Overview
The Chemical Education Committee is one of the most important committees of NESACS. It oversees and assists in many and varied activities across the organization.
As part of its efforts, the Chemical Education Committee works closely with Younger Chemists Committee (NSYCC) in many aspects. Two major events include the Northeast Student Chemistry Conference (NSCRC) and the NSYCC Career Symposium.
The highlight of the year is each May during the monthly meeting known informally as Education Night. During this event, a number of awards are handed out and a speaker gives a presentation focused on an aspect of education.
Here below is a list of awards handed out by the Chemical Education Committee during Education Night:
- Avery Ashdown
- Aula Laudis Honor Society
- Chemists Celebrating Earth Week Poetry Contest
- Northeast Student Chemistry Conference (NSCRC) – Awards due to the Conference
- Project SEED
- Phyllis A. Brauner Book Award
- Theodore William Richards Award for Excellence in Teaching Secondary School Chemistry
The Chemical Education Committee also oversees the following:
- Lyman Newell Grants
- Norris-Richards Undergraduate Summer Research Scholarship
- NESACS support for these ACS programs:
Who We Are
2022
Malika Jeffries-El, (Department of Chemistry and Division of Materials Science, Boston University) – “Moving the needle: How key interventions can increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM”
2021
Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr. (2005 American Chemical Society President) – “What I Learned: Forty Years of Acquired Knowledge That Has Nothing To Do With Science”
2019
Jens Breffke (Boston Electronics Corporation) – “Worldwide celebration of the 2019 International Year of the Periodic Table (IYPT)”
2018
Wayne Jones (University of New Hampshire; ACS Board of Directors) – “Career Pathways in the Chemical Enterprise: Things you know that just aren’t so.”
2017
Sarah K. McCord (Associate Professor, MCPHS) – “Reduce, Reuse, Reframe, Rethink: Data Management and the Future of Chemistry”
2016
Luke Roberson (NASA) – “Space Exploration Research at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center”
2015
Lenore Rasmussen (Ras Labs) – “Contractile Electroactive Polymeric Materials and Actuators for Prosthetics and Robotics”
2014
Sarah Chobot Hokanson (British Consulate-General, Boston) – “Building UK-US partnerships in science – my role in policy at the British Consulate-General, Boston”
2013
Thomas R. Gilbert (Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University and ACS Director, District 1) – “Engaging Students Using Contextualized Guided Inquiry”
2012
David Sittenfeld (Museum of Science, Manager of the Forum Program) – “Chemistry in the Museum; Engaging the Public with Demonstrations and Conversations”
2011
A panel discussion, Towards a Sustainable Energy Future:
- Professor Deyang Qu, UMass Boston
- Professor Jonathan Rochford, UMass Boston
- Amy Cannon, PhD, Beyond Benign
2010
Daniel Rabinovich (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) – “Chemical Philately and Education”
2009
Dr. John M. Wozney (Assistant Vice-President, Musculoskeletal Therapies, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA) – “Bone Morphogenetic Protein: Exciting Science Leading to an Innovative Product”
2008
Prof. Angela Belcher (Germeshausen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, MIT) – ““From Nature and back again…Giving new life to materials for energy, electronics and the environment”
2007
Dr. Steve Jones (Sepracor, Inc., Marlborough, MA) – “The Interplay of Chemistry and Biology”
2006
Dr. Michael Gilbert (EIC Laboratories, Norwood, MA) – “Nano-Structured Electrically Releasing Epoxy Adhesives”
2005
Dr. Richard Connell (Executive Director of Discovery Operations, Pfizer) – “The Central Role of Medicianl Chemistry in Cancer Drug Discovery”
2004
Dr. Koji Nakanishi (Centennial Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University) – “Bioorganic Studies of Natural Products”
2003
Guy A. Crosby (Consultant, writer and lecturer on food and nutrition chemistry) – “Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Nutrition and Their Impact on Human Health”
2002
Carl M. Selavka (Director, Massachusetts State Crime Laboratory) – “How Forensic DNA Testing Changed the World (aka – Welcome to the Orwellian Surveillance Fantasy)”
2001
John Fortman (Wright State University) – “The Serious and Delirious Use of Chemistry in Movies”
Overview
What Is Project SEED?
On April 4, 1968 the ACS Council passed a resolution “to take the appropriate steps to ease the problems of underprivileged segments of the nation’s population, particularly in relation to lack of education and unemployment”; a resolution in response to one of the most turbulent years of the 20th century, fueled by racial tension, segregation, police brutality, lack of employment and opportunity for all. The ACS wisely recognized the toll that the political and social unrest could take in terms of the future of the chemical sciences: depriving underprivileged people from access to education and employment, and the chemical industry from the potential contributions by this growing pool of individuals. From this, Project SEED (originally “Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged”) was born and has flourished.
More than 50 years later, Project SEED has grown and diversified its services of providing hands-on summer research experiences (8 – 10 weeks) and virtual summer camps to more than 11,000 students in 40 U.S. states and territories. Each year, the program supports 350+ students with research opportunities with qualified mentors in both academia and industry, as well as providing a virtual summer camp to students focusing on college readiness and professional development, lab preparedness, and exposure to chemistry-related career paths.
NESACS is proud to support this effort, here below is a list of past recipients located in the Northeastern Section.
Past Recipients
2022
Oluwaseunfunmi Omidiji, Brockton High School
Vazelie Monterio, Brockton High School
2013
SEED I
Ladan Adan, Brockton High School
Christina Ball, Wareham High School
Joseph Maglio, Oliver Ames High School
Joseph Sirois, Oliver Ames High School
SEED II
Ladan Adan, Brockton High School
Joseph Maglio, Oliver Ames High School
2012
Justin Silva, Brockton High School
Liban Mohamed, Brockton High School
2011
Justin Silva, Brockton High School
Liban Mohamed, Brockton High School
2010
Hao Trieu, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Joel Anifowose, Brockton High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
Basem Sadaka, North Quincy High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
2009
Joel Anifowose, Brockton HS – Mentors: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer, Dr. Marilena Hall
Basem Sadaka, North Quincy HS – Mentors: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer, Dr. Marilena Hall
Hao Trieu, Randolph HS – Mentors: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer, Dr. Marilena Hall
Mei Yi Wang, Brockton HS – Mentors: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer, Dr. Marilena Hall
2008
Sabianca Delva, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
Nurbaity Faris, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
2007
Sabianca Delva, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Diane Deng, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
Nurbaity Faris, Randolph High School – Mentor: Dr. Louis Liotta
2006
Chernita Sprinkle, Boston – Mentor: Prof. John Snyder
Rafael Vega-Constabile, Brighton – Mentor: Prof. John Snyder
Rui Qiao (Cindy) Guan, Boston – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Yingxian (Sammantha) Lu, Dorchester – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Diane Deng, Randolph – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Kevin Deane, Brockton – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Ryan P. Lake, Brockton – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Nathan Joe Macedo, New Bedford – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
John Sirois, North Easton – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
2005
Tiayang Chen, Brookline High School – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Seneca King, Boston Health Career Academy – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
2004
Jie Wen Fang – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk and Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen
Ting Fen Zeng – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
2003
Xi Sheng Zheng, Charlestown H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Xiang Guo, Charlestown H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Mark Logan, Jr., Apponequet Regional H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
John Silva, Brockton High School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Thuc Pham, Newton Country Day School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Bao Truong, Quincy High School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
Songkhla Nguyen, Rockland High School – Mentor: Dr. Cheryl Schnitzer
2002
Xia O. Wang, Charlestown H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Tak Yu Lam, Charlestown H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Kuok Keong Chiang, Charlestown H.S. – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
2001
Wei Guo – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Nguyen Do – Mentor: Prof. Guilford Jones
Alemtsahai Gared – Mentor: Prof. John Caradonna
Nicola Hyde – Mentor: Prof. John Snyder
2000
Xiang Rong Mei – Mentor: Dr. Patricia A. Mabrouk
Summer Scholar Reports
2020
“Enantioselective One-pot Carbozincation Negishi Cross-Coupling Cascade Reaction”
Jingjia Chen, Chenlong Zhang, Weipeng Hu, Gabriel Lovinger, James Morken*
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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“Grignard vs. Mother Nature”
Francesca Barucci, Taylir Bullick, Christine A. Caputo
*The University of New Hampshire
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“Living Polymerization Mediated by Metal-Organic Framework-Encapsulated Catalysts”
Meirui An, Zefeng Zhou, Weishang Lo, Chia-Kuang Tsung, Jia Niu
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
2019
“The Role of Leaf-associated Transcription Factors (LTFs) in the Regulation of Vindoline Biosynthesis”
Shannon A. McCallan, Lauren F. Cole, Lily Ha, Carolyn W.T. Lee-Parsons
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“An investigation of the synthesis and transmetalation chemistry of tris(aryl)tren ligands”
Diego R. Javier-Jimenez and David R. Manke
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
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2018
“Library development of D-enantiomer trifunctional chemical probes to assess the effect of probe chirality on protein selectivity in MCF7 breast cancer cells”
Naomi Suminski, Kelly Harrison, Shalise Couvertier, Nancy Lee
Department of Chemistry and Physics, Simmons University, Boston, MA 02215
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Design and Characterization of Stable Glucagon Analogues”
Matthew Crawford and Krishna Kumar, Department of Chemistry
Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155
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“Gas-Surface Reaction Dynamics Studied Using Molecular Beams”
William Coreas and Deno Del Sesto
Stonehill College, North Easton, MA
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“Scalable, Versatile Synthesis of Bio-Inspired Vanadium Compounds for High Stability, High Solubility Flow Battery Active Materials”
Rachael Howland and Patrick J. Cappillino
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, 02747
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“The Targeted Charging of Ubiquitin to E2:Developing a New Tool to Study the Ubiquitin Proteasome System”
Abraham Bayer, Caitlin Hill, Rebecca Scheck
Tufts University, Chemistry Department
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
2017
“Toward Branched Polymers via Redox-Swithcable Iron Based Catalyst”
Sewon Oh and Jeffrey A. Byers
Eugene F. Merkert Chemistry Center, Department of Chemistry, Boston College
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“Method Development for Synthesis of Allylic and Alkyl Tosylates”
Cyrenus Paquin and Donald Boerth
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
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“An Instrument for Dispensing and Patterning Single Microbeads”
Harry T. Paul, Daniel J. Wilson, and Charles R. Mace*
Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, 62 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Bromination of anti-TGF-β1 for applications in imaging fatty liver via immuno-enhanced dualenergy CT (eDECT)”
John Ernandez,1 Dr. Mark W. Grinstaff,* 1
Department of Chemistry, *Departments of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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2016
“Replicating Prebiotic Astrochemistry Throught the Use of a Silicate Grain Surface Analog”
Amy Carey and Michelle Foster
University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125
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“Applying 1H NMR spectroscopy to develop a kinetic model for the transesterification of glycerol fatty acid triesters”
Leonard Sprague and Edward J. Brush
Department of Chemical Sciences, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA 02325
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“Stabilizing transition-metal-alkylthiolate bonds via secondary sphere hydrogen bonding”
By Ryan Hall and Sam Pazicni (Advisor)
Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
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“Incorporating 4-Aminopyridyl Groups in Metal Organic Frameworks for Gas Separation”
By Jona Koka and David R. Manke
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
2015
“Mechanistic Investigation of TiO2 Photocatalysis”
By Jordin Metz and Mary Jane Shultz
Department of Chemistry, Tufts University
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Encapsulation of Motor Particles in Vesicules using Microfluidic Devices”
By Yue Ren
Harvard University
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“Synthesis of Epoxide Functionalized Cyclic Diesters for the use in Redox-Triggered Cross-Linked Polymers”
By Lauren M. Yablon and Jeffery A. Byers
Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
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“Toward New Organic Solid State Reactions”
By Tyler S. Harrison and D. J. Sandman
Center for Advanced Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
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2014
“The effect of acid in hydrothermal conversion of titanium nitride into titanium dioxide for use in photocatalysis”
By Cameron McInnes
Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Carbazole-based metal-organic frameworks for gas separations”
By Amanda W. Stubbs and David R. Manke
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
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“Applying Green Chemistry Principles in the Electrophilic Bromination of Indole-3-Acetic Acid”
By Kyle Murphy and Edward J. Brush
Department of Chemical Sciences, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Pt-Ir Tip Creation for Use with Thiols and Thioethers on Gold Surfaces”
By Sean Dwyer
Department of Chemistry, Stonehill College, Easton, MA
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2013
“Asymmetric Mannich Reactions via Pseudoephenamine Glycinamide Enolization”
Claire S. Harmange*, Ian B. Seiple, Robin J. Sussman, Andrew G. Myers
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
[*] C. S. H acknowledges the ACS for its financial support through the NESACS Norris-Richards Research Scholarship.
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Towards an All-Atom Model for m-Poly(phenylene ethynylene) Class of Foldamers using the CHARMM27 Force Field: Structure and Unfolding Pathway of Foldamers of Various Lengths”
Morris E. Cohen, Adam Moser,† and Binyomin Abrams*
Department of Chemistry, Boston University, Boston MA *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: abramsb@bu.edu † Current address: Loras College, Dubuque, IA
Click to read or download the report [PDF]
“Determination of the Reactivity of the Vibrational Ground State of Methane on Ni(111)”
Patrick Kelleher*, Cameron Hill*, Yongli Huang**, Nan Chen**, Dr. Deno Del Sesto*, Dr. Arthur Utz**
*Department of Chemistry, Stonehill College, Easton, MA, **Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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“Pd@Rh Core-Shell Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Storage”
Casey Brodsky and Chia-Kuang Tsung,
Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College
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“Ruthenium-Catalyzed Brook Rearrangements for the Rapid Synthesis of Complex Small Molecules”
Benjamin R. Reiner, Michael K. Wojnar, Carolyn A. Heusser, and Dr. Jeffery A. Byers
Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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2012
“Regioselective Hydroformylation of Nosyl-Protected Homoallylic Sulfonamides”
Ka H. Cheng and Kian L. Tan
Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
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“Observing and Contolling Molecular Rotors and Motors at the Atomic Scale”
Allister F. McGuire and E. Charles H. Sykes
Department of Chemisry, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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“Novel approach to symmetrical amino acid-derived peptide isosteres”
Matthew P. Mower and Charles K. Zercher
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
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“Activation of β-amidoaldeydes Toward Diastereoselective Nucleophilic Addition”
Shoshana Bachman and David Haines
Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
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2011
“In Vitro Study of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase Enzymatic Activity and Assembly of Diferric-Tyrosyl Radical Co-factor”
Kathleen Fleming and Joanne Stubbe
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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“Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Polymeric Nanoparticles”
Jiazuo (Henry) Feng and Mark W. Grinstaff
Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry, Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215
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“Characterization of a Zwitterionic C18 Stationary Phase Used in Liquid Chromatography”
Brian Blum and Amber M. Hupp
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA
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“Structure and Function: The Crystal Structure of Dpo4 with N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene”
Author: Melissa Brulotte, mbrulotte@student.bridgew.edu
Advisor: Samer Lone, PhD, samer.lone@bridgew.edu
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