Midland ACS Section:Monthly Board Meeting

October 7, 2014MCFTA

Chair: Michelle Cummings

October 7th Agenda

Time Speaker Subject Duration7:00 Michelle Cummings Welcome/Introductions 27:02 Michelle Cummings September Minutes 57:05 Paul Schroll Scholarship Amendment Update 107:15 Bernadette Harkness Project Seed 107:25 Tina Leaym, Bob Howell National Meeting Summary 107:35 Michelle Cummings 2015 Funding Mechanism 107:45 Chelsea Quinn Election Update 57:50 Matt Grandbois Website Update 57:55 Matt Grandbois ACS Directory 58:00 Michelle Cummings Adjourn

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Scholarship Amendment Update

• Paul Schroll

Project SEED 2014

Partnering Institutions:

SEED I Program: For first time SEED students, usually high school juniors who have completed one year of chemistry and have been recommended by their teachers or counselors. Students receive a $2500 fellowship award.

SEED II Program: Returning SEED students continuing for a second summer research experience. Students receive a $3000 fellowship award.

All SEED students must meet income and academic eligibility requirements.

SEED I Student selection process: • April: Solicit applications from area high schools through

email notices to high school science teachers and counselors.

• May: Receive applications and select short list of students based on income, academic and written essay.

• May/June: Interview short-listed students with mentors at SVSU

• June: Select and notify chosen students • End of June: Students begin internship • End of August: Students complete projects and submit

Final Reports • September/October: Poster Presentation at Fall Scientific

Meeting

SEED I: • Justin Martin (Bullock Creek HS) • mentored by Dr. Abhijit Sarkar at MMI

• Katelynn Curry (Chippewa Hills HS) • mentored by Dr. Anja Mueller at CMU

• Alicia Ball (Garber HS) • mentored by Dr. Adam Warhausen at SVSU

SEED II: • Travis Hahn (Freeland HS) continued his work with Dr.

Tami Sivy at SVSU.

Students and Mentors

Justin Martin (Bullock Creek HS) – Senior - mentored by Dr. Abhijit Sarkar at MMI.

Project: Optimization of Hyperbranched Polymers for Paints and Coatings. • corn oil based unsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid and

others) will be introduced into hyperbranched polyesters (HBPEs) to obtain additives that can be added to alkyd resins as emulsifiers.

• aims to enhance the economic viability of corn farmers by developing value added products, appropriate use of the side products as well as the introduction of environmentally clean products.

SEED I

Justin Martin (Bullock Creek HS) – Senior - mentored by Dr. Abhijit Sarkar at MMI.

Project: Optimization of Hyperbranched Polymers for Paints and Coatings.

Conclusion: Conclusion: • Hyperbranched polyester (HBPEs) additives to paints improved

key properties• Antifoaming and hydrostability properties were tested and

gave moderate results, further work needed for improvement.

SEED I

Katelynn Curry (Chippewa Hills HS) – Senior - mentored by Dr. Anja Mueller at CMU.

Project: Development of filters for arsenic and perchlorate • Testing and design of materials suitable for a household filter

that might be commercialized to remove harmful perchlorate and mercury ions.

• Research involves helping to fabricate the filter casing, as well as measuring the amount of perchlorate removed by the filter.

• Imprinting polymerization contains monomers that bind to impurities, bound monomers are polymerized and cross-linked with a diacrylate co-monomer.

• Polymer is precipitated and filtered. Impurities are removed by washing with imprinted sites remaining.

• Polymer is used as filter to capture the mercury impurities

SEED I

Katelynn Curry (Chippewa Hills HS) – Senior - mentored by Dr. Anja Mueller at CMU.

Project: Development of filters for arsenic and perchlorate

Conclusion:• Prepared imprinted polymers with monomers that bind to

impurities such as mercury and perchlorate. To not have to work with methyl mercury itself, the mimic L-methionine is being used.

• Using NMR for characterization, found that the polymer released some the the impurity but some of the impurities also remained left behind in the polymer filter.

SEED I

L-methionine in eluent - washed out of imprinted polymer

Alicia Ball (Garber HS) – Junior - Mentored by Dr. Adam Warhausen / Dr. Jennifer Chaytor at SVSU.

Project: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Wilkinson’s Catalyst and Analogues

Circumstances: - Previous SEED I student Kade Edsall (with Dr. Jennifer Chaytor) was unable to

continue as SEED II although initially indicated he would like to. He gave notification in May.

- Initial plan: Dr. Chaytor was on maternity leave for Summer 2014 but would available for consultation with Dr. Warhausen who would supervise the SEED student.

- Project had been funded by SEED but no SEED II student so national SEED office gave approval for this becoming SEED I project and Alicia Ball was selected late in the process from eligible applicants who were interviewed for MMI position.

- Dr. Warhausen was newly hired and in process of setting up his lab. Some lab equipment arrived late in the summer.

SEED I

Alicia Ball (Garber HS)- Mentored by Dr. Adam Warhausen / Dr. Jennifer Chaytor at SVSU.

Project: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Wilkinson’s Catalyst and Analogues

• Investigations into organometallic synthesis and redox properties of neutral Rh(I) Wilkinsons catalyst and analogues

• All redox properties will be examined using cyclic voltammetry techniques. The reactivity studies could lead to a new class of catalysts.

SEED I

Alicia Ball (Garber HS)- Mentored by Dr. Adam Warhausen / Dr. Jennifer Chaytor at SVSU.

Project: Synthesis, Characterization, Electrochemical, and Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Wilkinson’s Catalyst and Analogues

Conclusion: • Chaytor lab: Observed and assisted in ring-closure experiments

with Pt catalysts and NMR characterization • Warhausen lab: Introduced to techniques used to synthesize

organometallic complexes including preparation and sublimation of ferrocene.

• Measured cyclic voltammetry of acetylferrocene and attempted measurements with Rh(III) chloride complex.

SEED I

Travis Hahn (Freeland HS) – Graduated - mentored by Dr. Tami Sivy at SVSU.

Project: Kawkawlin River Sampling Monitoring of E. coli in the Kawkawlin River and analysis of their influence on dissolved O2 levels .

- Continuation of SEED I project- sampling up in Iosco and Arenac counties because these

waters possess high levels of E. coli.- performed Colilert, Coliscan test and helped on a source

tracking operation to try and determine the origin of high E. coli levels.

SEED II

Travis Hahn (Freeland HS) - mentored by Dr. Tami Sivy at SVSU.

Project: Kawkawlin River Sampling

Conclusion: • Colilert and Coliscan gave good correlation indicating reliable

data of high E-coli levels found• Source tracking, DNA extraction and gel analysis indicated that

high E. coli levels is contributed from human feces

SEED I

Unfortunately no students were able to present a poster at the FSM, although Katelynn Curry (and Ashley Plank) from CMU were scheduled but not able to come at the last minute.

Fall Scientific Meeting 2014

Student Impressions of SEED experience

Justin Martin:

Student Impressions of SEED experience

Katelynn:

Student Impressions of SEED experience

Alicia:

Student Impressions of SEED experienceTravis:My experience as a SEED student has been unforgettable. I was lucky enough to spend two of my high school summers participating in project SEED. Over the two years I have learned so much about Environmental Science and Biochemistry. It really gave me an idea what college will be like along with what I want to study in college. I don’t know where college will take me but hopefully at the end I’m doing something similar to what I did the last two years. Thanks for this amazing opportunity and it’s a sad thought that I will no longer be a project SEED student next year.

Midland Section ACS Meeting, San Francisco (Fall 2014) Council Meeting

Tina LeaymBob Howell

October 6, 2014

Overview of Pending Council Action

• Nominations and Elections– Committee on Committees– Council Policy Committee– Nominations and Elections

• Reports of Elected Committees of the Council– Recommendations for continuation of selected committees

• Reports of Council Standing Committees– Approval of Professional Employment Guidelines (Committee on Economic

and Professional Affairs)– Approval of change in a Local Section territory (Committee on Local Section

Activities)• Reports of Other Committees

– Petition to charter new International Chemical Sciences Chapter (Committee on International Activities)

Nominations and Elections• Committee on Committees*

– The committee has selected the following slate of candidates for 2015-2017 term, we will elect 5• Spiro Alexandratos#• Mark Benvenuto• Mitchell Bruce• Judith Currano#• Jetty Duffy-Matzner• Kathleen Gibboney• Helen (Bonnie) Lawlor#• Zaida Morales-Martinez#• Robert Pribush• Patricia Redden

* Key responsibilities: assist and advise on appointments of chairs and members of Council-related bodies, recommendations concerning responsibilities and size of committees.# Incumbent

Elected by Council

Nominations and Elections• Council Policy Committee*• The committee has selected the following slate of candidates, we

will elect 5. (4 top-vote candidates will serve 2015-2017 terms, the candidate receiving the 5th highest vote will serve the remainder of the 2014-2016 term)

– Lawrence Barton#– Dwight Chasar– Lynne Greenblatt– Martha Hollomon– Peter Jurs#– Pamela Kistler– Doris Lewis– Christopher Masi– Andrea Twiss-Brooks– Linette Watkins* Key responsibilities: serves as Executive Committee for Council, creates candidate slate

for N&E, long range and strategic planning, recommending positions on amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws# Incumbent

Elected by Council

Nominations and Elections• Committee on Nominations and Elections*– The committee has selected the following slate of candidates,

we will elect 5.• Anthony Addison• John Finley• Lydia Hines#• Roland Hirsch• Robert Lichter• Mamie Moy• Anne O’Brien#• Eleanor Siebert• Herbert Silber• Ralph Wheeler

* Key responsibilities: receives petitions for President-Elect, District Director, Director-at-Large, ranks candidates, supervises Society elections, conducts elections in Council, serves as appeals board for local section and division elections. Email: nomelect@acs.org # Incumbent

Elected by Council

Reports of Elected Committees of the Council

• Recommendations for continuation of selected committees:– Committee on Patents & Related Matters– Committee on Technician Affairs

Continuation Approved by Council

Reports of Council Standing Committees

• Approval of the Professional Employment Guidelines, 9th Edition, major updates from the Committee of Economic and Professional Affairs:– Under Benefits, Retirement:

• changing recommended time for vesting of employer matching funds from 6 years to 3 years

• changing recommended service time for participation from 2 years to 1 year

– Under Safety, Health, and the Environment:• Adding language about safety education, training for high hazard materials,

minimizing hazard and exposure risk

– Under Professional Development:• Adding language about support for attendance at conferences with

employer reimbursement or paid time off.Changes Approved by Council

Local Section Territory Change:

• An application has been received for the formation of the South Africa International Chemical Sciences Chapter. Approved.

New International Chemical Sciences Chapter:

• Philadelphia Local Section is petitioning to have its boundary extended to include the Ocean County Local Section This was changed to only dissolve the Ocean County Section, did not add it to Philadelphia LS

Miscellaneous• Candidates for President-Elect, 2015:

– Peter K. Dorhout, Dean of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Chemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

– William A. Lester, Jr., Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA

– Donna J. Nelson, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

• Candidates for Directors-at-Large, 2015-2017– Dawn A. Brooks, Sr. Director, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN– William F. Carroll, Jr., Vice-President, Occidental Chemical Corporation, Dallas, TX– Barbara A. Sawrey, Associate Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, and Dean of Undergraduate

Education, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA– Ellen B. Stechel, Deputy Director, ASU-LightWorks, Tempe, AZ, Arizona State University

• Recruitment process for the Executive Director and CEO position: The Society has retained Korn Ferry International to conduct the search. Aiming to complete the process in time to have a new Executive Director and CEO in place January 1, 2015.

Vote Now!

Mtg Attendees Students Expo - Only Exhibitors TOTAL

10,431 3,675 550 1,128 15,784*

B&F

• B&F reviewed the Society’s 2014 probable year-end financial projection which calls for a Net Contribution from operations of $14.4 million, or $752,000 higher than the Approved Budget.

• Total revenues are projected at $497.2 million. This is $1.1 million or 0.2% unfavorable to the Approved Budget. The projected shortfall is primarily driven by lower-than-budgeted Electronic Services, Registration Fees, and Advertising revenues.

• Total expenses are projected at $482.8 million, which is $1.9 million or 0.4% favorable to the Approved Budget. This variance is the result of lower-than-budgeted expenses across multiple categories primarily in the Society’s information services divisions (CAS and Publications).

CEPA

Economic and Professional Affairs• CEPA announced that the unemployment rate for all

ACS chemists has dropped from 3.5% in March 2013 to 2.9% as of March 2014.

• Unemployment rate for new chemistry graduates is considered to be an all-time high of 14.6%.

• The number is higher when we isolate bachelor’s level graduates, for whom the rate is 15.8%.

MAC

Membership Affairs• ACS membership at 158,869, a net increase of 512

since May of this year. • The number of international members has grown this

year by 312, to almost 25,000. • The number of current, unpaid members declined in

June and is 13% lower than June 2013. • As of July 1, automatic renewal (on credit card)

became available.

CTATechnician Affairs (CTA)• CTA observed its 50th Anniversary at this meeting with a symposium, “The

Role of the Chemical Technician Through the Decades,” cosponsored with the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry and the Division of the History of Chemistry. (Invited symposia speakers from Midland Section, Bob Krystosek and Michelle Rivard.)

• CTA also presented three different awards: a Salute to Excellence at the ACS Diversity reception, two K. Michael Shea awards at the CTA anniversary dinner (Congratulations Connie Murphy!), and the first CTA Chemluminary to the Brazosport Local Section.

2015 Funding• Dow Chemical

– Some event driven funding is available.– Work with Jaime Curtis- Fisk to secure funding

• Dow Corning– All funding will be event/program driven– Pulling back funding to National ACS, want to contribute more to local section– Dow Corning- Find events/activities where they would get value from Dow Corning branding– Dow Corning Foundation- find events/activities that directly benefit the community and DO NOT

benefit any employee– Possibly some events were both Dow Corning and Dow Corning Foundation could give funding– Requests for funding will be more on an individual event/program basis, any funds not used can be

used for other events/programs.– Examples

• Storage and organization of chemical and outreach supplies- Dow Corning Foundation• FSM- Dow Corning and Dow Corning Foundation• Teacher training- Dow Corning and Dow Corning Foundation• Awards- Dow Corning and Dow Corning Foundation• Professional Development- Dow Corning

• Need to develop a list of 2015 activities to approach Dow and Dow Corning about funding.

Chair: Matt Grandbois Chair-elect: ?

Treasurer: Wendy Flory Secretary: Wenyi Huang and

Salma Rahman

Chair of N&E: Kshitish Patankar Councilor: Bob Howell and

Dale LeCaptain

Alternate Councilor: Connie Murphy and Tami Sivy

Director (x3): Dave Stickles, Gina Malczewshi, and Pat Smith?

2015 MIDLAND ACS BALLOT

Midland Website Update• Satyajit Sarkar has agreed to be Midland ACS Webmaster• Junior at Dow High School• Experience in C++, Java, and HTML

• Currently focusing on updating Website Information:– Leadership, bios, contact information, etc.– Providing connections between various social media platforms– Banner for upcoming events and activities

• Will give an overview of updates/change at Nov. Board meeting

• If you have any additional requests or updates, contact Matt– Matt Grandbois – mlgrandbois@dow.com or grandboismatthew@gmail.com

ACS Online Speaker Directory

• LSAC sponsors online directory service for identifying and contacting potential speakers.

• Sections that utilize the directory are eligible for reimbursement of up to $400 to help cover the travel costs.

• Individuals that are interested in being listed as a speaker on the directory can contact speakers@acs.org

• Sections are allowed to designate up to three speaker planners that act as focal point for this service• Currently Midland does not have any planners listed with National ACS

Adjourn