Minnesota Local Section of the American Chemical Society Serving chemists, educators, industry and the public in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Our Mission: To provide support to local chemists in their professional development and in their efforts to encourage the advancement of local chemical enterprises. • Approx. 2300 members in MN Chapter Monthly Meetings: Often 2 nd Tuesday of month, September – June • • Dinner and Presentation by Invited Speaker 6-8 pm ($10-$15 for dinner) Upcoming Programming – 2019 Date Topic Location April 11 th 2019 Tour of Land O’ Lakes Innovation Center River Falls WI May 2019 Awards Dinner TBD June Summer Social TBD September 12th MN-ACS career fair sponsored by National St. Catherine University ACS October Technical Meeting TBD November Technical Meeting TBD December Holiday Social TBD Check WEBSITE: mnacs.sites.acs.org each month to sign up for meetings
The ASM International is the world’s largest association of metals-centric materials Affiliate Membership engineers and scientists. Dedicated to informing, educating and connecting the materials community. Founded in 1913. 30,000 members WHO ASM International is the world’s largest association of metals- focused materials engineers, scientists, technicians, educators, and students. Student WHAT Outreach A member based organization, ASM International serves as a central resource that gathers the latest applied information from the field and • Teachers impacted: 5,642 across 240 Camps disseminates it back to industry, academia, and government. • Students impacted: 9,963 across 239 Camps HOW • “Materials Science” now offered in ~150 High Schools ASM International fuels a passionate sense of community, energizes members to aspire to new levels of success and satisfaction and advances the development of materials.
ASM MN Chapter 2018/2019 Program Meeting Date Topic Speaker Meeting Location Wednesday Kevin Jones 14000 Technology DR Tour of MTS September 19th MTS Systems Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Wednesday Associate Prof. Nathan Mara U of M Amundson Hall Student - Industry Networking Event October 10th University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Wednesday Electrochromic Glass For Energy-Efficient Dr. Jean-Christophe Giron Green Mill November 14th Windows Sage Glass Plymouth, MN Wednesday Annual December Social Robert Whitemore Green Mill December 5th “Fire Investigation and Fire Safety” Whitemore Fire Consultants Plymouth, MN Chemical Analysis of Materials Using Wednesday Dr. Eric Smolensky Green Mill Confocal Raman Microscopy and January 16 th Ebatco Plymouth, MN Microspectroscopy Annual Full Day Symposium Wednesday Various Speakers / Professional Hennepin Technical College “New Materials and Processing February 20 st Dev. Hours Cert. Available (5) Brooklyn Park, MN Technologies” Introduction to 3D Printing– Amy Ecolab Schuman Campus, Thursday Annual Minnesota Technical Symposium– Sissala Ecocafe March 7th Advances in 3D Printing 3D Printing Functional Materials Eagan, MN and Devices– Dr. Micheal McAlpine Wednesday Past Chair Night / Scholarships / ASM Trustee Dr. John Wolodko Green Mill April 17th Membership Awards University of Alberta Plymouth, MN Wednesday Tap Room Tour (Joint event with AFS) N/A Tap Room TBD May 15th
ASM MN Chapter Board • Joe Hirvela-Chair • Tom Steigauf • Lisa Swartz-Vice Chair • Russell Holmes • Mark Baker-Secretary • Farida Kasumzade • Kurt Schenk-Treasurer • Steve Axdal • Dehua Yang • Mark Weiss • Warren Solom • Devin Williamson • Margaret Flury • Pankaj Gupta-Past Chair • Michael Bissen Special Thanks to Joy Clifford
The Minnesota Chapter of ASM International will note its 100 th anniversary in 2019!
MINNESOTA CHAPTER AVS AVS.ORG Advancing the Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing in the North Star State and Surrounding Regions 80+ members from local universities and industries AVS members and non-members invited to all events Date Description Chapter meeting (3-4/year) with dinner and discussion of state-of-the-art April surface analysis and surface modification March 31 AVS Awards nomination deadline Abstract deadline, AVS 66 th Int’l Symposium & Exhibition in Columbus, May 1 OH May Short courses at Normandale College, Bloomington September MN-AVS Symposium (speakers, dinner, poster contest) Sponsorship for local high school teacher to attend Science Educators October Workshop at AVS Int’l Symposium in Columbus, OH Contact: Sachin Attavar(sachin_attavar @avs.org) https://www.avs.org/chapters/minnesota LinkedIn: “MN-AVS”
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Share your love of STEM with Minnesota’s best and brightest students! MAS needs hundreds of volunteers to judge papers and science projects -- and serve in other roles -- at these upcoming statewide STEM competitions. Regional Junior Science & Humanities Symposium March 23, 2019, University of Northwestern - St. Paul MN State Science & Engineering Fair March 30-31, 2019, Earle Brown Heritage Center Learn more. www.mnmas.org
MINNESOTA MICROSCOPY SOCIETY Celebrating 52 Years at 10,000x! Founded in 1967, the Minnesota Microscopy Society (MMS) organization is dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge of microscopy imaging and analysis techniques. We are professionals, teachers, students, and amateurs interested in all types and applications of microscopy. Join us May 3 rd at our Annual Spring Symposium Minnesota Science Museum, St. Paul For more information visit 7:30 a.m. –4:00 p.m. our website @ Topic: Non-Traditional and Emerging Microscopy Techniques Electron Beam-Sample Interactions o www.mnmicroscopy.org Ion Beam Microscopy o AFM-IR Spectroscopy o High-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy o Atom Probe Technology o
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