Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy
Colorado School of Mines
July 15-22, 2014
Daily Schedule
All lectures will be held in Coolbaugh Hall, Room 209
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 PM
Opening BBQ, Commons Area (Illinois Street between 14th and
15th Streets)
Wednesday, July 16
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
Green Chemistry: Principles and Practice
Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society
10:30 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Greening Fossil Fuels
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
12:30 PM
Lunch, Slate Café
1:30 PM
Sustainable and Green Chemistry by Design
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Biofuels
Mark Nimlos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
5:30-7:00 PM
Dinner Slate Café
7:30 PM
Poster Session I, Coolbaugh Hall Atrium
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Thursday, July 17
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AM
Green Business Creation for Chemical Scientists
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
10:30 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Choosing the Greenest Synthesis
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
12:30 PM
Lunch, Slate Café
1:30 PM
Energy Applications of Ionic Liquids
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Fuel Cells
Shyam Kocha, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
5:30-7:00 PM
Dinner, Slate Café
7:30 PM
Poster Session II, Coolbaugh Hall Atrium
Friday, July 18
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AM
Greener Solvents
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
10:30 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Nanostructured Materials for Green Catalysis
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
12:30 PM
Lunch, Slate Café
1:30-3:00 PM
Green Business Creation for Chemical Scientists (Part 2)
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
Greenest Synthesis Group Work
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5:30-7:00 PM
Dinner, Slate Café
7:30 PM
Line Dancing
Student Center, Ballroom A
Saturday, July 19
Rafting!
Sunday, July 20
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AM
Greenest Synthesis Reporting Out
10:30 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Greening Your Research – Practical Tools You Can Use Now
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
12:30 PM
Lunch, Slate Café
1:30 PM
Going Green in the Organic Teaching Laboratory
Ken Doxsee, University of Oregon
3:00 PM
Break
3:30 PM
ACS Resources for Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars
Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society
5:30-7:00 PM
Dinner, Slate Café
Monday, July 21
7:30-8:30 AM
Breakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AM
Writing Competitive Research Grant Proposals
Dean Dunn, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
10:30 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Zen and the Art of Scientific Writing
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
12:30 PM
Lunch, Slate Café
1:30 PM
FrackNation: Video and Discussion
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3:30 PM
Evaluations
7:00 PM
Closing Dinner and Presentation of Certificates
ACS President Tom Barton
Student Center, Ballroom A
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