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2010 Summary AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY’S NEW YORK SECTION 2010 SECTION-WIDE CONFERENCE ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010 Times: 9:30AM – 1:00PM Place: St. John’s University, Bent Hall, Room 277, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY Cost: Free to all PROGRAM 9:30 AM Arrival and Refreshments 10:00 AM Greetings from the 2010 Chair of the ACS New York Section. Mr. Frank R. Romano 10:10 AM Award Presentations. Service Plaque and Pin to the 2009 New York Section Chair Dr. Barbara R. Hillery New York Section Outstanding Service Award for 2009 Dr. David M. Sarno Nichols Foundation H.S. Chemistry Teacher Award for 2009 Mr. Steven Borneman Byram Hills High School 10:30 AM Report from the 2010 Elections Nominating Committee. Dr. Hiroko I. Karan, 2010 Chair-elect (Presentation of Candidates) of the ACS New York Section 10:45 AM Keynote Presentation: ACS Careers: The Best Secret that You Never Knew David E. Harwell, Ph.D. Assistant Director Career Management & Diversity Programs American Chemical Society It’s no secret that ACS has the best suite of services for people looking to advance in their current position or to transition to another, but unless you have recently been looking for employment, you probably haven’t noticed. This talk will offer a brief overview of all the career services that you can access as a member of ACS. Special attention will be paid to the considerable number of benefits derived specifically for unemployed members. 11:45 AM Coffee Break. There will be poster presentations by the New York Section Project SEED and Chemagination Students. 12:00 PM ACS, New York Section Committee Planning Sessions for 2010. Educational Activities (Chemagination, Chemical Education, Continuing Education, High School Olympiad, National Chemistry Week, Nichols Foundation Teacher Award, Project Seed, Student Affiliate) Chair: Dr. Jill K. Rehmann Member Affairs (Awards, Employment and Professional Relations, History of the New York Section, Indicator, Membership, Outstanding Service Award) Chair: Dr. Ralph Stephani Program Review (Subsection and Topical Discussion Group Chairs) Chair: Dr. Anne T. O’Brien Public Affairs (Academe and Industrial Relations, Environmental Chemistry, Fund Raising, Government Affairs, Information Technology, Public Relations, Speakers Bureau) Chair: Dr. Robert P. Nolan 12:45 PM Reports from the Chairs of the Committee Planning Sessions. 1:00 PM Conclusion of the Meeting. Join with colleagues for lunch at Fame Diner. To inquire about the Section-wide Conference, please call the New York Section Office at 516-883-7510 or e-mail Marilyn Jespersen, Office Administrator, at: [email protected] Directions are at: http://www.stjohns.edu/about/general/directions/directions/queens Scientists, teachers and students of all levels are invited to participate. Hope you can attend. Nichols Award 2010 Report The 2010 William H. Nichols Medal Award was presented to Professor Tobin J. Marks of Northwestern University, by the ACS New York Section, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NY on Friday March 5, 2010. This is the 104th Nichols Medal to be presented for distinguished research in chemistry. The gold medal was accompanied by a bronze replica and $5000. Professor Marks’ medal citation read: "For Pioneering Research in Catalysis and Soft Matter Electronics." The William H. Nichols Distinguished Symposium was titled “New Materials For Function: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of” and featured lectures by Prof. Charles M. Lieber (Harvard University), Prof. Mark A. Ratner (Northwestern University), Dr. David L. Stern (ExxonMobil), and Prof. Galen D. Stucky (University of California-Santa Barbara) and Medalist, Prof Marks. This gala event was capped off with Prof. Tobin J. Marks' Award Lecture and the William H. Nichols Medal Award Dinner. The New York Section was honored to have as guests, Professor Joseph Francisco (ACS President), Mr. David Nichols of the Nichols Foundation and his son, Mr. Charles Nichols. At the award proceedings, Mr. Frank R. Romano, ACS New York Section Chair, presented the History of the Nichols Medal; Professor Francisco offered greetings and congratulations from the American Chemical Society; and Dr. Stern introduced his friend and colleague Dr. Marks to the dinner guests. Prof. Marks was accompanied by his wife, Dr. Indrani Mukharji. Chair Frank Romano presented the Nichols Award. Through the support of the Nichols Foundation, a large number of students and faculty from local colleges and universities were able to enjoy the Nichols events. The Nichols Medal Award was established in 1902 by Dr. William H. Nichols to honor a chemical scientist for outstanding original research and was first awarded in 1903. Dr. Nichols, a charter member of the American Chemical Society and its president in 1918 and 1919, maintained a deep commitment to research and development and to the importance of supporting science education and students of chemistry. Since its inception, through an endowment fund, the New York Section administers the award. It has been perpetuated by the generosity of Dr. Nichols, his family and the Nichols Foundation, Inc. The William H. Nichols Medal is the first award in chemistry of the American Chemical Society. WILLIAM H. NICHOLS DISTINGUISHED SYMPOSIUM “NEW MATERIALS FOR FUNCTION: THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF” In honor of Professor Tobin J. Marks Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Chemistry Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University Friday, March 5, 2010 Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains, NY 1:00 p.m. Welcome Mr. Frank R. Romano, 2010 Chair, ACS New York Section, Agilent Technologies, Inc. 1:05 p.m. Opening of the Distinguished Symposium Professor Hiroko I. Karan, 2010 Chair-Elect, ACS New York Section, CUNY/Medgar Evers College 1:15 p.m. Nanowires as a Platform for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Professor Charles M. Lieber, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Advances and breakthroughs in nanoscience depend critically on development of nanostructures whose properties are controlled during synthesis. This presentation focuses generally on this concept using nanowires as a platform material. First, the synthesis of complex modulated nanowires, which has led to their emergence as a central material in nanoscience, and implementation of nanowires to investigate fundamental properties and performance limits of photovoltaic devices will be reviewed. Second, the development of active interfaces between nanowire nanoelectronic devices and biological systems will be discussed. Last, a critical review of progress made and scientific challenges that remain will be presented. 2:00 p.m. Organic Electronics and Optoelectronics: Learnings from Tobin Professor Mark A. Ratner, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University The areas of organic electronics and optoelectronics have been enriched by the research of the Marks group in subfields from transistors to nonlinear optics to nanocapacitors to light-emitting diodes to conducting oxides to photovoltaics. In each, Marks has combined synthesis, measurement and imagination, to produce very significant advances in these materials and devices. In this talk, I will sketch a few of the previous achievements in the Marks group (especially ones where theory was of some help), and finally I will venture some remarks on the current set of problems that the Marks lab is attacking. 2:45 p.m. Molecular Design, Function, and Commercial Application of Shape Selective Catalysts for the Petrochemical Industry Dr. David L. Stern, ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company Shape selective molecular sieves have enabled the world scale production of high purity aromatics, via control of reaction mechanism/kinetics, and molecular diffusion. In this talk, we demonstrate techniques for treatment of zeolites, enabling high differentiation of molecules with modest differences in sterics. The centerpiece is a permanently selectivated ZSM-5 catalyst, achieving over 98% para-selectivity in toluene disproportionation. Characterization results find a > 5,000 increase in diffusion resistance, selective titration of surface Brönsted acid sites, and microscopic and chemical evidence of the selectivation layer. Variants of this catalyst have been commercialized in over 20 commercial units employing the PxMaxsm and XyMaxsm technology. 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break 4:00 p.m. Synthesis and Use of 3-d Heterostructured Materials Professor Galen D. Stucky, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Department University of California, Santa Barbara 3-D heterostructured materials with spatially distinct structured domains that have collateral compositions and functions are playing an increasingly important role in catalytic, thermoelectric, photovoltaic, structural and biomedical applications. From a practical perspective, the integrated atomic or molecular assembly of such systems can provide a simplified synthetic route to a composite system that simultaneously addresses in a complementary or synergistic way two or more functional needs for a given application. This talk will describe selected examples of multifunctional material synthesis, design and use in the above areas. 4:45 p.m. Self-assembly Processes for Fabricating Unconventional Organic, Organometallic, and Inorganic Electronic Circuitry Professor Tobin J. Marks, Nichols Medalist Chemists are exceptionally skilled at designing and constructing individual molecules with the goal of imbuing them with defined chemical
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