The Akron Section of the American Chemical Society is accepting nominations for the Akron Section Award, to be presented at the November 2022 General Meeting to an outstanding chemistry professional within a 500 mile radius of Akron in any field. The award consists of a $1000 honorarium and an engraved plaque. The award recipient delivers … Read more
The Akron Section of the ACS hosted an illustrated poem contest in celebration of Earth Week that encouraged students to think creatively and promote this year’s CCEW theme, The Buzz About Bugs: Insect Chemistry. Students from area schools were invited to submit their creative works to be judged according to the ACS rubric that focused … Read more
Please join us on May 25, 2022 from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. EST for the annual MSNO and SAS joint meeting held virtually on Zoom. Cost: Free! Register online: https://cwru.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XF7Jhw06TQqSalrCTcvaHA 11:45 a.m.: Welcome 12:00 p.m.: Ryan Reffner, 2020 Ernest B. Yeager Award Winner, Lorain County Community College, Baldwin Wallace University“Modeling and Measuring the Absorption-induced … Read more
Teri W. Odom | Professor of Chemistry | Northwestern University Teri W. Odom is Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry and Chair of the Chemistry Department at Northwestern University. She is an expert in designing structured nanoscale materials that exhibit extraordinary size and shape-dependent optical and physical properties. Odom has … Read more
The Akron Section of the American Chemical Society will be hosting a student networking event at the University of Akron on March 17, 2022 from 7-9 PM. Dr. Doug McBain, Laird Technologies, Inc., and Dr. Jay Xu, Valtris Specialty Chemicals, will discuss their career projects and answer questions from the audience. UA Career Services representatives … Read more
Discover Akron’s Bounce Innovation Hub, an Incubator for chemical innovation, and PolyLux, an entrepreneurial start-up company headquartered at the Hub. Rose Saborse, Director of Community and Partnerships at the Bounce Innovation Hub, will give a brief presentation about the Hub. Kaushik Mishra, Director of PolyLux, will discuss the company’s breakthrough photo-responsive adhesive with applications for … Read more
Darrell H. Reneker, Emeritus Professor of Polymer Science at the University of Akron, died October 17, 2021, after a distinguished career of more than 60 years. Darrell developed the method of electrospinning polymers, now used world-wide; he is known as the “Father of Electrospinning”. He was an exemplary mentor to students and colleagues of all ages. The … Read more
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at Kent State University supports undergraduate student research in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Liquid Crystal Institute research laboratories. Students in the program work closely with the faculty and other researchers on exciting projects in the areas of liquid crystals, materials … Read more
Anne McNeil, the 2021 Akron Section Award Winner, recently shared a presentation to the Akron Section of the ACS on microplastics in the environment and the research her group is pursuing to help remove microplastics from the environment. WKSU has an article on Professor McNeil’s presentation that you can check out here.
The Akron Section of the ACS is accepting nominations for the Crano Memorial Lecture Award, to be presented at the April General Meeting, to an outstanding chemistry professional in any field. The award consists of a $500 honorarium and an engraved plaque. The recipient delivers a lecture at the University of Akron to a technical … Read more