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SUMMARY:Teaching Forensic Chemistry from a Mastery Perspective (AACT Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:Forensic chemistry has gained a lot of traction over the past years. Students are more engaged in this discipline when instructors use inquiry-based learning and objective-mastery assessments. In this webinar\, we will discuss how a new forensic chemistry class and laboratory course was implemented and how effective it has been to use this model to teach chemical principles. \nIf you are looking to incorporate more forensics-based teaching into your classroom\, take a look at our Forensics Unit Plan. \nPresenters: Carlos Olivo\, Associate Chemistry Professor\, Colorado State University\nDate: Wednesday\, March 11th\, 2026\, at 7:00 PM Eastern time
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/teaching-forensic-chemistry-from-a-mastery-perspective-aact-webinar/
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SUMMARY:Using spreadsheets to explore and make sense of data (AACT Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:College professors are reporting that students are coming to college with a lack of spreadsheet skills and knowledge. In this webinar\, participants will gain techniques in using spreadsheets to take sets of data (whether created in class or found from external sources) and distill results from them. Skills include graphing\, performing calculations\, filtering data\, conditional formatting\, and more. \nSpeaker: Sean Regan\, College Prep Chemistry Teacher \nSean Regan graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a master’s degree in Teaching. Sean is currently in his 10th year at Framingham High School in Framingham\, MA after having taught four years at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh\, PA. His passion in teaching is seeing kids understand chemistry through his goofy antics\, approachable demeanor\, and personally-built spreadsheet lessons. Sean also has a love of presenting his spreadsheet work to other teachers and seeing these ideas used in schools inside and outside of Massachusetts.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/using-spreadsheets-to-explore-and-make-sense-of-data-aact-webinar/
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SUMMARY:ECOBIOMAXX: Biobased\, Biodegradable Polyurethane Platform
DESCRIPTION:DATE and Time: Thursday\, March 19\, 5:30 PM Pacific time \n\nRegistration required by Wednesday\, March 18\, 1:00 PM. \nRegistration may close earlier than the nominal deadline if capacity is reached. \nThis event will be FREE OF CHARGE\, but we still require you to fill out the registration form. In particular\, we need to have your name and email address for you to be able to participate. Please provide affiliation also if you can\, as it helps us judge audience interests. \nIf you can spare a small amount\, GGPF requests an optional donation of $5 (or more) but this is not required to register and attend the webinar. \nAbstract\nBezwada Biomedical has developed a new class of polyurethanes synthesized from biobased\, hydrolysable monomers\, resulting in polymers that are fully biodegradable and suitable for high-performance applications. This platform overcomes the limitations of conventional\, biostable polyurethanes by enabling controlled hydrolytic degradation while maintaining essential mechanical properties\, including tensile strength\, elasticity\, and processability. \nThe polymers exhibit tunable degradation kinetics\, allowing precise modulation of material resorption profiles to match specific clinical or environmental requirements. These materials can be processed into diverse morphologies—such as foams\, fibers\, coatings\, electrospun mats\, scaffolds\, and extruded filaments—facilitating their integration into a wide range of biomedical devices and sustainable product designs. \nScalable manufacturing processes have been established\, ensuring reproducibility and suitability for industrial applications. This technology provides a unified solution for the development of absorbable medical devices and environmentally degradable industrial materials\, contributing to reduced ecological impact without compromising functional performance. \nSpeaker Background\nRao S. Bezwada established Bezwada Biomedical\, an innovation-based and technology-driven research company\, in 2003. The company is focused on developing a wide range of novel absorbable polymeric biomaterials to help produce next generation bioabsorbable medical devices with therapeutic applications. \nDr. Bezwada earned a doctorate in chemistry from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey and has over 40 years of research experience in the medical device industry\, including 20 years of service at Ethicon\, Inc. (a Johnson & Johnson Company). While at Ethicon\, Dr. Bezwada’s research and development efforts led to the launch of a number of products\, including Monocryl®\, an ultra-pliable synthetic absorbable monofilament suture. This product has represented worldwide sales of more than two billion dollars since its launch in 1993. Its success earned him the prestigious Johnson medal from J&J in 1996. \nDr. Bezwada has over 150 issued US patents on absorbable polyurethanes\, absorbable amino acid polymers\, absorbable polyester amides\, absorbable polyoxaesters\, and controlled release polymers. His work has led to the creation of more than 10 FDA-approved products marketed by Abyrx for wound healing and bone applications\, all based on Bezwada Biomedical’s absorbable polyurethane technology.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/ecobiomaxx-biobased-biodegradable-polyurethane-platform/
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SUMMARY:Reinventing the Way We Break Down Plastic Waste (SLAC Public Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\, from 7:00–8:00 p.m. PDT\nSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\, Kavli Auditorium\nWatch online or register to attend in person. Learn more \nFrom our kitchens to our clothes to the delivery of medicines\, plastics play an indispensable role in our daily lives. But\, the end-life of these plastics is not always taken into account. Few types of plastics can be readily recycled\, and durable plastics take centuries to break down in landfills or in the environment. Here at SLAC\, we are designing chemical processes that can break down plastics under controlled conditions while also making useful products. Using X-ray light\, we observe the details of this breakdown at the atomic level and use this information to design pathways for the degradation of plastics into useful products. We are members of a consortium that aims to make tomorrow’s plastics recyclable and biodegradable by design. In this lecture\, I will describe my work on visualizing and improving our methods for breaking down plastic waste into useful products. \n\n\n\n\nAbout Ozge Bozkurt\nOzge Bozkurt is a chemical and biological engineer\, with bachelor’s of science degrees in molecular biology & genetics\, and chemical engineering from the Istanbul Technical University\, a master’s of science degree from Delft University of Technology and a PhD from Koc University. She has worked in the oil and gas industry as a research and development engineer with a specialization in biofuels. She is currently a research associate at SLAC\, conducting experiments on chemical recycling of plastic waste. Working at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource at SLAC\, she uses powerful X-rays to observe polymer breakdown and catalysts in action. In her free time she enjoys visiting science museums and has volunteered at many STEM outreach activities at SLAC.
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