ISOTOPICS
The Cleveland Section of the American Chemical Society
Volume 87
Issue 8
November 2011
November Meeting Notice
On Deck:
January 18, 2011
Past Chairs Night
Sterle‟s Slovenian Country House
Speaker: TBD
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Creekside Restaurant and Bar, Brecksville
4:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:30 pm
7:30 pm
Executive Committee Meeting
Social Hour with hot appetizers and cash bar
Dinner
Presentation
Making Body Parts -- Tissue Engineering with Emphasis on
Bone and Cartilage
Cleveland ACS Officers
Chair:
John Protasiewicz
Department of Chemistry
Case Western Reserve Univ.
Phone: 216-368-5060
protasiewicz@case.edu
Chair-Elect:
Kat Wollyung
PerkinElmer, Inc., Akron
330-686-0056
ACS.NCW.Kat@gmail.com
Treasurer:
John Moran
Department of Science and
Mathematics
Phone: 216-373-6380
jmoran@ndc.edu
Secretary:
Alice McFarland
mcfarlands1@earthlink.net
Cleveland Section Web Site:
http://www.csuohio.edu/sciences
/dept/cleveland_acs/
William J. Landis, Ph.D., G. Stafford Whitby Chair in Polymer Science
Department of Polymer Science at The University of Akron
Tissue engineering is a relatively new field of research, approximately 20 years
old, having tremendous clinical potential. The concept of tissue engineering is
one of the design and creation of living tissues in the laboratory from a
combination of cells, polymer scaffolds on which to grow the cells, and possible
added growth factors and cytokines to enhance cell development. The engineered
complex, or construct, would be implanted directly into a patient to augment,
repair or replace damaged or diseased tissue. Fabrication of tissue-engineered
bone and cartilage has been ongoing in the Landis Laboratory for many years. A
number of examples of models of engineered fingers, ears and other structures of
the body will be presented with key methods for molecular and structural analyses
to ensure biocompatibility of the constructs.
DINNER RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Dinner Reservations Required:
Please RSVP by contacting Kat Wollyung by phone at 330-686-0056 or by email
at acs.ncw.kat@gmail.com by November 2nd with your name, total number of
guests in your party, phone number, and selection of one of the four entrée
options for each attendee. Checks made out to “Cleveland ACS” are greatly
appreciated; cash otherwise. This event is limited to 50 attendees.
All dinner selections include a garden tossed salad, homemade rolls and fresh
vegetable, plus beverage service of soft drinks, ice tea, coffee and assorted dessert
pastries. The four entrée selections are:
 Chicken Marala Saute (Chicken breast, mushrooms and peas sautéed in a
traditional Marsala sauce. Served with roasted garlic redskin mashed
potatoes.)
 Penne Sorento (Broiled chicken breast, sweet ball peppers, broccoli,
garlic, and basil sautéed with olive oil then tossed with penne pasta and
Romano cheese
 Penne Sorento meatless vegetarian option.
 Lemon Pepper Flounder (Fresh flounder fillets baked with butter, lemon
pepper seasoning and panko bread crumbs. Served with rice pilaf.
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Directions to Creekside Restaurant &
Bar
803 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
Creekside Restaurant & Bar is located on Rte 21
approximately a quarter mile north of the Rt 82 &
Rt 21 intersection in downtown Brecksville.
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
Directions from South
I-77 north to Route 82 (exit 149) towards
Brecksville. Make a right hand turn off of ramp
and travel 1.1 miles. Make a left hand turn at
Route 21 (2nd traffic light). Get in right hand lane,
go .2 miles over bridge, first driveway on right.
Speaker Bio
Directions from North
I-77 south to Route 82 (exit 149A)
Towards Brecksville for 1.6 miles. Make a left
hand turn at Route 21 (2nd traffic light). Get in
right hand lane, go .2 miles over bridge, first
driveway on right.
Directions from East
Via 480 Take 480 west to I 77 south towards
Akron for 6.7 miles. Take Route 82 (exit 149A)
towards Brecksville for 1.6 miles. Make a left
hand turn at Route 21 (2nd traffic light). Get in
right hand lane, go .2 miles over bridge, first
driveway on right Via Route 82. Take Route 82
west and turn right at Route 21. Get in right hand
lane, go .2 miles over bridge, first driveway on
right.
Directions from West
By 480. Take 480 east to I-77 south (exit 20b)
towards Akron for 6.7 miles. Take Route 82 (exit
149A) towards Brecksville for 1.6 miles. Make a
left hand turn at Route 21 (2nd traffic light)
Get in right hand lane, go .2 miles over bridge,
first driveway on right. By Route 82
Take Route 82 east and turn left at Route 21
Get in right hand lane, go .2 miles over bridge,
first driveway on right.
William Landis teaches and conducts research to
understand the growth and development of the
skeleton and teeth of humans and other
vertebrates. He holds a BS degree in Physics from
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,
and MS and PhD degrees in biology and
biophysics, respectively, from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. After
taking his doctorate, Dr. Landis began a postdoctoral fellowship at the Children‟s Hospital and
the Harvard Medical School, Boston, and there
was promoted ultimately to the rank of Associate
Professor of Anatomy and Cellular Biology. In
1998, he moved to the Northeast Ohio Medical
University (formerly the Northeastern Ohio
Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy)
in Rootstown, where he was Professor and Chair
of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Pathology. In May, 2010, he relocated his
laboratory to the University of Akron and was
named the G. Stafford Whitby Chair in Polymer
Science. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa,
Sigma Xi, and Alpha Omega Alpha (national
medical honor society); was a Fulbright Scholar
for study at the Weizmann Institute, Rehovot,
Israel; has won a Kappa Delta Award for
outstanding research from the American Academy
of Orthopaedic Surgery and a number of other
national and international prizes; and is a current
editorial board member of four scientific journals.
His research into various aspects of bone and
cartilage molecular biology, structure and
function, tissue engineering of bone and cartilage,
and the effects of mechanical forces on
mineralized tissues has been supported for many
years by funding from the National Institutes of
Health, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, and other federal, state and local
agencies. Dr. Landis has published over 135 peer-
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reviewed papers and book chapters and has edited
five
books
in
the
broad
field
of
biomineralization.
Call for Nomination: The Morley Medal
By Mark J. 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 2012. 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
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
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
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 9, 2011. 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
Local Election
By Alice McFarland
This memo is a reminder that the local ACS
election will take place in November. You should
expect to receive your ballot in the mail early this
month. Please take the time to vote for your local
section officers.
Please follow the instructions that will be included
with the ballots. Last year many ballots were
invalidated because they were not signed or the
return address was incorrectly filled in. Because
more than one person is running for two of
the offices this year, it is important that your vote
be counted; don‟t throw away your vote.
ACS Fellows
By John Protasiewicz
It is my pleasure to announce that three members
of our section have become 2011 ACS Fellows.
All three of these outstanding chemists have
served as Chairs of the Cleveland section of the
ACS. Furthermore, all three continue to play an
active role in the section. In brief, here are some
highlights of the careers of these new Fellows.
Elizabeth (Betty) Dabrowski. Betty received
chemistry degrees from John Carroll University
(B.S. '72) and Case Western Reserve University
(M.S. '74). She then began teaching high school
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chemistry, first at Yavne High School, then at St.
Ignatius High School. She has, however, spent
the majority of her career (since 1979) at
Magnificat High School teaching chemistry.
Magnificat High School is located in Rocky
Rover and is the largest all girl Catholic high
school in the state of Ohio. At Magnificat, she
moderates an ACS Chartered Chemistry Club that
has been actively involved in the Cleveland
Section‟s NCW activities. She has also been very
active in celebrating Mole Day with her students
with both song and jokes, activities that spread
across Magnificat High.
As this is the
International Year of Chemistry, she, the
Chemistry club members, and students in Betty‟s
classes have been participating in the Science
Across the World program which encourages
students to exchange data on a topic with students
in other countries of the world. In addition to the
scientific data that is exchanged the students share
information about their home country and local
school.
Betty has also served Magnificat by being the
Science Dept. Chair for 15 years. Her mentoring,
leadership, and teaching efforts were recognized
by the Cleveland ACS section in 1998 when she
received the Irene C. Heller Award for High
School Chemistry Teaching. Her career was also
featured in Dr. Sylvia Rimm's book, "How Jane
Won" that included the stories of 35 successful
women and their journeys from "ordinary" to
"extraordinary" (see http://www.seejanewin.com/
HowJaneWon.htm).
In addition she has also done work with several
publishers, including a review and the
introduction to an NSTA book on Polymer
Chemistry. She has attended workshops in
teaching Chemistry sponsored by the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation. She also served as a teacher
intern in polymer research at the BF Goodrich
Laboratory.
Betty is currently a Trustee of the Section, chair of
the Awards Committee and a member of the
National Chemistry Week Committee.
Past
offices she has held in the Cleveland section of
the ACS include: Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair,
Secretary, co-chair of the High School Affairs
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
Committee and co-chair of the National Chemistry
Week Committee. She is a member of the
National Science Teachers Association, the
Cleveland Regional Council of Science Teachers
and the Science Education Council of Ohio.
Kenneth W. Street. Ken received his B.A. in
Chemistry from the University of Connecticut,
Storrs in 1970. He received an M.S. in Chemistry
from Cleveland State University in 1973, and also a
PhD degree in Analytical Chemistry from Wayne
State University, Detroit, Michigan in 1977. He
also received additional training as a Postdoctoral
Fellow at the University of Cincinnati from
1977-1979.
Ken‟s career began with academic professorships
at Kent State University and Loyola University of
Chicago. He later moved on to NASA Lewis
(now Glenn) Research Center in Cleveland Ohio
in 1989. This transition was begun while Ken
held a NASA Summer Fellowship. Ken now has
risen through the ranks at NASA from Research
Associate to Chief, Chemical Sampling and
Analysis Office then on to Materials Research
Engineer (AST – Friction & Lubrication),
Tribology and Surface Science Branch from 1997
to present time. His current duties include
oversight of the optical microspectroscopy
laboratory, interfacing with customers to provide
micro-Raman and micro-FTIR surface analysis,
preparation of proposals to support the laboratory
and research relevant to NASA. Ken also serves
as acting Branch Chief during periods of extended
absence of the permanent Chief.
Ken‟s work at NASA has been recognized by
several awards and accolades, which include a
2007 NASA Group achievement Award for the
NASA Glenn Surface Mobility Team and a 2005
NASA Group achievement Award for the Glenn
Shuttle Actuators Investigation Team. In 1995 &
1996 Ken was a LeRC Nominee for NASA
“Inventor of the Year Award”. In 2007 he received
both a Performance Award for Distinguished
Level and Best Paper in the Branch Award. Ken is
also part of two key patents for his NASA work.
Ken also has over 100 publications (including
monographs and conference proceedings) to his
credit.
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Ken serves as an important bridge to the Society
for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), an organization
he has been active in since at least 1992. Ken was
also vice president of SAS for three different years,
and for two other years, President of SAS (1994
and 1997). He currently is on the SAS Executive
Board.
Ken was a past Chair of the Cleveland Section
ACS (2005), and he currently is a Director (20072012) and is Awards Committee Chair. The latter
role is a rather large and complicated position for
our section, and Ken has had to lead groups of
judges to evaluate candidates for several types of
awards. Ken was also absolutely critical to the
success of the 2009 ACS Central Regional
Meeting held in Cleveland.
David Ball David received his B.S. in Chemistry
in 1983 from , cum laude, Baylor University.
David received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1987
from Rice University. David started his own
career at Cleveland State University in 1990 and
is currently Professor of Chemistry since 2002.
David‟s research on low-temperature spectroscopy and computational chemistry of new high
energy materials has led to over 80 publications in
peer-reviewed literature. He has received research
funding from various university, state, and
national sources (including an NSF grant in 2001
as lead PI on proposal to make CSU an Internet2
institution). His research has reached over 60
students - undergraduate, graduate, and even high
school students that have been mentored in his
research labs.
David has also been awarded numerous
departmental-, college-, and university-level
awards for quality teaching. Some of these
include the College of Science Jearl Walker
Outstanding Teaching Award in 2007; Northeast
Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE)
citation for teaching excellence in October 2003;
CSU Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
in 2002; CSU Chemistry Department Teaching
Award, May 2002, and „Thank A Good Teacher‟
Award, CSU Center for Teaching and Learning in
January 2000.
David has an impressive 18 publications in the
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
Journal of Chemical Education; and also has
published in other educational-related publications
in venues such as Skeptical Inquirer and the World
Book Encyclopedia. As a contributing editor of
"The Baseline" Column in Spectroscopy
magazine, David has written 59 columns that have
been published to date on topics ranging from
spectroscopy fundamentals to rainbows to the
elemental composition of stars. Also impressively,
he has 7 books currently in print. David is
currently is the Director of the CSU Center for
STEMM Education, April 2010 - present.
In the context of service to the American
Chemical Society, David served as the 1998 and
2009 Chair of the Cleveland ACS Section. David
has been on both Organizing Committees of last
two Regional Meetings held in Cleveland. David
has also served the local section as Expositions
Chair in 1998, Program Co-Chair AND Awards
Chair in 2009, Treasurer from 1995-1996. David
also served as a member of the ACS Committee
on Chemistry and Public Affairs from 2000-2009
(reaching statutory limit). He is also currently
member of Local Section Activities Committee,
associate member of Nomenclature, Terminology
and Symbols Committee, and the NCW planning
committee for ACS Cleveland, 1998 - present.
David‟s ACS activities were recognized by the
National ACS when he received the Director‟s
Award for ACS Member Involvement in
Government Affairs, ACS in August 1998.
2011 ChemLuminary Award
By John Protasiewicz
NCW group wins the 2011 ChemLuminary Award
for Most Creative National Chemistry Week
Demonstration. In a hands-on program, over 2500 students and
150 adults were invited to go "behind the scenes"
to find out how science and chemistry goes into
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the "mystery and magic" of a movie set.
Volunteers prepared self-contained kits with
sufficient materials for students to participate in
five individual experiments and two group
experiments. See a movie of award presentation at
the ACS web site, under 2011 ChemLuminary
Awards. Join me in congratulating Bob Fowler,
Betty Dabrowski, Don Boos, Kat Wollyung,
Kristine A Lahman, Laura Sterk, Lois Kuhns,
Marcia Schiele, Margaret Pafford, Mark Waner,
Natalie Zarlenga, Shermila Singham, and Vince
Opaskar for their hard work.
Call for Nominations
Irene C. Heller Award Presented to an
Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher
by the Cleveland Section of the American
Chemical Society
The Cleveland Section of the American Chemical
Society annually sponsors an award to recognize
an outstanding high school chemistry teacher in
the Cleveland Section. The award consists of an
honorarium of $1,000 and a framed certificate.
The award is named for Irene Heller of North
Olmsted High School in recognition of her
contributions as an outstanding high school
chemistry teacher and her service to the Cleveland
Section.
Nominations for the award are due by close of
business Friday, March 2, 2012. The nominations
should consist of information on the candidate's
education, professional experience and activities,
awards and honors, offices held and specifics on
significant contributions. The letter of nomination
should highlight these significant contributions.
Seconding letters are suggested. Nominations
should be sponsored by at least one member of
the Cleveland Section. A detailed curriculum vita
of the candidate may also be included. If you do
not know a local section ACS member willing to
serve as Champion for your candidate, contact
Ken Street at 216-433-5032 and he will provide
one for you. The Cleveland Section is
geographically confined to the counties of
Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Huron, and
Erie. Electronic nominations using Word or PDF
American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
will be greatly appreciated. Details regarding
where to submit will follow in the January
Isotopics.
The award will be presented at the April, 2012
meeting of the Cleveland Section.
Selected from ACS Discoveries!
A scientific “go” for commercial production of
vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
A new commercial processing technology is
suitable for boosting the vitamin D content of
mushrooms and has no adverse effects on other
nutrients in those tasty delicacies, the first study
on the topic has concluded. The technology, which
involves exposing mushrooms to the same kind of
ultraviolet light that produces suntans, can greatly
boost mushrooms‟ vitamin D content. It appears in
ACS‟ Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry.
Ryan Simon and colleagues note that many people
do not get enough vitamin D in their diets. Few
natural foods are high in the vitamin, and there are
limits on what foods can be fortified to boost the
vitamin D content. Although few people realize it,
mushrooms are an excellent natural source of
vitamin D. Some producers have embraced results
of earlier studies, suggesting that exposing
mushrooms to ultraviolet B (UVB) light can
significantly boost the vitamin D content.
The scientists set out to answer several questions
about commercial-scale UV light processing of
mushrooms. Among them: Does it produce
consistently high levels of vitamin D and does it
adversely affect other nutrients in mushrooms?
They compared button mushrooms exposed to
UVB light, those exposed to natural sunlight and
those kept in the dark. The UVB-exposed
mushrooms got a dramatic boost in vitamin D
(700 percent more of the vitamin than those
mushrooms exposed to no light) and the UVB
processing had no effect on levels of vitamin C,
folate, riboflavin, niacin and a host of other
essential nutrients.
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American Chemical Society Cleveland Section
November Historical Events in Chemistry
By Leopold May
The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Nov. 14, 1807
One hundred years and seventy-five years ago in 1836, Auguste Laurent obtained
phthalic acid from naphthalene. Four years before this, he discovered anthracene and in
1841, showed that carbolic acid is phenol. Also, he constructed a saccharimeter; evolved
the nucleus theory of organic radicals (with Charles F. Gerhardt), and made Laurent's
acid. He was born on this date.
Nov. 20, 1 886 One hundred and twenty-five years ago on this date, Karl von Frisch was born. He
discovered how bees orient and communicate and shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology
or Medicine in 1973 with Konrad Lorenz and Nikolaas Tinbergen for their discoveries
concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns.
Nov. 29, 1936
Seventy-five years ago on this date, Yuan T. Lee was born. He used a specially designed
mass spectrometer that could separate and identify reaction products. In 1986, he shared
the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Dudley R. Herschbach and John C. Polanyi for their
contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
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