September 2019
September 2019 Cleveland-Akron Local Sections Joint Meeting
Our featured presenter will be William Zawiski, Water Quality Group Supervisor at the Ohio EPA. He will give a talk entitled "Cuyahoga: From Flame to Fame.” The Cuyahoga River is known worldwide as the river that caught fire. The story of this river is one of recovery—recovery of an ecosystem, of a connection to flowing water and its importance to humans. Join us on a journey into Cuyahoga River history, the life and times of an American river.
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October 2019 Cleveland-NEO-Akron Joint Meeting: Industry Night
Overview Expand your network at this unprecedented joint meeting between the Cleveland, North East Ohio (NEO) and Akron ACS sections! Discover “Olon Ricerca Bioscience," an experienced chemical development company located in Concord OH, just 30 miles east of downtown Cleveland off of Interstate 90. Please RSVP by Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. A hot buffet from Food for Thought will be served, which will include a spring salad, ginger bourbon chicken with summer grilled vegetables, basil ratatouille, baguettes, and deserts. Agenda…
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November 13 Meeting featuring Anna Samia
4:30 pm - Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 pm - Social/Networking 6:00 pm- Dinner 7:00 pm- Presentation Title: Nanoengineering of Stimuli Responsive Materials for Biomedical and Environmental Applications Abstract: This talk will center on the chemical design of stimuli responsive nanostructures, and in particular cover aspects of their development as anti-biofilm agents and as tracers for an emerging biomedical imaging technology known as magnetic particle imaging (MPI). Moreover, the talk will provide a general overview of the different approaches that have…
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January 2020 Meeting – Past Chair’s Night
Past Chair Night Wednesday January 15, 2020 4:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 pm Social/Networking 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Presentation Title of presentation: “The Cleveland Mousetrap” By Dr. Michael Fricke. Abstract: James Conant is remembered as the scientific advisor to Roosevelt during the construction of the atomic bomb. Less well known is Conant’s work during WW1. In 1918, Conant came to Ohio to build a secret factory now known as the Cleveland Mousetrap in a desperate race to…
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February 2020 Meeting
Melissa Barranger Mathys, Ph.D. Wednesday February 19, 2020 John Carroll University Dolan Science Center O’Connell Reading Room Schedule: 4:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting 5:30 pm Social/Networking 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Presentation Getting to Know the USNCO: A Glimpse into the World of High School Chemistry Competitions, Dr. Melissa Barranger Mathys, Ursuline College Abstract: Each year since 1984 the ACS Donald F. and Mildred Topp Othmer Chemistry Olympiad Endowment has sponsored the United States National Chemistry Olympiad (USNCO). This competition…
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March 9, 2020 – Meeting-in-Miniature
MIM 2020 will be held on the afternoon and evening of Monday, March 9, at Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus in Parma, OH. Registration for the meeting is free. The half-day program will begin in the mid-afternoon with parallel sessions of 20-min talks (including 5 min of Q&A). A plenary lecture by David Schiraldi, Professor of Macromolecular Science & Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and dinner will follow the presentations. There are cash awards for both undergraduate and graduate…
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Sorry but this event has been cancelled Education Night Schedule: 4:30 pm: Executive Meeting 5:30 pm: Social/Networking 6:00 pm: Dinner 7:00 pm: Awards followed by presentation Title: NASA Glenn Research Center's Facilities and Testing Contributions to the Artemis Mission By Deborah L. Waters, Chief of the Test Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center Abstract: NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) is at the forefront of testing for the Artemis Mission. Test facilities and technologies at GRC will help enable the newest mission…
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Sept. 16, 2020
September 16, 2020 Meeting Peter Psarras Schedule: 6:30 pm: Executive Committee Meeting 7:30 pm: Social time 8:00 pm: Talk Zoom link to be emailed ahead of the meeting Title: An Overview of Negative Emission Technologies By Peter Psarras, Assistant Professor, Cuyahoga Community College. Abstract: It is widely accepted that conventional mitigation efforts, e.g., fuel switching, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage, are not enough to protect us from the irreversible effects of climate change. The inescapable reality of a continued…
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October 21, 2020: Morley award address
Wed. Oct. 21, 2020 Schedule: 6:00 pm: Executive Committee Meeting 7:00 pm: Social time 7:15 pm: Morley Award presentation and address From Electron Correlation to Condensed-Phase Spectroscopy: A Quantum Chemist's Perspective John M. Herbert, Professor, The Ohio State University, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry This talk will give an overview of research projects in my group, which are generally aimed at developing the methodology of computational quantum chemistry. A significant fraction of our research program is aimed at "computational spectroscopy",…
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