election Nominations There is One Candidate for Chair‐Elect Joon Cho Page 2 There are Four Candidates for Two Councilors Spots Al Crumbliss Page 3 James Harrington Page 4 Brad Kosiba Page 5 Richard Palmer Page 6 There are Six Candidates for Two Alternate Councilors Spots Gaylen Bradley Page 7 Dori Canelas Page 8 Katherine Glasgow Page 9 Clair Claiborne Page 10 Richard Spontak No Bio Ved Srivastava Page 11
Candidates for NC‐ACS 2015 Elections
Candidates for Chair‐Elect Candidate Name
Joonhyung Cho
Seeking Position
Chair‐Elect (2016)
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
MS in Inorganic Chemistry from University of New Hampshire, Durham, NC
BA in Chemistry from Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry
Travel, soccer, Hockey East, SEC football, ACC basketball
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS Local ACS: NC‐ACS member since 2013; previously served as Chair and participated in for ACS Baton Rouge, LA Local Section; served as an executive member for 2012 ACS Southwestern Regional Meeting in Baton Rouge, LA
National ACS: Associate for ACS Committee for Patents and Related Matters (CPRM) since 2015; Organized and participated several symposiums in the Division of Small Chemical Business and the Division of Chemistry and the Law in National meetings
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments
I am an Industry Relations Officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have an extensive background in academic‐industrial
Young Chemists Committee YCC hosts a social event at Old Chicago in Chapel Hill P27 Senior Chemists Senior Chemists Visit Cotton Incorporated World Headquarters P27 NCACS is on Facebook and LinkedIn P28 Local Science Cafes! P29 Education List Serves P30 NC‐ACS ListServs P30 NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee Meetings P31 NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee P32
The TarHelium is a publication of
The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society (NCACS) Suraj Dhungana, Chair
Dorian Canelas, Chair Elect Caroline Sloan, Secretary J. T. Bursey, Treasurer
research partnership, technology transfer, and innovation management. In this role, I actively engage UNC faculty and the private sector in forming strategic corporate collaborations. Most recently, I led UNC’s technology development for managing a diverse portfolio of faculty technologies and startups in the physical sciences. Before I joined UNC, I managed agricultural biotechnology intellectual property portfolios at the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected The North Carolina Local Section of ACS provides numerous networking, learning, and leadership opportunities to our members through volunteering in local/regional events, meetings, social events, regional meetings, and opportunities to serve on the Executive Committee. I’ve personally seen real benefit with this and hope to help continue to carry on the legacy of excellence for our members by becoming chair‐elect in 2016.
Candidates for NC‐ACS 2014 Elections
Candidates for Councilor Candidate Name Alvin L. Crumbliss Seeking Position Councilor Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded Ph.D. Northwestern University, Inorganic Chemistry, 1969 A.B. Knox College, 1964 Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry Sports and race cars Travel Biking Reading Family Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS Al is a 45 year member of NC/ACS, is a former section Chair, currently serves on the Executive Committee, and has been a Councilor since 1998. During that period he has served nationally as sub‐committee chair of the International Activities Committee, Education Committee, and Joint Board/Council Committee on Publications, and currently serves on the Joint Board/Council Budget & Finance Committee. Locally he chaired a committee to design the current format for local section meetings. Al has been active with our Project Seed program serving on the advisory committee and as a mentor. He has promoted science education through activities such as AACT membership for public school teachers. Al has been recognized by the NC/ACS with the Hobbs Service Award (2003) and NC Distinguished Lecturer Award (2009). Most Significant Professional Accomplishments Al is currently the University Distinguished Service Professor at Duke University. Previous administrative positions at Duke include Chemistry Department Chair, Dean of Natural Sciences and Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. While at Duke he received the Brooks Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Duke University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award, and the Dean's Distinguished Service Award. Al is an industrial consultant and serves on the Science Advisory Board of Rockwell Medical Inc., as well as the Editorial Board of Metallomics. He is Associate Editor of BioMetals. Al’s research is in the area of bioinorganic and biophysical chemistry, which has resulted in over 235 publications. Additional research awards include the Karcher Medal from Oklahoma University and the French Academy of Sciences/Elf‐Aquitaine Chemistry Chair in Strasbourg, France. Al is a Fellow of the ACS, Royal Society of Chemistry and the AAAS, and is the recipient of the 2012 Herty Medal from the Georgia Section/ACS. Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected Al is in the first year of a 4‐year term on the Joint Board/Council Budget & Finance Committee, which monitors and advises the national ACS budget process, including how we raise and spend a ~$7M annual budget to best provide services to our 160,000 members worldwide. As the discipline of chemistry and what it means to be a chemist continues to rapidly change, Al plans to work at the national and local level to make sure the ACS serves this changing need. He will continue to work on K‐12 education, employment opportunities and building the chemistry community locally.
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Candidate Name:
James Harrington
Seeking Position:
Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded:
B.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, (2004)
Ph.D., Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC (2010)
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry:
Board games, cooking, gardening, and travel
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS: In my capacity as the Outreach coordinator since 2013, I have organized NC‐ACS outreach activities at the Festival for the Eno River and National Chemistry Week activities since 2010 and the Triangle Sci‐Tech Expo since 2014. I have also assisted in the organization of other outreach activities including La Fiesta del Pueblo since 2013. In addition, I have served as shift leader at the NC State Fair outreach booth since 2013. I have been an integral part of the reinvigoration of the NC‐ACS Younger Chemists Committee by helping to plan social networking events from 2013 to present. I have identified leaders for this group and have mentored them so that they could be a sustained YCC. During my tenure on the Executive Committee, I co‐chaired the submission of two awarded Innovative Project Grants to the ACS for programs in the local section (ChemTube competition and upcoming YCC/SCC joint program). With the help of Melissa Pasquinelli, I have managed the Chem‐Tube competition annually since being awarded the IPG. In 2014, I spearheaded the first ever NC‐ACS Illustrated Poetry Contest, and ensured the NC‐ACS winner was submitted to the National Competition. Finally, I help to maintain the NC‐ACS social networking presence (Twitter, YouTube, Facebook) to get the word out about the great things our section is doing.
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments:
Both before and after the completion of my doctorate studies, I have contributed to numerous peer‐reviewed publications in the fields of biogeochemistry and analytical chemistry. During that time, I have mentored a number of rising scientists at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I have also served the broader scientific community by acting as a peer reviewer for a number of journals. I currently serve as the University Liaison for Analytical Sciences at the RTI International.
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected: The ACS needs to expand its outreach to younger members and to the public in a number of ways, which I will pursue as councilor. First, I will continue my work with the Younger Chemists Committee and Senior Chemists Committee in implementing the mentoring program for younger chemists, which was recently awarded an Innovative Project Grant by National ACS. In addition, I will attempt to find new ways to recruit talented, motivated individuals to help with organizing many of the great activities we do throughout the year. This recruiting effort will help to develop new leaders both within the local chemical community and for the future of the local section and ensure that we always have a vibrant pipeline of volunteer leaders. My experiences in leading outreach efforts for the NC‐ACS will allow me to guide the NC‐ACS Executive Committee as a Councilor. I look forward to the opportunity to represent the NC‐ACS at National ACS Meetings where I will advocate for our local section and bring new ideas from the Councilor meetings back to the NC‐ACS where we can implement these improvements.
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Candidate Name
Bradley E Kosiba
Seeking Position
Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
PhD Biochemistry from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA Biology from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry
Gardening, Beekeeping, Home and Facility Repair, Masters Swimming, Hiking & Camping
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS Together with Ken Tomer, I started the Senior Chemists Committee and established our successful SCC Tourist program for all NC ACS members and their guests. Tours have included a polymer manufacturing plant, a metabolomics lab, an art gallery and a local dairy, among others.
I am serving on our Long Term Planning Committee, where we brought more stability to our local budgeting process to ensure that the SERMACS funding will support us for a decade.
Currently, I am helping organize a new SEED Advisory Board. I also secured our first new outside funding for a SEED position (from the NC Biotechnology Center Biomanufacturing and Process Development (bpd) Exchange group).
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments
Led elements of early HibTITER® and Prevnar® vaccine development and clinical production at Praxis, Lederle and Wyeth. Awarded the ACS Heroes of Chemistry for leading Early Prevnar Vaccine Development.
Directed Wyeth’s response to the FDA consent decree closure of key Vaccine R&D GMP facilities.
Directed design, construction and validation of the $200MM GMP Full Scale Development Facility at Wyeth’s Sanford vaccine site (now Pfizer).
Directed Wyeth Global R&D’s capital strategy & engineering group, reducing capital spend by half across global R&D.
Established first‐time collaborations between NC ACS, NC Biotech Center “bpd” group and local International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers chapter in the form of cross funding and co‐sponsoring projects and events.
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected As a Councilor, I will support our wide variety of local member activities and public outreach efforts. I will also continue to work to expand collaborations with other professional groups in the area in support of common interests. Finally, I will support our new PR efforts to publicize our programs and successes.
I will represent the section’s needs and achievements to national and represent national’s needs and services back to us. At its best, this can generate debate and discussion across the national/local divide. Promoting that crosstalk is essential.
Finally, current active NC‐ACS members are from academic/non‐profit backgrounds. I hope to continue our strong efforts in that arena while stimulating new engagement with local biopharmaceutical professionals and our BIOT Division (and also explore other local industries whose chemical professionals could benefit from our community). Biotech hotspots in other regions have high levels of participation in ACS and the BIOT Division, why not us?
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Candidate Name
Richard A. Palmer
Seeking Position
Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
University of Texas, Austin, BS, Chemistry, 1957
University of Illinois, Urbana, PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, 1965
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry
Gardening, Flyfishing, Musical Theater
Contributions to NC‐ACS and the ACS
Richard Palmer has served the NC Section of the ACS in some capacity almost continuously since the mid 1960's. His activities include 1967‐1968 Program Committee, 1969 and 1975 (Chair), 1985‐8 Nominating Committee, 1970‐71 Awards Committee, 1972 Hospitality Committee, 1977 Chairman of first Budget Committee, 1977 Chair Elect, 1978 Chair during which time he reorganized the Section budget procedures, 1987 Steering Committee for Symposium on High‐Tc Superconductors, 1988 Co‐Chairman of NC ACS Symposium on Chemistry at Surfaces and Interfaces, 1999 NC Distinguished Speaker Award Committee, 2000 State Fair Activities Committee, 2000 National Chemistry Week Activities Committee, 2005‐09, Chair, Budget Priorities Committee, and 1990‐present, Executive Committee as Councilor.
He has also served at the National ACS level, first in 1968 on the Initial Task Force that established Project SEED through the Subcommittee on the Education and Employment of the Disadvantaged. From 1990‐present, he has represented the NC Section on the National Council. From 1999‐2005 he served on the Joint Board‐Council Committee on International Activities and then until 2012 on the Council Committee on Meetings and Expositions (M&E), including two years as the Chair of the Site Selection Subcommittee. He now serves on the Council Committee on Local Section Activities (LSAC), recently on the Grants and Awards Sub Committee and now on the Communications Sub Committee.
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments:
Richard has been a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Duke University from 2008 to the present. He was the Director of Graduate Studies in Chemistry at Duke from 1979 to 1982 and Director of Chemistry for Executives at Duke from 1992 to 2008. He was awarded Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Lambda Upsilon. He is a University Fellow, August Kochs Fellow, and Socony‐Mobil Fellow. He was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award in 2000 and the Marcus E. Hobbs Award of the NC Section of the ACS in 2001. He became an ACS Fellow in 2012 and an Honorary Member of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy in 2015.
From 1966 to 2008 he supervised 29 PhD dissertations and 8 Masters theses and mentored 36 undergraduate senior thesis students and 10 postdoctoral associates. He is the coauthor (with W. E. Hatfield) of "Problems in Structural Inorganic Chemistry," W. A. Benjamin, 1971, and of over 140 peer‐reviewed research publications.
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS and National ACS if Elected:
If reelected to as Councilor, I intend to continue to participate in the monthly Section Executive Committee meetings and to represent the Section at the semi annual national meetings of the society each year. At Section meetings, along with the several other long‐serving members, I try to offer the perspective of previous experience to the deliberations of current issues and projects. At the national meetings, in addition to participating in the meeting of the Council, as a member of the Council Committee on local section activities (LSAC), (which, like other national committees, meets for two days prior to the opening of each national meeting), I will be working with the newly formed sub committee on communications. This sub committee is charged with developing better avenues of communication with and for the 185 local sections so as to help the sections’ leadership teams carry out their crucial “ground level” role in furthering the objectives and goals of the Society. (Previously I was on the Grants and Awards sub committee, which receives and reviews the proposals for innovative projects and science cafés and the self nominations for local section ChemLuminary awards.)
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Candidates for Alternate Councilor Candidate Name
Sterling Gaylen Bradley
Seeking Position:
Alternate Councilor
College/Universities Attended: Degrees Awarded:
Missouri State University, BA Chemistry, BS Biology
Northwestern University, MS Life Sciences, PhD Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry:
Gardening, International travel, Community and international affairs
Legislative outreach committees in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
NC‐ACS member including being on the Senior Chemists Committee, volunteering at the NC Museum of Science, and participating in special programs.
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments:
More than 220 technical publications. Life Achievement Penn State Hershey Postdoctoral Association (2012), Outstanding Community Outreach Penn State Hershey (2011), Co‐founder and President of the Foundation for Immunotoxicology (1990‐97), Life Achievement Science Museum of Virginia, 1996, Virginia Commonwealth University Riese‐Melton Award for Multicultural Understanding (1991), Missouri State University Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Charles Porter Award of the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (1983), Senior International Fellow of the Fogarty International Center (1978). Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Microbiology and the Virginia Academy of Science. President Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (1964‐65) and the US Federation for Culture Collections (1984‐86). Rose through academic ranks to Professor at the University of Minnesota, Chair of Microbiology and Immunology and Dean of Basic Health Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, Vice President for Academic Affairs University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, and Visiting Professor at Penn State Hershey.
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected:
To work collaboratively with elected and appointed leaders of NC‐ACS and ACS as appropriate. To serve the members of NC‐ACS. To participate in programs of NC‐ACS and ACS. To assist NC‐ACS and ACS in fulfilling their goals, and to promote an understanding of chemistry within the profession and among public constituencies.
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Candidate Name
Dorian Canelas
Seeking Position
Alternate Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1997).
B.S., Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (1993).
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry
Volleyball, hiking, reading, activity with my children
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS Chair‐elect, NC ACS local section (2015)
Alternative Councilor, Executive Committee, ACS North Carolina Section (2009‐present) Attended National Council meeting and voted on behalf of the section at the following ACS meetings: March, 2009 (Salt Lake City), March, 2010 (San Francisco), August, 2010 (Boston), March 2012 (San Diego)
ACS North Carolina Polymer Discussion Group: Chair (2000‐2001), Program Chair (1999‐2000), and Treasurer (1998‐1999)
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments
Currently employed as Assistant Professor of the Practice at Duke University
Previously worked as a Lecturer at North Carolina State University and also spent five years in industry at Lord Corporation before returning to academia.
24 Peer‐reviewed publications Scholarly work funded by grants from the Gates Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Bass Connections Institute in Education and Human Development. Previous funding for teaching innovations at Duke received from the Paletz Innovative Teaching Grant, Center for Instructional Technology (Coursera innovation and Flipped Faculty Fellowship), and Dean’s Office mini‐grant initiatives.
University‐wide recognition for course evaluations among the top 5% of all undergraduate instructors at Duke for medium and large classes. (Spring, 2013)
Named on “N.C. State’s 2011 Most Loved Professors” list (Top 5 faculty cited in university‐wide poll administered to 1700 students by MyEdu.com.) (2011)
Co‐Recipient, Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (National Award) (1997)
Eastman Chemical Fellowship (1996‐1997)
NSF grant: NATO Advanced Study Institute in Spain (1996)
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected I have represented our local section at national Council meeting at the ACS meetings several times in the past, and I will be happy to serve in that capacity again in the event that a regular Councilor is unable to attend. I will continue my service by working with the 2015 executive committee to support ongoing local section activities and programs, such as the discussion groups, Project SEED, numerous public outreach events, and member events sponsored by WCC, YCC, senior chemists, and other committees. During the next year the local section leadership plans to implement a strategic plan to increase visibility of NC‐ACS section and use that to attract new members and corporate sponsors.
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Candidate Name
C. Clair Claiborne
Seeking Position
Alternate Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS: B. A. Chemistry
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL: PhD. Materials Science and Engineering
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry
Amateur Radio
Piano
Reading
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS
ACS (Youngstown, Ohio) Local Section 1988‐1990 Secretary/Treasurer
ACS Act4Chemistry Member (current)
SciTech Expo 2014 Volunteer
Lacy Elementary Science Fair Judge 2014 and 2015
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments
American Chemical Society's 54th Southeast Regional Industrial Innovation Award
Award of Merit – ASTM International
IR100 Award for Invention of BIOTEMP, a natural ester transformer fluid
Over 50 publications and 11 patents
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected:
As an Alternate Councilor, I will be an active attendee at the Executive Committee meetings to lend support and advice to the other officers. I look forward to the opportunity to assist in planning events as well as meeting new people and renewing acquaintances across the NC‐ACS Local Section.
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Candidate Name:
Katherine C Glasgow
Seeking Position:
Alternate Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded:
Ph.D., Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington, IN (2000) B.S., Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (1995)
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS:
Member of ACS Committee on Science 2008‐2015, Chair 2013‐2015
Served on Marinda Wu’s Supply and Demand Task Force 2013‐2014
Member of ACS Younger Chemists Committee 1998‐2008, Chair 2006‐2007
Hosted Senior Chemists Committee at tour of Nomacorc, 2015
Volunteered at Fiesta Del Pueblo, 2014 and 2010
Presented at the Polymer Discussion Group, 2009
Numerous presentations and symposia organized/chaired at ACS National Meetings
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments:
Currently Vice President of Product R&D at Vinventions
Won Venable Medal in Chemistry (1995)
Over 23 US patents filed
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected:
My interest in ACS service at both the local and national levels is how to increase industrial participation and also increase industrial/academic partnerships. With such a diverse local section which encompasses top notch academic institutions and also all levels of industry, we may be able to provide some leadership to the national ACS in terms of best practices for student internships and programs of interest to all chemists.
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Candidate Name
Ved Srivastava
Seeking Position
Alternate Councilor
Colleges/Universities Attended; Degrees Awarded
Ph.D.
Hobbies/Interests Outside of Chemistry:
Travel, community service
Contributions to the NC‐ACS and the ACS: Dr. Ved Srivastava, was chair of the Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, Southeast Regional Meeting of the ACS, SERMACS, Raleigh, NC (2012). Prior to that he was a Councilor of the San Diego Section of the American Chemical Society (2006‐2012), and was Chairman of the San Diego Section in 2004. He has served the section in several capacities: chair of Professional Development Committee (2000‐2003), an alternate councilor (2002) and program chair of Bioentrepreneur Symposium (2002) held at UCSD. On the National ACS level, Ved served as program co‐chair of the 41st Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Ved was a Member of the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) of the ACS (2005‐2008), and he is an ACS Career Consultant with the Department of Career Services (2002‐present).
Dr. Ved Srivastava is two times recipient of the ‘Outstanding Service Award’ (2004 and 2008) of the San Diego Section of the ACS for his significant contributions to the Society. Ved has been member of the American Peptide Society since 1989 and served as co‐chair of 24th American Peptide Symposium.
Most Significant Professional Accomplishments:
Ved is co‐founder and Vice President at Phoundry Pharmaceuticals, prior to that he was Head of Peptide Chemistry at GlaxoSmithKline; and Vice President of research and production at New England Peptide. He spent several years with Amylin Pharmaceuticals where he focused on discovery and development of novel peptide hormones for diabetes, obesity and neuropsychiatric therapies. He has significantly contributed in the development of Byetta™, Symlin™, and Bydeureon™ for the treatment of diabetes. He also directed the research chemistry team of Psylin Neurosciences, Inc., a biotech company formed as a joint venture between Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and PshychoGenics, Inc. Ved has over 25 years of experience with expertise in drug discovery in the area metabolic diseases and inflammation with major emphasis in peptide medicinal chemistry and peptide delivery.
He earned a Ph.D.in organic chemistry from the University of Lucknow, India and had subsequent postdoctoral appointments at the University of Georgia and the University of Colorado Medical School. Ved is energetically involved in the governance of the American Peptide Society and the American Chemical Society
Plans for Service to the NC‐ACS, if Elected: As a council member, I would pledge to support the society’s goals and would promote (a) interaction with researchers in academics and industries engaged in basic research (b) reaching‐out to other local organizations such as RTP180, to work in conjunction with ACS and (c) provide guidance to young and experienced scientists for job opportunities and career development.
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NC‐ACS News!
Two Area Chemists share 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry! Submitted by Caroline Sloan
Paul Modrich, Ph.D., of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University School of Medicine, Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D., the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and Tomas Lindahl, M.D., Ph.D., of Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory (U.K.) share the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on their work about mechanistic studies of DNA repair!
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the prize “for having mapped, at a molecular level, how cells repair damaged DNA and safeguard the genetic information.”
President of the ACS Diane Grob Schmidt, Ph.D., congratulates today’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and said, “The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes the critical role chemistry plays in repairing and replicating human DNA, which is the blueprint of life itself,” says Schmidt. “Understanding these processes will help us develop and design therapies to intervene when DNA errors are internally or externally caused. I extend my congratulations to all three of this year’s winners, and I am so proud that Sancar is a 29‐year member of ACS.”
Sancar won the Distinguished Lecturer of 2001 award from our section, the North Carolina Section of the ACS!
Chancellor Carol L. Folt of the University of North Carolina ‐ Chapel Hill said this about the award “This is a very special day for UNC‐Chapel Hill and we are honored to share this forever moment with Duke University – two institutions with a long history of making history. It is a remarkable achievement for the vibrant Triangle region and the State of North Carolina.”
DNA, the blueprint of life, must have mechanisms to detect errors in its code due to ultraviolet radiation, free radicals of oxygen, and carcinogenic substances that get in the way of cell division. Thousands of these errors occur every day across the body’s 10 trillion cells, which can lead to cancer. These mechanisms are what both Sancar and Modrich have been studying for many years.
Dr. Modrich studies the mismatch repair system or MMR, which proofreads the DNA and reduces the number of errors by a factor of a thousand. His work has also shown that if the MMR is inactive, it can lead to colon cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and 20 to 30 percent of sporadic tumors found in many tissues. The DNA repair systems are also very important in determining not only if a cancer will form, but also how the cancer responds to treatments, and the side effects of these therapies.
Dr. Sancar mapped the sequences of the DNA repair processes, particularly nucleotide excision repair. When this repair process is inactive, people may develop skin cancer who are exposed to sunlight. His team’s most recent accomplishment was creating a DNA repair map of the entire human genome. “With this map, we can now say to a fellow scientist, ‘tell us the gene you’re interested in or any spot on the genome, and we’ll tell you how it is repaired,’” Sancar said. “Out of six billion base pairs, pick out a spot and we’ll tell you how it is repaired.”
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NC‐ACS News!
Reports from the North Carolina American Chemical Society’s 129th Local Section Conference!
Waters Honored as the 2015 NC ACS Distinguished Speaker Prof. Marcey Waters of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was honored with the Distinguished Speaker Award at the 129th local section conference of the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. The conference was held on Sept. 18th, 2015 in the French Family Science Center at Duke University. Over 200 attendees gathered at the event, which included a poster session, awards ceremony, and seminar by Prof. Waters. Her seminar was entitled "“From Host‐Guest Chemistry to the Nucleosome: Studies in Biomolecular Recognition.” A list of previous award winners can be found here: http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/History/Distinguished%20Speakers%20Award/index.html During the event, the Project SEED team was honored for earning the Marcus Hobbs distinguished service award, and 50 and 60 year ACS members in the NC section were recognized.
129th NC ACS Local Section Conference Poster Award Winners
Fifty five posters were presented at the 129th local section conference of the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. Numerous volunteer poster judges contributed their time to scoring the posters for awards in three catergories: high school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
(Awardees are listed in alphabetical order)
High School Division
Abbott Ndukwe
(Millbrook High School; work was completed under guidance of Prof. Alan Tonelli at NCSU)
Chidubem Nwakuche
(Sanderson High School and the North Carolina School of Science and Math Online Program, work was completed under the guidance of Prof. Gavin Williams at NCSU)
Benhor Samson
(Panther Creek High School; work was completed under the guidance of Prof. Ben Wiley at Duke University)
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Undergraduate Division Leandra Nikont (Elon University) with advisor Prof. Keely Glass Vishwas Rao (North Carolina State University) with advisor Prof. Gavin Williams Sarah L. Stanley (North Carolina State University) with advisor Prof. Reza Ghiladi
Graduate Student Division Kimberly Castelli (North Carolina State University) with advisor Prof. Gavin Williams Jinghua Li (Duke University) with advisor Prof. Jie Lu Eric Rountree (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) with advisor Prof. Jillian Dempsey
Congratulations to our 50 and 60 Year Members!!50 YEAR MEMBERS Charles Tyler Burt Janice Cobin Alvin L. Crumbliss Clifford Earl Decker, Jr. Walter Cary Eaton Keith Edmund Gubbins Paul Mushak Deanna J. Nelson Edward Lee Smithwick, Jr. Russell Henry Vansant 60 YEAR MEMBERS John Earl Sigsby, Jr. Vernon Eugene Summerfelt
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NC ACS Project SEED Team honored with the 2015 Marcus Hobbs Award
Members of the NC ACS Project SEED team were honored with the 2015 Marcus Hobbs Award at the 129th local section conference of the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. Awardees included a team of 6 individuals: Mr. Michael Cherry (co‐Director and Site Coordinator, 1994‐1997 and 2001 – present), Ms. Faye McNeal (Scholarship Coordinator , 2006 ‐ present), Mr. Barrington Ross (Site Coordinator, 2003 – 2012, Student recruitor/advisor, 2003‐present), Ms. Tyjuanna LaBennett (Site Coordinator, 2005‐2012), Mr. Donald Guth (Administrative support at The Hamner Institutes, 2006 – present), and Ms. Mary Ellen Budzyna (Senior Manager of Sponsored Research, the Hamner Institutes, 2005 – present). The program has a long history of success in guiding high school students interested in science through successful research projects in partnership with local university faculty. Mr. Ken Cutler, long time Director of the NC ACS Project SEED Program, received this award in 2006.
As noted on the NC ACS Website, "The Marcus E. Hobbs award was established in 1988 to recognize members who have made significant, long‐term contributions to the North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society. The award was named for Marcus E. Hobbs, a model member who worked closely with the North Carolina Section since becoming Chair in 1945. Dr. Hobbs was a professor emeritus of chemistry and University Distinguished Service Professor at Duke University and Distinguished Governor Emeritus of RTI International; he was also instrumental in the creation of the Research Triangle Park." The conference was held on Sept. 18th, 2015 in the French Family Science Center at Duke University.
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Conferences and Events!
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Call for Volunteers!! NC State Fair October 15‐25, 2015
We are seeking a few more volunteers to present demonstrations and make chromatography butterflies at the NC State Fair. The days that need coverage the most are October 16 and 19‐22. Last year we had over 100,000 visitors at our Agriculture Today exhibit and we expect to have the same large volume of visitors this year.
Thank you to all volunteers who have already registered for a shift or more. Tickets and a parking pass will be mailed out at the beginning of the week of October 12. Parking information will be enclosed with the parking pass. If you have not registered to volunteer, but are still interested, now is your chance to sign up! Please visit: http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/Announcements/State%20Fair%20Volunteer%20Info%202015.html Volunteering at the NC State Fair is an excellent opportunity to take part in an outreach event for our local section! Invite your friends to volunteer or attend the exhibit. If you have any questions or would like to suggest new demonstrations for the Agriculture Today Exhibit, please contact [email protected].
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Call for Judges!
Call for Judges for the NC International Science Challenge (NCISC)
The NC International Science Challenge (NCISC) is looking for judges to either review research papers or interview students selected for oral presentations. This is a great opportunity to support budding young scientists and engineers in NC.
The NCISC is a broad interest science competition for high school students. Students submit research papers for review. The authors of the top eight papers are invited to present oral presentations. Based on the oral presentations, four students are selected to attend the Beijing Youth International Science Competition in March 2016.
The deadline for student paper submission is October 31. Papers will be available in dropbox for reviewers on November 9 and should be scored by November 24. Reviewers usually read 6‐8 papers. A rubric is used to score the papers. The oral presentations will be Saturday, Dec. 5 in either Durham or Chapel Hill.
If you would like to judge, email whether you want to judge papers, presentations (Dec 5) or both. Also broadly define the areas of research that you can judge.
I'm happy to answer questions about the competition. If you would like to see a sample of previous papers, I can direct you to a dropbox folder. We receive applications in all areas of research but usually receive a high number in biochem.
Sincerely
Lisa Rhoades
Lisa Rhoades Senior Program Associate NC Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education 21 T. W. Alexander Drive PO Box 13901 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 919‐991‐5111 919‐667‐8864 mobile www.ncsmt.org
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Contests!
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Contests!
Chemistry Colors Our World!
2015 ChemTube Competition
The North Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society is proud to announce the 2015 ChemTube Competition! All eligible videos will be uploaded to the NCACS YouTube channel to share the exciting chemistry videos produced in North Carolina and to compete for a cash prize. We’re looking forward to seeing your video! Good luck!
The theme for this year’s competition is the National Chemistry Week theme, Chemistry Colors Our World! Everybody knows about Roy G Biv and how the things that you see come from the light around you. The colors of everything that you see come from the chemicals that make them up, and we want you to tell us how. Whether it’s the thing that makes a carrot orange, what goes into a painting, or how neon lights shine, we want to know what chemicals bring color to your world!
How to Enter: It’s easy to take part in the competition! (1) Get some people together and make a video
(camcorder, phone, or other). Check out our YouTube channel for examples of videos and past winners. (2) Submit an entry form and the video to [email protected]. We will upload the videos to our YouTube channel for viewing and voting. (3) Encourage your friends to vote for your video!
Formal Rules: Submissions may begin immediately and are due no later than 11:59 pm on December 11, 2015.
Videos may be up to five minutes in length and compatible with uploading to YouTube, and can be produced by a group or an individual. Amateur videos will be accepted in the following categories, based on the producer(s) of the video: 8th grade and under (if sufficient entries are received, awards will be given to both Elementary and Middle School entries), Grades 9‐12, and Adult. There is also a separate professional category for videos produced by a company or organization.
Up to three cash awards will be given to videos submitted in each category. A special award may also be given to a video prominently featuring a chemistry teacher or a senior chemist. Winners in the Professional category will have their research or company featured in an article in the TarHelium.
Only people who live, work, and/or attend school in the State of North Carolina are eligible for the award. Winners will be selected based on the fit for the theme, the accuracy of the content, and by the number of “likes” that each video collects on YouTube.
A signed entry form is required for each credited individual for acceptance into the competition that verifies the eligibility of the submission and authorizes NCACS to display the video publicly.
Some videos will be selected and shown publically at NCACS activities, such as at the North Carolina State Fair and the National Chemistry Week events, and the NCACS Local Section Conference.
See entry form for full list of formal rules, on the NCACS website: http://ncacs.sites.acs.org/
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NC‐ACS History
Vivian Thomas Stannett of the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) and North Carolina State University
By Maurice Bursey
Vivian Stannett was born on September 1, 1917, in Langley,
Buckinghamshire (now in Berkshire), England, and raised in Stoke
Poges, Buckinghamshire. He was raised on his father Ernest’s dairy
farm, Berry Farm, but to his father’s dismay showed no interest at all in
farming. Instead, he performed his first chemical experiments in an
abandoned railroad car on the farm. He received his B.S. from London
Polytechnic in 1939, when his academic studies were interrupted by the
War. During the War he was employed by the British government, first
at a cellulose acetate film plant whose products found military
applications such as gas masks, and then at army laboratories at
Woolwich Arsenal on detonator inspection and research. When
Woolwich Arsenal was damaged by bombs, he was transferred to a
large ordnance laboratory in Liverpool. Later he was moved back to
Woolwich. When the arsenal laboratory was destroyed by a V‐2 rocket,
he was transferred to another cellulose acetate plant.
After the War he came to the United States for graduate studies at the
Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, New York, (now the Polytechnic
Institute of New York University). There he studied with Herman Mark
and received his Ph.D. in three years, in 1950. He accepted research
positions at the Koppers Company and took at the Mellon Institute (now part of Carnegie‐Mellon University) in Pittsburgh.
The following year he became an assistant professor in the famous College of Forestry of Syracuse University, In 1957 he
became full professor, and he and his wife Susanne, also a chemist, became American citizens. He moved into the field of
radiation chemistry of polymers during a sabbatical at the University of Paris in 1958.
His connection with North Carolina began in 1961 with his appointment as associate director of the new Camille Dreyfus
Laboratory for Polymer Research at the Research Triangle Institute (now RTI International), and he also accepted adjunct
positions at Duke University and North Carolina State University. Six years later he took a full‐time position at North
Carolina State’s Department of Chemical Engineering, and later was given the title of Camille Dreyfus Professor. In 1975 he
became dean of North Carolina State’s Graduate School and vice‐provost, and in that rôle helped to establish the nation’s
first doctoral program in textile chemistry.
Between 1982 and 1984 he was Liaison Scientist for the Office of Naval Research, Europe, in London. On reaching
mandatory retirement age, 70, in 1988, he continued to work part‐time at the Research Triangle Institute, and he
continued to work with graduate students until 1992.
He published over 400 papers and reviews on polymer science and technology, and served on the editorial boards of seven
academic journals. Honors included the ACS’s Borden Award and Anselm Payen Award in 1974, the International Award
and Gold Medal of the Society of Plastics Enginners in 1978, the North Carolina Science Award and Gold Medal in 1978, the
UNC Board of Governors’ O. Max Gardner Award in 1984, the ACS Award for Polymer Chemistry in 1987, honorary
Vivian T. Stannett Image is property of NCSU
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membership in the Society of Fiber Science and Technology of Japan in 1990, NCSU’s Alexander Quarles Holladay medal in
1992, the Olney Medal from the American Association of Textile Chemists and colorists in 1995, and many others. Within
our own North Carolina Local Section, he found the time to serve as our Chair in 1970 – that implies many duties as Chair‐
Elect in 1969 and Immediate Past Chair in 1971 ‐‐ and was given our Distinguished Speaker Award in 1983.
His work in the use of high‐energy radiation in polymer chemistry and in membrane science and technology helped to lead
to the development of such practical items as super‐absorbent paper towls and diapers, flame‐resistant textiles, and the
plastic bottles that prevent soft drinks from going flat.
North Carolina State University created the Vivian T. Stannett Memorial Fund after his death on October 1, 2002. It
provides financial assistance to graduate students in their Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
My sources include a splendid memorial tribute in Memorial Trbuties: National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 12 (2008), pp.
292‐297; a memorial released by NCSU’s News Service on the day after Dre. Stannett’s death; and a Wikipedia article which
incorporates some of the information contained in these references.
Project SEED!
Biogen Idec Tour The 2015 Project SEED students toured Biogen Idec on Friday, July 24. Our host was Dr. Brian Nunnally, Director of Global Stability
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cherry and Dr. Laura Sremaniak accompanied the students on a tour which began with an overview of the company, their therapies, and their site. Dr. Nunnally also shared with the students the education and credentials which are required for a position such as his and others at Biogen.
After touring the biotechnology labs, Dr. Amanda Marvelle gave us a tour of the Biogen Community Lab which is designed to teach middle and high school students and teachers about biotechnology.
Biogen has also graciously assisted the Biomanufacturing Process Development group in fundraising for NC‐ACS Project SEED. As a result of those efforts, sufficient funds were raised for two consecutive summers of stipend for one of the students on the tour.
Submitted by Laura Sremaniak
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The NC‐ACS Project SEED give oral presentations of their projects The NC‐ACS Project SEED participants of Summer 2015 gave oral presentations of their projects at The Hamner's Health Research & Education Foundation on Friday, August 7. The NC‐ACS Project SEED staff, students, parents, a high school counselor, 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. Mr. Mike Cherry, co‐Director and Site Coordinator, conducted the activities. Dr. Laura Sremaniak, SEED Subcommittee Chair of the local NC‐ACS section, recognized the contributions of donors to the program.
The NC‐ACS Project SEED program is grateful for support from their staff, SEED students and parents, NC State, Duke, and UNC‐ Chapel Hill mentors, The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences for program support, and the Golden Corral Charitable Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation for financial support. The program gratefully acknowledges the NC Biotech Biomanufacturing & Process Development (BPD) Exchange Group for sponsoring Abbott Ndukwe and Dr. Brian Nunnally of Biogen Idec for providing the students with a tour of their RTP site.
The Presenters
Abbott Ndukwe “Investigating the Crystallization and Phase Separation of Poly(ethylene oxide) Enhanced with PEG‐POSS”
Dr. Alan Tonelli
NC State University
Jackline Omweno “Development of Novel Anti‐Microbial Agents”
Dr. Joshua Pierce
NC State University
Joshua Zhou "Advancing VO2 Nanocrystal Technology”Dr. James Cahoon
UNC‐Chapel Hill
Betelihem Mebrahtu
“Thermodynamic Analysis of Dust mite Proteome”
Dr. Michael Fitzgerald
Duke University
Samuel Ndukwe “Molecular Dynamics Study on the Influence of Copolyester Composition on Adhesion with Soda‐lime Glass”
Dr. Melissa Pasquinelli
NC State University
Benhor Samson “Solution Synthesis of Bismuth Oxide (Bi2O3) Nanowires for Gas‐sensing Application”
Dr. Benjamin Wiley
Duke University
Cyrus Lett “Using New Non‐Aqueous Pourbaix Diagrams to Track the Movements of Protons and Electrons”
Dr. Jillian Dempsey
UNC‐Chapel Hill
Chidubem Naomi Nwakuche
“Testing the Substrate Promiscuity and pH Optimum of PhoN Mutants”
Dr. Gavin William
NC State University
Donovan Miller “Molecular Design of Protein to Find Inhibitors to Block Activity of Cancer”
Dr. Weitao Yang
Duke University
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The NC Project SEED Staff Mr. Michael Cherry Assistant Director/NCSU/Duke Coordinator Dr. Laura Sremaniak NC‐ACS SEED Chair Rev. Barrington Ross UNC‐CH Coordinator Ms. Faye McNeal Scholarship Coordinator Mr. Donald Guth Administrative Assistant
NC‐ACS Project SEED Class of 2015 – 2016
From left, back row: Samuel Ndukwe, Benhor Samson, Abbott Ndukwe, Cyrus Lett. From left, front row: Chidubem Naomi Nwakuche, Betelihem Mebrahtu, Jackline Omweno.
Not pictured: Donovan Miller and Joshua Zhou
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Reports from NC‐ACS Committees
Outreach Committee
La Fiesta del pueblo! The NC Section of the American Chemical Society recently held a community outreach activity at La Fiesta del pueblo 2015 on September 27. Our team of dedicated volunteers provided a variety of interactive demonstrations that showed the visitors about the chemistry of colors and the states of matter. The booth was full of children curious to learn more about why red cabbage juice can change colors and how to make butterflies out of coffee filters. The kids also had a blast reaching out and trying to grab the bubbles falling off of the CO2 leaky faucet. Many of the children were engaged and asked many questions of the volunteers, and some wanted to run the demonstrations themselves! Throughout the day, the booth was so crowded that the volunteers had to take turns explaining the demonstrations to the visitors. In all, the activity was a great success, providing a very interactive experience that helped to get the visitors to think about how chemistry mattered to them.
Women in Chemistry
Women Chemists Committee Networking Breakfast 2015
On Saturday September 26th, The Women Chemists Committee of the NC Section of the ACS hosted a Networking Breakfast at Café Carolina and Bakery in Cary, NC. Professional chemists joined with graduate students, a Project Seed high school student, and a supportive parent to network and build community. Topics included the broad range of possible careers after training in chemistry; recent successes in publications, presentations, awards, fellowships, and grants amongst the nine attendees; increasing diversity in expert panels and national award nominations; initiatives related to lab safety and pregnancy; exposure and access to role models across the age spectrum (elementary school to retirement) for female scientists; and ideas for future WCC events. The WCC thanks the Cafe Carolina on Weston Parkway for use of its back room without cost.
The WCC holds quarterly events and all are welcome. Please email Claire Siburt ([email protected]) if you would like to learn more about how to get involved in the WCC.
Claire J. Parker Siburt, Ph.D.
Chair, Women Chemists Committee
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Young Chemists Committee By Nick Pinkin
On September 24, the Young Chemists Committee (YCC) hosted a social event at Old Chicago in Chapel Hill. The event was well attended, with 36 young professionals and pre‐doctoral students representing UNC, Duke, NC State, Meredith, and several industrial locations in RTP. A variety of food and non‐alcoholic drinks were enjoyed by attendees, as well as some great opportunities to network with other chemists from the region. The event was also the introduction of the new joint YCC/SCC mentoring program, and many of the attendees showed excitement in becoming involved in planning future YCC and YCC/SCC events. Keep an eye on the TarHelium and NCACS email list for future networking socials and other YCC activities!
Senior Chemists
Senior Chemists Visit Cotton Incorporated World Headquarters On October 5, 2015, 24 Senior Chemists visited the world headquarters of Cotton Incorporated located in Cary, NC. Established as a result of a 1966 act of Congress, the Cotton Research and Promotion Act which provided a funding mechanism for the purpose of conducting a wide scale effort to recapture cotton's market share, Cotton Incorporated was founded in 1970. Its purpose is to push innovations in cotton growing and processing, as well as promotion of cotton use. Laboratories at Cotton Incorporated carry out research and development in a variety of areas: Fiber Processing; Product Development; Dyeing Research; Finishing Research; Technical Management & Implementation; and Product Integrity.
Our visit started with lunch at a close‐by restaurant, Ruckus. We then moved on to the Cotton Incorporated facilities where the Senior Director of Textile Chemistry Research, Mary Ann Ankeny, provided a very interesting background of Cotton Incorporated. The background discussion included an overview of the types of research and development that take place at the facility, as well as those supported by Cotton Incorporated, such as the development of colored cotton plants. We then broke into two tour groups, ably led by Ken Greeson and Michele Wallace. We visited the fiber processing lab, dyeing and finishing lab, product development lab and product evaluation lab. Highlights included seeing how automated the processing is of cotton from the raw fibers to the finished fabric. Especially interesting were computerized dying of fabric and the use of lasers to burn designs into fabric to produce, for example, aged denim.
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NCACS is on Facebook and LinkedIn
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Connect to Triangle Area Science Cafés and Pints of Science!
CAROLINA SCIENCE CAFÉ
Pints of Science http://www.pintsofscience.org/ Events are Held at: Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount St Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: 919.833.7795 https://www.facebook.com/PintsofScience
“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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Education List Serves!!!! Do any of these questions pertain to you…if so, please see below to find out how to grow the readership of the NC‐ACS Education Committee listserv! **Are you interested in supporting K‐12 Educators? – Sign up for the Listserv! **Do you have a child in a K‐12 Science classroom? – Please send this email to their teacher to see if they would like to sign up! **Do you know a K‐12 Educator or Administrator? – Please forward this email to them and encourage them to sign up! The NC‐ACS Local Section is hosting a listserv focusing on supporting K‐12 Science Education! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The listserv is called ncacs_ed, and it features announcements about supporting and advancing K‐12 Science Education. The NC‐ACS is committed to assisting K‐12 Educators, and the NC‐ACS Education Committee has upcoming programs we’d love to tell you about through the ncacs_ed listserv! To subscribe to the ncchemed list, send this one‐line message to [email protected]: subscribe ncacs_ed [email protected] replacing "[email protected]" with the address you want to subscribe to the list. Helpful Hints: 1. Don’t hyperlink the email address in the one‐line message. Make sure it’s just text. 2. When you receive the confirmation email, use Option 3 to confirm the email address and accept the sign up. 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] the address used for you by the list. The NC‐ACS Education Committee (If you have any trouble, just email ncacs_ed‐[email protected])
NC‐ACS ListServs 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_ed: Announcements about supporting and advancing K‐12 Science Education To subscribe to the LISTNAME list, send this one‐line message to [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.
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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 2 meetings are: November 4, 2015, 4:30 @ the Hamner Institute December 2, 2015, 4:30 @ the Hamner Institute
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NC‐ACS Local Section Executive Committee Name Affiliation Office Term Phone
Voting Members
Suraj Dhungana RTI International Chair 2015-2016 919-541-6601
Dorian A. Canelas Duke University Chair-Elect 2015-2016 919-660-1537
Caroline Sloan Fayetteville State
University Secretary 2016-2016 919-541-7422
Joan T. Bursey NCBA at EPA Treasurer 2014-2015 919-5412253
