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- General Chemistry Collection, for Students, 5th edition, a CD-ROM for Macintosh OS and Windows. This 5th edition of the General Chemistry Collection contains 27 tried-and-tested JCE Software programs that are intended for use by introductory-level chemistry students. These peer-reviewed programs for Mac and for Windows are available on a single CD-ROM for convenient distribution to and access by students. Faculty may adopt the CD as they would any text. Licensing, volume discounts for orders of 20 or more CDs, and network licensing are available. A description appears in J. Chem. Educ.2001, 78,847.
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Awards Announced
CCG Excellence Award Winners
The ACS Division of Computers and Chemistry (COMP) and Chemical Computing Group (CCG) announce the winners of their Excellence Awards, which have been created to stimulate graduate student participation in COMP activities at ACS national meetings. Winners receive a one-year software license of CCG's MOE (Molecular Operating Environment) for their academic research groups in addition to travel reimbursements to the ACS meeting. The names of the winning graduate students, titles of their submitted papers, and names of the faculty members with whom they work are below. More information about present and future awards can be found here.
- Caterina Bissantz, Department of Applied Bioscience, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; Virtual Screening of Chemical Databases: Application of G-protein Coupled Receptors. Gerd Folkers.
- Catherine Check, Physical Chemistry Division, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL; Augmentation of the LANL2DZ Basis Set Under B3LYP and MP2 Models to Improve Calculated Results for pBlock Elements. Thomas M. Gilbert and Lee S. Sunderlin.
- Norge Cruz Hernández, Department of Physical Chemistry, Seville University, Spain. Javier Fernández Sanz.
- Ohyun Kwon, Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Theoretical Studies of Main Group Metallocenes. Michael L. McKee.
- Nelaine Mora-Diez, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Theoretical Calculations in Atmospheric Chemistry: OH and NO3 Hydrogen-Abstraction Reactions from Aldehydes. Russell J. Boyd.
ExploraVision Awards
The student winners of the ninth annual Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Science & Technology Competition have been announced. Eight winning teams were selected from nearly 4,000 teams that entered from public, private, parochial, and home schools in the U.S. and Canada in the grade categories K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. The winners at the 10-12 level appear below.
First Place
- Providence Academy, Katy, TX. Students: Leonard Decker, Benjamin Hefner, Matthew Spena, Ryan Zimmerman. Coach: David Shormann. Mentor: Kathrine Spena.
Project: Take a Deep Breath of O2cean: The AquaGill. Dive suit will be made with artificial hemoglobin tubing to attract free oxygen molecules in the water. This unlimited source of air will allow for longer dives.
Second Place
- Don Mills Collegiate Institute, North York, Ontario. Students: Terence Fong, Elliott Owen. Coach: Rani Takhar.
Project: Electro-Lipid Propulsion System. This hybrid combustion/electrical engine uses lipids (glycerol) instead of gas to create a powerful engine that reuses half of its explosive force and requires fewer cylinders. The accompanying electric motor is recharged by the engine.
The ExploraVision Awards program is open to all K-12 U.S. and Canadian students who are citizens or legal residents. The deadline to submit entries for the 2002 ExploraVision competition is February 2002. More information is available by phone at 1-800-EXPLOR-9, by email exploravision@nsta.org, or at http://www.toshiba.com.
Eastern Analytical Symposium Awards
The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) announces the winners of the 2001 EAS awards, which will be presented during the society's annual meeting to be held October 1-4, 2001 at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
- Milos Novotny, Indiana University, Bloomington. EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Fields of Analytical Chemistry
- Yukihiro Ozaki, University of Kwansei Gakun, Japan. EAS Award for Achievements in Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
- Georges Guiochon, University of Tennessee. EAS Award for Achievements in Separation Science, sponsored by Waters Corporation
- Ray Freeman, University of Cambridge, England. EAS Award for Achievements in Magnetic Resonance
- Barry Wise, Eigenvector, Inc. Galactic Industries Award for Achievements in Chemometrics
- Karl H. Norris, Consultant, Beltsville, MD. New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award
- Robert T. Kennedy, University of Florida. 2001 Bennedetti-Pichler Award
AOCS Awards
The American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) announces winners of 2001 awards.
- Ching-hsien Huang, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. The 2001 Supelco/Nicholas Pelick Research Award
- Michael Blumenthal, Libra Technologies, Inc., Metuchen, NJ. The 2001 Stephen S. Chang Award
Award Deadlines
The Passer Education Grants provide support for teachers in small programs at two- and four-year colleges that do not have any advanced degree programs in the chemical sciences. They are made possible through a generous donation of Dorothy and Moses Passer. Moses (Mike) Passer was for many years the head of the ACS Education Division. The awards are to support continuing education activities that must be directly related to the applicant's teaching and must take them away from their campus.
The applicant must be a full-time faculty member at his or her institution. A committee reviews applications. There is no application form but the application must include: a description of the proposed activity and how it relates to his/her teaching with dates, locations, titles, and contacts; a brief description of the applicant's institution and department; a short curriculum vitae; an itemized estimate of expenses, amount of aid requested, and sources of all supplemental funds. Closing dates each year are: January 1, April 1, and September 1. For further information contact Donald E. Jones, djones@erols.com; 3726 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Apt. 108, Washington, DC 20008.
Proposal Deadlines
National Science Foundation
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
These NSF deadlines have been established or are anticipated*.
- Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Formal October 18, 2001
Preliminary April 24, 2002*
Formal October 16, 2002*
- NSF Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarships Program (CSEMS) Feb. 15, 2002*
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Preparation (STEMTP)
Letter of Intent (optional) August 31, 2001*
Proposals October 25, 2001*
- Course, Curriculum, and Lab. Improvement (CCLI)
CCLI-EMD and CCLI-ND June 6, 2002*
CCLI-A&I November 13, 2002*
- National Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital Library (NSDL)
Proposals April 17, 2002*
- Assessment of Student Achievement in Undergraduate Education (ASA)
Letter of Intent (optional) October 16, 2001
Proposals November 20, 2001
- NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars (DTS)
Letter of Intent (optional) September 17, 2001*
Proposals November 14, 2001*
- Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS)
Letter of Intent (optional) November 7, 2001*
Proposals December 5, 2001*
* Official deadline dates for proposals will be specified in the new program solicitation for each program, to be published at least three months before the relevant deadline date. Program solicitations are available electronically through NSF's Online Document System and through the NSF DUE site; phone: 703/292-8670; email: undergrad@nsf.gov.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
November 15, 2001
- Faculty Start-Up Grants for Undergraduate Institutions: May 15, 2002
- Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program:
June 28, 2002<
- New Faculty Awards Program: May 15, 2002
- Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry:
March 1, 2002
- Scholar/Fellow Program for Undergraduate Institutions: June 28, 2002 (note revised guidelines)
- Senior Scientist Mentor: August 31, 2001
- Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences:
Completed Proposals: August 31, 2001
Further information may be obtained from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., 555 Madison Avenue, Suite 1305, New York, NY 10022; phone: 212/753-1760; email: admin@dreyfus.org; WWW: http://www.dreyfus.org/
- Cottrell College Science Awards:
May 15 and November 15
- Cottrell Scholars: First regular business day in September
- Research Innovation Awards: May 1
- Research Opportunity Awards: May 1 and October1
Further information may be obtained from Research Corporation, 101 North Wilmot Road, Suite 250, Tucson, AZ 85711-3332; phone: 520/571-1111; fax: 520/571-1119; email:awards@rescorp.org; WWW: http://www.rescorp.org
Courses, Seminars, Meetings,Opportunities
American Chemical Society (ACS) upcoming meetings are listed below. Details are available at ACS's Web site. (Accessed August 2001)
National
- April -11, 2002: Orlando, FL
- August 18-22, 2002: Boston, MA
Regional
- September 23-26, 2001: Savannah, GA (Southeast)
- October 10-13, 2001: Lincoln, NE (Midwest)
- October 17-20, 2001: San Antonio, TX (Southwest)
- October 28-31, 2001: Santa Barbara, CA (Western)
MACTLAC Meeting 2001
The annual meeting of MACTLAC (Midwest Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges) will be held at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN on October 26 and 27, 2001.
The conference theme is A Chemical Odyssey in Time and Space. There will be plenary talks by Yorke E. Rhodes, New York University; by Michael D. Ward, director of the University of Minnesota Materials Research Science and Engineering Center; and by William B. Jensen, Oesper Chair of History of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati.
The meeting will include subdisciplinary discussion sections with an emphasis on sharing unique lab experiments developed by MACTLAC members as well as other discussion sections and workshops. One workshop, to be led by Bertrand Ramsay, will lead participants through the history of stereochemistry using kits of historically accurate models.
For further information visit http://chem.stthomas.edu, email kmgoodwin@stthomas.edu, or consult the MACTLAC Web site at http://www.mactlac.org.
2002 History of Science European Trip
Science History Tours will visit France in 2002, so polish up your vocabulary and come and join us. Tours have been designed so that teachers will learn much about the history of science, but there will be much of interest to non-scientist travelling companions as well.
This is a custom-designed two-week trip that will begin in Paris during the second half of June 2002. Accommodations will be in the Latin Quarter, on the left bank of the Seine, in a comfortable two- or three-star hotel in the center of everything. Sites of interest in the history of science that we will visit include the Institut Pasteur, the Curie Museum, and the Musee des Arts et Metiers, which contains a wealth of objects of great importance, including Lavoisier's laboratory equipment and the design model of the Statue of Liberty made by Bartholdi prior to his construction of "our" Statue of Liberty.
As well as visiting Paris, we shall take in other places of scientific interest. These may be in France, perhaps even in the wine-growing areas, but there is a strong possibility that we may venture as far as Florence, Italy: at this point it is not yet decided. Keep in touch with the organizers (see below).
While the cost of the trip has not yet been determined, a guideline is the cost of the 2001 trip to Ireland: $2400 per person, double occupancy, not including transatlantic airfare. Science History Tours is a non-profit organization set up to provide education in the history of science for teachers and other interested persons. Graduate credit of 3 semester hours will be available for a small extra charge, and CPDUs will be available for teachers.
Two Web presentations are avilable for viewing: one of our first trip, and another of the second trip.
To be put on the mailing list for the 2002 tour, contact Yvonne Twomey, 841 Kinston Court, Naperville, IL 60540; phone: 630/961-9811; email:ytwomey@mcs.com. Or contact Lee Marek by phone: 630/420-7516 or email:LMarek@aol.com.
Plasma Spectrochemistry Meeting
The 2002 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will be held January 6-12, 2002, in Scottsdale, AZ. In addition to papers presented at symposia there will be a Workshop on New Plasma Instrumentation, Continuing Education Short Courses, and five provocative Panel Discussions.
For program, registration, hotel, and transportation details, contact Ramon M. Barnes, ICP Information Newsletter, Inc., P. O. Box 666, Hadley, MA 01035-0666; phone: 413/256-8942; fax: 413/256-3746; email:winterconf@chem.umass.edu;or review this event's Web site.
EAS Annual Symposium
EAS 2001: Educating Analytical Scientists for Over 40 Years! is the title of the 40th Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition that will be held October 1-4, 2001, in Atlantic City, NJ. The meeting includes invited sessions, contributed papers and posters, a career development center, 30 short courses, and exhibitor workshops. Of special note are mini-symposia on HPLC Retention Mechanism, the analytical implications of Megan's Law in forensic science, and a celebration of the 40-year history of EAS. For further information contact EAS by phone: 610/485-4633; fax: 610/485-9467; email: easinfo@aol.com; or Web site http://www.eas.org.
Materials Research Society (MRS)
The Materials Research Society will hold its annual fall meeting November 26-30, 2001 in Boston, MA. Technical symposia, tutorial, and vendor exhibits highlighting current trends and progress in materials science are included. For more information about MRS or their workshops, conferences, or publications contact Materials Research Society, 506 Keystone Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086; phone: 724/779-3003; fax: 724/779-8313; email: info@mrs.org; Web site: http://www.mrs.org.
International Humic Substances Society
The Twentieth-Anniversary Conference of the International Humic Substances Society will be held July 21-26, 2002, at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. The conference title is Humic Substances: Nature's Most Versatile Materials. Registration and advertising information is available here, or contact Elham A. Ghabbour, The Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis, 341 Mugar Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5000; phone: 617/373-7988; fax: 617/373-2855; email: e.ghabbour@neu.edu.
Planaria Software announces the release of the freely licensed ArgusLab 2.0 molecular modeling program. ArgusLab's features include a fully functional 3D-molecule builder with periodic table support, UV/visible electronic spectra, geometry optimization, molecular mechanics, and Extended Hückel for the entire periodic table, rotary strengths, dipole moments, transition moments, Mulliken and ZDO charges, bond orders, and SCRF solvent model. Hamiltonians and force fields supported include EHT, UFF, ZINDO, AM1, MNDO, and PM3. Includes an HTML help system. ArgusLab runs on Windows 98, NT, 2000, ME systems.
The software is available from Planaria Software LLC.
People
President-Elect, NSTA
Carolyn Randolph, vice-president for Outreach & Student Research at the South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, has been elected as the 2001 president-elect of NSTA. Her term began June 1, 2001, at which time Harold Pratt became president.
Leadership in Education Award
Helge H. Wehmeier, President and Chief Executive Office of Bayer Corporation, is the recipient of the 2001 Leadership in Education Award from the Keystone Center. Wehmeier was cited for his support in spearheading ongoing education and volunteer efforts such as Bayer's Making Science Make Sense program, which, in partnership with NSF, advances science literacy through hands-on, inquiry-based science learning.
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