American Chemical Society Midland Section ACS Board Meeting June 20, 2019
Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes Amanda Palumbo 7:05 Chair Updates Amanda Palumbo National Historic Chemical Landmark – 7:08 Mark Jones GC/MS 7:15 Midland & CERM Awards Banquets Diana Deese 7:25 Nominations & Elections Michelle Cummings 7:30 CERM Review Dimi Katsoulis 7:50 Outreach H1 & Centennial Exhibit Gina Malczewski 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 2
Chair Updates • Dow Foundation Grant Approved - $10,000 – Expect transfer July 22 – Aug 5 • ChemLuminary Awards – Finalists for 10 / 21 submitted – Poster Session/Awards dinner Tuesday, August 27, San Diego, CA • July Midland Chemist – articles due by June 25 th ChemLuminary Awards Finalists Submission Best Activity or Program Stimulating Member Involvement An overview of the Congressional Chemistry Caucus Fostering Interactions between Local Sections and Student Chapters Fostering Interactions between Local Sections and Student FSM/MMTG Program In a Box and Dow Tour with Delta College Chapters Chem Techs and Student Chapter. Most Innovative Activity in a Local Section for Senior Chemists Plans and Activities in support of the Section 2019 centennial Outstanding Community Involvement in CCEW Earth Day Activity Summary Outstanding Community Involvement in NCW Great Lakes Bay STEM Festival at Delta College Outstanding Continuing Public Relations Program of a Local Section ACS Midland Section Spring Awards Banquet Outstanding High School Student Program Award High School Programs on Mixtures and Emulsions Outstanding Ongoing CCEW Event Earth Day Expo at MCFTA Outstanding Ongoing NCW Event Great Lakes Bay STEM Festival at Delta College Outstanding Performance Awards – Medium Size Category Entire Section Activities American Chemical Society 3
Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes Amanda Palumbo 7:05 Chair Updates Amanda Palumbo National Historic Chemical Landmark – 7:08 Mark Jones GC/MS 7:15 Midland & CERM Awards Banquets Diana Deese 7:25 Nominations & Elections Michelle Cummings 7:30 CERM Review Dimi Katsoulis 7:50 Outreach H1 & Centennial Exhibit Gina Malczewski 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 4
National Historic Chemical Landmark – GC/MS American Chemical Society 5
Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes Amanda Palumbo 7:05 Chair Updates Amanda Palumbo National Historic Chemical Landmark – 7:08 Mark Jones GC/MS 7:15 Midland & CERM Awards Banquets Diana Deese 7:25 Nominations & Elections Michelle Cummings 7:30 CERM Review Dimi Katsoulis 7:50 Outreach H1 & Centennial Exhibit Gina Malczewski 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 6
Midland & CERM Awards Banquets May 1, 2019 Local Section Awards: • 246 people attended • Over 80 awards presented • $260.24 over budget (but did give out 3 extra awards, covered engraving for MMTG) • Would be under budget if transferred dinner costs to participating committees for their attendees ($304). Only transfer cost of plaques, engraving, honor cords. • Positive feedback on event • Need to get images on website • 31 of the 56 high schools represented. Still an issue with rural schools and parochial schools. June 5 th CERM Awards Banquet: • 122 attendees • Issue with registration (vendor that national used missed some people that were not on the list provided to me, lots of last minute sign-ups) • 14 awards presented, all but one committee member present to accept • Very positive feedback from Mr. Fitterling, Mr. Moolenaar and National Board • Issue with link from photographer American Chemical Society
Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes Amanda Palumbo 7:05 Chair Updates Amanda Palumbo National Historic Chemical Landmark – 7:08 Mark Jones GC/MS 7:15 Midland & CERM Awards Banquets Diana Deese 7:25 Nominations & Elections Michelle Cummings 7:30 CERM Review Dimi Katsoulis 7:50 Outreach H1 & Centennial Exhibit Gina Malczewski 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 10
Nominations and Elections- open positions Elected positions Committee Chairs • • Public Affairs Chair- Elect • Publicity • Treasurer • Multi-cultural and Diversity • 3 Directors • Secretary • Nominations and Elections American Chemical Society 11
Agenda Time Topic Presenter 7:00 Call to Order, Approve Minutes Amanda Palumbo 7:05 Chair Updates Amanda Palumbo National Historic Chemical Landmark – 7:08 Mark Jones GC/MS 7:15 Midland & CERM Awards Banquets Diana Deese 7:25 Nominations & Elections Michelle Cummings 7:30 CERM Review Dimi Katsoulis 7:50 Outreach H1 & Centennial Exhibit Gina Malczewski 8:00 Adjourn All American Chemical Society 12
Molecules to Materials with emphasis on Chemistry for Everyday Life • Nearly 900 attendees • Twenty-eight exposition spaces utilized filling the venue • More than 6,000 students and teachers impacted • Nearly 1,500 middle school students + 1,300+ public saw Cpt. Scott Kelly • Hosted three diversity and inclusion events; D+I was part of the meeting DNA • Brought chemistry and the arts together with a summer-long exhibition on acrylic paints • Multiple special events including: STEM, networking, mentoring, robots + awards • First of its kind Regional Experiment • A National Chemical Landmark • National Board of Directors co-located meeting American Chemical Society 13 https://acscerm2019.org/
More than 870 registrants participated • 534 early registrants • 161 registrants pre-meeting • 92 registrants on-site • Five 50-year members • Thirty-four Emeritus • 170 students American Chemical Society 14 https://acscerm2019.org/
A premier technical program was offered A high-quality slate of diverse and impactful speakers delivered thoughtful lectures • Plenary talks given by notable, internationally recognized luminaries • Invited and contributed talks were provided by renowned chemists, material scientists and engineers for public, private and academic organizations. Including, but not limited to: Chirik, Warner, Meade, Chen, Knaebel, Maginn, Larson, Shull, Torkelson, Vaia, Dhinojwala, Cavicchi, Devore, Klosin, Sonnenschein, Lane, Bank, Mielewski, Jones • Stimulating complement of talks featuring central regional faculty, post-docs, graduate, undergraduate and even high school students Diverse Program Coverage from Molecules to Materials was well attended with a full range of chemical sciences from synthesis to industrial manufacturing and applications Very well attended Chemical Heritage Symposium A key focus was placed on promoting collaboration • All parallel symposia co-located on a single floor with rooms separated by < 90 steps • Two hour centrally located poster sessions over lunch break • Food provided on site to ensure compelling opportunities to engage, discuss and network American Chemical Society 15 https://acscerm2019.org/
The technical program offered a strong balance of industrial and academic contributions • Fifty-four oral sessions, four poster sessions over four days • 413 Presentations (264 Talks + 149 Posters) • Geographic influence well beyond ACS Central Region – Six countries (US, Canada, China, India, Poland, S. Korea) – Twenty-two US states ( MI , OH , IN , IL, PA , TX, CA, NY, DE, GA, OK, MN, MO, NJ, CT, DC, KS, KY , MA, NC, OR, WI) CERM2019 PRESENTERS Ind Academic HS Gov't / Non-Profit 1% 2% 31% 66% American Chemical Society 16 https://acscerm2019.org/
CERM Education Preliminary Report 6/6/19 • 2017: planning began with National Safety, Beyond Benign, AACT and local educators. • Survey of over 100 educators in the region identified barriers, incentives and topics of interest. Plan: to do remote broadcasts of some workshops • Funding from: LSAC (METT) grant for technology ($1750), UDM ($1000), CHAS ($500), Environmental Division ($500), Corporations Associates ($2500). Technology assistance and venue ended up FREE. • 2YC3 tracks, Chem Ed + posters • Complete program by Jan, 2019; 5 satellites committed • Survey in March 2019 to publicize, ID issues and program attractiveness: 57 respondents : good content, problem with timing and publicity • Our own publicity attempted through AACT, local sections, state teacher organizations, STEM ecosystems, local school contacts. • Results so far: REGISTRATION ISSUES, 2 satellites; 57 +21 remote American Chemical Society 17 https://acscerm2019.org/
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