Events

Tuesday March 16, 2021 vMIM Concurrent session talks at 3:00 pm. (Cancelled) Presentation at 7:00 pm. Plenary Presentation: "A Perspective on the Future of College Textbook Publishing” By Sean W, Wakely, Vice President, Product and Editorial, FlatWorld Sean W. Wakely is Vice President, Product and Editorial at FlatWorld a mission-driven college textbook publisher that focuses…

April 21, 2021 Exec committee meeting 5:30 Presentation 7:00 pm Title: ACS Physical Chemistry Exam Creation Process Dr. Chrystal Bruce is a Professor of Chemistry at John Carroll University. She received her PhD  in Physical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on small molecule-protein and small molecule-DNA interactions,…

May 19, 2021 Exec committee meeting 5:30 Presentation 7:00 pm David N. Beratan, R.J. Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University is the 2021 Morley Medal winner. Biology Meets Quantum Mechanics: The Molecular Foundations of Bioenergetics The dual (wave-particle) nature of matter is not usually required to describe…

Thurs. Sept. 16 Burntwood Tavern 3750 West Market Street Fairlawn, OH 44333 with Zoom virtual attendance option 4:30 Executive committee meeting 5:30 Social hour 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Presentation: Kevin Cavicchi, Professor, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron Putting Rubber Elasticity to Work in Smart Materials The ability to program a stimuli-responsive…

4:30pm Executive Committee Meeting 5:30pm Social Hour, appetizers (falafel, hummus, tabouli etc.) 6:30pm Dinner, Traditional Middle Eastern selections for meal and dessert 7:30pm Talk: Computational Approaches for Assessing Carcinogenic Potency of Untested Nitrosamines, Suman Chakravarti, Ph.D.,MultiCASE, Inc. Title: "Computational Approaches for Assessing Carcinogenic Potency of Untested Nitrosamines"   Bio: Suman Chakravarti earned his Ph.D. in…

Wednesday Nov, 17th Axehouse Cleveland 7389 State Rd Unit 3 Parma, OH 44134 Schedule of events: 4:30 - 5:30: Executive Committee meeting 5:30 - 6:30: social hour and dinner. We will provide beer and drinks, as well as assorted subs from DiBellas. 6:30 - 7:00: American Society for Metals, Cleveland Chapter representative will speak about…

January 19, 2022 Virtual Meeting of Cleveland ACS On Wednesday January 19 at 7:30 pm, we’ll do a CHEMISTRY BAR TRIVIA COMPETITION!  Attendees will log onto an online quiz-hosting site and participate in a three-round trivia quiz, emceed by the Section Chair.  There will be 15 questions per round, and speed counts!  Participants will be…

February 16, 2022 Virtual Meeting of Cleveland ACS Oliver Glass, PhD Category Clinician in Rare Diseases at Pfizer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine Duke University Therapeutic Advances in Rare Diseases: A Journey into DYRK1A My passion is to drive advancements in the treatment of rare diseases and bring medicines to patients quicker. DYRK1A syndrome is…

Wednesday April 27th, Shaker Country Club At this event we celebrate all things education.  We will recognize student winners of awards offered by the section during the year, as well as our 2022 Heller-Dabrowski Outstanding HS Teacher award winner, Sarah Rivera of Mayfield HS. After award recognitions and dinner we will have a Wikipedia tutorial…

Wednesday May 18th Michaelson & Morley Restaurant, Veale Center Case Western Reserve University   Dr. James D. Burrington, Principal Scientist at NiceChemistry.com, Lubrizol Corporate Fellow, Retired A Mechanistic Journey Through Industrial Chemistry Mechanism provides a fundamental roadmap for the structures of intermediates and the transition states which connect them to starting materials and products. Mechanistic…