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NESACS
Members Receive Awards at ACS Awards Ceremony |
Four
NESACS members were recognized by the ACS at the
Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday, March 24, 2009,
in conjunction with the 237th National Meeting
in Salt Lake City, Utah |
JoAnne Stubbe - Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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Nakanishi Prize sponsored by the Nakanishi Prize
Endowment. For her incisive contributions
leading to new fundamental knowledge regarding
the involvement of radical intermediates in the
mechanisms of action of the ubiquitous ribonucleotide
reductases
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| Daniel G. Nocera -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry sponsored by
the Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. For
creative contributions in inorganic chemistry
that have significantly transformed our understanding
of renewable energy and solar energy conversion
at the molecular level.
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| Cynthia M. Friend -
Harvard University |
George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum
Chemistry sponsored by the George A. Olah Award
Endowment. For fundamental understanding
of complex transformations of hydrocarbons on
metal surfaces demonstrating the importance of
metastable, transient species in surface reactivity
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| John A. Porco, Jr. -
Boston University |
| Mohammad Movassaghi -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award sponsored by the
Arthur C. Cope Fund. These awards will
be presented during the Arthur C. Cope Annual
Symposium in conjunction with the 238th National
Meeting in Washington, DC, in August 2009.
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| In Addition: |
| Bernd Giese -
University of Basel, Switzerland |
was presented with the James Flack Norris Award
in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored by the
ACS Northeastern Section by Lawrence Scott (Alternate
NESACS Councilor; Boston College). For
his seminal contributions to the mechanism and
stereochemistry of organic and biological radical
reactions
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| Click
here for PDF of this announcement |
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FOURTEEN
NESACS MEMBERS NAMED ACS FELLOWS |
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| ACS President Nancy
Jackson has announced the 2011 class of ACS Fellows,
which included the following NESACS members among the
213 named: |
| Catherine E. Costello, Boston University School
of Medicine |
| Peter
C. Dedon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thomas
R. Gilbert, Northeastern University |
| Dudley
R. Herschbach, Harvard University |
| Esther
A. H. Hopkins, Polaroid (Retired) |
| Russell
P. Hughes, Dartmouth College |
| Robert
S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
| David
M. Lemal, Dartmouth College |
| Stephen
J. Lippard, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology |
| Patricia
Ann Mabrouk, Northeastern University |
| John
L. Neumeyer, Harvard Medical School |
| Barry
B. Snider, Brandeis University |
| Steven
R. Tannenbaum, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology |
| John
C. Warner, Warner Babcock Institute for
Green Chemistry |
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| They join the Fellows
from NESACS who were elected in 2009 (Charles Cooney,
M.I.T.; Elias Corey, Harvard University; Morton Hoffman,
Boston University; Charles Kolb, Aerodyne Research;
Robert Lichter, Merrimack Consultants; Charles Lieber,
Harvard University; Dietmar Seyferth, M.I.T.; George
Whitesides, Harvard University) and 2010 (Mukund Chorghade,
Thinq Pharma; Cynthia Friend, Harvard University; Peter
Jacobi, Dartmouth College; Dorothy Phillips, Waters
Corp.; Michael Strem, Strem Chemicals). |
The
new ACS Fellows received their lapel pins and
certificates at the National Meeting in Denver at
a ceremony on Monday, August 29, in recognition of
their outstanding achievements in, and contributions
to science, the profession, and the Society. |
| Click
here to download this announcement [PDF] |
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NESACS
Members to Receive ACS Awards |
| Five members of NESACS
(and all from M.I.T.) have been designated as recipients
of ACS awards, which will be presented (with the exception
of the Cope Scholar Awards) on Tuesday, March 27, 2012,
at the 243rd ACS national meeting in San Diego. |
- ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic
Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical, Gregory
C. Fu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards sponsored by the
Arthur C. Cope Fund, Timothy F. Jamison, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
- Priestley Medal sponsored by ACS, Robert
S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
- E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy sponsored
by the ACS Division of Physical Chemistry, Robert
W. Field, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Ahmed Zewail Award in Ultrafast Science & Technology
sponsored by the Ahmed Zewail Endowment Fund established
by Newport Corp., Keith A. Nelson, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
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| In addition, the
James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry,
which is sponsored by NESACS, will go to Hans
J. Reich, University of Wisconsin, Madison. |
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2011
Chemluminary Award |
The Northeastern
Section was awarded the Chemluminary Award for Outstanding
Local Section (very large category), at the Denver
National ACS Meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
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Congratulations and Thank You to all the members
that make NESACS outstanding!
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| Click
here for article with full details |
| Watch
the video of the presentation [MP4]
[WMV] |
| Watch
the video of all the Chemluminary Award presentations
[HTML] |
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CONGRATULATIONS |
Larry
Scott (our NESACS alternate Councilor) has been
elected as: |
2012 Chair-Elect of the Organic Chemistry Division
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National
Recognition for NESACS Student Chapters |
| The ACS Committee
on Education has selected the following student
chapters in the Northeastern Section to receive
special recognition for the programs and activities
described in their 2010 - 2011 reports: |
| Commendable
Recognition |
- Gordon College, Wenham, MA;
Benjamin Stewart and Ariel Guiguizian, chapter
co-presidents; Prof. Joel Boyd, faculty advisor.
- Northeastern
University, Boston, MA; Philip Hamzik and Rhiannon
Thomas, chapter co-presidents; Prof. Victoria
Berger, faculty advisor.
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| Honorable
Mention |
- Bridgewater State College,
MA; Melissa Brulotte and Christopher Goncalo,
chapter co-presidents; Profs. Edward Brush and
Steven Haefner, faculty advisors.
- Stonehill College, North
Easton, MA; Natalie Dogal and Meghan Harley,
chapter co-presidents; Profs. Cheryl Schnitzer
and Marilena Hall, faculty advisors.
- Suffolk University, Boston, MA; Andrew Alexander, chapter president;
Prof. Doris Lewis, faculty advisor
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| Green Chemistry |
| Student involvement
in applying green chemistry principles and practices
is essential to the integration of environmentally
benign technologies in academia and industry. |
| The ACS Green
Chemistry Institute distributes a Green Chemistry
Award to ACS student chapters who have engaged
in at least three green chemistry activities during
the academic year. |
Listed below
are the 2010 - 2011 Green Chemistry Award recipients
located within the Northeastern
Section: |
- Gordon College, Wenham, MA
- Northeastern
University, Boston, MA
- Suffolk University, Boston,
MA
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| All
chapters receiving special recognition will be
honored at the 243rd ACS National Chemistry Meeting
in San Diego, CA, on Sunday, March 25, 2012. |
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All
information and award descriptions from “inChemistry” magazine,
November/December 2011 issue. |
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NESACS
Honorary Lifetime Member to be ACS President |
| Bassam Z. Shakhashiri,
Professor of Chemistry and the William T. Evjue Distinguished
Chair for the Wisconsin Idea at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, and an honorary lifetime member
of NESACS, was elected 2011 ACS President-Elect;
he will serve as ACS President in 2012 and Immediate
Past President in 2013. His connections with NESACS
are very deep and long-standing; he received his
B.A. degree in chemistry from Boston University in
1960 (followed by an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University
of Maryland), and was awarded the James Flack Norris
Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching
of Chemistry in 1983. He has been the Phyllis A.
Brauner Memorial Lecturer at the National Chemistry
Week celebrations of NESACS for many years. |
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Photo
by M.Z. Hoffman |
| Click
here for document [PDF] |
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MALTA
CONFERENCES FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED |
A
not-for-profit organization, Malta Conferences
Foundation (MCF), was incorporated on June 1, 2011,
in the District of Columbia to raise funds for
the support of the biennial Malta Conferences, “Frontiers
of Chemical Science: Research and Education in
the Middle East,” which were established
with the aim of using science as diplomacy toward
establishing a bridge to peace, tolerance, and
understanding among the nations of the Middle East. |
| The Conferences,
so-called because the first two (Malta-I and -II)
were held on the Mediterranean island of Malta in
2003 and 2005, have, more recently, been held in
Istanbul, Turkey (Malta-III) and Amman, Jordan (Malta-IV),
in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In December 2011,
Malta-V will take place at UNESCO headquarters in
Paris, France, as one of the culminating events of
the UN-designated International Year of Chemistry
(IYC). |
The
Malta Conferences have brought together eminent
scientists and science educators from nations of
the Middle East (e.g., Iran, Israel, Palestinian
Authority, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey,
United Arab Emirates), many of whom cannot otherwise
meet face-to-face because their governments are
hostile to each other, in order to exchange information
and discuss collaboration and cooperation. Progress
from the four Conferences already held can be measured
in terms of the creation of a working group on
Regional Water Quality Assessment with members
from Jordan, Palestinian Authority, Israel, Egypt,
Kuwait, Syria, and Lebanon (with advisors from
the U.S. and European Union), multinational collaborative
research projects on solar energy conversion and
storage, and regional workshops on science curricula,
laboratory materials, green chemistry, and chemical
safety and security. |
| In all cases, the
Conferences are characterized by plenary lectures
by Nobel Laureates (e.g., Aaron Ciechanover, Dudley
Herschbach, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Richard Ernst,
Robert Grubbs, Walter Kohn, Roald Hoffmann, Yuan
Tseh Lee, Sherwood Rowland, Jean-Marie Lehn, Rudolph
Marcus, and ohers), workshops on topics of importance
in the Middle East (e.g., alternative energy sources,
nanoscience and technology, medicinal chemistry and
natural products, air and water environmental resources,
science education at all levels), and poster sessions
at which the approximately 90 participants can display
the results of their scholarly activities in an open
and collegial forum. |
| Articles
about the previous Malta Conferences have already
been published in the Congressional Record, Chemical & Engineering
News (American Chemical Society), Chemistry International
(International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry),
Chemistry World (Royal Society of Chemistry), and
the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, among
many other publications. Links to these reports are
given on the MCF website (see below for URL). |
| The
MCF officers, Dr. Zafra Lerman (President), Dr. Ann
Nalley (Vice-President), Dr. Paul Walter (Vice-President),
Dr. Howard Peters (Secretary), and Dr. Morton Hoffman
(Treasurer), are part of the Board of Directors of
this Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, which
is dedicated to obtaining funds to support Malta-V
and future Conferences from private and governmental
agencies and foundations, scientific societies, and
individual and corporate contributors. Details about
making a tax-deductible contribution can be found
on the MCF website <www.maltaconferencesfoundation.org>. |
|
Ann
Nalley (at right), 2006 President of the ACS, with
Sultan Abu-Orabi, President of the Jordanian Chemical
Society, at Malta-III in Istanbul, December 2007.
(photo by M.Z. Hoffman) |
| Click
here for this article as a PDF |
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Report
from Denver |
Revamping
the MCAT Exams |
by
Morton Hoffman |
| Proposed changes to
the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), which is a
standardized examination for prospective medical students
in the United States and Canada, were discussed at the
meetings of the Society Committee on Education (SOCED)
and the Committee on Professional Training (CPT) at the
Denver ACS meeting. Designed for use in 2015, the new
MCAT exams will emphasize the measurement of competencies
rather than material from specific courses, such as general
and organic chemistry. The changes are being inspired
by the 2009 report from the Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC), Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians,
and have important implications for chemistry departments
at colleges and universities that teach pre-medical students
in their courses. |
Currently,
a 22-member committee (MR5) of AAMC is starting
to map out the kinds of questions that will be
used on the new exams, which will have four sections: |
- Molecular, Cellular, and Organismal Properties
of Living Systems
- Physical, Chemical, and Biochemical Properties
of Living Systems
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Principles
- Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills
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| Questions related
to these four areas will call for the application
of: |
- Scientific reasoning skills
- Scientific research
- Statistical methods
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| A subcommittee, which
also includes an outside consultant with expertise in
scientific learning, will consult with MR5 over the next
several months; the full plan will be presented to pre-health
advisors, medical schools, admissions officers, and other
interested parties (including the ACS) in a symposium
at the AAMC annual meeting in November. Formal approval
from AAMC to revise the MCATs will be requested at the
AAMC board of directors in February 2012 |
| ACS is organizing symposia
for its 2012 national meetings and the Division of Chemical
Education’s (CHED) Biennial Conference on Chemical
Education (BCCE) to provide an overview of the AAMC report,
consideration of chemistry in the MCATs, the involvement
of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and the
development of innovative chemistry curricula for pre-professional
students. |
| Click
here to download this as a PDF |
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Report from Bangkok: |
Chemical Safety and Security Officer (CSSO) Training
Workshop |
| Morton Z. Hoffman, Boston University [hoffman@bu.edu] |
| In November 2010, I received an e-mail from Nancy Jackson,
manager of the U.S. Department of State Chemical Security
Engagement Program (CSP) at Sandia National Laboratories
and then ACS President-elect, asking if I, or someone
else who has connections with IUPAC, would be interested
in participating in a one-week CSSO training course for
academic/laboratory chemists from the Mekong Delta region
(Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) in Bangkok, Thailand, some
time early in 2011. I replied, expressing my interest
as the U.S. National Representative to the IUPAC Committee
on Chemistry Education (CCE) to help this CSP activity
in any way, and my willingness to participate. [Full
disclosure: I had never been to Bangkok.] Some days later
I received a message from Dr. Pauline Ho, a member of
the International Chemical Threat Reduction Department
at Sandia who organizes the training courses, describing
the evolving plans for the program in Bangkok during
the upcoming February-May period. Dr. Ho and I also arranged
to meet in Honolulu in December at PacifiChem, which
we both would be attending. |
| It was not until early January
that I learned that the CSSO training program would be
held Monday-Friday, February 14-18; I was invited to
participate as an IUPAC representative for this International
Year of Chemistry event, make introductory remarks about
IYC, serve as the resident educational consultant, and
conduct small group discussions. I was advised by Dr.
Ho to contact a member of her travel staff to make the
appropriate flight arrangements, which had to abide by
federal government rules: travel on U.S.-carriers into
and out of the U.S.; business class for long flights
(more than 14 hours) or a stop-over, but not both; arrival
two days before the start of the program to reduce jet
lag; personal days could be added to the trip as desired. |
| A business class ticket on United
Airlines was purchased for me by Sandia; I would leave
Boston on the morning of Thursday, February 10, connect
in Washington (Dulles) for a nonstop flight to Tokyo
with arrival on Friday afternoon (crossing the International
Date Line), and arrive in Bangkok at about midnight.
Because I already had plans in Boston on my calendar
for Monday, February 21, I chose to return on a very
long Saturday in the reverse direction. I was further
advised that I could receive a tourist visa at no cost
upon arrival and obtain some local currency (approx.
30 baht to $1), and that no special shots or vaccinations
would be necessary as long as travel did not involve
remote areas outside of Bangkok. I was told to follow
the usual travel precautions: drink only bottled water;
don’t eat cut fruit (an exception might be made for doing
so at the breakfast buffet in the four-star Pathumwan
Princess Hotel where we would be staying); avoid wearing
red or yellow shirts as those have political implications
in Thailand. |
| As it turned out, I would be traveling
on the same flight from Tokyo to Bangkok as another member
of the team, Ms. Anita Romero, an International Protocol
Officer at Sandia, who was handling the logistical matters;
we arranged to rendezvous at the United Club at Narita
Airport (NRT) upon the arrival of her flight from Los
Angeles. Inasmuch as she had made many previous trips
to Southeast Asia, she would serve as a good resource
to guide me through any uncertainties when we got to
Bangkok (BKK). As luck would have it, our flight from
NRT to BKK that Friday night was cancelled due to an
electrical malfunction about an hour after the already
weather-delayed flight had been boarded, the passengers
were told to wait in the United Club to receive news
about their overnight accommodations and flights on Saturday.
After another hour’s wait, my name was called and I was
told to retrieve my luggage, pass through Japanese customs
and immigration, and board a bus to the hotel in the
rapidly falling snow, where I could get some sleep and
find out about the next step on the journey. Ms. Romero
was assigned to another bus and hotel; I would not see
her again until Monday morning in Bangkok. Fortunately,
our cell phones worked and I was able to contact her;
she informed the Pathumwan Princess Hotel and the transportation
service that was to pick me up at BKK about my delayed
arrival. |
| My overnight accommodations would
be at the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo, a 90-minute bus ride
from NRT. Our group arrived at the hotel at 1 a.m. on
Saturday, discovered that no information about the next
flight had yet been communicated, and checked in; I remember
setting my alarm for 6 a.m. before falling asleep. The
phone in the room rang at 5 a.m. with the news that the
bus back to NRT would leave before 6:30; I was ticketed
for a Thai Airways flight at 10:45 a.m. with arrival
at BKK at 3:45 p.m. The limousine was waiting for me
and I arrived at the hotel at about 5 o’clock, ready
to sleep! |
| Although far from bright-eyed and
bushy-tailed, I spent a good part of Sunday playing tourist;
the weather was warm but not overly humid, and the ferry
ride up and down the Chao Phraya River past the temples
and other sights was very pleasant. That evening, I met
Dr. Ho again and was introduced to Dr. Douglas Walters,
Co-Director of Chemical Safety at the Environmental and
Chemical Safety Educational Institute in Raleigh, NC,
who was the leader of the workshop. |
| The CSSO course was held at Chulalongkorn
University where Sandia is in the process of establishing
an Asian Regional Center for Chemical Safety and Security
with chemistry professor Supawan Tantayanon (Ph.D. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute), who is the current President
of the Chemical Society of Thailand and President-elect
of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS),
and served as the host of the event and a member of the
workshop team. The 27 participants (Thailand: 10; Vietnam:
5; Cambodia: 7; Laos: 5) represented academia, industry,
and government laboratories, and were chemists of all
backgrounds, including environmental engineering. They
all were either practicing chemical safety officers or
were aspiring to move in that direction. |
| In order to help the participants
bring the messages of the workshop back home, the organizers
provided them with a large amount of material: books,
brochures, goggles, gloves, and a printout of all the
lecture presentations, which were contained in a large,
ring-bound volume. As a result, the participants had
on hand all the information that was presented orally,
and enabled them to follow along and make notes during
the lectures, which were, of course, in English, their
second (or third) language. Because of the magnitude
of the material to be covered in the time that was available,
the lectures by Drs. Ho and Walters moved along at an
almost unrelenting pace, especially during the first
two days; in effect, the participants did not actively
participate, which could also be due to cultural factors,
English-language verbal abilities, or personal reticence. |
| The interactions among the participants
and with the members of the team changed dramatically
on Wednesday morning when the group left the lecture
room and went to a general chemistry lab where a safety
inspection walk-through was performed, the cleanup of
liquid and solid spills was demonstrated, and a small
laboratory kit was displayed by Professor Tantayanon.
Back in the lecture room, the participants spoke about
the primary problems at their institutions and the engineering
controls that were needed, which had been their overnight
homework assignment. Among the issues reported by participants
were lack of ventilation; inadequate chemical waste disposal
and storage; faulty electrical equipment; getting students
(both graduate and undergraduates) to wear proper safety
glasses and shoes, and to follow the safety rules; proper
management of gas cylinders; getting the attention of
faculty colleagues. |
| On Thursday morning, the demonstration
of fire alarms and smoke detectors by a fire control
officer and the subsequent outdoors hands-on activity
with oil and liquefied gas fires were very effective;
I doubt that anyone will quickly forget the latter! Later
on that day, the participants discussed their overnight
homework on the specific safety issues at their facilities.
By the time the samples of personal protective equipment
were distributed that afternoon, the atmosphere had become
extremely friendly and collegial. |
| On Friday morning, I met with the
participants in two groups for a little more than an
hour each to discuss the case study of the fatal laboratory
fire at UCLA in December 2008, which had been assigned
for overnight homework; the other group went to the lab
to practice inspection and spill cleanup. Later, the
participants gathered in national groups to discuss what
might be the next steps to take toward chemical safety
and security within each country, and to report back
orally to everyone. The plans that were expressed to
form national networks, and the invitation from Vietnam
for a visit from the Chemical Security Engagement Program
to provide training were very positive outcomes. |
| By the end of the farewell dinner
on Friday evening, the atmosphere was rich with friendship,
happiness, and the bitter-sweet sadness of leave-taking.
It was clear to me that the event was a great success
with respect to the thorough development and presentation
of the content, the deep care in the preparations for
the trip, and the sensitive attention to details on the
ground in Bangkok on the part of the organizing team. |
| Click here for a PDF of this report |
| Click here for photos |
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Impossible Crystals,
Quasicrystals: Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2011
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By Leopold May |
The Catholic University of America Washington, DC |
| Quasicrystals that were supposed
not to exist were discovered by Daniel Shechtman of the
Technicon Institute of Haifa, Israel. Examining the electron
diffraction pattern of a rapidly solidified alloy of aluminum
and manganese on April 8, 1982, he found that the atoms
were not packed in symmetrical patterns which repeated
periodically in the crystal. This was in contrast to
what was found with crystals previously. |
| He had prepared the first
quasicrystal. Aperiodic mosaics that are found in medieval
Islamic mosaics of the Alhambra Palace in Spain and the
Darb-I-Imam Shrine in Iran help to understand the appearance
of quasicrystals at the atomic level. The patterns are
regular but never repeat themselves. |
| In the course of defending this very
controversial discovery, he was asked to leave his research
group. As more examples of quasicrystals were found in
the laboratory and in mineral samples from a Russian river,
the concept of quasicrystals was accepted, thus leading
to the awarding of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to
Daniel Shechtman for the discovery of quasicrystals. Who
said that there is nothing new under the sun? |
| Click to download this article |
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Announcement |
Nominations wanted for AULA LAUDIS |
| Starting in 1985, the Northeastern Section annually honors
secondary school chemistry teachers in our region by selecting
several for induction into the AULA LAUDIS honor society. |
| Selection is recognition of excellence in the teaching
of chemistry at the high school level. This recognition
is based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria
that involve the totality of an individual’s participation
and contribution to the teaching profession. Inasmuch as
teaching is a skillful art with a wide range of marks of
excellence, no one criterion for selection to Aula Laudis
is sufficient and no one criteria is necessary. The following
criteria, in their broadest sense, shall be considered
by the Selection Committee: |
- Having taught chemistry to students
who have won state-wide, regional, or national chemistry
competitions, such as the Avery-Ashdown Examination award.
- Having
received awards for excellence in teaching from state-wide,
regional, or national competitions, such as the Pres-idential
Award or NEACT’s Timm Award.
- Having advanced the scholarship
of chemical education, including curriculum design, laboratory
development, and the introduction of pedagogical techniques
through publication in recognized education journals
and/or presentations at sci-entific meetings or continuing
education symposia.
- Having served as an advisor of extra-curricula
activities, such as clubs, science programs, and science
talent searches, in which the interest of chemistry students
in the subject is advanced and developed.
- Having performed
special service to the chemical education community,
such as through organization of continuing education
symposia in chemistry or web-based bulletin boards.
- Having
demonstrated excellence in classroom teaching as evidenced
from written in-class evaluations by supervisors.
- Having
had a significant personal impact on students as evidenced
by letters from alumni/ae on behalf of the nominee.
- Having
provided many years of successful service in the chemistry
classroom, with some of the above accomplish-ments cited.
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| The criteria for each final selectee shall be recorded
in its minutes, and shared with the NESACS chair if desired. |
| The selection committee is happy to accept nominations
on behalf of active and retired secondary school chemistry
teachers. The length of teaching service is not a criterion. |
Nominations, including a half-sheet or longer summary
of accomplishments, may be sent to by March 31, 2012 to: |
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