ISOTOPICS
The Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society
Volume 89
Issue 7
October 2013
October Meeting Notice
On Deck:
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The Bottle House, Cleveland Heights
November 20, 2013
Professor Michelle Driessen
University of Minnesota
Innovations in Teaching General
Chemistry
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Executive Committee Meeting
Social/Networking
Dinner
Presentation
Beer judging for fun (but not profit): An evening of beer
tasting and judging, focusing on several different beer styles
Cleveland ACS Officers
Chair:
Don Jaworske
NASA Glenn Research Center
216-433-2312
Donald.A.Jaworske@nasa.gov
Chair-Elect:
Michael J. Kenney
Case Western Reserve Univ.
216-368-3736
mjk56@case.edu
Treasurer:
John Moran
Department of Science and
Mathematics
Phone: 216-373-6380
jmoran@ndc.edu
Secretary:
Anna Cronin
cronina@glsc.org
Cleveland Section Web Site:
http://www.csuohio.edu/sciences
/dept/cleveland_acs/
Paul Shick, Professor and Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science,
John Carroll University
Beers styles have historically risen for cultural and geographical reasons
(often involving water chemistry). With the nation in the midst of a craft
beer movement, new beer styles are evolving very quickly. We'll look at
some major parts of beer styles, including which are brewed most
successfully here in Cleveland. We'll taste at least three examples of
different styles, assessing them against the Beer Judge Certification
Program guidelines -- sort of a "truth in advertising" tool.
DINNER RESERVATIONS REQUIRED:
Please
RSVP
by
Sunday,
October
13
by
email
to
eigensolutions@gmail.com. At that time the respondent will receive an
acknowledgement and map. Dinner is pierogies and salad buffet. A beer
flight will be included with dinner so participants must be of legal drinking
age. Checks made out to “Cleveland ACS” are greatly appreciated; cash
otherwise. $20 for members and guests, $10 for retirees or unemployed, $5
for students.
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Directions to The Bottle House
2050 Lee Road
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118
Speaker Bio
Paul has been a brewer for close to 20 years. He
has held a national ranking with Beer Judge
Certification Program for over 10 years and has
judged at many homebrewed and commercial beer
competitions (http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-zymurgist/Content?oid=2931124).
He
has served as judge coordinator for many regional,
state and national competitions. He is a long-time
member and past president of Society of
Northeast
Ohio
Brewers
(SNOBs, www.beersnobs.org).
Professionally, Paul has been on the faculty at
John Carroll since 1985. His research interests are
in topology, in particular stable homotopy theory.
He has been a visiting faculty member at the Field
Institute in Toronto, Mathematical Science
Research Institute at UC Berkeley and at the
University of Washington. He earned his Ph.D.
from Northwestern University.
Call for Nomination: The Morley Medal
By Mark Waner
The Cleveland Section annually sponsors a
regional award, which consists of the Morley
Medal and an honorarium of $2,000. The next
presentation of the Morley Medal will take place
at the meeting of the Cleveland Section ACS in
May 2014. The award is presented at a banquet, at
which time the recipient will deliver the Edward
W. Morley Lecture for that year. Travel expenses
for the medalist and spouse will be provided.
The purpose of the award is to recognize
significant contributions to chemistry through
achievements in research, teaching, engineering,
research administration and public service,
outstanding service to humanity, or to industrial
progress.
The area of eligibility includes those parts of the
United States and Canada within about 250 miles
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
of Cleveland. The contributions for which the
award is given should have been made by the
awardee when a resident of this area, or if a major
contribution was made elsewhere, the nominee
should have continued to make contributions
while a resident of this area. Nominations may be
made by any member of the American Chemical
Society, The Chemical Society or the Chemical
Institute of Canada.
Nominations for the Morley Medal should include
a letter of nomination and curriculum vitae
including the candidate's education, professional
experience & activities, awards & honors, offices
held and specifics on significant contributions.
The letter of nomination should highlight these
significant contributions. A representative list of
references to the candidate's more important
contributions, an evaluation of the significance of
these achievements, and a listing of the nominee's
most significant publications and patents are also
appropriate. Added consideration will be given to
individuals under the age of 48 with demonstrated
accomplishments and for continuing significant
future accomplishments. Strong seconding letters
are suggested. The specific reference for every
publication or patent is neither required nor
encouraged. Electronic submissions are preferred.
Deadline for receipt of nominations is
December 13, 2013. Send nomination and
supporting material to:
Dr. Mark J. Waner
Cleveland Section Morley Medal Committee
Department of Chemistry
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH 44118
Ph: 216-397-4791
E-mail: mwaner@jcu.edu
National Chemistry Week Celebration
at the Great Lakes Science Center
By Mark Waner
On Saturday, October 26 the Great Lakes Science
Center is hosting a National Chemistry Week
Celebration. The Cleveland Section will be one of
the groups there to do hands on activities with
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visitors that day. We need section members
willing to volunteer for shifts between 10:30am
and 3:30pm that day.
No experience is necessary! We'll give you
instructions when you arrive and we will have
plenty of people to assist one another. Please
contact Mark Waner (mwaner@jcu.edu) if you
are interested.
Selected from ACS Discoveries!
Health and Environmental Effects of
Nanomaterials
ACS Nano
A group of international experts from
government, industry and academia have
concluded that alternative testing strategies
(ATSs) that don’t rely on animals will be needed
to cope with the wave of new nanomaterials
emerging from the boom in nanoscience and
nanotechnology. Their consensus statement from
a workshop on the topic appears in the journal
ACS Nano.
Andre Nel and colleagues explain that many new
engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are appearing
in laboratories, factories and consumer products
as a result of advances in nanoscience and
nanotechnology. These fields involve materials so
small that hundreds would fit inside the period at
the end of this sentence, and they have properties
much different from larger particles of the same
material. Tests on laboratory mice, rats and other
animals have been the standard way of checking
new materials for health and environmental
effects. Since those tests are costly, laborintensive and time-consuming, workshop
participants considered whether ATSs could have
a larger role in checking the safety of ENMs.
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
They concluded that rapid cellular screening,
computer modeling and other ATSs could serve as
quick, cost-effective and reliable approaches for
gathering certain types of information about the
health and environmental effects of ENMs. “After
lively discussions, a short list of generally shared
viewpoints on this topic was generated, including
a general view that ATS approaches for ENMs can
significantly benefit chemical safety analysis,”
they say.
Funding was from the National Science
Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences and non-federal sources.
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