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August 27, 2012
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in this issue:
Ritter Named ACS Fellow
Frank Kinard at 40 (and counting)
National Chemistry Week
Membership Survey Results
Nobel Laureate Coming to USC & SC-ACS
Kudos Anyone?
SERMACS 2012 Undergraduate Travel Awards
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James Ritter Named as 2012 ACS Fellow

 James Ritter 
  

 

Dr. James Ritter of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of South Carolina has been named as an ACS Fellow for the Class of 2012. 

 

He holds BS, MS, and PhD degrees all from the University of Buffalo.

 

Professor Ritter has a broad research program in the areas of separation processes, materials science and energy storage.  His research team is carrying out several projects funded by both government and private sources. These include:

 

 1) Design of an Adsorption-Based Carbon Dioxide, Humidity and Trace Contaminant Removal System (NASA MSFC)

 2) New Adsorption Cycles for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration (DOE NETL)

 3) Design of Metal and Complex Hydride Hydrogen Storage Systems (NSF I/UCRC)

 4) Development of Complex Metal Hydride Hydrogen Storage Materials (DOE)

 5) Development of Heavy Reflux Pressure Swing Adsorption Cycles (MeadWestvaco and the PSTC)

 6) Development of a PSA Process Simulator for Rapid and Complex Cycles (SeQual Technologies and DoD).  

   

Previous ACS Fellows from the SC-Section are:

 

2010  W.H. Breazeale, Francis  Marion University
2010
 John Dawson, University of South Carolina
2010 C. Gordon McCarty, University of South Carolina Beaufort 

2011 Daniel J. Antion, University of South Carolina
2011 Michael A. Matthews, University of South Carolina
2011 Hans Conrad zur-Loye, University of South Carolina

 

The ACS Fellows Program was created by the ACS Board of Directors in December 2008 "to recognize members of ACS for outstanding achievements in and contributions to Science, the Profession, and ACS."  The first class of ACS Fellows was named in 2009.

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Frank Kinard at 40 (and counting)

Frank Kinard

 

Congratulations to Frank Kinard who has  completed 40 years at the College of Charleston where he is a Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry. He was the department chair from 1982-1989.  For the American Chemical Society Frank has as chair of the South Carolina Section Section during the 1981-82 year.  Frank currently is the secretary of the Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology.  He is also the director of the Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry at San Jose State University.  He received his B.S. from Duke University, his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina, and did post-doctoral work at the University of Puerto Rico and at Florida State University.
 

 

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NATIONAL CHEMISTRY  WEEK OCTOBER 21-27, 2012

 

 NCW 2012

The sections offers $100-$300 mini grants for sponsoring NCW events in your locale.  A grant application may be found by visiting our website at http://www.sc-acs.org.  The deadline for submission is September 1. 

 

Other things that you can do include:

  • Purchase NCW-themed merchandise from the ACS store.
  • Add #NCW to your NCW tweets on Twitter.
  • Join the NCW group on the ACS Network.
  • Take your family to a science museum. Point out the chemistry involved in creating the displays or in making scientific discoveries.
  • Do a hands-on activity or demonstration with your family. For examples, see Science for Kids.
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 Survey Says..........
  survey says

Thank you for participating in our recent membership survey.  The winner of the drawing for a $25 gift certificate to the ACS store was Gordon Mayens of Columbia. We appreciate everyone who took the time to submit their responses.

 

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights saw the most people available to meet with Thursday being the preferred night. Late afternoon and evening were the preferred times to meet with the preferred format being either a social and/or dinner followed by a presentation. 

 

Members would attend more often if they had the time and also if the meetings were more conveniently located, but given our large geographic region, that is hard to accommodate.  Full survey results are available.

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NOBEL LAUREATE TO BE SECTION SPEAKER IN NOVEMBER

 

GrubbsNobel  Laureate Robert H.Grubbs will be hosted by the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry of the University of South Carolina and the South Carolina Section of the American Chemical Society on Friday November 2 when he will deliver the 2012 Murtiashaw Lecture.

 

Dr.  Grubbs is currently the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology where he has been a faculty member since 1978.

 

Grubbs received the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Richard R. Schrock and Yves Chauvin, for his work in the field of olefin metathesis.

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Kudos Anyone? 

 

 

If you would like to share your accomplishments with the section, please let us know and we would be delighted to spread the word.  Send your news (and photos, too) to Jim Deavor .

 

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SERMACS 2012 Undergraduate Travel Awards - Application Deadline 30 September 2012

 

 SERMACS 2012

SERMACS 2012 is offering a limited number of $200 Undergraduate Student Travel Awards to help students gain experience in attending and presenting at scientific meetings.  The travel awards are intended to help defray some of the costs of their travel expenses. 

 Who are eligible?

  • Any full time undergraduate student traveling more than 100 miles to attend the meeting is eligible to receive a travel award.  
  • All ACS local sections in the Southeastern Region that meet this requirement are requested to submit at least one application.  
  • Students who are presenting (oral or poster) at the meeting will be given the first priority. 
  • Second priority goes to the students who are co-authors of the presentation.  

 

How to apply?

Student:Complete and submit the attached Undergraduate Student Travel Awards Application Form along with a current CV. 

 

Advisor/Faculty: A recommendation letter for the student needs to be submitted separately. File name should contain the student's name. 

 

All files should be converted to a PDF format before submission.  Each file should contain the student's name. 

Submit the PDF file(s) as email attachment(s) to [email protected] by 5:00 p.m. September 30, 2012. 

 

Questions?

Please submit any questions by e-mail to [email protected].

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SC-ACS OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SECTION (2012)

Terms of office are for one (1) year beginning 1 January 2012 and ending 31 December 2012, except where otherwise indicated.

   

CHAIR: ANGELA PETERS, Dept of Chemistry, Claflin University, Orangeburg,

SC 29115 V:  803-535-5447  FAX:  803-535-5776    email:  [email protected] 

  

CHAIR-ELECT:  DANIEL J. ANTION, 135 Deliesseline Drive. Cayce, SC 2903

V: 803-796-7428   email:  [email protected]                        

 

SECRETARY-TREASURER, NEWSLETTER EDITOR, AND WEBMASTER:  JIM DEAVOR, School of Sciences and Mathematics College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424   V:  843-953-8095  FX:  843-953-7140   email:  [email protected]     

               

COUNCILOR: WILLIAM H. BREAZEALE, JR., 715 High Battery Circle, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464

 V: 843-884-6939  FAX: 843-953-1404  email:  [email protected]   Term:1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013

 

COUNCILOR: SCOTT R. GOODE, Dept of Chem and Biochem, Univ of SC, Columbia, SC 29208

 V: 803-777-2601  FAX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]      Term: 1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2012

  

ALT COUNCILOR:  JOHN FERRY Dept of Chem and Biochem, Univ of SC, Columbia, SC 29208

 V: 803-777-2646  FAX: 803-777-9521  email:  [email protected]   Term:1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013

 

ALT COUNCILOR:  DANIEL J. ANTION, 135 Deliesseline Drive. Cayce, SC 2903

V: 803-796-7428   email:  [email protected]          Term: 1 Jan 2010- 31 Dec 2012