Past Events and Solicitations

 

Events for Fall 1997

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Mr. Charles D. Anderson
Dr. James S. Fritz
Mr. Elmer E. McInroy
Dr. Paul A. Rebers
Dr. Glen A. Russell

Summer 1997 Events

Spring 1997 Events

Lecture Title: "Gold Chemistry. Where
Einstein Meets Chemists and Alchemists" 1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 8pm
Topic: A Search for Natural Insecticides
1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 1:10pm
 

Spring 1997 Solications

Lecture Title: ""Dendritic Macromolecules: From Design to Applications"
1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 1:10 pm
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Fall/Spring 1999 Events

 

 Year 2000 Events 
Spring Travel Award Winners
all awardees will be presenting at the Spring ACS National Meeting

Alan Tkaczyk (undergraduate)
Dr. Otaigbe, advisor, ISU, MS&E

Dan Emrich (graduate student)
Dr. Larock, advisor, ISU, Chemistry

Steve Gagnier (graduate student)
Dr. Larock, advisor, ISU, Chemistry

Xiangfand Li (graduate student)
Dr. Seagrave, advisor, ISU, Chemical Engr.
Lecture Title: "DNA-Mediated Charge Transport: Chemistry at a Distance"
1414 Molecular Biology Building, ISU, 8 pm

 

 

Lecture Title: "New Approaches to the Teaching of Chemical Concepts"
1652 Gilman Hall, ISU, 7:30 pm

 

Lecture Title: "Astrochemistry: Evolution of Organic Molecules in Intersteller Clouds"
Room TBA, ISU, 7:30 pm

Year 2001 Events 

 

 

Lecture Title: "What You Always Wanted To Know about Chemicals in Foods but Were Afraid To Eat""
1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 8 pm

 

 

Lecture Title: "America's Funniest Chemical Videos: Dazzling Demos and Videotaped Bloopers"
1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 7:30 pm

Refreshments will be served at 7 pm

 

Year 2002 Events 

 

Joe Burnett
ACS Ames Section Chair
Chemistry Department
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3111
Applications are due by April 1st. You will be notified by email by April 26th if you will be receiving an award. Please see the application for details on the selection process. Click HERE to download an application form readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader (free).

 

Congratulations to this year's winners:

Ivana Adamovic, "DFT Based Effective Fragment Potential Method" from Prof. Gordon's group at ISU, oral presentation at the National ACS meeting in Orlando.

Xiaoxia Zhang, "Palladium Approaches to Highly Substituted 1,3-Dienes" from Prof. Larock's group at ISU, oral presentation at the National ACS meeting in Orlando.

Laura Salazar, "Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Poly(arylene phosphine oxide)s" from Prof. Sheare's group at ISU, oral presentation at the National ACS meeting in Orlando.

Qinhua Huang, "Synthesis of Isoquinolines by Palladium-catalyzed Cyclization, Followed by a Heck Reaction" from Prof. Larock's group at ISU, oral presentation at the National ACS meeting in Orlando.

Dmitry Kadnivov, "Synthesis of 2-quinolones via Palladium-catalyzed Carbonylative Annulation of Internal Alkynes with N-substituted-o-iodoanalines" from Prof. Larock's group at ISU, oral presentation at the National ACS meeting in Orlando.

 

 

Lecture Title: "Renaissance Chemistry and Violin Making in Cremona"
Sheslow Auditorium, Drake University, 7:30 pm
Refreshments will be served at 7 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lee R. Hagey
Analytical Chemist, San Diego Zoo
Talk Title: "Cracking the Code of the Giant Panda's Chemical Language"
Location: Carver Center, Pioneer-Hibred International

Directions to the Carver Center: Take Interstate 35/80 to the 86th Street exit. Take 86th Street north (right) 2 miles to N.W. 62nd Street. Turn east (left) onto N.W. 62nd Street, continue 1 mile to the Carver Center at Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

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Lecture Title: "Structural Dynamics of Molecules in Solution and in Liquids using Coherent Vibrational Methods: Infrared Analogues of NMR"
ISU, Room 1352 Gilman Hall, 8:00 pm
  • October 1st - Travel award applications due. Three $100 travel awards will be awarded for travel to ACS local or national meetings between August 1st and December 31st, 2002 by undergraduate and graduate students and post docs. Completed applications should be sent to
Joe Burnett
ACS Ames Section Chair
Chemistry Department
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-3111
Applications are due by October 1st. You will be notified by email by November 1st if you will be receiving an award. Please see the application for details on the selection process. Click HERE to download an application form readable by Adobe Acrobat Reader (free).
 
  • October 9th (Wednesday) - Seminar given by Ms. Ann Mary Nefcy. For additional information, please contact Joe Burnett.
Lecture Title: "Today's Environmental Chemistry"
ISU, Room TBA, ISU, 7:30 pm
  • November 20th (Wednesday) - Seminar given by Prof. Ronald DeLorenzo. For additional information, please contact Joe Burnett.
Lecture Title: "From the Loch Ness Monster to the Killer Lake of Cameroon: Mysteries in Science"
ISU, Room 1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 6:30 pm

 

  • November 21st (Thursday) - COOVER LECTURE given by Prof. Galen D. Stucky. For additional information, please contact Joe Burnett.
Lecture Title: "Multiple Function, Length Scale, and Component Molecular Assemby in Three Dimensions"
ISU, Room 1352 Gilman Hall, ISU, 8 pm

 

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