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SUMMARY:Silicon Valley ACS Executive Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:To attend as a guest\, please contact the Chair
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/silicon-valley-acs-executive-committee-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Section Business
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SUMMARY:Kid Makers: Pop Up Hands-on Chemistry for Middle School Scientists
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Silicon Valley and Redwood City Public Library (RCPL)\n2:00-2:30 pm\, RCPL Downtown Location\, 1044 Middlefield Road\,\nRedwood City\, Free\, Learn more\n\nYoung scientists explore different aspects of chemistry! Once a month\, join members of the ACS and take part in hands on experiments. For ages 9-12. This program will take place in the Makerspace.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/kid-makers-pop-up-hands-on-chemistry-for-middle-school-scientists-2/
LOCATION:In-person (Redwood City Public Library-Downtown Library)\, 1044 Middlefield Road\, Redwood City\, CA\, 94063\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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SUMMARY:Frontier Fridays: Sorbent-based Direct Air Capture of CO₂ at Scale
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars and ACS Committee on Science\n10-11 am\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nAccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA)\, direct air capture (DAC) is currently operating at just 18 plants worldwide and only collecting 0.01 million metric tons of CO2 combined per year. To stay on track to meet IEA 2050 net zero goals and limit global warming to 1.5˚C\, DAC will need to scale up to capture 60 million metric tons per year worldwide by 2030 alone. So\, limiting factors\, including cost\, materials\, thermal and fluid management\, process engineering and advanced manufacturing need to be addressed quickly! \n\n\n\nDavid Moore\, the Carbon Capture Technology Leader for GE Vernova Advanced Research\, and his group are preparing to scale up their promising sorbent-based DAC system by more than 20-fold for a new round of testing in 2024. This project grew out of previous efforts to capture water from arid desert air for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)\, and is a prime example of how novel solutions like DAC can arise through partnerships between US Government agencies\, academia\, and industry. By seamlessly coupling experimentation and computation\, including the use of advanced machine learning methods\, sorbent materials and sorbent-binder formulations were discovered to create a coating that\, when covering a large surface area of a heat exchanger\, will act like a sponge to pull CO2 out of the air and transfer it to other parts of the DAC system for processing into a storable or usable form. \nRegister now to learn about this promising contribution to the growing landscape of carbon capture science\, how this system addresses limiting factors to scaling up DAC\, and the strategic ways that General Electric’s team collaborated with external partners in government and academia to advance their work. This ACS Webinar is moderated by Young-Shin Jun (Chair of Science & Technology Subcommittee of the ACS Committee on Science) of the Washington University in St. Louis and is co-produced with the ACS Committee on Science. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nWhat is sorbent-based direct air CO2 capture and how experimentally-derived structure-property-performance relationships coupled with machine learning play a role in the iterative advancement of sorbent materials\nHow scaling up direct air carbon capture will depend on intersecting innovations across materials\, thermal and fluid management\, process engineering and advanced manufacturing\nHow partnerships across government\, academia\, and industry are critical to large-scale scientific advancement
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/frontier-fridays-sorbent-based-direct-air-capture-of-co%e2%82%82-at-scale/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240125T073000
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SUMMARY:Scientific breakthroughs and emerging trends to watch in 2024: Expert webinar and panel
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by CAS\n7:30-9:00 am\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nWith millions of publications and patents published annually\, the rate of scientific progress can feel overwhelming. What if you had a landscape view of the emerging scientific landscape\, the trends to focus on\, and the ones to deprioritize? Join experts from Lawrence Livermore National Lab\, Oak Ridge National Lab\, The Ohio State University\, and CAS as they highlight the scientific breakthroughs and trends to watch in 2024. \nRegister for brief presentations\, a panel discussion\, and a Q&A on the following topics: \n\nAI’s impact in R&D\nThe rise of biomaterials\nTackling the undruggables\nSustainability trends
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/scientific-breakthroughs-and-emerging-trends-to-watch-in-2024-expert-webinar-and-panel/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:CAS Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240125T110000
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SUMMARY:The Formula for Successful Interviews
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars\, ACS Business Development & Management Division\, ACS Professional Relations Division\n11 am-Noon\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nWhile your experience and publication count might earn you the opportunity to interview for a position\, more often than not\, the candidate who performs best during the interview gets the job. \n\n\n\nJoin Patricia Simpson\, Director of Chemical Sciences Academic Advising and Career Services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as she describes what employers look for when interviewing candidates\, how you can best demonstrate your skills and abilities\, and how you can seamlessly incorporate what you’ve learned about an employer into any type of interview. Register now to discover how to successfully demonstrate why you are the best fit for your next job opportunity even if you might not have everything an employer is seeking on paper. \nThis ACS Webinar is moderated by Matt Grandbois\, Strategic Partnership Manager of DuPont Electronics & Industrial and is co-produced by ACS Division of Business Development and Management and the ACS Division of Professional Relations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nHow to start networking in order to build leads and gain knowledge about potential employers\nTechniques for presenting your best self during interviews\, including the STAR method and personalized preparation\, in a way the interviewer wants to hear\nHow to navigate various types of interview settings (phone\, virtual\, on-site\, etc.) with confidence and leave a lasting impression\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Details\n\nThursday\, January 25\, 2024 @ 2-3pm ET\nFree to register with ACS ID\nSlides will be available on the day of the Live event
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/the-formula-for-successful-interviews/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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SUMMARY:Mosher Award Reception and Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The 2023 Mosher Award recipients are Drs. Cynthia Maryanoff and Bruce Maryanoff.   \n\nDate: Thursday\, January 25\, 2024\nTime: Networking Reception 5:30-7pm\, Presentations 7-8pm\nLocation: SAPP Center\, Stanford University. The SAPP Center for Science Teaching and Learning is located in the remodeled “Old Chemistry” building on Stanford Campus. 376 Lomita Dr\, Stanford.  Free parking at Roth Way Garage after 4pm (see map at bottom of this entry).\nCost: $20 per person. To be collected at the door\, cash or checks only.  Registration required\nView flyer\n\nInitiated in 1980\, the Silicon Valley ACS Harry and Carol Mosher Award recognizes individuals who advance the chemistry profession\, make impactful scientific contributions\, and support ACS in their outreach efforts to share chemistry with the general public.  The award includes an ACS engraved plaque\, a $2\,000 honorarium\, and a Mosher Lecture event.  \nAbstracts\nAdventures in Drug Discovery: TOPAMAX® (Topiramate) for Treating Epilepsy and Migraine. Bruce E. Maryanoff\, formerly at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development\, Spring House\, PA 19477-0776 \nDuring my 35-year career in the pharmaceutical industry (Johnson & Johnson) as a drug hunter\, I have encountered many therapeutic targets and many clinical candidates. Under the old drug discovery paradigm of phenotypic assessment\, I discovered TOPAMAX (topiramate)\, a billion-dollar drug for treating epilepsy and migraine headache. Its mechanisms of actions are diverse\, but still not fully understood. Phenotypic assessment mainly involves pharmacological and cellular methodology\, an approach which has become disfavored in the 21st century\, given the wealth of receptor and enzyme molecular targets that have emerged\, especially since the sequencing of the human genome. Nevertheless\, phenotypic assessment still can have a valuable role to play for certain unmet medical needs. \nWhy Hawaii? Kona Coffee!  Cyndie Maryanoff.  Co-CEO and CTO at Absolute Palate®\, Holicong\, PA 18928 \nIn 2015\, Bruce and Cyndie Maryanoff established Absolute Palate® LLC (www.absolute- palate.com) as a coffee business on the Big Island of Hawaii. Thus\, their long-standing passion for exceptional coffees and love of Hawaii were merged. A special interest in premium\, single-estate 100% Kona coffee\, led them to purchase two coffee farms in the iconic Kona Coffee Belt\, which provide coffee fruit that is hand-picked\, processed into green beans\, and custom-roasted in small batches with a fluidized-bed air roaster. They assembled a laboratory for on-site decaffeination\, thereby extracting green beans with supercritical carbon dioxide to furnish a flavorful 100% Kona decaf coffee (Absolute Decaf). Cyndie will discuss this coffee project and the organic chemistry that contributes to coffee’s special aroma and flavor. \nBrief Biographical Information\nBruce Maryanoff received a BS and PhD at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia and was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton.  He then embarked on a decades-long career in research and management with Johnson & Johnson.  He is currently a Visiting Investigator at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla\, CA.  View biography  \nCynthia Maryanoff received a BS at Drexel University and a PhD at Princeton University.  She performed postdoctoral research at Princeton.  She joined Johnson & Johnson for a long career in research and management.  She is currently a Foundation Distinguished Professor at the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute in Doylestown PA.  View biography  \nBoth Maryanoffs have extensive experience in drug discovery and management in the pharmaceutical industry.  They are long-term active participants and supporters of ACS activities.  They are founders of the Maryanoff Scholars – an annual program to assist undergraduate chemistry students in research in chemistry at Drexel University.  The Maryanoffs also founded Absolute Palate LLC\, a coffee company specializing in single-estate 100% Kona coffee\, with two coffee farms in Hawaii.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/mosher-award-reception-and-lecture/
LOCATION:In-person
CATEGORIES:Awards,Lecture
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SUMMARY:SLAC Public Lecture: Searching for Trolls under the Electron Bridge
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Ryland\, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford PULSE Institute\nSponsored by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\n7-8 pm\, Free\, Register here to watch in person in the Kavli Auditorium\, or watch the lecture live on SLAC’s YouTube page | Learn more\n\nPlants draw energy for all their chemical reactions from sunlight. Why can’t we? In theory\, this can be done by building a molecular bridge: Attach a molecule that absorbs light and gives the energy to electrons to a molecule that accepts the electrons and uses them to catalyze the desired chemical reaction. With this strategy\, we can design complexes that\, for example\, use sunlight to convert water to hydrogen fuel. Electrons cross the molecular bridge at high speed under the subtle influence of quantum mechanics. Often\, they do not make it all the way across because they’ve been captured\, stuck\, or reflected back (or maybe eaten by bridge trolls). To counter this\, we must investigate the details of the electrons’ rapid dash across the bridge. In this lecture\, I will explain how we are using SLAC’s new experimental capabilities\, such as ultrafast X-ray pulses\, to design bridges that smoothly transport electrons and drive chemical reactions important to society. \nAbout the speaker: Elizabeth Ryland is a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford PULSE Institute\, where she uses SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser to study important chemical reactions relevant to solar energy and catalysis. She received her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech University and did her doctoral research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where she built a table-top version of an X-ray laser. She then worked at the Naval Research Lab before joining SLAC in 2021. Ryland has since performed X-ray experiments at research facilities across the globe to understand better how molecules turn sunlight into energy.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/slac-public-lecture-searching-for-trolls-under-the-electron-bridge/
LOCATION:Hybrid event – SLAC\, 2575 Sand Hill Road\, Menlo Park\, 94025\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:How to Make Your Communication Accessible: The Newly Expanded ACS Inclusivity Style Guide
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by ACS Webinars and EIE\n11 am-Noon\, Online via Zoom\, Free\, Registration required\n\nInclusive communication considers word choice\, formatting\, image selection\, and the accessibility of your content to all audiences. The term “accessibility” is commonly misunderstood or defined so broadly that it can be difficult for some people to make improvements. \n\n\n\nJoin Associate Director Racquel Jemison of the Office of DEIR at ACS as she defines accessibility in three contexts: the use of plain language\, compatibility with assistive technologies\, and design and formatting. Register now to discover how to incorporate accessibility in your writing or communication projects as well as a range of easy-to-apply activities for many forms of communication ranging from peer-reviewed technical papers to social media posts. \nThis ACS Webinar is moderated by Victoria Fuentes of the American Chemical Society and is co-produced with the ACS Office of Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion and Respect (DEIR). \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat You Will Learn\n\nThe importance of accessibility as a form of equity\nHow to plan and design a communication project with accessibility in mind\nSimple methods to make your content more accessible for all\n\n\n\n\nWebinar Details\n\nWednesday\, January 31\, 2024 @ 2-3pm ET\nFree to register with ACS ID\nSlides will be available on the day of the Live event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Resource\n\nACS Inclusivity Style Guide – This guide aims to help American Chemical Society staff and members communicate in ways that recognize and respect diversity in all its forms.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/how-to-make-your-communication-accessible-the-newly-expanded-acs-inclusivity-style-guide/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:ACS Webinars
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SUMMARY:Upcycling Polymers Seminar: Mixed Polyester Deconstruction to Enable a Circular Bioeconomy
DESCRIPTION:Kat Knauer\, PhD.\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory & CTO of the BOTTLE™ Consortium\nHosted by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum\n6 pm\, Online via Zoom\, Free/$5 Donation\, Registration required (Registration deadline: January 30 at 1pm)\n\nThe production\, use\, and disposal of plastics account for 3.8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions\, nearly double the aviation sector\, implying that plastics are a key energy and climate challenge. Studies have shown that a net-zero plastic supply chain can be achieved by combining biomass utilization with effective recycling. To address these challenges and decarbonize the plastic industry\, we envision transitioning the plastic supply chain to a circular\, biobased polyester model by enabling downstream recycling of biobased plastics. EsterCycle is a base-catalyzed methanolysis recycling platform designed to depolymerize both petroleum and biobased polyester plastics in one pot under mild conditions with high yields. These plastics include polyethylene terephthalate (PET)\, polylactic acid (PLA)\, polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)\, and polybutylene succinate (PBS). This talk focuses on stages in the development of EsterCycle: deconstruction mechanisms\, separations science\, and economic and life cycle assessment (LCA). Also covered is the development of novel polyesters to challenge the polyolefins’ status quo. The proposed technology allows for sequestered\, biogenic carbon to stay in circulation\, reducing reliance on both fossil fuels and agricultural feedstocks. LCA models show a potential abatement of ~500 million tons of CO2 emissions per year if 35% of the plastic supply chain were replaced with biobased polyesters at a 70% recycling rate via our proposed recycling technology. \nBio-Optimized Technologies to keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment (BOTTLE™) is a U.S. Department of Energy multi-organization consortium focused on developing new chemical upcycling strategies for today’s plastics and redesigning tomorrow’s plastics to be recyclable-by-design. Techno-economic analysis\, life cycle assessment\, and supply chain modeling are critical tools to ultimately facilitate the development of economical and sustainable approaches for recycling and redesigning plastics. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Kat Knauer is a polymer scientist who has dedicated her scientific career to solving the plastic waste problem. She has a PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. She completed the BASF Leadership Development Program (LDP) in 2018 and took a Senior Scientist role in BASF’s Plastics Division. Her research efforts focused on advanced recycling technologies which ultimately led her to leading the Materials Innovation R&D team at Novoloop (formerly BioCellection)\, a San Francisco Bay Area chemical recycling startup. At Novoloop she helped develop a technology that converted post-consumer polyethylene waste into valuable chemical building blocks to upcycle into new high-performing polymer applications. Currently Dr. Knauer is a senior researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the BOTTLE™ Consortium where she is developing sustainable technologies to chemically upcycle today’s existing plastic waste streams and develop new plastics for the future that are recyclable by design.
URL:https://www.siliconvalleyacs.org/event/upcycling-polymers-seminar-mixed-polyester-deconstruction-to-enable-a-circular-bioeconomy/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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