- November 17: Prof. Melanie Cooper,
Clemson University
Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything
November Section Meeting
Location: Scalini's
- October 18-24:
National Chemistry Week
Details in October Filter Press.
- November 6: Kathleen Shulz
Professional development course on
Developing Communication Strategies
Location: TBA
- October 7: Prof. Mostafa El-Sayed
Georgia Institue of Technology
(2007 National Medalist of Science)
"Confining photons to the nano-meter scale of gold
nanoparticles;
Some properties & potential applicaitons in material, biological and cancer
therrapy"
October Section Meeting
Location: Mary Mac's Tea Room
- September 18:
Herty Medal Undergraduate Research Symposium (HMURS)
All undergraduates are encouraged to present posters!
Location: Morehouse College, 1:00PM - 5:00PM
- September 17: Herty Award Symposium and Banquet
Afternoon (ca. 1:30PM-6:00PM):
75th Herty Symposium
Location: School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Tech
Night (ca. 6:30PM-9:00PM):
Herty Medal Banquet honoting Prof. Craig Hill
Location: Georgia Tech Alumni House
September Section Meeting
- August 22, 10:30-11:45AM:
"Chemistry Fun Day"
Kids aged 5-10 are invited for a hands on activity with Bryan Hearn.
Details Here!,
for this special
August Section Meeting
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: contact
Deborah Sauder.
Only 20 spaces are available.
Location: Fernbank
Science Center
- June 2:
Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Event: "Chemistry and Cooking"
Shirley Corriher, author of
"CookWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking"
RSVP to Lynn Sullivan (Details in the May Filter Press)
Location: Toulouse Restaurant, 2293 B Peachtree Road
- May 12: Dr. Susanna L. Widicus Weaver
Testing the limits of astrochemistry: Integrative studies
in laboratory spectroscopy,
observational astronomy and chemical modeling"
May Section Meeting -
Meeting Details
Location: Georgia Tech's Pettit Microelectronics Research Building, 791 Atlantic Drive NW
- April 21: Roundtable/Panel Discussion:
Monir Clark, Joe Rainey, Giovanni Gadda and Deanna Morrow Hall
"Thinking ahead in a down market: What is the best job for you?"
April
Section Meeting
Location: Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), B Building
- March 18: Robert D. Blackledge
"Floyd Landis Doping Case"
March
Section Meeting
Location: Petite Auberge, 2935 N Druid Hills Rd NE
- February 11: Dr. John R. Marquardt,
Eastern Illinois University
"Caves: Worlds within worlds: An introduction to the chemistry, geology, and ecology of caves"
February
Section Meeting
Location: Pung Mie Chinese Restaurant
- January 14: Dr. Jerry DeMenna, FUN-SCIence Academics
"Culinary Spectroscopy"
January
Section Meeting
Location: The Colonnade, 1879 Cheshire Bridge Road
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- November 18: Frank Schenck, US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA)
"Multiresidue Screening for Pesticides and Other Xenobiotics in Foods"
November
Section Meeting
Location: Scalini's Italian Restaurant
- November 15, 1:00PM-4:00PM:
Managing An Effective Job Search Workshop
Attendance is free, but pre-registration to
Vernita Lockhart is required.
Location: Room 3201, MS&E Building, BEM Quad, Georgia Tech
- October 23: SCIENCE CAFÉ
"The Ethics of Sports Enhancement"
&mdash Part of National Chemistry Week
Edward L. Queen, Ph.D., J.D., The Center for Ethics, Emory University
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Java Vino, in VA Highlands neighborhood
- October 22:
Dr. Yorke Rhodes, New York University
"What's New in the Field of Astrochemistry?"
October
Section Meeting
Location: Petite Auberge, Atlanta, GA
- September 15:
Robert J. Ollis, Jr., F-ABC US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory
"Forensic Aspects of Controlled Substances"
September
Section Meeting,
NOTE: Change in speaker.
Location: Mary Mac's Tea Room
- May 20:
Dr. Nancy Heal, Education Coordinator, NNIN
"Nanotechnology Education: Approaches for ensuring a nano-ready workforce"
May
Section Meeting, NOTE: CHANGE IN DATE, TOPIC, and LOCATION!
Location: Pettit Microelectronics Research Center (MIRC), Georgia Tech
- April 25:
Minority Affairs Networking Event
"Get Acquainted and Explore the Benefits of
Membership"
5:00PM to 8:00PM at Paschals Restaurant, 180B Northside Dr SW
RSVP to Vernita Lockhart at
vlockhart@na.ko.com
- April 14:
Thomas Spittler
April
Section Meeting
"Groundwater Protection: A Problem whose time.."
Location: Pung Mie Restaurant, Doraville, GA
- March 28:
HMURS MEETING
Location: Morehouse College
- March 27: Prof. Gregory H. Robinson
Franklin Professor, University of Georgia
"Counterintuitive Chemistry:
An Organometallic Excursion"
The Herty Medal Banquet
March
Section Meeting
Location: Georgia Tech Hotel & conference Center
- February 22:
The First Academia/Industry Forum
co-sponsored by KSU and ACS
9:00AM to 5:00PM at KSU's campus
Click here for registration and other information
- February 4:
Howard Peters
"Chocolate - Food of the Gods"
February
Section Meeting
Location: Colonnade Restaurant
- January 17:
"Electron Transfer: A Quarter Century of Progress"
A symposium in honor of Thomas L. Netzel (our SERMACS 2003 chair!)
Thursday afternoon at Georgia State University
Details available here!
(NOTE: this is not an ACS-GLS organized event)
- January 10:
Steven Pappas, CDC
"Low Concentration Urine Uranium Isotope Ratio Analyses: Accuracy vs. Throughput"
January
Section Meeting:
Please note change in date from what was listed in
the printed Filter Press!!!
Location: MIRC @ Ga Tech
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- November 28:
Dr. Hélène R. Dickel
"More to Astronomy than Meets the Eye"
November
Section Meeting: Diversity Focused Meeting,
See Special Offer in Filter Press
Location: Agnes Scott (& Planetarium)
- November 1: WCC Event:
Wine: An Ancient Art and a Modern Science
Time: 6:00PM - 8:30PM
Location: Atlanta Wine School
- October 23: SCIENCE CAFÉ
"Origins of Life"
&mdash Part of National Chemistry Week
Dr. Nick Hud, Georgia Tech, and Dr. David Lynn, Emory University
Time: 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Location: Georgia Tech Barnes & Noble
- October 20: Chemistry Day 2007
"The Many Faces of
Chemistry"
&mdash Part of National Chemistry Week
Time: 11:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Fernback Science Center
- October 9:
Prof. Harris Dimitropoulos, Ph.D., College of Architecture, Georgia Tech
"Michel Eugène Chevreul and the Impact of Chemistry on the Impressionists"
October
Section Meeting, Note: The speaker listed in
the Filter Press has been replaced by Dr. Dimitropoulos
Location: The Seen Gallery
- September 24: Dr. Badal C. Saha, USDA-ARS
"Fuels and Chemical from Biomass"
September
Section Meeting, Joint with AIChE
Location: Georgia Tech, Molecular Science & Engineering Building
- May 15: Mike Bertolucci,
Chairman Envirosense Consortium, Inc
"Building an Environmentally Friendly Company"
May
Section Meeting,
Location: Slovakia Restaurant
- April 25:
Minority Affairs Networking Event
"Get Acquainted and Explore the Benefits of
Membership"
5:00PM to 8:00PM at Paschals Restaurant, 180B Northside Dr SW
RSVP to Vernita Lockhart at
vlockhart@na.ko.com
- April 18: Eugene Stevens, State University of New York, Binghamton
"Green Plastics"
April
Section Meeting,
Location: Petite Auberge
- March 30:
HMURS MEETING
Location: Morehouse College
- March 29: Prof. Luis Echegoyen
Professor at Clemson University and Director of the NSF Chemistry Divison
"Some Fullerene Science and a Little Science Policy: Fullerene Chemistry and the NSF "
The Herty Medal Banquet
March
Section Meeting,
Location: Georgia Tech Hotel & conference Center
- February 20: Prof. Willie Pearson, Jr.,
Chair, School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Tech
"The Future of Blacks in Science and Technology"
February
Section Meeting,
Location: Spelman College, Manley Student Center Atrium
- January 17: Doug Byron, Forensic & Scientific Testing, Inc.
"Forensic Fire Debris Analysis"
January
Section Meeting,
Location: Mary Mac's Tea Room
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- November 14: M. Beck, University of Georgia
Joint ACS & AIChE Meeting: "Sustainability"
November
Section Meeting
Location: Petite Auberge Restaurant
- October 18: Donna Barrett, Director,
Georgia Intern-Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT)
"A Win-Win for Science Educators
& Employers in Georgia"
October
Section Meeting
Location: MS&E Building, Georgia Tech
- September 18: Dr. Tracy P. Hamilton,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Zymurgy: The Art & Science of Making Beer"
September
Section Meeting
Location: Gordon Biersch Brewery
- September 15:
ACS-GLS Herty Medalist Undergraduate Research Symposium
Location: Morehouse College
- May 18: Gary Schuster, Georgia Tech
May Section Meeting:
Herty Awards Banquet
Location: Renaissance Hotel Downtown
- April 19: Helen Free, former ACS President
Joint April Section Meeting with NE Georgia Section
Location: Blue Willow Inn, Social Circle, GA
- March Meeting: CANCELLED: Because of the ACS Meeting in Atlanta
- February 16: Dr. Paul Philp, University of Oklahoma
"Environmental Forensics, or Who Was Responsible for the Spill?"
February Section Meeting
Location: Golden Buddha in Buckhead at 3861 Roswell Road
- January 26: Dr. Douglas J. Raber, GreenPoint Science
"Science Policy: Advising the Federal Government on Terrorism"
January Section Meeting
Location: Mary Mac's Tea Room
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- November 8: Dr. John C. Chen,
AIChE President Elect 2006
"The Chemical Enterprise, AIChE, and ACS: Some Thoughts and Speculations"
November Section Meeting
Location: Petite Auberge at Toco Hills Shopping Plaza
- More archival meeting information coming soon!
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