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The National Organization for the Professional
Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
Annual Technology Conference
Hilton – Americas Houston Hotel
Conference Program Book
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome Letters
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Hotel Layout
vii
Future National Annual Conferences
xii
Conference Sponsors
1
Conference at a Glance
3
NOBCChE Endowment Education Fund
10
Program Schedule (Detailed)
13
NOBCChE 2011 Career Fair Exhibitors
55
Forum and Workshop Abstracts
61
Conference Speakers
73
National Conference Planning Committee
99
National Conference Planning Committee Subcommittees
Index of Technical Presenters
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103
April 19, 2011 Dear Friends:
On behalf of the United States House of Representatives and the constituents of the Eighteenth Congressional District of Texas, I am delighted to express my sincerest greetings to everyone attending the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers’ 38th Annual Technology Conference in Houston, TX.
The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) supports local, regional, national and global programs that assist people of color towards fully realizing their potential in academic, professional and entrepreneurial pursuits in chemistry, chemical engineering and related fields. The organization promotes careers in science and technology as an achievable goal for elementary, middle and high school students. In addition, the NOBCChE encourages college students to pursue graduate degrees in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics— (STEM) disciplines.
I understand the importance of investing in the STEM disciplines and what these studies
mean to our nation’s future. Top priority should be given to identifying and supporting strategies that strengthen American innovation, improve STEM education, promote diversity and ensure we are not only competing in the 21st century, but leading the global community. The NOBCChE is cultivating these successes through their invaluable programs.
Once again, I am honored and privileged to have the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers’ 38th Annual Technology Conference in Houston, Texas, and extend best wishes for this extraordinary event. Sincerely, Sheila Jackson Lee Member of Congress
2002 Wheeler Avenue
Houston, Texas 77004
March 29, 2011
Martin Codrington,
NOBCChE Public Relations Director
PO Box 77040
Washington, DC 20013-77480
Mr. Codrington,
It is with great pleasure that we, The NAACP Houston Branch, welcome The National
Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
(NOBCChE) 38th
Annual National Conference to this great state of Texas and the city of
Houston.
One of the primary committees of the NAACP Houston Branch is the Labor and Industry
Committee. This committee always seeks ways to improve the economic status of minority
groups. We work to: 1) eliminate discriminatory employment practices in industry and
government, wage differentials based on race, unequal opportunities for training, promotion and
unfair dismissals; 2) encourage greater participation in the trade union movement; 3) work to end
discriminatory practices in labor unions; 4) secure the enactment of state and federal fair
employment practices legislation; and 5) work for improved opportunities in vocational and
apprenticeship training.
The NAACP Houston Branch fully supports the NOBCChE’s mission to build an eminent cadre
of people of color in science and technology and its educational initiatives.
We trust that the NOBCChE’s 38th
Annual National Conference will be a great success and are
assured it will continue to be a unique icon among professional organizations.
Respectfully,
Dr. D. Z. Cofield,
NAACP Houston Branch President
P.O. Box 77040 Washington, DC 20013-77480
800-776-1419 www.nobcche.org
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF President Victor McCrary, Ph.D., FASI Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs Laurel, MD Vice-President John Harkless, Ph.D. Howard University Washington, DC Secretary Sharon J. Barnes, PhD., MBA/HRM, FASI The Dow Chemical Company Freeport, TX Treasurer Dale Mack, BS, RSO Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA National Student Representative Dedun Adeyemo, MS, BS Ohio State University Columbus, OH Midwest Regional Chair Judson Haynes, Ph.D. The Procter and Gamble Company Mason, OH Northeast Regional Chair Tommie Royster, Ph.D. Rochester, NY Southeast Regional Chair Miquel Antoine, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Laurel, MD Southwest Regional Chair Melvin Poulson, BS Schering-Plough Animal Health Baton Rouge, LA West Regional Chair Isom Harrison, BS, MS Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab Livermore, CA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Bobby Wilson, Ph.D. Chairman Texas Southern University Houston, TX Perry Catchings, Sr. MS, MBA, Vice Chairman Prime Organics, Inc. Woburn, MA Ella Davis, MBA NOBCChE Member at Large Center Square, PA Sharon Kennedy, PhD., National Planning Chair Colgate Palmolive Cincinnati, OH Filomena Califano, PhD., Member at Large St. Francis College New York, New York Ronald Lewis II, Ph.D. Member at Large Pfizer, Inc. La Jolla, CA Bernice Green, BS, Member at Large Spelman College Atlanta, GA Sherine Obare, Ph.D., Member at Large Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
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Dear NOBCChE 2011 Conferees:
I welcome you to Houston, Texas and the 38th NOBCChE Annual Conference of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, (NOBCChE). I welcome you as a long time resident of “H-Town” and as the chair of the NOBCChE Executive Committee. In keeping with the notion that everything is bigger and better in Texas, I promise you that this year’s conference will be our most exciting and rewarding one ever! I especially welcome the new student and professional members. Drawing men and women from across the country to meet, network, and
exchange ideas that have had an important imprint on the growth and development of its members, the academy, and the disciplines of chemistry, chemical engineering, and other STEM fields, for more than 40 years, NOBCChE has been recognized as one of the world’s truly great student and professional organizations. Long before President Barak Obama voiced his initiative of having the nation renew its “Sputnik Moment” as a means of “winning the future,” NOBCChE has made a concerted national effort to improve participation by minorities and other underrepresented groups in STEM fields. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data continues to indicate that the white male population, who has traditionally filled the U.S. employment needs, as a percentage of overall population, is declining and will continue to decline in the future. Consequently, there remains a need to increase the available pool of talented minorities, who will be able to assume academic and professional positions in the STEM fields. NOBCChE’s mission “to build an eminent cadre of people of color in science and technology” is certainly designed to help address this very important national need. This year’s theme “Solutions for Global Challenges” offers students and other experts the opportunity to make presentations on a variety of issues that will shape our winning the future. The conference and its host city promise an engaging and successful experience in Houston during the week of the conference. I thank you for your continued support and attendance at NOBCChE’s Annual Technology Conferences Sincerely,
Bobby L. Wilson, Ph.D., Chairman NOBCChE Executive Board
P.O. Box 77040 Washington, DC 20013-77480
800-776-1419 www.nobcche.org
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF President Victor McCrary, Ph.D., FASI Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs Laurel, MD Vice-President John Harkless, Ph.D. Howard University Washington, DC Secretary Sharon J. Barnes, PhD., MBA/HRM, FASI The Dow Chemical Company Freeport, TX Treasurer Dale Mack, BS, RSO Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA National Student Representative Dedun Adeyemo, MS, BS Ohio State University Columbus, OH Midwest Regional Chair Judson Haynes, Ph.D. The Procter and Gamble Company Mason, OH Northeast Regional Chair Tommie Royster, Ph.D. Rochester, NY Southeast Regional Chair Miquel Antoine, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Laurel, MD Southwest Regional Chair Melvin Poulson, BS Schering-Plough Animal Health Baton Rouge, LA West Regional Chair Isom Harrison, BS, MS Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab Livermore, CA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Bobby Wilson, Ph.D. Chairman Texas Southern University Houston, TX Perry Catchings, Sr. MS, MBA, Vice Chairman Prime Organics, Inc. Woburn, MA Ella Davis, MBA NOBCChE Member at Large Center Square, PA Sharon Kennedy, PhD., National Planning Chair Colgate Palmolive Cincinnati, OH Filomena Califano, PhD., Member at Large St. Francis College New York, New York Ronald Lewis II, Ph.D. Member at Large Pfizer, Inc. La Jolla, CA Bernice Green, BS, Member at Large Spelman College Atlanta, GA Sherine Obare, Ph.D., Member at Large Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
N BCChE National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
April 2011
Welcome to Houston!
The mission of NOBCChE is to build an eminent cadre of
people of color in science and technology. The theme for this year’s Annual Meeting is “Solutions for Global Challenges”, and it aligns well with the mission of our organization. The solutions for global challenges require critical contributions which
require critical thinking skills. One element of NOBCChE’s mission is ensuring that there is a steady stream of professionals and students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines to meet these global challenges.
NOBCChE programs increase the number of underrepresented minority K-12 students interested in science and technology.
NOBCChE forges partnerships with the HBCUs/MIs such that students can go on to graduate school or enter the workforce with the skills and the confidence to bring forth new ideas and innovations.
NOBCChE programs recognize professionals, students, and government and industry leaders who support the mission and vision of NOBCChE by virtue of their technical accomplishments and demonstrated commitment towards helping others pursue successful careers in science and engineering.
NOBCChE works across and within the diverse, global science and technology community.
We come together in Houston as the eminent cadre; a community of distinguished scientists and engineers as well as a future generation of technologists to celebrate the accomplishments of our organization and affirm our global mission and vision. Thanks to you all: our attendees, sponsors, members, advocates, and friends for your continued support of NOBCChE. Enjoy this year’s Annual Meeting and Houston; we look forward to seeing you again in Washington, DC in the Fall of 2012!!! Best Always, Victor R. McCrary, PhD National President NOBCCHE
P.O. Box 77040 Washington, DC 20013-77480
800-776-1419 www.nobcche.org
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF President Victor McCrary, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs Laurel, MD Vice-President John Harkless, Ph.D. Howard University Washington, DC Secretary Sharon J. Barnes, PhD, MBA/HRM The Dow Chemical Company Freeport, TX Treasurer Dale Mack, BS, RSO Morehouse School of Medicine Atlanta, GA National Student Representative Dedun Adeyemo, BS Ohio State University Columbus, OH Midwest Regional Chair Judson Haynes, Ph.D. The Procter and Gamble Company Mason, OH Northeast Regional Chair Tommie Royster, Ph.D. Rochester, NY Southeast Regional Chair Miquel Antoine, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Laurel, MD Southwest Regional Chair Melvin Poulson, BS Schering-Plough Animal Health Baton Rouge, LA West Regional Chair Isom Harrison, BS, MS Lawrence Livermore Natl. Lab Livermore, CA
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Bobby Wilson, Ph.D. Chairman Texas Southern University Houston, TX Perry Catchings, Sr. MS, MBA, Vice Chair Prime Organics, Inc. Woburn, MA Filomena Califano, PhD., Membership Chair St. Francis College New York, New York Sharon Kennedy, PhD, National Planning Chair Colgate Palmolive Cincinnati, OH Bernice Green, BS, Information Technology Spelman College Atlanta, GA Ella Davis, MBA NOBCChE Membership Committee Center Square, PA Ronald Lewis II, Ph.D. Member at Large Pfizer, Inc. La Jolla, CA Sherine Obare, Ph.D., Member at Large Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
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On behalf of the 2011 NOBCChE National Planning Committee, I welcome you to the 38th annual meeting. What started as a small dedicated group planning and
brainstorming to elevate this year’s conference has resulted in what we feel is an outstanding series of activities and sessions that we hope that you will appreciate, enjoy, and continue to relive after leaving the conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “Solutions for Global Challenges”. As an organization, NOBCChE realizes that there are numerous challenges that our world has been faced with over recent years. From the Gulf oil spill to alternative energy and global warming, coupled with a slowly recovering economy, there are many challenges we face and many problems to be solved. We believe that NOBCChE provides an environment to facilitate solutions to these challenges. We implore you to become fully involved in this year’s conference and contribute to the Global Solutions. We have a diverse and full line of technical sessions highlighting the work of top researchers in their professions, comprehensive Professional Development and dedicated Student Development programs and our nationally recognized Secondary Education programs centered on our teacher’s workshops and science fair/science bowl activities. This year, as we have done in the past, we have a one day Career Fair that we hope will result in many future opportunities. Two new program offerings being held this year that I am passionate about, are the “Solutions for Global Challenges” technical session sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company on Thursday afternoon and the 1st NOBCChE Women’s Networking Breakfast on Friday morning. We have something for everyone!! Please enjoy the conference and enjoy Houston!! Sincerely, Sharon L Kennedy, PhD National Planning Chair NOBCCHE
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CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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Our Sponsors
Thank You for Contributing to the Overall Success of our conference – we salute you!
******** 3M
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Chemical Society
Auburn University
Boehringer Ingelheim
Brazoria County Area Chapter – NOBCChE
Colgate‐Palmolive Company
Committee for Action Program Services (CAPS)
Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh)
Corning Corporation
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
The Dow Chemical Company
DuPont Company
Georgia Institute of Technology
GlaxoSmithKline
Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences
The Johns Hopkins University – Applied Physics Laboratory
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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The Lubrizol Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Masters Industrial Internship Program at the University of Oregon
Merck & Company
Morehouse School of Medicine
National institute of Standards & Technologies (NIST)
Northeast Section – American Chemical Society
Office of Naval Research
Procter & Gamble
Staples
Texas Southern University
United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Drug Enforcement Administration
University of the District of Columbia
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Pennsylvania
University of Washington CENTC, Seattle, WA
Washington University in St. Louis
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
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Date Description Room
Day /Time Event
Room
Location
Monday, April 18
9:00 am – 4:00 pm NOBCChE Executive Board Meeting 331
2:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
Tuesday, April 19
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm
Teachers’ Workshop: Elementary School
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE, and C APS
335 C
8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am Technical Session 1:
Alternative Energy Solutions 336A
8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am Technical Session 2:
Analytical Chemistry 337A
8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am
Corning Technical Session
Technical Session 3:
Polymer & Materials Science
337B
12:00 pm ‐ 1:30 pm
Welcome and Opening Luncheon
Sponsored by Corning
(ticketed)
Grand
Ballroom AB
1:45 pm ‐ 2:45 pm
Henry Hill Lecture
Dr. Warren Washington,
335AB
2007 Nobel Laureate and Senior Scientist, National Center for
Atmospheric Research Sponsored by MIT and
Northeast Section of ACS
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
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1:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Teachers’ Workshop: Middle School
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE, and CAPS 335 C
2:45 pm ‐ 5:45 pm
Symposium 1
Environmental Science and Policy Symposium
Norris McDonald, President, African American
Environmentalist Association
336B
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Student Development 1
Interactive RÉSUMÉ Writing for Students 329 & 330
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Symposium 2:
Advancing Global Healthcare through STEM 336A
Featured Speaker: Milton Brown, MD, PhD, Director
Drug Discovery Program, Georgetown University Medical Center
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Technical Session 4:
Organic Chemistry I 337A
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Award Symposium 1:
Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award
Symposium
337B
5:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Exhibitors’ Meeting Grand
Ballroom AB
6:00 p.m. ‐ 8:00 p.m.
Opening Reception Sponsored by
COACh
4th Floor Foyer
(near Grand Ballroom J)
Wednesday, April 20
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm
Teachers’ Workshop: High School
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE, and CAPS 335 C
8:30 am ‐ 9:30 am Midwest Regional Meeting 344 A
8:30 am ‐ 9:30 am Southeast Regional Meeting 344 B
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
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9:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
CAREER FAIR EXPO
Grand
Ballroom G‐L
8:00 am – 8:50 am HBCU/MI Chairs Council Breakfast
Sponsored by Office of Naval Research 337
9:00 am ‐ 3:00 pm HBCU/MI Chairs Council Forum
Sponsored by Office of Naval Research 336
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am Professional Development Workshop
MENTORING IN THE STEM DISCIPLINES
338
Howard Kea, PhD, Sr. Organizational Development Consultant
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
9:45 am ‐ 10:45 am Northeast Regional Meeting 344 A
9:45 am ‐ 10:45 am Southwest Regional Meeting 344 B
10:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm Collegiate Poster Set‐Up Grand Ballroom D‐F
10:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm Science Fair/ Science Bowl Check‐in 4th Floor Foyer
(near Exhibit Hall)
11:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm West Regional Meeting 344 A
12:00 pm ‐ 1:00 pm NOBCChE Vision Luncheon Grand
Ballroom AB
1:00 pm ‐ 2:30 pm Science Fair Setup 4th Floor Foyer
(near Exhibit Hall)
3:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Collegiate Scientific Exchange Poster Session
Grand
Ballroom D‐F
Sponsored By Colgate‐Palmolive & the Biophysical Society
3:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Science Fair 4th Floor Foyer
(near Exhibit Hall)
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
Professional Development Workshop
Financial Strategies: Your Solutions To Money
Management And Investing
Derry Haywood, II, The Peninsula Financial Group
338
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
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5:00 pm ‐ 6:30 pm NOBCChE ConneXions Reception
Sponsored by Colgate ‐Palmolive
Grand
Ballroom D‐F
6:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm COACh Alumni Reception and Dinner
Invitation Only. Contact Priscilla Lewis 337
7:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm
P&G Graduate Student Informational
Session and Reception, Invitation Only
TBA
7:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm Science Bowl/Science Fair Welcome Dinner Grand
Ballroom AB
Thursday, April 21
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
8:30 am ‐ 12:00 pm
Professional Development Workshop:
COACh Workshop
Professional Skill S Training For
Minoritygraduate Students And Postdocs
Pre‐registration is required ‐ Session Filled
343B
9:00 am ‐ 4:30 pm.
Science Bowl Competitions: Junior &
Senior Divisions++
sponsored by ACS Department of Diversity
Programs
327‐330, 332, 335
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am
Award Symposium 2:
Undergraduate Research Competition
Sponsored by Colgate ‐Palmolive and Lubrizol
337
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am Student Development 2
Mock Interviews 331
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
7
9:00 am ‐ 10:00 am
Professional Development Workshop
Panel Discussion On Science And Policy
Tiffani Bailey Lash, Ph.D., Analyst
National Institutes of Health
338
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am
Award Symposium 3:
Henry McBay Award Symposium
336A
9:00 am ‐ 10:30 am Technical Session 5:
Physical Chemistry 336B
10:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
Professional Development Workshop:
Technology Commercialization
Renard Green, MBA, CEO,
The R2 Consulting Group
338
12:00 pm ‐ 1:30 pm
Percy Julian Luncheon
(ticketed)
Grand
Ballroom AB
1:30 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
COACh Workshop
COAChing Strong Women Faculty in the Art of
Strategic Persuasion
(Pre‐registration is required
343B
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Professional Development Workshop:
Academic/Professional Transition Panel
Victor McCrary, PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
338
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Symposium 3:
All About BIO: Innovations in Bioscience,
Biochemistry & Bioengineering
Featured Speaker: Andre Francis Palmer, Ph.D.,
336A
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, The Ohio State University
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
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2:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm Student Development 3
Mock Interviews 331
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm. Technical Session 6
Inorganic chemistry 337
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Symposium 4:
Solutions for Global Challenges
Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Grand
Ballroom G
6:00 pm ‐ 7:00 pm
Reception
Sponsored by
The Dow Chemical Company
4th Floor Foyer (near
Grand Ballroom G)
7:00 pm ‐ 10:00 pm
Science Competitions Dinner
and Social Grand Ballroom AB
Friday, April 22
7:30 am ‐ 9:30 am
1st Annual Women’s Networking Breakfast:
Celebration of IYC
Sponsored by ACS, Dow Chemical and Lubrizol
Grand
Ballroom AB
7:30 am ‐ 11:30 am Forensic Workshop: The Chemistry of Crime
Sponsored by DEA, CBP, DHS 337 & 338
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
Science Bowl Finals ‐ Junior/Senior Division
Sponsored by American Chemical Society
335C
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
9
9:00 am ‐ 10:00 am
Repeated at
10:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
Student Development 4
Technical Writing Publications
Dr. Kadir Aslan, Associate Professor
Morgan State University
335B
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
Award Symposium 4
Graduate Student Fellowship Award Sci‐Mix
336A
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
Technical Session 7:
There’s an App for That: Science & Engineering
Applications in CFD & Aerospace
336B
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am Technical Session 8:
Organic Chemistry II 335A
10:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm Student Development 5
Graduate Recruiters Panel 329
11:45 am ‐ 1:45 pm
Science Competition Awards Luncheon
(ticketed),
Sponsored by ACS
Grand
Ballroom AB
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm Science Competitions Bowling Trip Off site
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Award Symposium 5: Winifred Burkes ‐Houck
Women’s Leadership Award Symposium
sponsored by Center for Enabling New
Technologies, University of Washington 335AB
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Symposium 5:
NanoVat ion: Innovation in Nanoscience
Featured Speaker: Kwame Owusu‐Adom, PhD.
3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
sponsored by Defense Threat Red uct ion Agency
338
7:00 pm ‐ 10:00 pm
6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner
Grand
Ballroom
NOBCChE ENDOWMENT EDUCATION FUND
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We wish to thank members and friends of the National Organization for the
Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers for their
support and confidence in the future of NOBCChE by making a $500.00 or more tax
deductible contribution to the NOBCChE Endowment Education Fund.
Debbie Allen William M. Jackson*
Mildred Allison Madeleine Jacobs*
Denise Barnes Ella L. Kelly
Sharon J. Barnes* Sharon Kennedy*
Iona Black* Christopher Kinard
Henry T. Brown Anita Osborne‐Lee
Winifred Burks‐Houck George Lester, Jr.
Virlyn Burse* William A Lester, Jr.
Joseph N. Cannon Mallinkrodt Chemical Inc.
Callista Chukwunenye Willie May
Robert L. Countryman Jefferson McCowan*
Andrew Crowe* Victor R. McCrary*
Darrell Davis Saundra Y. McGuire*
Anthony L. Dent* Sidney McNairy
Lawrence E. Doolin* Lynn Melton
Linneaus Dorman* Philip Merchant
Fannie Posey Eddy Reginald E. Mitchell
James Evans, Sr. William V. Ormond*
Lloyd Ferguson James A. Porter
Lonnie Fogel Cordelia M. Price*
Lloyd Freeman Marquita Qualls*
Eddie Gay Janet B. Reid
Joseph Gordon* Leonard E. Small*
Bernice Green Florence P. Smith
William Guillory* Michael Stallings*
Jonathan K. Hale Clarence Tucker*
James Harris Benjamin Wallace*
Bruce Harris* Charles Washington
Ivory Herbert Joseph Watson
Kenneth W Hicks Billy Williams
Neville Holder* Keith B. Williams
Isaac B. Horton, III Reginald Willingham
Donald A. Hudson Bobby Wilson
Charles R. Hurt Andrea Young*
* Contributed more than $500.00
NOBCChE ENDOWMENT EDUCATION FUND
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We wish to thank members and friends of the National Organization for the
Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers for
their support and confidence in the future of NOBCChE, and for their tax
deductible contribution to the NOBCChE Endowment Education Fund.
Adegboye Adeyeno Gerald Ellis Smallwood Holoman, Jr.
Keith Alexander Lisa Batiste‐Evans Brenda S. Holmes
Verlinda Allen Pat Fagbayi Mo Hunsen
Eugene Alsandor Edward Flabe Nikisha Hunter
Roseanne Anderson Edward E. Flagg Bernard Jackson
Victor Atiemo‐Obeng Dawn Fox Donald Jackson
Benny Askew, Jr. Joe Franklin Evelyn P. Jackson
Breeana Baker Russell Franklin Kim Jackson
Joseph Barnes Issac Gamwo Kyle Jackson
Tegwyn L. Berry John W. Garner Raymond James
Alfred Bishop Cornelia Gilyard Allene Johnson
Jeanette E. Brown Murrell Godfrey Elijah Johnson
Nora Butler‐Briant Robert Gooden Harry Johnson
James Burke Warren E. Gooden Paula Johnson
Jacqueline Calhoun Valerie Goss Saphronia Johnson
Lashanda Carter Etta Gravely Emmett Jones
Antoine Carty Bernice Green Evy Jones
Sonya Caston Garry Grossman Jennifer A. Jones
Perry Catchings, Jr. Keith V. Guinn Jesse Jones
Aldene Chambles Everett B. Guthrie Timothy Jones
John J. Chapman Micheal Gyamerah Thomas C. Jones
Esteban Chornet Gene S. Hall Verlinda Jordan
Reginald A. Christy James Hamilton Jimmie Julian
Regina V. Clark John Harkless Otis Kems
James Clifton Kinesha Harris Karen A. Kennedy
Edward Coleman April Harrison Kirby Kirksey
George Collins Isom Harrison Rachel Law
Carma Cook Rogers E. Harry‐Oruru Mia Laws
James E. Cotton Lincoln Hawkins Lester A. Lee
Garry S. Crosson Ronald Haynes Cynthia R. Leslie
Reuben Daniel Derry Haywood Ronald Lewis, II
Kowetha Davidson Ronald L. Henry Norman Loney
Ella Davis Leonard Holley Steve Lucas
Thomas Davis Sydana R. Hollins Alex Maasa
Thomas Dill
NOBCChE ENDOWMENT EDUCATION FUND
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Dale H. Mack Mwita V. Phelps Grant St. Julian
George S. Mack Walter G. Phillips Richard Sullivan
Robert McAllister Louis Pierce Donald Taylor
Aliecia McClain Sonya Caston Pierre Dameyun Thompson
Gerald McCloud Wendell Plain Albert Thompson
Jefferson McCowan Charles A. Plinton Ezra Totton
Walter McFall Rachel Poss Jorge Valdes
Dawn McLaurin Melvin Poulson Grant Venerable
Linda Mead‐Tollin Jamacia Prince Cheryl A. Vockins
Janice Meeks Daniel Reuben Benjamin Wallace
Charles W. Merideth Daryl Robinson Emmanuel Waddell
M. P. Moon Mary Robinson Joseph W. Watson
Damon Mitchell Press Robinson Samuel von Winbush
Robert Murff Anne Roby Gerald Walker
Harvey Myers Tommie Royster Leon C. Warner
Joycelyn Nelson Albert E. Russell Michael Washington
Tina Newsome Franklin Russell Odiest Washington
James Nichols Jason Saavedron Ben Watson
Kenneth Norton Tova Samuels Joseph W. Watson
Bunmi Ogunkeye Clark Scales Helen P. White
Steven B. Ogunwumi Billy Scott Ronald H. White
Mobolaji O. Olwinde Melva Scott Thomas Whitt
Chinwe Onuorah Robert Shepard Leonard Wilmen
Kofi Oppong James P Shoffner Harold Lloyd Williams
Soni Oyekan Keroline M. Simmonds Laura C. Williams
Beverly Paul Tiffany Simpson Joe Williams
James Pearce Milton Sloan Raymond Williams
James Pearson Karen Speights ‐ Diggs Jeremy Willis
Tony L. Perry Oreoluwa Sofekun Sean Wright
Howard Peters Lucius Stephenson Sandra Wyatt
Wilford Stewart
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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DAY OF WEEK EVENT ROOM
Monday, April 18
9:00 am – 4:00 pm NOBCChE Executive Board Meeting 331
2:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
Tuesday, April 19
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
Tuesday, am
Teachers Workshop I:
Elementary School
8:00 a.m. ‐ 12:00 pm
335 C
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE, and CAPS (Committee for Action Program Services)
Moderator Mrs. Linda Davis, Committee Action Program Services
Cedar Hill, TX 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am ‐ 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Mrs. Linda Davis, Director, Committee Chairperson and
Moderator
Dr. Victor McCrary, President National NOBCChE
9:00 am – 11:45 am “Integrating Tools for Hands‐on Teaching in the Classroom,
Grade level: K ‐ 5th ”
Mrs. Yolanda S. George, Deputy Director and Program Director,
AAAS, Washington, DC
Tuesday, am
Technical Session 1:
Alternative Energy Solutions
8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am
(ʺTitle,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s), Affiliation)
336A
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
14
8:30 – 8:55 “NATURAL GAS: A VERITABLE RESOURCE FOR INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA.”
Nche John D. Erinne, CEO
Chex & Associates, Ilupeju, Lagos, Nigeria
Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
8:55 – 9:15 “ACETYLENE‐THIOPHENE – DITHIENO PYRROLE COPOLYMERS FOR
ORGANIC ELECTRONICS”
Racquel Jemison, Sarada P. Mishra, Courtney Balliet, Richard D. McCullough*
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
9:15 – 9:35 “PHOTOCATALYTIC EVENTS OF CDSE QUANTUM DOTS IN CONFINED
MEDIA. MAPPING ELECTRODIC BEHAVIOR OF COUPLED PLATINUM
NANOPARTICLES”
Clifton Harris and Prashant V. Kamat*
Radiation Laboratory and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
9:35 – 10:00 “PRODUCTION OF DIMETHYL CARBONATE VIA REACTIVE
DISTILLATION PROCESS”
Emmanuel Dada, PhD
Process Engineering
ChemProcess Technologies (CPT), League City, TX
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 10:30 “NEW STRUCTURE DESIGN OF IMPROVED ZINC OXIDE NANOWIRE‐
BASED SOLAR CELLS”
Mallarie D. McCune
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
10:30 – 10:50 “OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION (ORR) OF PALLADIUM
NANODENDRITES FOR PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL‐CELLS
(PEM FCs)”
Selasi O. Blavo, Maria Sanchez, and John N. Kuhn
Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Department
University of South Florida, Tamp, Florida
10:50 – 11:15 “SLICE IMAGING STUDIES OF PHOTODISSOCIATION SINGLE
VIBRONIC ENERGY LEVELS OF N2 IN THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET
REGION”
William Jackson, PhD
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
15
11:15‐11:40 “A REVIEW OF CO2 CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES FROM POWER PLANTS”
Steven Ogunwumi
Crystalline Materials Research
Corning Incorporated, Corning NY
Tuesday, am
Technical Session 2:
Analytical Chemistry 8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am (ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s), Affiliation)
337A
8:30 – 8:55 “COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOOD EXTRACTIVES BY GCXGC‐TOFMS
AND GC‐MS”
Roderquita Moore, PhD
Forest Products Laboratory
USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
9:00 – 9:20 “A RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF 4,5‐DIAZAFLUOREN‐9‐ONE USING
FT‐RAMAN AND DFT CALCULATIONS”
Rhonda McCoy1, Alberto Vivoni2, Ray J. Butcher1, Charles M. Hosten1 1Department of Chemistry, Howard University, Washington DC 2Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences
9:20 – 9:40 “IMMOBILIZATION OF LAMBDA EXONUCLEASE ENZYME IN A SOLID‐
PHASE REACTOR FOR ON‐CHIP DIGESTION OF DNA”
Nyote J. Oliver and Steven A. Soper
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
9:40 – 10:00 “INTERFACIAL SLIP OF WATER ON SURFACES OF VARYING
WETTABILITY”
Deborah Ortiz
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 10:30 “QUANTIFICATION OF TOTAL ω‐6, TOTAL ω‐3 AND ω‐6/ω‐3 RATIO IN
HUMAN SERUM USING GC/MS”
Mary W. Kimani, Gerard G. Dumancas, Neil Purdie, Lisa Reilly
Chemistry Department,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
16
10:30 – 10:50 “THE EFFECTS OF BOTANICAL EXTRACTS ON ACETYL‐COA
CARBOXYLASE ASSAYED USING A CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS‐
BASED ENZYME ASSAY”
Sherrisse K. Bryant1, Rachel L. Henken1, Glen Meades, Jr.2, Grover L. Waldrop2,
S. Douglass Gilman1 1Department of Chemistry 2Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
10:50 – 11:10 “TARGETED PROTEOMIC AND GLYCOMIC APPROACH FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LOW-ABUNDANT GLYCOPROTEINS IN SERUM USING NANO-LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY” Cynthia Williams
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis, CA
11:10 – 11:35 “MASS-SPECTROMETRY APPROACHES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND QUANTITATION OF OXIDIZED PROTEINS” Renã A. S. Robinson, PhD
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, am
Corning Technical Session Technical Session 3:
Polymer & Materials Science
8:30 am ‐ 11:45 am Sponsored by Corning Incoporated
(ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s), Affiliation)
337B
8:30 – 9:00 “CRYSTALLINE NANOPORUOS FRAMEWORK MATERIALS AND
COMPOSITES FOR PROTECTION AND DECONTAMINATION”
Tracee Harris
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DTRA‐CB, Physical Science & Technology Division
9:00 – 9:30 “EVALUATION OF MORPHOLOGY AND SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF
NANOMATERIALS DERIVED FROM PSEUDOISOCYANINE‐BASED
GUMBOS”
Atiya N. Jordan, Susmita Das, and Isiah M. Warner Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
17
9:30 – 10:00 “A SEARCH FOR MATERIAL CAPABLE OF VOC DETECTION: SYNTHESIS
AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GOLD (I) PHOSPHINE COMPLEXESʺ
Darkus Jenkins and Zerihun Assefa
Department of Chemistry
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
10:00 – 10:30 “ANALYSIS OF LIQUID FLOW IN TEXTILE MICROCONTACTORS”
Tracie Owens
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
10:30 – 10:40 Break
10:40 – 11:10 “ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF POTENTIALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS:
RELEVANT TO ELECTRICAL STORAGE AND TRANSMISSION?”
John A. W. Harkless, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
11:10 – 11:40 “CHARGE TRANSPORT IN REALISTIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES: EFFECTS OF
DEFECTS, TRAPS, AND ELECTROSTATICS”
Tamika A. Madison, Marcus D. Hanwell, and Geoffrey R. Hutchison
Department of Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, pm
Welcome and Opening Luncheon 12:00 pm ‐ 1:30 pm
Sponsored by Corning (ticketed)
Grand Ballroom AB
Tuesday, pm
Teachers Workshop II:
Middle School
1:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
335 C
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE, and CAPS (Committee for Action Program Services)
Moderator Mrs. Linda Davis, Committee Action Program Services
Cedar Hill, TX
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
18
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm “Engaging Science through Hands‐on Investigations”
Grade Level: 6 ‐ 8th
Dr. Edward Walton, Professor of Chemistry, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
4:00 pm Closing Remarks
Mrs. Linda Davis
Tuesday, pm
Henry Hill Lecture 1:45 pm ‐ 2:45 pm
335AB
Keynote Speaker
”Present and Future Climate Change: Grand Challenges for the
Science, Engineering, and Society”
Dr. Warren Washington, 2007 Nobel Laureate and Senior Scientist,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sponsored by MIT and Northeast Section of ACS
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 1
Environmental Science and Policy Symposium
2:45 pm ‐ 5:45 pm
336B
2:45 – 3:15 Featured Speaker Norris McDonald, President
African American Environmentalist Association
3:15 – 3:35 “IN‐SITU MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AIRBORNE
SAHARAN DUST DURING THE AEROSOL AND OCEAN SCIENCE
EXPEDITIONS (AEROSE)”
Esther Effiong
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
3:35 – 3:55 “EVALUATION OF THREE TREATMENT FACTORS USING LIME ON
TNT CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM PLUM BROOK ORDNANCE
WORKS (PBOW)”
Agnes Morrow
Environmental Lab
USACE‐Engineer Research & Dev. Center , Vicksburg, MS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
19
3:55 – 4:15 ʺCONFRONTING BLACKS SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES: LESSONS FROM
HURRICANE KATRINA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILLʺ
Asopuru Okemgbo
Skills Development Mission, Inc
Minority Youth Science Mentoring, Richland, WA
4:15 – 4:25 Break
4:25 – 4:45 “PETROCHEMICAL TRANSPORT AND CHEMICAL PRODUCT
COMMODITY FLOW IN THE GULF COAST REGION”
Robert Ford, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
4:45 – 5:05 “EVALUATION OF HEAVY METAL AND DIESEL RANGE ORGANICS
IN SOIL AND FOOD AFTER NATURAL AND MAN‐MADE DISASTERS:
A COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY PROJECT”
Lovell Agwaramgbo, PhD, Eucharia Agwaramgbo, Sherman Coleman,
Atiereya Adley, Chanel Mercadel, and Shelby Edwards
Department of Chemistry
Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
5:05 – 5:25 “FOOD ADDITIVES AND SPICES FOR COUNTERACTING HUMAN
EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICANTS”
Mahmoud Saleh
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, TX
5:25 – 5:45 “INVESTIGATION OF THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF HMTD
EXPLOSIVES”
Laurenee London
Department of Chemistry
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Student Development 1
Interactive RÉSUMÉ Writing for Students 329 & 330
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
20
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 2
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
“Advancing Global Healthcare through STEM”
336A
3:00 – 3:45 FFeeaattuurreedd SSppeeaakkeerr Milton Brown, MD, Ph.D., Director
Drug Discovery Program
Georgetown University Medical Center
3:45 – 4:05 “DEVELOPMENT OF INHIBITORS OF CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
UTILIZING PARALLEL MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY: SAR LEARNINGS
FROM THE IMIDAZOPYRIDINE AND IMIDAZOLES SERIES”
Martha Ornelas
WW Medicinal chemistry
Pfizer, La Jolla, CA
4:05 – 4:25 “ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES AND SYNERGY EVALUATION OF
CHLORHEXIDINE DIAMPICILLIN GUMBOS AS A COMBINATION
DRUG THERAPEUTIC AGENT”
Marsha R. Cole1, Min Li1, Bilal El‐Zahab1, Marlene E. Janes2, and Isiah M.
Warner1* 1Department of Chemistry 2Department of Food Science, University Agricultural Center
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
4:25 – 4:45 “ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FRACTIONS FROM
ZANTHOXYLUM SETULOSUM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL
STRUCTURES FOR CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS”
Tameka, M., Walker and William, N. Setzer
University of Alabama in Huntsville,
Department of Chemistry, Huntsville, AL
4:45 – 5:05 “PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF GESTATIONAL DIABETES AT
THE BUEA REGIONAL HOSPITAL”
Sandra L.N. Kakambi
Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences
University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon
5:05 – 5:30 “INSIGHT INTO THE FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF CANCER
VARIANTS IN MUTYH”
Shailise Ross
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
21
Tuesday, pm
Technical Session 4
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Organic Chemistry I
337A
4:00 – 4:25 “OPTICAL IMAGING PROBE FOR CELL DEATH.”
Safiyyah Forbes, Bradley D. Smith
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Walther Cancer Research Institute,
University of Notre Dame, North Bend, IN
4:25 – 4:50 “SYNTHESIS OF NEW PORPHYRIN CONJUGATES WITH AFFINITY FOR
EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR.”
Alecia M. McCall, M. Graça H. Vicente Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
4:50 – 5:15 “TEMPLATE‐ASSISTED FLUORESCENT NANOTUBES AND NANOWIRES
FROM A GROUP OF UNIFORM MATERIALS BASED ON ORGANIC
SALTS”
Sergio de Rooy, Bilal El‐Zahab, Min Li, Susmita Das and Isiah M. Warner
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
5:15 – 5:40 “p‐TOLUENESULFONIC ACID AS A CATALYST FOR THE FORMATION OF FURAN DERIVATIVES.”
Rayaj A. Ahamed, Laura Gessner, Kristina Deveaux, Karelle Aiken PhD
Department of Chemistry
Georgia Southern University,Statesboro , GA
5:40 – 6:00 ʺMODULAR GLYCOCONJUGATE TOOL SET FOR ASSEMBLY AND
PRESENTATION OF MULTIVALENT CARBOHYDRATE LIGANDS ON
SURFACESʺ
Irene E. Abia, Brian Sanders, Michael D. Best, David C. Baker
Department of Chemistry
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
22
Tuesday, pm
Award Symposium 1
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award Symposium
(ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s), Affiliation)
337B
4:00 – 4:35 Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Awardee
“INFLAMMATION, BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS AND THE FABRICATION
OF VASCULAR‐TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES”
Omolola Eniola‐Adefeso, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
4:35 – 4:55 “KINETIC EVALUATION OF DUAL BINDING HUMAN
ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS”
Alexander Lodge, Daniel Quinn, PhD Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa
4:55 – 5:15 “DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND APPLICATION OF PEGYLATED PEPTIDES
CONJUGATED TO PORPHYRINS”
Krystal Fontenot, M. Graça H. Vicente
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
5:15 – 5:35 “ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF NI (CO)‐CU‐MO USING A POLYMER‐
STABILIZED PALLADIUM CATALYST INK ONTO THE SURFACE OF
CARBON NANOTUBES”
Tiffany Long, Egwu E. Kalu
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
5:35 – 6:00 “NON‐INVASIVE GLUCOSE MONITORING AND PROGRESS ON THE
DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS”
Derrick Rollins, PhD
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Department of Statistics
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
5:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Exhibitors’ Meeting Grand Ballroom AB
6:00 pm ‐ 8:00 pm Opening Reception
Sponsored by COACh 4th Floor Foyer (near
Grand Ballroom J)
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
23
Wednesday, April 20
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By Grand
Ballroom AB)
Wednesday a.m.
Teachers Workshop III: High School
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm
335 C
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, NOBCChE and CAPS (Committee for Action Program Services)
Moderator Mrs. Linda Davis, Committee Action Program Services
Cedar Hill, TX
8:00 am ‐ 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 11:45 am “Part 1: “Engaging Students in Authentic Lab Experiences.”
Part 2: “Proportional Reasoning and Critical Thinking”
Grade Level: 9th‐12th”
Dr. Michael Page, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
California State Polytechnic University
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Closing Remarks
Mrs. Linda Davis
8:30 am ‐ 9:30 am Midwest Regional Meeting 344 A
8:30 am ‐ 9:30 am Southeast Regional Meeting 344 B
Wednesday,
am & pm
CAREER FAIR EXPO
9:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Grand Ballroom G‐L
Wednesday, am
HBCU/MI Chairs Council Breakfast
8:00 am ‐ 9:00 am
Sponsored by Office of Naval Research
337
Wednesday, am & pm
HBCU/MI Chairs Council Forum
9:00 am ‐ 3:00 pm
Sponsored by Office of Naval Research
336
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
24
Wednesday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
ʺ Mentoring In The STEM Disciplinesʺ
338
Presenter:
Dr. Howard Kea, Sr. Organizational
Development Consultant, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center
9:45 am ‐ 10:45 am Northeast Regional Meeting 344 A
9:45 am ‐ 10:45 am Southwest Regional Meeting 344 B
10:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm Collegiate Poster Set‐Up Grand Ballroom D‐F
10:00 am ‐ 5:00 pm Science Bowl/Science Fair
Check‐In
4th Floor Foyer (Near
Exhibit Hall)
11:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm West Regional Meeting 344 A
Wednesday, pm
NOBCChE Vision Luncheon
12:00 pm ‐ 1:00 pm
Grand Ballroom AB
1:00 pm ‐ 2:30 pm Science Fair Setup
4th Floor Foyer (Near
Grand Ballroom D‐F)
Wednesday, p.m.
Professional Development Workshop:
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
ʺFinancial Strategies: Your Solutions To Money
Management And Investing ʺ
338
Presenter: Derry L. Haywood, II, The Peninsula Financial Group
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
25
Wednesday, p.m.
Collegiate Scientific Exchange Poster
Session
3:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Sponsored by Colgate Palmolive and
the Biophysical Society
Grand Ballroom D‐F
Posters (ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s), Affiliation ABSTRACT NUMBER
1 ANA 001
EFFECT OF SURFACE MODIFICATION ON TIO2 PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
Clifton Watkins and Prashant V. Kamat
Department of Chemistry
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2 ANA 003
A SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF AN ANTITUMOR ACTIVE DERIVATIVE OF
1, 4‐NAPHTHOQUINONE
Maraizu Ukaegbu, Nkechi Enwerem, Oladapo Bakare, Charles Hosten
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DE
3 ANA 005
OPTICAL SENSING OF MERCURY(II) WITH NEW CONFORMATIONALLY
PREORGANIZED FLUOROGENIC CALIX[4]ARENES
Pogisego Dinake, Polina E. Prokhorova, Vladimir S. Talanov, Galina G.Talanova
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
4 ANA 007
ULTRASENSITIVE AND HIGHLY SELECTIVE DETECTION OF TRIVALENT CHROMIUM
USING TWO‐PHOTON SCATTERING PROPERTIES OF 5,5’‐DITHIOBIS(2‐
NITROBENZOIC ACID) MODIFIED GOLD NANOPARTICLE Shantelle Hughes, Samuel S. R. Dasary, Anant K. Singh, Paresh C. Ray, and Hongtao Yu Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
26
5 ANA 009
TAG TEAM REDUCTION OF AMBIGUITY IN THE ASSIGNMENT OF NMR
RESONANCES
Kevin Roberson, Megan A. Macnaughtan
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
6 ANA 011
USING ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES TO PREDICT GEOMETRY OF QUARTZ NANOPORES
Corey Williams1, Jessica Koehne2 1Department of Chemistry, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 2NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
7 ANA 013
PARTICLE LITHOGRAPHY AND SCANNING PROBE STUDIES OF FERRITIN USING
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM) AND MAGNETIC SAMPLE MODULATION
Stephanie L. Daniels, Jayne Garno
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
8 ANA 015
PROBING CHLOROPHYLL DEGRADATION PRODUCTS IN SENESCENT PLANT
TISSUES USING DESI‐IMAGING MASS SPECTROMETRY
Sheran Oradu1, Thomas Mueller2, Bernhardt Kreautler2 and R G Cooks1 1Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2Institute of Organic Chemistry & Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Innsbruck Innrain,
Innsbruck Austria
9 ANA 017
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL‐SILICA AEROGELS USING A SUB‐
CRITICAL DRYING APPROACH
Rhonda Jack, Brittany Henderson, Dinah Holland, Jale Akyurtlu Department of Chemical Engineering
Hampton University, Hampton, VA
10 ANA 019
NOVEL SENSOR FOR TARTRATE BASED ON NICKEL OXIDE MOIETIES WITH CARBON
TRANSDUCER
AʹTondra Gilstrap
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
27
11 ANA 021
SYNTHESIS AND KINETIC EVALUATION OF SLOW REACTING SUBSTRATES FOR
ACETYL CHOLINESTERASE (ACHE)
Linda Ehimwenman
Department of Chemistry
University of Iowa, Iowa city, IA
12 ANA 023
CHARACTERIZED WET CHEMICAL ETCHING OF INASGASB WITH H3CIT: H2O2: HCL
ETCHANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF LIGHT EMITTING
DIODES
Deandrea Watkins, Jonathon T. Olesberg, Thomas F. Boggess, and Mark A. Arnold
Department of Chemistry
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
13 ANA 025
SHELF LIFE OF BASIC YELOW 40
Paige Sims1, Murrell Godfrey1, Erik Frazure2, Shannon Roy2 1Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi, Aberdeen, MS 2Mississippi State Crime Laboratory, Batesville, MS
14 ANA 027
FORENSIC STABILITY STUDY OF STORED BLOOD ALCOHOL EVIDENCE
Anjerlina Dancy1, Murrell Godfrey1, J.C. Smiley2, Teresia Hickmon2 1Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi, Aberdeen, MS 2Mississippi State Crime Laboratory, Batesville, MS
15 ANA 029
HYDROGEN SULFIDE‐INDUCED RELAXATION OF ISOLATED BOVINE CILIARY
ARTERY
Kiara Taylor, Ya Fatou Njie‐Mbye, Madhura Kulkarni, Sunny E. Ohia
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
16 BIO 001
LATEX, YEAST AND DUST: PLASMONICS FOR INFRARED MICROSPECTROSCOPY OF
INDIVIDUAL 1‐5 ΜM PARTICLES
Marvin A. Malone and James V. Coe
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
28
17 BIO 002
NEW HNO PRECURSORS BASED ON BIS‐ACYLATED HYDROXYLAMINES, N‐
ACYLOXYSULFONAMIDES, AND N‐HYDROXY‐N‐ACYLSULFONAMIDES
Art Sutton
Department of Chemistry
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
18 BIO 003
LIFE IN A NEAR BOILING HOT SPRING: WHO IS THERE AND HOW DO THEY DO IT?
David Taylor and Laurey Steinke
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
19 BIO 004
ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF A MANNOSE‐
BINDING LECTIN FROM THE SERUM OF THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR (ALLIGATOR
MISSISSIPPIENSIS)
Lancia Darville1, Mark Merchant2 and Kermit Murray1 1Department of Chemistry Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 2McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
20 BIO 005
PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE KAINATE RECEPTOR COMPLEX
Jelynn Stinson
Department of Chemistry
Wright State University, Dayton, OH
21 BIO 006
NOVEL ISLET‐SERTOLI CELL HYBRID CONSTRUCT THAT IS IMMUNOPROTECTED
AND SECRETES INSULIN
Justin Stewart, Mark Jaroszeski1, Don Cameron2 1Department of Chemistry University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2College of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
22 BIO 007
CHROMIUM IS NOT AN ESSENTIAL TRACE ELEMENT FOR MAMMALS: EFFECTS OF A
“LOW‐CHROMIUM” DIET
Sharifa Love1, John B. Vincent1, Nicholas Rhodes1,a Kristin Di Bona2, DeAna McAdory1,
Sarmistha Halder Sinha1, Naomi Kern,a Julia Kent3,Jessyln Strickland2, Austin Wilson2 Janis
Beaird2, James Ramage3 and Jane F. Rascob4 1Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 2Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 3Animal Care Facility, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 4Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
29
23 BIO 008
DESIGN CHANGES IN A MICROFLUIDIC TUMOR‐MIMICKING BIOREACTOR
Christian Tormos, Dr. Neil Forbes
Department of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
24 BIO 009
TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFKB MEDIATES HIGH ENERGY RADIATION INDUCED
ACTIVATION OF COX‐2, MMP‐9 AND IKB
Emmanuel Obi, Sarah Munyu, Anita Lewis, and Shishir Shishodia
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
25 BIO 010
A KINETICS STUDY OF CYTOCHROME C AND CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE
Maria Williams1 Dr. Francis Millett2, Dr. Lois Geren2, Dr. Jeffrey Havens2, Mrs. Marilyn Davis2 1Department of Chemistry, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 2University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK
26 BIO 011
IMMOBILIZATION OF PROTEINS ON NANOPOROUS ALUMINA
Melody Roberson
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
27 BIO 012
EFFECT OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY ON THE REPRODUCTION OF
CEANORHABDITIS ELEGANS
Brandi Wilson, NM Alaniz, Abdel-Rahman, Ph.D. Department of N/A
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
28 BIO 013
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS OF GOLD‐
HOLLOW‐NANOSTRUCTURES
Christen Robinson, Dulal Senapati, Tapas Senapati, Anant K. Singh, and Paresh C. Ray
Department of Chemistry
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
30
29 BIO 014
DETERMINING THE FREQUENCY AND PERFORMANCE OF SEQUENCES IN GENES
PREDICTED TO FUNCTION AS RIBOSOME BINDING SITES
Rami El‐kweifi
30 BIO 015
APPROACHES TOWARD SYNTHESIS OF THREE‐RING SPIROKETAL UNITS USING
GOLD SALTS AS CATALYSTS
Laura Gessner
Department of Chemistry
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
31 BIO 016
OPTIMIZING PURIFICATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF O‐GLCNACYLATED CREB1
EXPRESSED IN E. COLI
Octavia Goodwin
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
32 BIO 017
SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF SEVERAL NEW PT (II) COMPLEXES CONTAINING
PYRIDINE AND BENZIMIDAZOLE FUNCTIONALIZED AMIDE LIGANDS BY SAMUEL
ASEM
Samuel Asem
Department of Chemistry
University of Louisville, Durham, NC
33 BIO 018
IN SILICO DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF CARBOXYLESTERASE INHIBITORS
Shana Stoddard, Philip M. Potter, Randy M. Wadkins
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Mississippi, University, MS
34 BIO 019
LIGHT‐INDUCED CYTOTOXICITY OF PYRENE DERIVATIVES
Tracie Perkins, Britney Johnson, and Hongtao Yu
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
31
35 BIO 020
APPLYING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE GLUCOSE MODELING
Lindsey Vance, Lucas P. Beverlin2, Derrick K. Rollins, Sr.1,2, Peggy D. Lee1 1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering 2Department of Statistics
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
36 BIO 021
REACTIVITY OF DISTONIC SPECIES DERIVED FROM OXIDIZED METHIONINE
Tyrslai Williams
Department of Chemistry
Southern University A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA
37 BIO 022
SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION AND 2‐DIMENSIONAL SEPARATION OF INTEGRAL
MEMBRANE PROTEINS
Katrina Battle, Maggie Witek, John K. Osiri, and Steven A. Soper
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
38 BIO 023
TIME RESOLVED PHOTOTHERMAL STUDIES OF PROTEIN FOLDING
Tarah Word
Department of Chemistry
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
39 BIO 024
INVESTIGATING THE PKA OF THE ACTIVE SITE ASPARTATES OF HIV‐1 PROTEASE
USING CONSTANT PH MOLECULAR DYNAMICS
Dwight McGee
Department of Chemsitry
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
40 BIO 025
SITE SPECIFIC ISOTOPICALLY ENRICHED NTPS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RNA
Melantha Jackson and T. Kwaku Dayie
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
32
41 BIO 026
PROGRESS IN THE SYNTHESIS OF EROGORGIAENE, A POTENT ANTI‐TUBERCULOSIS
MARINE DITERPENE
Sena Dzakuma, Esdrey Rodriguez, Moises Romero, Horacio Olivo, Ph.D.
Department of College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
42 BIO 027
IDENTIFICATION OF INHIBITORS OF THE FIMZ GENE OF SALMONELLA ENTERICA
SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM, A GENE THAT REGULATES MOTILITY, ATTACHMENT,
AND INVASION
Kalyani Eko
Department of Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
43 BIO 028
DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL ANALYSIS METHODS TO SUPPORT STUDIES OF THE
INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AQUATIC PLANT MICROCOSMS, TRACE ELEMENTS, AND
NANOPARTICLES
Monique Johnson, Sergei A Ostroumov2, Julian F Tyson1 Baoshan Xing2 1Department of Chemistry 2Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences,
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Sunderland, MA
44 BIO 029
DIRUTHENIUM COMPLEXES AS A POTENTIAL ANITCANCER AGENT
Destinee Stroud, Jamie Dooley‐ Renfro, Tuan Phan, and Bobby L. Wilson
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
45 ENERGY 001
VAPOR AND PARTICULATE ANALYSIS ENABLED BY THE USE OF CHARGED
MICRODROPLETS AS A CAPTURING TOOL
Dahlia Campbell, Keyong Hou, Graham Cooks
Department of Chemistry
Purdue University, West lafayette, IN
46 ENERGY 002
THE CORRELATION OF VOLTAMMETRIC HALF‐WAVE POTENTIAL AND THE
FLUORESCENCE OF PHENOL AND SELECTED CHLOROPHENOLS IN CTAB
SURFACTANT SOLUTION
Biebele Abel
Department of Chemistry
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
33
47 ENERGY 003
OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF II‐IV‐BASED THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
DURING ELEMENTAL VAPOR TRANSPORT AT ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES (EVTAP)
Trishelle Copeland‐Johnson
Department of Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida, Lutz, FL
48 ENERGY 004
SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE AND RELEASE IN THIN FILM MEDIA
Melody Kelley, Les Gray, Silas Blackstock
Department of Chemistry
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
49 ENERGY 005
BIOMASS BURNING BYPRODUCTS AND THEIR ROLE AS WEATHER MODIFIERS
Craig Battle
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
50 ENERGY 006
LIPOPHILIC SUPER‐ABSORBENT POLYMER GELS AS THE CLEANERS FOR USE ON
WEAPONS SYSTEMS AND PLATFORMS
Sierra McCray
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
51 ENERGY 007
ASSESSMENT OF U.S. COASTAL CARIBBEAN FISH HABITAT PARAMETERS FOR THE
NATIONAL FISH HABITAT ACTION PLAN (NFHAP)
Jerald Watley
Department of Department of Physics
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
52 ENERGY 008
DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF COLORIMETRIC SENSORS FOR DETECTION OF
ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
Jully Senteu and Sherine O. Obare, Ph.D.
Department of Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
34
53 ENERGY 009
PTV IN REGIOREGULAR STRUCTURES
William Harkins
Department of Chemistry
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
54 ENERGY 010
TOWARDS REDUCTION OF OPTICAL LOSSES IN TRANSITION METALS BASED
NANOMATERIALS
Casey Gonder
Department of Engineering
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
55 ENVIRO 001
INFLUENCE OF PALLADIUM IN BIMETALLIC CATALYST DEACTIVATION
RESISTANCE FOR HYDRODECHLORINATION
Shannon Anderson and Egwu E. Kalu
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
56 ENVIRO 002
ADVANCEMENT OF WATER TREATMENT USING CARBON NANOTUBES
Aboaba Adetoun, Bobby Wilson and Renard Thomas
Department of N/A
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
57 ENVIRO 003
BIO‐ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH FROM CHRONIC METAL EXPOSURE IN THE
URBAN ENVIRONMENT
Terrell Gibson, Alamelu Sundaresan, Bobby Wilson and Renard Thomas
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
58 ENVIRO 004
ASSESMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS IN THE GALVESTON BAY
WATERSHED
Zuri Dale, Katoria R. Tatum‐Gibbsa, Bobby Wilson and Renard Thomas
Department of Chemistry
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
35
59 ENVIRO 005
CONCENTRATIONS OF MERCURY AND METHYLMERCURY IN NATURAL WATERS
FROM MISSISSIPPI
Garry Brown, James Cizdziel
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Mississippi, University, MS
60 ENVIRO 006
DIOXIN AND DIOXIN‐LIKE PCBS IN FOOD SAMPLES FROM FARMS IN SLOVAKIA
Sharde Hameed, Anton Kočan, Ph.D., Jana Chovancová, Ph.D., Beata Drobná, Ph.D., Milena
Dömötörová, Ph.D., Peter Lenčo M.S., Kamil Čonka, M.S., Anna Fabišiková, M.S., Jarmila
Salajová,
National Reference Centre for Dioxins and Related Compounds, Slovak Medical University, Limbova 12,
SK‐833 03 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
61 ENVIRO 007
URINE ANALYSIS OF COMMUTERS’ EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC
COMPOUNDS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA USING PURGE AND TRAP FOR GAS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
Siobhan Tarver, Renard Thomas, Bobby Wilson
Environmental Research & Technology Center
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
62 ENVIRO 008
APPLICATIONS OF SELECTIVE PENTAPEPTIDES FOR SEPARATION AND
DECONTAMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS FROM FOOD AND WATER
Edikan Archibong
Department of Chemistry
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
63 INORG 001
THE EFFECT OF [RH(NH3)5CL]+ ADSORPTION AND PARTICLE SIZE ON ANATASE TIO2
AS A FUNCTION OF SUPPORT TREATMENT PROCEDURES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
C2+ OXYGENATES
Justin Glasper1, Theresa Feltes2, Randall Meyer2
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora IL
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
64 INORG 002
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES IN
Ba1‐X AXMn0.5 Ru0.5 O3 (A = La AND Sr) PEROVSKITES Jennifer Soliz, Patrick M. Woodward
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
36
65 NANO 001
CHANTELNICOLAS‐AM38ABSTRACT
Chantel Nicolas, Xiao‐Qian Wang
Department of Chemistry
Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
66 NANO 002
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THIOETHER LIGAND STABILIZED
RUTHENIUM NANOCUBES
Clara Adams and Sherine O. Obare, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Portage, MI
67 NANO 003
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METALLIC NANOSHELLS AND THEIR
INFLUENCE ON EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS FOR THERAPEUTIC UPTAKE IN VITRO
Alisha Peterson and Vinay K. Gupta
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
68 NANO 004
DYNAMIC ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY CHARACTERIZATIONS OF
METALLOPORPHYRIN NANOCRYSTALS USING CONTACT‐MODE IMAGING WITH
MAGNETIC SAMPLE MODULATION
Wilson Serem, Hao, E., Vicente, M. G. H., Garno, J. C.
Department of Chemisty
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
69 NANO 005
CHROMOPHORE FUNCTIONALIZED TIO2 NANOPARTICLES AS TWO‐PHOTON
ABSORBERS: INFLUENCE OF SURFACE MODIFICATION
Edwin Mghanga, Thomas Kuchta and Guda Ramakrishna
Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
70 NANO 006
FACILE SYNTHESIS OF MONODISPERSE METALLIC NANOPARTICLES AND THEIR
INTERACTION WITH QUANTUM DOTS
Noah Masik and Sherine O. Obare, Ph.D.
Department of Western Michigan Chemistry Department
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
37
71 NANO 007
SEEDED SYNTHESIS OF MULTIMETAL NANOPARTICLES AS MONODISPERSE
SAMPLES
Nancy Ortiz and Sara E. Skrabalak
Department of Department of Chemistry
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
72 NANO 008
LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ANTHRACENE‐CATECHOL AND
COUMARIN‐CATECHOL
FUNCTIONALIZED SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES
Jameel A Hasan, Fasil Abebe, Ekkehard Sinn and Guda Ramakrishna
Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
73 ORG 001
SYNTHETIC ROUTES TO ORTHOGONALLY PROTECTED Τ‐HISTIDINOALANINE: A
CROSSLINKING AMINO ACID
Chyree Batton, Samanthi T. De Silva, Carol M. Taylor, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
74 ORG 002
ROM/RCM (RING OPENING/RING CLOSING METATHESIS) AND DIECKMANN
CONDENSATION PROCESSES TO BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCT (‐ENES) AND (‐ANONES)
Stefan Cooper Jr
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
75 ORG 003
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF MONOHYDROCARBYL–PD(II) COMPLEXES WITH HOOH
ENABLED BY DPK–CARBOXYLIC ACID LIGAND
Williamson Oloo and N. Andrei Vedernikov
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
76 ORG 004
VERSATILITY OF CALIXARENE REACTIONS WITH 1,3‐DIBROMOPROPANE
Shimelis Hailu, Paul F. Hudrlik, Anne M. Hudrlik, and Raymond J. Butcher
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, D. C.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
38
77 ORG 005
1,5,9‐TRIMESITYLDIPYRROMETHENE MAGNESIUM AND ZINC COMPLEXES FOR USE
IN RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF LACTIDE AND CAPROLACTONE
Pasco Wambua and Malcolm Chisholm
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
78 ORG 006
PROGRESS TOWARDS THE SYNTHESIS OF CYANINE DYES
Deveine Toney, Tsehai Grell, Dr. Angela Winstead, Dr. Kadir Aslan
Department of Chemistry
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
79 ORG 007
TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF CARBOXYPHENYL‐SUBSTITUTED PORPHYRINS
ShanʹTerika Remo, Alecia McCall and M. Graca H. Vicente
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
80 ORG 008
CHIRAL SEPARATIONS USING MANNOSE MODIFIED Α‐HELICAL POLYPEPTIDES IN
ELECTROKINETIC CHROMATOGRAPHY
Leonard Moore Jr., Haoyu Tang, Donghui Zhang, and Isiah Warner
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
81 ORG 010
CALIBRATING MM FORCE FIELDS AND QM METHODS FOR SUPRAMOLECULAR
COMPLEXES
Tomekia Simeon, I. Franco, M. Ratner and G. C. Schatz
Department of Chemistry
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
82 ORG 011
SYNTHETIC APPROACHES TOWARD THE AMINOQUINONE NATURAL PRODUCT
STREPTONIGRIN: KEY C‐RING FUNCTIONALIZATIONS
Frederick Nytko and Philip DeShong
Department of Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
The University of Maryland, College Park, MD
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
39
83 ORG 012
MOLECULAR RECOGNITION ELEMENT (MRE) USING PORPHYRINS FOR DETECTION
OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVES SUCH AS TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT)
Matthew Bryant
84 ORG 013
LEWIS ACID MEDICATED SYNTHESIS OF PHENANTHRIDIUM N‐FUSED
QUINAZOLINIUM VIA INTRAMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION OF CYANO‐
CARBODIIMIDE
Olajide Alawode, and Sundeep Rayat
Department of Chemistry
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
85 PHARMA 001
THE ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS, AND FATS IN GLUCOSE
MONITORING
Ryan Hall and Dr. Derrick Rollins
Department of Chemical Engineering
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
86 PolyMat 001
THE FORMATION OF SELF‐HEALING CARBON NANOTUBE NETWORKS VIA IN SITU
POLYMERIZATION
Artrease Spann, Steve Acquah, Harold Kroto
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
87 PolyMat 002
BIODEGRADATION OF Γ –STERILIZED POLYPROPYLENE NONWOVENS
Brandi Keene
Department of Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science
North Carolina State University, Greensboro, NC
88 PolyMat 003
PHOTOCHEMICAL H2O2 FORMATION INDUCED BY SPEEK/PVA SYSTEMS
PaviElle Lockhart, B. K. Little, B. L. Slaten and G. Mills
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
40
89 PolyMat 004
METAL ASSISTED AND MICROWAVE ACCELERATED EVAPORATIVE
CRYSTALLIZATION: 2. THE EFFECT OF SURFACE FUNCTIONALITY AND SAMPLE
VOLUME
Tsheai Grell, Melissa A. Pinard and Kadir Aslan, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Morgan State, Baltimore, MD
90 PolyMat 005
LIQUID CRYSTALLINE TETRABENZO[18]CYCLYNES
Ashley Scioneaux and C. Scott Hartley
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
Miami University, Oxford, OH
91 PolyMat 006
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING OF HIGHLY DIPOLAR NONLINEAR OPTICAL
CHROMOPHORES
Caryn Peeples, Brianna Peeples, Dr. Cheng Zhang
Department of Center for Materials Research
Norfolk State University, Virginia Beach, VA
92 PolyMat 007
MODELING POLY 4H‐CYCLOPENTA[2,1‐B;3,4‐Bʹ]DITHIOPHEN‐4‐ONE
Carla Mckinney, A.V. Gavrilenko, C.Zhang, V.I. Gavrilenko
Department of Chemistry/Materials Science
Norfolk State University, Virginia Beach, VA
93 PolyMat 010
AU METAL NANO‐MATERIALS
John Livenere
Department of Engineering
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA
3:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Science Fair 4th Floor Foyer (Near
Grand Ballroom D‐F)
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
41
5:00 pm ‐ 6:30 pm NOBCChE ConneXions Reception
Sponsored by Colgate ‐Palmolive
Grand Ballroom
D‐F
6:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm COACh Alumni Reception and Dinner
Invitation Only. Contact Priscilla Lewis 337
7:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm
P&G Graduate Student Informational
Session and Reception, Invitation Only TBA
7:00 pm ‐ 9:00 pm Science Bowl/Science Fair Welcome Dinner Grand Ballroom
AB
Thursday,
April 21
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (By
Grand Ballroom AB)
Thursday, am
COACh Workshop
8:30 am ‐ 12:00 pm
Professional Skills Training For Minority
Graduate Students And Postdocs
Pre‐registration is required ‐ Session Filled
343B
9:00 am ‐ 4:30 pm.
Science Bowl Competitions: Junior Division and
Senior Division
sponsored by American Chemical Society
327‐330, 332, 335
Thursday, am
Professional Development Workshop
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Panel Discussion on Science and Policy
Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash,
National Institues of Health
338
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
42
Thursday, am
Award Symposium 2
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am Undergraduate Research Competition
Sponsored by Colgate ‐Palmolive and Lubrizol
Corporation
337
9:00 – 9:20 Lurbrizol Corporation Undergraduate Awardee
“FABRICATION OF PLASTIC‐BASED BIOSENSOR TUBING USING
NANOREPLICA MOLDING AND HORIZONTAL DIPPING
TECHNIQUES”
Veniece Kirksey1, Brian Cunningham, PhD2, Yafang Tan2 1Prairie View Agricultural & Mechanical University, Prairie View, Texas 2University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:20 – 9:40 Colgate‐Palmolive Company Undergraduate Awardee
“A FULLY HYDROPHILLIC HYDROGEL: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A
HYDROGEL THAT IS CHEMICALLY CROSS‐LINKED WITH A NEW
WATER‐SOLUBLE AGENT, DIISOSORBIDE BISEPOXIDE”
Eleanor U Ojinnaka, George Collins, PhD
9:40 – 10:00 Winifred Burks‐Houck Undergraduate Awardee
“ELECTROLESS NICKEL BASED CATALYSTS FOR HYDROGEN
GENERATION BY HYDROLYSIS OF NABH4”
Kaetochi Okemgbo
Chemical Engineering
Yale University, New Haven, CT
10:00 – 11:20 Lubrizol Corporation Undergraduate Awardee
“FORMATION OF GAS AND PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS FROM
OZONE REACTIONS IN VENTILATION SYSTEMS”
Regina Williams1, Lara Gundel2, Meera Sidheswaran2 1Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Normal, AL 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
11:20 – 11:40 AP Kennedy Awardee
“EXPLORING MUTANT E. COLI STRAINS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF
SITE‐SPECIFIC LABELS TO STUDY RNA STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS
BY NMR”
Jacob N. Sama, Chandar S. Thakur and T. Kwaku Dayie
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
43
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am Student Development 2
Mock Interviews 331
Thursday, am
Award Symposium 3
9:00 am ‐ 11:45 am
Henry McBay Award Symposium (ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐Author(s),
Affiliation)
336A
9:00 – 9:30 Dr. Henry McBay Outstanding Teacher Awardee “INTEGRATION OF CRITICAL THINKING COMPONENTS INTO A
GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY COURSE”
Angela Winstead, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
9:30‐9:55 “MEMS EDUCATION PROJECT”
Maru Colbert, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
9:55‐10:20 “INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES‐SMALL MOLECULES
AS MODULATORS OF BACTERIAL CROSSTALK AND THE
IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA WITH JUNCTION
PROBES.”
Herman O. Sintim, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
10:20 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 10:55 “HEARTS FOR THE ARTS ‐ LINKING THE ARTS WITH STEM”
Delmetria Millener, Regional Director
African American Environmentalist Association, Dallas, TX
10:55 – 11:20 “WHAT MUST AN INVENTOR KNOW ABOUT RECORD‐KEEPING TO
PROTECT HIS INVENTION: ATTRIBUTES OF CREDIBLE INVENTION
RECORDS”
Marvin Powell, Attorney at Law
Powell Law Associates, LLC, Avondale, PA
11:20 – 11:40 “GETTING STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT THE CHEMICAL BIOPHYSICS
OF RNAS: RNA IS AT THE CENTER OF A NEW SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION”
Kwaku Dayie, PhD
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
44
Thursday, am
Technical Session 5
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Physical Chemistry (ʺTITLE,ʺ Presenter, Co‐
Author(s), Affiliation)
336B
9:00 – 9:25 “THE EXPLORATION OF SEVERAL POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES
USING MRMP2 AND CCSD(T)”
Jeffrey D. Veals, Dr. Steven R. Davis
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Mississippi, University, MS
9:25 – 9:50 “SELECTED DIRECTIONS IN QUANTUM MONTE CARLO”
William A. Lester, Jr., PhD
Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9:50 – 10:15 “CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SELF‐ASEMBLY OF MESO‐TETRA(4‐
SULFONATOPHENYL)PORPHYRIN (H2TPPS4‐) IN AQUEOUS
SOLUTIONS“
Javoris V. Hollingsworth, Paul S. Russo, Allison J. Richard and M. Graça H.
Vicente
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
10:15 – 10:40 “EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF VISCOSITY ON THE HEAT OF
VAPORIZATION OF TOLUENE IN 5W‐30 MOTOR OIL AND MINERAL
OIL”
Shawn M. Abernathy, Ph.D.1, Brian Garrett2, Jockquin Jones1,
and Anwar Jackson1 1Howard University, Department of Chemistry, Washington, DC 2Morehouse College, Department of Chemistry, Atlanta, GA
10:40‐11:00
CHARACTERIZATION OF AG/TIO2 SORBENTS FOR LIQUID‐PHASE
ADSORPTIVE DESULFURIZATION OF LOGISTIC FUELS
Zenda D. Davis and Bruce J. Tatarchuk
Department of Chemical Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
11:00‐11:20
SEPARATION OF BUTANE ISOMER MIXTURES USING DENSE 6FDA‐
DAM MEMBRANES
Omoyemen Esekhile
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
45
Thursday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
10:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
“Technology Commercialization”
Renard Green, MBA, CEO,
Richard Glendon Thomas, MBA
The R2 Consulting Group
338
Thursday, pm
Percy Julian Luncheon (ticketed)
12:00 pm ‐ 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom AB
Thursday, pm
COACh Workshop
1:30 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
COAChing Strong Women Faculty in the Art
of Strategic Persuasion
(Pre‐registration is required
343B
Thursday, pm
Professional Development Workshop:
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Academic/Professional Transition Panel
Dr. Victor McCrary, The Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory
338
Thursday, pm
Symposium 3
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
All About BIO: Innovations in Bioscience,
Biochemistry & Bioengineering
336A
1:30 – 2:00
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Andre Francis Palmer, Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
The Ohio State University
2:00 – 2:25
“USE OF MOLECULAR MICELLES IN SDS‐PAGE FOR PROTEIN
SEPARATIONS”
Vivian Fernand
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
46
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2:25 – 2:50
“USE OF PEPTIDE‐AMPHIPHILE IN DEVELOPMENT OF
MELANOMA TARGET SPECIFIC DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS.”
Margaret Ndinguri, Janelle L. Lauer, and Gregg B. Fields
Department of Biochemistry
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
2:50 – 3:15
“CHARACTERIZATION OF AN INHIBITORY CELLULAR
DEFENSE AGAINST HIV‐1”
DeMario Butts
Department of Immunology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
3:15 – 3:35
“RADICAL‐DEPENDENT MECHANISMS OF POST‐
TRANSCRIPTIONAL MODIFICATION”
Squire Booker, PhD
Department of Chemistry
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm Student Development 3
Mock Interviews 331
Thursday, pm
Technical Session 6
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Inorganic chemistry
337
2:00 ‐ 2:20 “GOLD COATED NANOPARTICLES INCORPORATING A GROUP OF
UNIFORM MATERIALS BASED ON ORGANIC SALTS”
Ashleigh R. Wright, Min Li, Bilal El‐Zahab, Isiah M. Warner
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
2:20 – 2:40 “RUTHENIUM (II) COMPLEXES AS POTENTIAL DUAL ACTION PDT
AGENTS”
Robert N. Garner and Claudia Turro
Department of Chemistry
The Ohio State University
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
47
2:40 – 3:00 “DYNAMICS AND TWO‐PHOTON ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF NOVEL
COUMARIN DERIVATIVES: TOWARDS MULTIPHOTON SENSING”
Semere Bairu, Fasil Abebe, Ekkehard Sinn, Guda Ramakrishna
Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
3:00 – 3:20 “SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZN BIS ‐DIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES FOR THE FABRICATION OF ZNO2 VIA METAL ORGANIC
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR APPLICATIONS IN
MICROELECTRONICS.”
Keneshia O. Johnson, Bo Zhang, Howard E. Katz and Jason S. Matthews
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
3:20 – 3:45 “MULTIPLE EMISSIONS FROM INTRA‐ AND INTER‐MOLECULAR
EXCIMERS AND EXCIPLEXES OF BIMETALLIC LANTHANIDE‐
TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES.”
Zerihun Assefa, PhD, 1Carlos Crawford1, and Richard Sykora2
Department of Chemistry 1North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 2Department of Chemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL,
Thursday, pm
Symposium 4
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Solutions for Global Challenges
Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Grand Ballroom G
4:00 – 4:30 ʺDELIVERING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATIONʺ
Theresa Kotanchek, Ph.D.
R&D Vice President, Sustainable Technologies and Innovation Sourcing, Midland, MI
4:30 – 5:00 ʺPOWERING YOUR HOME WITH YOUR HOME, BUT HOW? ʺ
Kirk Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate R&D Director, Dow Solar Solutions, Midland, MI
5:00 – 5:30 OPPORTUNITIES AT THE ENERGY‐WATER NEXUS: LEVERAGING WATER
TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
David Klanecky
Global R&D Director, Dow Water & Process Solutions, Edina, MN
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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5:30 – 6:00 MEETING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE FOR SUSTAINABLE CROP
PRODUCTION
B. Clifford Gerwick, Ph.D.
Leader, Dow AgChem Discovery Research, Indianapolis, IN
6:00 pm ‐ 7:00 pm
Reception
Sponsored by
The Dow Chemical Company
4th Floor Foyer (near
Grand Ballroom G)
7:00 pm ‐ 10:00 pm
Science Competitions Dinner and Social
Grand Ballroom AB
Friday, April 22
7:30 am ‐ 9:30 am
1st Annual Women’s Networking
Breakfast: Celebration of IYC
Sponsored by ACS, Dow Chemical and
Lubrizol
Grand Ballroom AB
Friday, am
Forensic Workshop:
7:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
“The Chemistry of Crime”
sponsored by the DEA, CBP and DHS
337 & 338
Instructors:
Darrell Davis, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Quintet Bryant, Customs and Border Protection, Southwest Science Center, Houston, TX
Marie Prince, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Dr. Charlotte Smith‐Baker, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Houston, TX
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm Conference Registration
4th Floor Foyer (Near Grand
Ballroom AB)
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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Friday, am
Science Bowl Finals
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
Junior/Senior Division Sponsored by
American Chemical Society
335C
Friday, am
Award Symposium 4
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
Graduate Student Fellowship Award Sci‐Mix
336A
9:30 – 9:35 Dow Chemical Company Fellowship Awardee
ʺ BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MOLECULES & NANOPARTICLES: THE FACILE FABRICATION OF PtSn4 AND Ir3Sn7 INTERMETALLIC
NANOPARTICLES FROM BIMETALLIC ZINTL CLUSTERSʺ
Domonique O. Downing, Zhufang Liu, and Bryan W. Eichhorn
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
9:35 – 9:55 Winifred Burks‐Houck Graduate Awardee
“A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF SILVER, GOLD, AND
SILVER‐GOLD ALLOY NANOPARTICLES TOWARD DEACTIVATION OF
MICROBIAL PATHOGENS”
Tova Samuels and Dr. Sherine Obare
Department of Chemistry
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
10:00 – 10:20 DuPont Fellowship Awardee
“ACCELERATED HYDROLYSIS OF STARCH FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
BIOFUEL”
Kendra Maxwell and Sujit Banerjee
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
10:25 – 10:45 Lendon N. Pridgen, GlaxoSmithKline ‐ NOBCChE Fellowship Awardee
LIGHT INDUCED ENANTIOSPECIFIC 6‐PHOTOCYCLIZATION OF AXIALLY CHIRAL ACRYLANILIDES IN THE SOLID STATE
Anoklase J.‐L. Ayitou and J. Sivaguru
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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Friday, am
Student Development 4
9:00 am ‐ 10:00 am and repeated
10:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
Technical Writing Publications
Dr. Kadir Aslan, Associate Professor
Morgan State University
335B
Friday, am
Technical Session 7
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
There’s an App for That: Science &
Engineering Applications in CFD &
Aerospace
336B
9:30 – 9:55 “THE THERMAL INFRARED SENSOR: THE NEXT GENERATION
THERMAL INFRARED INSTRUMENT ON LANDSAT DATA CONTINUITY
MISSION”
Ramsey Smith, PhD
Code 693, Planetary Systems
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
9:55 – 10:15 “CHEMICAL REACTIVITY OF LUNAR DUST WITH SELECTED COMMON
TERRESTRIAL GASES”
Stephanie Miller
Astrochemistry
NASA Ames Research Center
10:15 – 10:35 “SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL
METAL COMPLEXES AND NANOPARTICLE PRECURSORS FOR
PROBING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS”
Jennifer Williams1, Stan Duraj, Ph.D1, Aloysius Hepp, PhD2, Alan Riga, PhD1 1Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University 2National Center for Space Exploration and Research, NASA GRC
10:35 – 10:55 “MULTISCALE MODELING OF FUNCTIONAL PERFLUOROPOLYETHER
LUBRICANTS”
Robert Smith
Department of Chemical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
10:55 – 11:20 “NUMERICAL MODELING OF ROCK CUTTING PROCESS”
Isaac K. Gamwo1, Mohd A. Kabir1, Jamie L. Brown1, M. C. Jaime2 and J. S. Lin1,2 1U.S Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh, PA 2Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
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11:20‐11:40 GENERATING PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF HIGHER ORDER DIFFERENCE
EQUATIONS VIA SOLUTIONS OF A FIRST ORDER EQUATION
Ruqiah Muhammad and Aqeeb Sabree
Department of Mathematics
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Friday, am
Technical Session 8
9:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
Organic Chemistry II
335 A
9:30‐9:50 “SELECTIVE AEROBIC OXIDATIONS CATALYZED BY MANGANESE (III)
COMPLEXES CONTAINING REDOX−ACTIVE LIGANDS.”
Clarence Rolle
Department of Chemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
9:50‐10:10 “TOWARDS ENANTIOSELECTIVE OLEFINATION.”
Natalee Smith
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
10:10 – 10:35 “ZIRCONIUM‐CATALYZED PHOSPHINE DEHYDROCOUPLING
REACTION.”
Michael Ghebreab, R. Waterman
Department of Chemistry
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
10:35 – 10:55 “NEW FLUORESCENT CHEMOSENSORS BASED ON COUMARIN AND
FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVES FOR THE DETECTION OF METAL IONS
AND NERVE GAS AGENTS.”
Fasil Abebe, Carla Sue Eribal, Ekkehard Sinn
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
10:55 – 11:15 “STUDIES OF ISOTOPIC OXYGEN EXCHANGE IN DIFFERENT SETS OF
POLYOXONIOBATES.”
Rene Johnson,
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Davis , Davis, CA
11:15 – 11:35 “SYNTHESIS AND MALDI‐TOF MASS SPECTROMETRY OF NOVEL
EPOXY GEMINI SURFACTANTS”
Nikki Johnson and Folahan O. Ayorinde
Department of Chemistry
Howard University, Washington, DC
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10:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm Student Development 5
Graduate Recruiters Panel 329
Friday, pm
Science Competition Awards Luncheon
11:45 am ‐ 1:45 pm
Sponsored by ACS
Grand Ballroom AB
Featured Speaker: Dr. Thomas H. Lane, Vice President
Iinstruction & Learning Services ,Delta College
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm Science Competitions Bowling Trip Off site
Friday, pm
Symposium 5
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NanoVation: Innovation in Nanoscience
sponsored by
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
338
Featured Speaker: Kwame Owusu‐Adom, PhD,
3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
2:00 – 2:30 “ENHANCED REACTIVITY OF RADIATION‐CURED NANOCOMPOSITES
THROUGH TEMPLATED NANOSTRUCTURED SURFACES.”
Kwame Owusu‐Adom1, Allan Guymon2 13M Corporate Materials Research Laboratory, 3M Center, St. Paul, MN 2Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2:30 – 2:50 “IMPACT OF T102 METALIZED CARBON NANONTUBES (T102‐CNT) ON
REGENERATIVE BONE GROWTH.”
Edidiong C. Obot1, Renard L. Thomas2, Bobby L. Wilson3, Alamelu Sundaresan4 1Environmental Toxicology Program, Department of Environmental Science and
Technology, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004 2Department of Health Sciences, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004 3Department of Chemistry, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004 4Department of Biology, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004
2:50 – 3:10 “NANOGUMBOS: A NOVEL GROUP OF DESIGNER NANOMATERIALS.”
Isiah M. Warner, Susmita Das, Min Li, Bilal El‐Zahab, Sergio de Rooy,
and Bishnu Regmi
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
3:10 – 3:20 Break
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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3:20 – 3:40 “EXAMINING THE PROPERTIES OF SUSPENSIONS AND SELF
SUSPENDED FLUIDS BASED ON.”
Wanda D. Jones, PhD1, Tamara Floyd‐Smith2, and Lynden A. Archer1 1School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2Department of Chemical Engineering
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL
3:40 – 4:00 SIMULATIONS OF NANOCYLINDERS SELF‐ASSEMBLED FROM CYCLIC β‐
TRIPEPTIDES
Michael A. Cato Jr.,1 Noam Bernstein, John L. Kulp III2 and Thomas D. Clark2 1Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 2Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Friday, pm
Award Symposium 5
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Winifred Burkes ‐Houck Women’s
Leadership Award Symposium
sponsored by Center for Enabling New
Technologies, University of Washington
335AB
The Winifred Burks‐Houck Professional Leadership Award is the first NOBCChE award inspired by and
created to honor the contributions of African American Women in science and technology. The Winifred
Burks‐Houck Professional Leadership Symposium aims to honor Winifred A. Burks‐Houck, the first female
president of NOBCChE, by highlighting the scientific achievements, creativity, leadership, and community
service of a NOBCChE‐affiliated professional woman and a NOBCChE undergraduate and graduate student
working towards a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related field
Opening Remarks
Dr. Gloria Thomas
2011 WBH Symposium Chair
Department of Chemistry, Xavier University
NOBCChE Executive Board Member (2005‐2009)
Welcome
Dr. Victor McCrary
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
NOBCChE National President
NOBCChE Womenʹs Leadership & the Legacy of Winifred Burks‐Houck
Ella Davis, MBA
NOBCChE, Executive Board Member
NOBCChE National President (2003‐2005)
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Highlighted Talk
Dr. Mae C. Jemison CEO and Founder, The Jemison Group, Inc.
NASA Astronaut and First Woman of Color in Space
Presentation of Awards
Winifred Burks‐Houck Leadership Awardees
Professional Awardee: Dr. Christine Grant
Graduate Awardee: Tova Samuels, Western Michigan University,
Undergraduate Awardee: Kaetochi Okemgbo, Yale University
Closing Remarks
Winifred Burks‐Houck Symposium Committee
Friday, pm
6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm ‐ 10:00 pm Dinner and Pprogram
Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner
Grand Ballroom
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2011 Exhibitors
3M St. Paul, MN
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Washington, DC
American Chemical Society
Washington, DC
Auburn University Auburn, AL
Bayer Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Corning Incorporated Corning, NY
Defense Threat Reduction Agency Alexandria, VA
The Dow Chemical Company Midland, MI
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DuPont Wilmington, DE
ExxonMobil Annandale, NJ
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
GlaxoSmithKline King of Prussia, PA
HJ Heinz Company Pittsburgh, PA
The Johns Hopkins University – Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
The Lubrizol Corporation Wickliffe, OH
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
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MassNanoTech Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
Masters Industrial Internship Program,
University of Oregon Eugene, OR
Merck & Company, Inc. West Point, PA
National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, MD
National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers Washington, DC
Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
National Science Foundation Centers for Chemical Innovation
Arlington, VA
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Oak Ridge, TN
Occidental Petroleum Houston, TX
Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, TX
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Procter & Gamble Cincinnati, OH
Purdue University, Graduate School West Lafayette, IN
Rice University Houston, TX
The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
United States Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh, PA
United States Customs and Border Patrol Washington, DC
United States Drug Enforcement Administration
Arlington, VA
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC
NOBCChE 2011 EXHIBITORS
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University of California, Davis Davis, CA
University of the District of Columbia Washington, DC
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
University of Washington CENTC Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin‐Madison
Madison, WI
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
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Tuesday, am/pm
Wednesday, am
Teachers Workshop
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
335 C
“Teachersʹ Embracing Science through Education”
Sponsored by 3M, AAAS, ACS, Staples, and NOBCChE
This year’s science teachers’ workshop will assist science educators at the elementary, secondary,
and high school levels using various teaching strategies and techniques. The 2009 workshop will
also provide resources and materials that will assist in enhancing your curriculum. In addition,
educators will have an opportunity to discuss issues and various challenges that face science
educators. The objective for this 2 day workshop is to assist educators in improving test scores
among minority and underrepresented students. This will further assist students to pursue careers
in science and technology.
Tuesday, pm
Henry Hill Lecture 1:45 pm ‐ 2:45 pm
335AB
Sponsored by MIT and the American Chemistry Society Northeast Section
Dr. Henry A. Hill
1977 ACS President
Dr. Henry Aaron Hill (1915 – 1979), the renowned African ‐ American chemist in whose memory
this award was established, was a former Chairman of the ACS Northeastern Section (1963) and
President of the American Chemical Society in 1977. Dr. Hill’s outstanding contributions to
chemistry, particularly industrial chemistry, and to the professional welfare of chemists are legion.
Dr. Hill’s first concern and interest was in his fellow humans, and this was the driving force behind
all that he did both in the chemical community and the world at large.
Henry Hill was a native of St. Joseph, Missouri. He was a graduate of Johnson C. Smith
University in North Carolina and received the doctorate degree from M.I.T. in 1942, after getting the
highest grades in his class. He began a professional career in industrial chemistry in that year, with
North Atlantic Research Corporation of Newtonville, Massachusetts. He eventually rose to be vice
president while doing research on and development of water‐based paints, fire‐fighting foam, and
several types of synthetic rubber. After leaving North Atlantic Research, he worked as a group
leader in the research laboratories of Dewey and Almy Chemical Company before starting his own
entrepreneurial venture—National Polychemicals in 1952. Ten years later he founded Riverside
Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Mass. The firm offered research, development and consulting
services in resins, rubbers, textiles and in polymer production. Riverside Research Laboratory
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introduced four successful commercial enterprises, including its own manufacturing affiliate. Dr.
Hill, particularly after having been appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the National
Commission on Product Safety, became active in research and testing programs in the field of
product flammability and product safety.
The American Chemical Society was always very close to Henry Hill’s heart. His active career
with the ACS began in the middle 1950s in the Northeastern Section. Dr. Hill served on
Northeastern Section committees, became a councilor in 1961 and was Chairman of the Section in
1963. He served the ACS in important National positions including secretary and chairman of the
Professional Relations Committee, the ACS Council; Policy Committee, the Board of Directors, and
ultimately president in 1977. He made an especially significant impact in professionalism by
pioneering establishment of a set of guidelines defining acceptable behavior for employers in their
professional relations with chemists and chemical engineers. This effort resulted in the ACS
landmark document entitled ʺProfessional Employment Guidelines.ʺ
Dr. Henry Hill was the first African American to become President of the American Chemical
Society. In recognition of his many outstanding achievements, NOBCChE identifies an outstanding
African – American chemist or chemical engineer to be designated as that year’s Henry A. Hill
Lecturer. Dr. Joseph Francisco, Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University, and current President of
the American Chemical Society, is this year’s honoree. Our award is sponsored by the ACS
Northeast Section and the MIT Chemistry Department.
Tuesday, pm
Henry Hill Lecture 1:45 pm ‐ 2:45 pm
335 AB
Keynote Speaker
”Present and Future Climate Change: Grand Challenges for the
Science, Engineering, and Society”
Dr. Warren Washington, 2007 Nobel Laureate and Senior Scientist,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Sponsored by MIT and Northeast Section of ACS
The climate has always changed. The most recent assessments have convinced most climate
scientists that humankind is changing the earth’s climate and that significant global
warming is taking place. Some scientists are skeptical of this view and think the observed
changes result from natural climate variability or other causes. A brief review of recently
observed 20th century climate change will be presented and compared with climate model
simulations. I will show computer simulations of future climate change from a low carbon
emission scenario where the world decides to shift from a fossil fuel based energy strategy
to increased conservation, renewables, and possibly nuclear. There will also be a discussion
of the scientific uncertainties and societal impacts along with an analysis of policy options
including possible geoengineering of the climate system. The broader social science issue of
environmental justice will be discussed.
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Along with scientific discussion, I will discuss my career path and my interactions with
Percy Julian.
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 1
2:45 pm ‐ 5:45 pm
Environmental Science and Policy Symposium
Norris McDonald, President,
African American Environmentalist Association
336B
The issues of global sustainability have moved steadily from the back burner to the heart of political
and economic life in the United States and around the world. There is a need to influence the
political process by lobbying, activism, and education in order to protect and sustain our natural
resources and ecosystems. This symposium will serve as a platform to stimulate innovative and bold
thinking, and foster discussions, about critical topics and approaches to protecting our natural
resources and providing “Solutions to Global Challenges.”
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 2
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
“Advancing Global Healthcare through STEM”
336A
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Milton Brown, MD, Ph.D., Director
Drug Discovery Program Georgetown University Medical Center
Healthcare remains one of the most pressing challenges facing our nation and the world in the 21st
century. NOBCChE presents a technical symposium that will feature discussions and presentations
that are helping to provide solutions to these challenges using science, technology, engineering and
math.
Tuesday, pm
Award Symposium 1
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Awardee
Omolola Eniola‐Adefeso, Ph.D.
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
337B
“INFLAMMATION, BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS AND THE FABRICATION OF VASCULAR‐
TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES”
Interactions between blood leukocytes and the endothelial cells lining the blood vessel lumen are the
hallmark of inflammation response. However, the lack of a proper shut‐off mechanism for
inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation that is known to be involved in the pathogenesis of
several human diseases, including arthritis, cancer and atherosclerosis. Thus, inflammation and its
associated processes are attractive for targeting therapeutic agents in these diseases. This talk will
summarize our efforts to design leukocyte mimetic drug carriers for targeting therapeutics to the
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vascular wall in cardiovascular diseases. The presented data will highlight the critical role of blood
flow dynamics and carrier physical geometry in prescribing carriers localization to the wall and
highlight new data on endothelium response to cytokine and shear stimulation.
Wednesday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
ʺ Mentoring In The STEM Disciplinesʺ
338
Presenter: Dr. Howard Kea, Sr. Organizational Development
Consultant, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
In the ever‐changing world of science and technology, it has become increasingly important
to ensure that young scientists have all the tools they need for successful careers in the
STEM fields. As scientists progress and develop, the need for mentors is vital. This
workshop will serve as a guide to mentoring in the STEM fields. We encourage all mentors,
mentees, and protégés to attend this workshop to unlock the untapped potential in your
mentor/mentee relationship.
Wednesday, pm
Professional Development Workshop:
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
ʺFinancial Strategies: Your Solutions To Money
Management And Investing ʺ
338
Presenter: Derry L. Haywood, II, The Peninsula Financial Group
During these rough economic times, it is critical to take the right steps towards a solid
financial action plan. Understanding the many variables that play a role in money
management are key to obtaining financial goals. The Financial Strategies workshop serves
as an outlet for NOBCChE members to ask questions related to money market accounts,
checking accounts, savings accounts and much more.
Thursday, am
COACH Workshop ‐ registration required
8:00 am ‐ 12:00 pm
“Professional Skills Training for Minority
Graduate Students and Postdocs”
343B
Presenters: Dr. Jane Tucker, Jane Tucker & Associates and
Ernestine Taylor, ETConsulting
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This workshop is designed to introduce negotiations or solution findings to graduate students and
postdocs. Participants will learn to develop their “best alternative to a negotiated agreement” and
finding their own personal negotiation styles. Attendees will practice through a selection from case
studies including developing a strong advocate, credit for research and publications, developing
connectedness, obtaining resources that enable productivity, opportunity to demonstrate strong
performance, the “all important” reference letter and contracting for that first or new position.
Discussions will focus on issues relevant to minority women.
Thursday, am
Professional Development Workshop
9:00 am ‐ 10:00 am
Panel Discussion On Science And Policy
338
Panelists:
Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash, Analyst
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Kristen Kulinowski, Faculty Fellow in the Department of Chemistry
and Director for External Affairs for the Center for Biological and
Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN), Rice University
Cynthia Robinson, Director of Science & Technology Policy Fellowships,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Dr. Isai Urasa, Chairman and Professor of Chemistry, Hampton University
This panel discussion will explore how science policy affects medical research, new research
policy and science education programs. Science policy deals with the various sub‐
categories of scientific research: basic research, applied research and development.
Panelists will help you understand how these sub‐categories have impacted technological
innovation and the relationships between science and politics. Shift your paradigm and
explore another dimension of science by attending this panel discussion!
Thursday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
10:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
“Technology Commercialization”
Renard Green, MBA, CEO,
Richard Glendon Thomas, MBA
The R2 Consulting Group
338
From a university laboratory to the market place; find innovative solutions to address the
social, health and economic challenges of today through the Technology Commercialization
workshop. This workshop will give research professionals and students insight into a new
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way of creating financial capital while simultaneously promoting their scientific
accomplishments.
Thursday, pm
COACh Workshop
1:30 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
COAChing Strong Women Faculty in the Art
of Strategic Persuasion
(Pre‐registration is required
343B
Presenters: Dr. Jane Tucker, Jane Tucker & Associates and
Ernestine Taylor, ETConsulting
This workshop will help professional women be more effective when leading or
participating in discussions, meetings, or individual negotiations. It will examine
professional negotiation skills, pragmatic learning content, and case studies. The workshop
incorporates the real issues facing those attending the sessions through attendee
participation and role playing. The workshop will discuss issues relevant to minority
women that will assist in assuring a successful scientific career and a chosen leadership role.
Thursday, pm
Professional Development Workshop:
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Academic/Professional Transition Panel
Dr. Victor McCrary, The Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory
338
Whether you are going from a Ph.D. to a post‐doctoral fellowship, a post‐doctoral
fellowship to academia or industry, or making a mid‐career transition, you have to be pro‐
active and savvy. A transition requires setting goals, planning early, maintaining a solid
network base, adapting, and obtaining additional training in some cases. This panel will
discuss and give you the tools to make that transition. Are you prepared? Attending this
workshop will supply you with the activation energy needed to help you transition to the
next phase of your career.
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Thursday, pm Percy L. Julian Luncheon
12:00 Noon ‐ 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom AB
Dr. Percy L. Julian (1899 – 1975)
National Academy of Sciences (Elected 1973)
The Percy L. Julian Award for significant contributions in pure and/or applied research in science or
engineering is our most prestigious award. Dr. Julian was an African‐American who obtained his BS
in Chemistry from DePauw University in 1920. Although he entered DePauw as a “substandard
freshman,” he graduated as the class valedictorian with Phi Beta Kappa honors. His first job was as
an instructor at Fisk University. Julian left Fisk and obtained a masterʹs degree in chemistry from
Harvard in 1928, and his Ph.D. in 1931 from the University of Vienna, Austria. It was after his return
to DePauw in 1933 that Julian conducted the research that led to the synthesis of physostigmine, a
drug used in the treatment of glaucoma2. Julian left DePauw in 1936 to become director of research
of the Soya Products Division of the Glidden Company in Chicago. This position at Glidden made
Julian the world’s first African – American to lead a research group in a major corporation. Dr.
Julian rewarded Gliden’s faith in him by producing many new commercial products from soy
beans. An entrepreneur as well as a scientist, in 1953 he founded Julian Laboratories and later Julian
Associates, Inc. and the Julian Research Institute. Over the course of his career he acquired over 115
patents, including one for a fire‐extinguishing foam that was used on oil and gasoline fires during
World War II2. Though he had over 100 patents and 200 scientific publications, his most notable
contribution was in the synthesis of steroids from soy and sweet potato products. Dr. Julian’s life
and contributions were the subject of a recent biopic by NOVA/PBS entitled, “Forgotten Genius.”3
The film was broadcast nationally on February 6, 2007 on PBS TV stations.
The table below summarizes the winners of the NOBCChE Percy L Julian Award:
Year
Award Recipients Year Award Recipients
1975 Dr. Arnold Stancel (1) Mobil Oil Company 1995 Dr. Joseph Francisco, Purdue University
1977 Dr. W. Lincoln Hawkins, Bell Laboratories 1996
Dr. Edward Gay, Argonne National
Laboratory
1979 Dr. William Lester, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory 1997 Dr. James H. Porter , UV Technologies
1981 Dr. James Mitchell (2), Bell Laboratories
1998 Dr. William A. Guillory, Innovations
Consulting
1982 Dr. K.M. Maloney, Allied Corporation
1999 Dr. Linneaus Dorman, Dow Chemical
Company
1983 Dr. B.W. Turnquest, ARCO Petroleum 2001 John E. Hodge (5) (1914–96), U.S. Department
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of Agriculture, Peoria, IL
1985 Dr. William Jackson, (3) Howard University
2001 James A. Harris (5) (1932–2000), Lawrence
Berkeley Laboratory
1986 Dr. George Reed, Argonne National
Laboratory
2002 Dr. Victor McCrary, Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory
1987 Dr. Reginald Mitchell, Stanford University
2003 Dr. Victor Atiemo‐Obeng, Dow Chemical
Company
1988 Dr. Isiah Warner (4), Emory University 2004 Dr. Gregory Robinson, University of Georgia
1989 Dr. James C. Letton, Procter & Gamble
Company 2005 Dr. James H. Wyche, University of Miami
1990 Dr. Theodore Williams, College of Wooster
(Ohio) 2006 Dr. Jimmie L. Williams, Corning Incorporated
1991 Dr. Bertrand Frazier‐Reed, Duke University 2007 Dr. Kenneth Carter, UMass
1992 Dr. Willie May, NIST 2008 Dr. Sharon Haynie, DuPont
1993 Dr. Joseph Gordon, IBM 2009 Dr. Soni Olufemi Oyekan, Marathon Oil
1994 Dr. Dotsevi Y. Sogah, Cornell University 2010 Dr. Thomas Menash, GA Aerospace Systems
References and recommended reading
1 NOBCChE’s Percy L Julian Award, http://www.nobcche.org/index.cfm?PageID=50174597-757C-432E-BA8C253625586175&PageObjectID=37
2 Percy Julian, Wikipedia Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Julian 3 Julian – Trail Blazer, Peter Tyson, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/julian/civil.html
Thursday, pm
Plenary II – Percy L. Julian Lecture
12:00 Noon ‐ 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom AB
“Useful Optical Properties of Multi‐Chromophore Materials” Presenter: Theodore Goodson III
Department of Chemistry,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Organic conjugated macromolecules have received great attention due to their use in optical and
electronic applications. Certain molecular assemblies have shown enhanced light harvesting
properties by virtue of strong excitonic coupling in the multi‐chromophore system. Organic
dendrimers, two‐dimensional networks, and circular macromolecular aggregates have shown
properties of strong intra‐molecular interactions which have been utilized in light harvesting
processes, photovoltaic (solar) devices, dielectric effects, as well as for enhanced nonlinear optical
effects. This talk will discuss our basic results and conclusions over the past years utilizing these
systems. The excitation mechanism in these systems depends on the nature of the branching center,
the geometrical orientation of covalently attached chromophores, and the extent of delocalization.
Through steady‐state and time‐resolved spectroscopy, we have characterized the mechanism of
energy transport and the relative strength of intra‐molecular interactions. In this presentation the
photo‐physical properties and applications in optical and electronic devices will be described. For
particular assemblies the processes of efficient energy transfer, fast energy redistribution, and
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enhanced two‐photon absorption cross‐sections will be discussed. The talk will also discuss new
initiatives for mentoring graduate students.
Representative Publications
Varnavski, O.; Yan, X.; Mongin, O.; Blanchard‐Desce, M.; Goodson, T., III, J.
Phys. Chem. C.; 2007;111 (1):149‐162
Williams, M.; Bhaskar, A.; Guda, R.,Imamura, M.; Mawatari, A.; Nakao, K.;
Enozawa, H.; Niishinaga, T.; Iyoda, M.; Goodson, T., III, J. Amer. Chem. Soc.,
2008 , 130, 3252
Raymond, JE.; Bhaskar, A.;Goodson, T. III ; Makiuchi N.; Ogawa, K.; Kobuke, Y.;
J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 2008 130, 17212‐3.
Guo, M.; Yan, X.; Goodson, T., III, Advance Materials, 2008 , 20, 4167
Harpham, M.R.; Suzer, O.; Ma, Ch.Q.; Bauerle, P.; Goodson, T. III; J. Amer.
Chem. Soc. 2009; 131, 973‐79
Varnavski, O.; Lee, D.I.; Ramakrishna, G.; Goodson, T.; J. Am. Chem. Soc.,
2010, 132 (1), pp 16–17.
Daniel C. Flynn, Guda Ramakrishna, Hai‐Bo Yang, Brian H. Northrop, Peter J.
Stang and Theodore Goodson, III J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132 (4), pp 1348–
1358
Thursday, pm
Symposium 4
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Solutions for Global Challenges
Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Grand Ballroom G
Pressenters:
Theresa Kotanchek, Ph.D., R&D Vice President
Sustainable Technologies and Innovation Sourcing, Midland, MI
Kirk Thompson, Ph.D. Associate R&D Director
Dow Solar Solutions, Midland, MI
David Klanecky, Global R&D Director
Dow Water & Process Solutions, Edina, MN
B. Clifford Gerwick, Ph.D., Leader
Dow Agrosciences, Indianapolis, IN
Our world is presented with many challenges such as climate change, energy efficiency, availability
of safe and clean drinking water, and food production. What can we do to innovate and ensure a
sustainable future? Join NOBCChE and The Dow Chemical Company for a symposium on
innovation in subjects related to solar energy, water purification, and crop production.
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Friday, am
Forensic Workshop:
7:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
“The Chemistry of Crime”
sponsored by the DEA, CBP and DHS
337 & 338
Instructors:
Darrell Davis, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Quintet Bryant, Customs and Border Protection, Southwest Science Center, Houston, TX
Marie Prince, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Dr. Charlotte Smith‐Baker, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Houston, TX
Who is the perpetrator? How was the crime committed? Where did the crime occur? These are
commonly‐asked questions in the game of Clue and in many of our favorite television
shows. Episodes of Law & Order, CSI, NCIS, and Snapped may depict crime scene
investigations, but they often fall short of realistic portrayal of the complexities and
challenges associated with collecting viable evidence. In dramas and re‐enactments, the
non‐scientific audience rarely sees the real science behind criminal investigations. In reality,
crime scene investigations are most successful when the facts are revealed through the
complex union of sharp detective work and targeted forensic analysis of the evidence. This
workshop will focus on the integral role of science in crime scene investigations.
This workshop also will explore the multifaceted occupations of several different types of
Forensic Scientists (i.e., Forensic Chemists, Latent Fingerprint Examiners, Digital Evidence
Examiners, etc.). Participants will learn about crime scenes, evidence, and evidence integrity
from a scientific perspective. Hands‐on experience in standard forensic procedures typically
performed at a crime scene will be offered. Demonstrations on the collection and
documentation of evidence and on the use of scientific instrumentation (i.e., Ion Mobility
Spectrometry) will be given.
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Friday, pm
Award Symposium 5
2:00 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Winifred Burkes ‐Houck Women’s
Leadership Symposium
sponsored by Center for Enabling New
Technologies, University of Washington
335AB
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mae Jemison
The Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award is the first NOBCChE award inspired by and created to honor the contributions of African American Women in science and technology. The Winifred Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Symposium aims to honor Winifred A. Burks-Houck, the first female president of NOBCChE, by highlighting the scientific achievements, creativity, leadership, and community service of two NOBCChE-affiliated professional women and a NOBCChE undergraduate and graduate student working towards a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, or a related field.
Friday, pm
Symposium 5
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NanoVation: Innovation in Nanoscience
sponsored by
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
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Featured Speaker: Dr. Kwame Owusu‐Adom
Nanotechnology deals with atomic and molecular structures (1‐100nm) and involves developing
materials or devices within that size. Innovation in nanotechnology is helping to
create materials and devices with a vast range of applications, such as in medicine, electronics,
biomaterials and energy production. It is estimated that over 800 manufacturer‐identified nanotech
products are publicly available, with new ones hitting the market at a pace of 3–4 per week. This
session features discussion on cutting edge research occurring in nanotechnology.
NOBCChE invites you to learn about and discuss current research advances in subjects related to
nano‐materials, high‐temperature materials, polymers, thin films, and other areas in materials
research during this technical symposium.
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Tuesday, am & pm
Wednesday, a.m.
Teachers Workshop
8:00 am ‐ 4:00 pm
335C
“Teachersʹ Embracing Science through Education”
Sponsored by 3M AAAS, Roche Pharmaceuticals, and Committee for Action Program Services
Mrs. Linda Davis, Committee Action Program Services
Linda L. Davis is founder and executive director of the Committee for
Action Program Services (CAPS). CAPS is a non‐profit organization
specializing in teacher’s professional development in science and
technology. In addition, she provides science enrichment program for
students in grades 4 through 12, such as field trips to Johnson Space Center
‐ Houston; facilitate overnight camps to Science Place, Fair Park in Dallas,
Texas. CAPS has collaborated with the Luna Planetary and Institute (LPI)
and the Genesis Mission Program, a space science educational program
through
NASA on professional development workshops for science educators in Dallas, Texas . Mrs. Davis
is the Administrator at Inspired Vision Academy I in Dallas, Texas. Her responsibilities include
special program coordinator for science curriculum and enrichment programs; elementary advisor
for test required programs; grant writer for the science department and community outreach
programs, and coordinator/facilitator for staff development. Mrs. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science
in Organizational Management from Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas.
Ms. Yolanda George,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Washington, DC
Yolanda S. George is Deputy Director and Program Director for the Directorate for Education and
Human Resources Programs (EHR) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS). Her responsibilities include conceptualizing, developing, implementing, planning, and
directing multi‐year intervention and research projects related to increasing the participation of
minorities, women, and disabled persons in science and engineering. Her recent K‐12 mathematics
and science reform work includes contributing to the development of materials for infusing equity
into systemic reforms and conducting research on how state departments of education and school
districts are aligning equity and science and math initiatives. Also, she has conducted equity
reviews for textbooks and software publishers and test developers, including New Standards
Science. She serves as a consultant to numerous federal and state agencies, foundations and
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corporations, and colleges and universities including the National Science Foundation, the U.S.
Department of Education, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New Jersey State Department of
Education, and the Louisiana State Department of Education, and serves on several advisory
boards including the National Academy of Engineering Committee on Women in Engineering,
California State University, Los Angeles Access Project, and WGBH Instructional Television Science
Project and others.
Dr. Edward D. Walton,
Professor of Chemistry,
California State Polytechnic University, Pamona, CA
Dr. Edward D. Walton has been professor of chemistry here at “Cal
Poly” for twenty years having come from teaching as a civilian
professor at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He spent a
year as Research and Science Education Fellow for the Cooperative
Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences at Univ of
Colorado, Boulder.
Dr.Walton also spent a year at the Lawrence Hall of Science, at
University of California, Berkeley, working as statewide pre‐college
program coordinator for the MESA (Math Engineering, Science Achievement) Program. At Cal Poly
he teaches general college chemistry, senior (advanced) inorganic chemistry, Consumer chemistry
and the chemical science course. In addition, Dr. Walton has taught the “methods for teaching
science” in the teacher education program.
During summers he has taught the science‐teaching course for the Claremont Graduate University’s
teacher Program.
Dr. Walton has served on national science education committees... the National Academy of
Sciences’ working group to develop the National Science Education Standards, a review
committee for the National Assessment for EducationalProgress (NAEP) in Science, and the
Educational Testing Service’s Committee for the SAT II Chemistry Examination. He has
directed summer institutes for elementary school teachers, middle school science teachers, and area
high school chemistry teachers.
Dr. Walton has served as Commander, US. Navy, and taught in an ROTC preparation program in
San Diego, and has done training in Japan and Italy.
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Dr. Michael F. Z. Page is a native of Columbus, Ohio. Michael began his
undergraduate studies at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. He then
spent the next 5 years at UCLA earning his Ph.D. in chemistry. While at
UCLA, he synthesized novel bioinorganic materials in the development
of a new class of blood coagulation inhibitors. While earning his graduate
degree, Michael was also a National Science Foundation GK‐12 scholar
and developed lively‐hands on lab activities for middle school and high
school science classes in Los Angeles. In 2006, Michael spent 18 months in
a NIH funded postdoctoral position in the research lab of Dr. Robert H.
Grubbs at Caltech. Grubbs was the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in
chemistry, the highest international honor that can be bestowed on a
scientist. In his postdoc, Michael contributed to work to detect cancerous
cells using targeted nanoparticles.
As a tenure track faculty at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, since January 2008, Dr.
Page has focused on science education, the professional development of secondary educators, and
the science motivation of students choosing to pursue a career in the Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. Since 2007, Michael has hosted several teacher
workshops at Cal Poly Pomona. The most recent in summer 2010, was funded by the U.S.
Department of Education. He has received several awards including the 2008 College of Science
Distinguished Faculty Award, 2008 Cal Poly Pomona Teacher‐Scholar Award, and the 2008 City of
Pomona Community Service Award. Currently he mentors lab students on how to synthesize
alternative fuels including Biodiesel and the synthesis of “Green” eco‐friendly rubbers and paints.
Tuesday, pm
Welcome and Opening Luncheon
12:00 pm ‐ 1:30 pm
Grand Ballroom AB
Cynthia B. Giroux Corning Corporation Division Vice President & Research Director Optics and Surface Technologies Science & Technology Cynthia B. Giroux joined the Manufacturing and Engineering division of Corning in 1980 as a metallurgical engineer. Ms. Giroux has held a variety of technical and project management roles in research, development, quality and product engineering. Specifically, she spent over 14 years in the telecommunications sector supporting quality systems at Siecor
GmbH, product engineering and quality for Multi-clad Coupler manufacturing and project leader for core process development for the 7th generation of optical fiber manufacturing equipment in Wilmington, N.C. In 1998, Giroux transferred to Corning, N.Y. where she continued working on Corning Optical Fiber product development resulting in technology transfer and launch of SMF-28e™ and MetroCor™ products. In 2001, Giroux assumed the role of photonic fiber development manager. In 2002, she was named Thin Films and Surfaces research director, and in 2009 she was named research director, Optics and Surface
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Technologies. In January 2010, she was appointed to her current position. Giroux is active in the Technology Community Women’s Network at Sullivan Park, co-leads corporate fundraising for the Girl Scouts NY/PENN Council. Ms. Giroux holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in metallurgical engineering and materials science from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Tuesday, pm
Henry Hill Lecture
1:45 pm ‐ 2:45 pm
335AB
Dr. Warren Washington
2007 Nobel Laureate, National Medal of Science recipient and
Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dr. Warren M. Washington is an internationally recognized expert on
atmospheric science and climate research. He specializes in computer
modeling of Earthʹs climate. Currently, he is a senior scientist and
Chief Scientist of the DOE/UCAR Cooperative Agreement at National
Center for Atmospheric Research in the Climate Change Research
Section of the centerʹs Climate and Global Dynamics Division. Over
the years, Washington has published almost 200 papers in
professional journals, garnered dozens of national and international
awards, and served as a science advisor to former presidents Carter,
Reagan, Bush, and Clinton.
Dr. Washington became one of the first developers of groundbreaking atmospheric computer
models in collaboration with Akira Kasahara when he came to NCAR in the early 1960s. These
models, which use fundamental laws of physics to predict future states of the atmosphere, have
helped scientists understand climate change. As his research developed, Washington worked to
incorporate the oceans and sea ice into climate models. Such models now include components that
depict surface hydrology and vegetation as well as the atmosphere, oceans, and sea ice. An
Introduction to Three‐Dimensional Climate Modeling, written by Washington and Claire Parkinson
in 1986 and updated in 2005, is a standard reference in the field.
Washingtonʹs past research involved using the Parallel Climate Model (PCM). His current research
involves using the Community Earth System Model (CESM) to study the impacts of climate change
in the 21st century Both models were used extensively in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change assessment, for which NCAR scientists, including Washington, and colleagues
around the world shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Washington was born and grew up in Portland, Oregon. He became interested in science in grade
school, going on to earn a bachelorʹs degree in physics and masterʹs degree in meteorology from
Oregon State University. His next step was to Pennsylvania State University for a doctorate in
meteorology. In 1963, he joined NCAR as a research scientist.
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As the second African‐American to earn a doctorate in the atmospheric sciences, Washington has
served as a role model for generations of young researchers from many backgrounds. He has
mentored dozens of graduate students, as well as undergraduates in the UCAR‐based SOARS
program (Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science). In 1999, Washington
won the Dr. Charles Anderson Award from the American Meteorological Society ʺfor pioneering
efforts as a mentor and passionate support of individuals, educational programs, and outreach
initiatives designed to foster a diverse population of atmospheric scientists.ʺ
In 2010, President Obama named Warren Washington as one of 10 eminent researchers to be
awarded the National Medal of Science. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S.
government on scientists, engineers, and inventors.
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 1
Environmental Science and Policy Symposium
2:45 pm ‐ 5:45 pm
336B
Norris McDonald,
President,
African American Environmentalist Association
Norris McDonald was born and raised in a conservative suburban North
Carolina home. He earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Wake
Forest University in 1977. However, it was neither his hometown nor
university training that stimulated his interest in environmental issues.
Rather, it was the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident in 1979.
Six months after the accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, McDonald joined an
environmental group. He worked as the director of an energy conservation project with Friends of
the Earth (FOE). His primary work included research, media relations, public education, lobbying,
and fundraising efforts. McDonald’s work with FOE helped to further his interest in the
environmental issues. It was also during this time that McDonald discovered the lack of minority
involvement within the environmental field. As an example, McDonald notes that in 1979 there
were no black professionals in environmental groups in the Washington, D.C area Determined to
change that, in 1985 McDonald founded the African American Environmentalist Association
(AAEA).
The AAEA was founded on the premise that the lack of diversity in the traditional environmental
movement translated into a lack of black and minority perspective on environmental issues. Thus,
the primary goal of AAEA is to address issues that are important to minority communities. Their
work includes teaming up with local, state and national leaders on issues like clean air and clean
water – particularly in Washington, D.C. It also includes collaborating with traditional
environmental groups that have a presence in the nation’s capital. Collaborations have included the
establishment of a water resources program, internships, research projects, publications, and even
shared office space. These collaborative efforts as well as work on other environmental issues have
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allowed McDonald’s perspective on environmental and energy policy to grow significantly. They
have also allowed him to meet many people, including important actors in the environmental
movement.
McDonald believes that a major part of his job is to increase black participation within the
environmental movement. The AAEA had an active internship program throughout the 1980s and
90s. A total of 50 interns have worked with the organization. Some of these interns have gone on to
work as environmental lawyers while others are working with national environmental
organizations and federal and agencies like the United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
Tuesday, pm
Symposium 2
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
“Advancing Global Healthcare through STEM”336A
Milton Brown, MD, Ph.D., Director
Drug Discovery Program Georgetown University Medical Center
Dr. Milton Brown, Director, Drug Discovery Program, is
the inaugural recipient of the Edwin H. Richard and
Elisabeth Richard von Matsch Endowed Chair in
Experimental Therapeutics at the Georgetown University
Medical Center, which supports more than 20 investigators in drug
discovery and development. Dr. Brown has a very unique educational
background. In 1987, he received a B. S. degree in Biology at
Oakwood University Next, he earned his PhD in synthetic organic chemistry from University of Alabama at Birmingham in
1995, and his medical degree (M.D.) at the University of Virginia in
1999. Brown received postdoctoral training in the Department of
Chemistry at the University of Virginia, and in 2000 became an assistant professor of chemistry in that
department. As an experienced leader in establishing academic drug discovery centers, he has more than 15
years of experience in developing new drugs in the fields of cancer and neuroscience.
Dr. Brown served as a member of both the Experimental Therapeutics and the Drug Discovery and Molecular
Pharmacology study sections at NIH (2001‐2006) and in the 2006 Breast Cancer Experimental Therapeutics
study section at the Department of Defense (DOD). He also served for two years as an elected member of the
medicinal chemistry long‐range planning committee for the American Chemical Society. He is a reviewer
for the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry and the
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. He has given more than 80 invited lectures in the
United States, Europe and China on drug discovery and development topics. Brown is
presently a consultant with several biotech companies and one major pharmaceutical
company in the area of medicinal chemistry and drug discovery.
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Tuesday, pm
Award Symposium 1
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award Symposium
337B
Dr. Omolola Eniola Adefeso
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department,
University of Michigan
Dr. Eniola‐Adefeso is currently an Assistant Professor in the Chemical
Engineering Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
She was previously at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX) in their
Pediatrics/Leukocyte Biology Department from 2004‐2006. She received
a B.S. E. degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 1999 from
the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She earned a masters
degree and a doctorate in the same field at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Her research is focused on cell adhesion and drug delivery; specifically, the groupʹs overall objective
is to use knowledge of the cellular inflammatory response and blood flow hemodynamics to design
bio‐functionalized particles for targeted drug delivery and imaging. . Her strategy relies on an
understanding of white blood cells, one of the bodyʹs first lines of defense against illness and
infection. She is trying to create artificial white blood cells to deliver medicines. In theory, these
drug‐filled carriers would navigate through the bloodstream and move into diseased tissues just like
white cells do. Then theyʹd slowly release their drugs.
Her list of many honors includes the Meyerhoff Scholarship at UMBC; NASA Graduate Research
Fellowship and the 2003 Janice Lumpkin Awards for Excellence in Arts & Sciences at UPenn. At the
University of Michigan, Dr. Adefeso has received a Rackham Faculty Development Grant, American
Heart Association Scientist Development Grant, and the American Heart Association Innovative
Award. In 2011, she was received an NSF CAREER Award.
Dr. Eniola‐Adefeso got hooked on research when she was a junior in college. She was a member of
the first class of students at UMBC to participate in the Minority Access to Research Careers
(MARC) program. Research had an instant appeal.
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Wednesday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
9:00 am ‐ 11:00 am
ʺ Mentoring In The STEM Disciplinesʺ
338
Dr. Howard E. Kea,
Sr. Organizational Development Consultant,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Dr. Howard Kea currently works as a Sr. Organization Development
Specialist in the Office of Human Capitol Management, Organizational
Leadership & Culture Office (Code 111) at NASA Goddard. Dr. Kea
has provided consultation and facilitation serves to a broad spectrum
of organizations across Goddard to improve their performance in
meeting their mission goals. Previously Dr. Kea worked as a
Supervisor and Sr. Computer Systems Engineer in the Information
Systems Division, SIE Branch, Code 581 at NASA Goddard. Dr. Kea served in the Mission Design
Lab (MDL) where he conducted pre‐Phase A parametric studies designing mission operations
concepts for science teams and served as Assistant Team Leader in the MDL coordinating the efforts
of 14 engineers from all disciplines with the science team.
Dr. Kea has presented a paper at the International Leadership Association (ILA) in 2003, on
managing tragedy in the workplace using the Challenger and Columbia disasters as a case study,
and was a member on the organizing committee for the Women in Astronomy Conference in 2009.
Dr. Kea is currently a member of the, American Psychological Association, Society of Industrial and
Organizational Psychologists. Dr. Kea has certifications in Organizational Behavioral Analysis and
Organizational Development. Dr. Kea has a BS in Electronics Engineering and Technology from the
University of Akron, Masters Degree in Engineering Administration from George Washington
University and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Organizational Change at Antioch University.
Wednesday, pm
Professional Development Workshop:
3:00 pm ‐ 5:00 pm
ʺFinancial Strategies: Your Solutions To Money
Management And Investing ʺ
338
Derry Haywood, II
The Peninsula Financial Group
Mr. Derry L. Haywood, II is the owner and founder of The
Peninsula Financial Group, a full service financial services firm.
Since 1995 PFG has been providing financial services to the
community at large for 24 years. PFG currently operates in Virginia,
North Carolina, Maryland, Texas, and Indiana. The Peninsula
Financial Group has developed extensive experience in providing
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insurance and financial services. The companies PFG represent provide financial and benefit
services to businesses, churches, non‐profit organizations, individuals and families. Among those
services are deferred compensation plans, pension and profit sharing individual life, health, and
disability insurance. The Peninsula Financial has provided invaluable investment counseling to a
spectrum of business and community organizations – including professional and student groups at
NOBCChE national and regional meetings for the past 10 years.
Thursday, am
COACh Workshops 8:30 am ‐ 12:00 pm
“Professional Skills Training for Minority Graduate
Students and Postdocs”
343B
Thursday, pm
COAChing Strong Women Faculty in the Art of
Strategic Persuasion
1:30 – 5:00 pm
343B
JANE W. TUCKER, Ph.D.
Jane Tucker has over twenty‐five years of experience in higher education
in both the administrative and teaching areas. She has taught negotiation
skills in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke and is currently a
consultant educator for COACh through the National Science Foundation.
She has also taught ADVANCE program seminars in negotiations and is
adjunct faculty for the Center for Creative Leadership, where she works
with leaders from both non‐profit organizations and corporations.
Dr. Tucker holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Development from the University of North Carolina and
is an alumna of Wellesley College. She has published papers on learning strategies and
organizational development. Her current research interest is focused on early adopters in change
processes.
Ernestine T. Taylor
Ernestine T. Taylor worked more than 20 years at the executive level in
human resources and organizational development with fortune 500
companies such as Ortho‐McNeil Pharmaceutical (Johnson & Johnson),
Avon Products Company, Inc. Continental Can and Ford Foundation.
She has taught management and business communications courses at
Elon University, Bennett College for Women and several community
colleges in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
In 2002, Taylor established ETConsulting with a focus on executive
coaching, leadership development and team building As an
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independent consultant, she is a facilitator and executive coach for healthcare organizations,
aerospace, energy, telecommunications, educational institutions and governmental agencies.
Featured in Ebony Magazine(1990), as one of Best and Brightest Black Women in Corporate
America.
Thursday, am
Award Symposium 3
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Henry McBay Outstanding Teacher Award Symposium
336A
Dr. Angela Winstead
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Morgan State University
Dr. Angela Winstead is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at
Morgan State University. She has an active research group with
a focus on the microwave synthesis of cyanine dyes and their
application to biosensor development and cell imaging. She has
mentored 23 undergraduate research students and 4 high school
students. She has directly supervised over 90 undergraduate
research presentations, 25 undergraduate research presentation awards (including 11 NOBCChE
undergraduate research presentation awards), and 6 publications with undergraduate coauthors.
She was recently awarded Department of Defense funding for her biosensor research.
She has served as Conference Chair of the ACS for Undergraduate Program (Anaheim), program
developer and facilitator of Morgan’s Continuous Undergraduate Research Experience, NOBCChE
Student Development Program Chair, Director of the HBCU‐UP Research Summer Program,
American Chemical Society Task Force for Undergraduate Programming member, and research
mentor for ACS Project Seed, NIH‐MARC U*STAR, NIH‐MBRS‐RISE, and HBCU‐UP.
She earned her B.S. from Spelman College in 1995 and received a Ph.D. from UNC‐Chapel Hill in
2000 with a concentration in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Dr. Winstead conducted postdoctoral
work in the Chemistry Department at The Ohio State University before joining the faculty at
Morgan State University in 2002. She was born and raised in Staunton , VA.
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Thursday, am Professional Development Workshop
9:00 am ‐ 10:00 am
Panel Discussion On Science And Policy
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Dr. Tiffani Bailey Lash, Analyst
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Bailey Lash is an analyst in the Office of the Director at the National
Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. She
earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from North Carolina State University. Her
interdisciplinary research focus was on modifying chemical and physical
properties at the liquid/solid interface to address optimizing surface
chemistry applications. This research was a collaborative effort in both
chemistry and chemical engineering departments. Her undergraduate
studies were conducted at Hampton University, where she earned her BS in
chemistry. Dr. Lash was a recipient of both the NOBCChE Undergraduate and Graduate awards.
Prior to her current position,Dr. Lash was selected as a policy fellow with the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she gained insight on evaluating grants/funds
disseminated for research and development. Dr. Lash was also selected as a policy fellow at the
National Academies. There she enhanced her knowledge on the impact of science and technology
policy in higher education by working with the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public
Policy (COSEPUP) and the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education
(CASEE). In 2009, Dr. Lash was recognized with a Black Engineer of The Year Modern Technology
Leader Award. Dr. Lash is currently engaged in bio‐medical scientific workforce training and career
development policies. She is also a Certified Project Management Institute (PMI) Project
Management Professional (PMP).
Dr. Kristen Kulinowski,
Faculty Fellow in the Department of Chemistry and
Director for External Affairs for the Center for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology (CBEN), Rice University
Dr. Kulinowski is a Faculty Fellow in the Department of Chemistry at
Rice University and Director for External Affairs for the Center for
Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN). She currently
serves as the Director of the International Council on Nanotechnology
(ICON), an international, multi‐stakeholder organization whose mission
is to develop and communicate information regarding potential
environmental and health risks of nanotechnology thereby fostering risk
reduction while maximizing societal benefit. She has experience as a chemical researcher, educator,
curriculum developer, administrator, outreach coordinator and policy fellow. Since 2004, Dr.
Kulinowski has been actively engaged in developing and promoting the International Council on
Nanotechnology (ICON) which provides a neutral forum in which experts from academia,
governments, industry and nonprofit organizations can explore questions of nanotechnology¿s
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impact on environment, health and safety (EHS). She directed an effort that resulted in the web
publication of the first publicly available database of citations to peer‐reviewed papers on nano
EHS. Other activities of ICON include a survey of best practices for nanomaterial handling in the
workplace and a public portal of information on nanotechnology EHS. Dr. Kulinowski has
extensive experience in science education, particularly in developing innovative curricula at the
undergraduate level, and developed Rice¿s first introductory undergraduate course on
nanotechnology. From 2002‐2004 Dr. Kulinowski served as CBEN Executive Director for Education,
developing and managing an educational outreach portfolio of programs for audiences that range
from middle school children to adults. During this time the center established itself as a national
leader in nanotechnology educational outreach. Prior to joining CBEN, she was a lecturer in
chemistry at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) for three years and came to Rice as an instructor in
chemistry in 1998. In 2001 she was selected by the Optical Society of America and SPIE‐The
International Society for Optical Engineering as their Congressional Science Fellow and worked in
the D.C. office of a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on issues including weapons of
mass destruction, anti‐terrorism legislation and domestic nuclear power security. She was
instrumental in shepherding through new legislation on the stockpiling of potassium iodide near
nuclear power plants. As a longtime volunteer with American Red Cross Disaster Relief Services,
Dr. Kulinowski brought food and water to rescue workers at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
Dr. Kulinowski is highly sought after as a speaker and has given invited talks on issues of
nanotechnology environmental health and safety and science policy throughout the US, Europe and
the Middle East. She has consulted with governments and governmental advisory bodies regarding
responsible nanotechnology, and serves as chair of the ASTM International Subcommittee E56.03 on
Environment, Health and Safety. Dr. Kulinowski earned a B.S. in chemistry at Canisius College and
her M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Rochester.
Cynthia Robinson, Director,
American Association for the Advancement of Science;
Science & Technology Policy Fellowships.
Cynthia Robinson directs the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
department, administering programs and activities for yearly cohorts of 200
Congressional and Executive Branch Fellows, with a team of 14 full‐time staff
and an annual budget of more than $10 million. She oversees strategic planning
and policy; program development and evaluation; stakeholder relations and
communications; professional development and education activities. Prior to joining AAAS in 2004,
Cynthia worked for seven years directing fellowships for scientists and engineers focusing on the
environment and conservation, with the Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation, and the
Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. She has more than 20 years of experience in program
management, communications, and non‐profit administration. Her early career was in public
relations and marketing in the fields of community development, financial services, and healthcare.
She also has worked in the education for sustainability realm, and spent three years in international
development with the Peace Corps in Thailand and The Gambia, focusing on environmental
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education and youth enrichment programs. Cynthia holds a bachelorʹs degree in journalism from
Boston University, and a masterʹs degree in urban and environmental policy from Tufts University,
with a concentration in international environmental policy and sustainable development. She is a
recipient of a UNEP Fellowship in International Environmental Management, and a Switzer
Foundation Environmental Fellowship. Cynthia has held numerous volunteer leadership positions.
She was a trustee of the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation from 1999 to 2007, including three
years as board chair; and from 1994 to 2005 she served in various governance positions with the Sea
Education Association, including six years as a trustee. Currently she is on the Green Infrastructure
Plan Steering Committee for the town of Cheverly, MD, overseeing education and outreach
initiatives; and she is a member of the Association for Women in Science, and the International
Leadership Association.
Dr. Isai Urasa,
Chairman and Professor of Chemistry,
Hampton University
Dr. Isai Urasa, is Chairman and Professor of Chemistry at Hampton
University. He earned a BA in Chemistry and Mathematics in 1970 from
Hampton Institute. In 1972, he earned an M.A. in Analytical Chemistry at
the State University of New York, Buffalo, and his Ph.D. in Analytical
Chemistry in 1977 from Colorado State University. He returned to
Hampton in 1980 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was
promoted to associate professor in 1983 and also became the department
chairman at that time. He has held that position since then. His interests
include Analytical Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Trace element speciation in aqueous
media; analytical methods development with atomic spectroscopy; Ion Chromatography and High
Performance Liquid Chromatography; Solid phase extraction applied in metal speciation.
Dr. Urasa holds membership in the American Chemical Society, the Tanzania Chemical Society,
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical
Engineers, and Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society. He has served on many committees including
Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation Center for Workshops in the Chemical Sciences;
Project Advisory Committee, American Water Works Association Research Foundation; Advisory
Board, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Hampton University Research and Training
Partnership (an NIH supported program); Editorial Board, Tanzania Journal of Science.
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Thursday, am
Professional Development Workshop:
10:30 am ‐ 11:30 am
“Technology Commercialization”
Renard Green, MBA, CEO,
Richard Glendon Thomas, MBA
The R2 Consulting Group
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Renard Green, MBA, CEO,
The R2 Consulting Group
A native of Florida, Renard Antonio Green received his Bachelors of
Science Degree in Chemistry from Florida A&M University. After
receiving this degree, Renard moved to Indianapolis, Indiana where
he worked for Dow AgroSciences as a Discovery Research Chemist
for six years. Mr. Green decided to return to academia which fueled
his pursuit of a Masters of Business Administration.
While attending The Ohio State University’s Max M. Fisher College of
Business, Renard took on a variety of leadership positions and
consulted with several major for‐profit and not‐for‐profit companies.
He was also awarded with the highest honor given to Fisher
graduates; the Pacesetter award. This award is given to the top 2% of
the Fisher graduating class. Renard graduated from Fisher with a
double major in Strategy and Marketing.
Upon graduation, Mr. Green was employed by KBK Enterprises as a Project Manager. As Project
Manager, Renard was responsible for over $20 million worth of real estate projects. He was also the
team leader for new business ventures in several niche industries and had direct report
responsibilities.
An active member of the Columbus community, Renard is a board member and former treasurer for
After‐School All‐Stars, a former marketing and branding chair for 100 Black Men of Columbus and
Advisory Council member for the Fisher College of Business Center for Real Estate Education &
Research. Moreover, he also contributes to the Atlanta and San Francisco community as a member
of the Advisory Board for Science, Engineering, Mathematics Link (SEM Link), a science and math
youth exposure program.
Richard Glendon Thomas, MBA
The R2 Consulting Group
A native of Spanish Town Jamaica, Richard Glendon Thomas’s
intrigue for business was sparked at an early age through his
family’s grocery store where he worked and provided
leadership. He had both the privilege and the honor of
representing his country as a member of the Jamaica National
under‐22 volleyball team. Always understanding the value of
academia, Richard took the Cambridge University’s General
Certificate Advanced Level Examinations in Mathematics,
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Economics and Accounting and received stellar results in all categories. Feeling the need to further
develop his analytical skill‐set, Mr. Thomas attended Benedict College in Columbia, SC where he
received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Physics with summa cum laude honors. The summer
after his graduation, Richard worked for Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia, IL as a summer
Research Associate with the D‐Zero experiment.
Wanting to understand the intricacies of developing larger scale successful businesses, Mr. Thomas
decided to attend Max M. Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. While pursuing
his Master of Business Administration, he developed a passion for the consulting profession. While
pursuing his education, Richard served several major for‐profit companies as well as obtained a
coveted summer internship with The Boston Consulting Group. At the completion of his business
school tenure, he was presented with the Pacesetter award. This award is given to the top 2% of the
graduating class. Mr. Thomas graduated from Fisher College of Business with an MBA in Strategy
and Finance.
Upon graduation, Richard worked for three years as a management consultant for McKinsey &
Company. While at McKinsey, Mr. Thomas was on a team that created an improvement strategy for
$5 Billion worth of raw milk purchases for Dean Food’s. Delighted with his work and
professionalism, Dean Food’s created a new supply chain department and asked Richard to head
the business analytics team. Intrigued with the possibility of seeing an idea from inception to
commercialization, Richard accepted the offer and is now serving as the Senior Manager of Business
Analytics & Reporting for Dean Food’s Dairy Direct group.
Throughout his career Mr. Thomas has held numerous leadership roles and continues to strive for
excellence in every endeavor.
Thursday, pm
Percy L. Julian Luncheon
1200 – 1:30 pm Grand Ballroom AB
Theodore Goodson, III
Richard Barry Bernstein Professor of Chemistry
University of Michigan
2011 NOBCChE Percy Julian Award Winner
Theodore Goodson III received his B. A. in 1991 from Wabash
College and earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of
Nebraska‐Lincoln in 1996. After postdoctoral positions at the
University of Chicago and at the University of Oxford, he accepted
a position as Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Wayne State
University in 1998. In 2004 he moved to the University of Michigan
as Professor of Chemistry and Professor in the College of Engineering and in Applied Physics. In
2008 he was appointed as the Richard Barry Bernstein Professor of Chemistry at the University of
Michigan. Dr. Goodson’s research centers on the investigation of nonlinear optical and energy
transfer in organic multi‐chromophore systems for particular optical and electronic applications. His
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research has been translated in to technology in the areas of two‐photon organic materials for eye
and sensor protection, large dielectric and energy storage effects in organic macromolecular
materials, and the detection of energetic (explosive) devices by nonlinear optical methods. He has
investigated new quantum optical effects in organic systems which have applications in discrete
communication systems and sensing. Goodson’s lab was also the first to investigate the fundamental
excitations in small metal topologies which are now candidates for tissue and other biological
imaging. In 2009 he founded Wolverine Energy Solutions and Technologies Inc. a start‐up company
with contracts to produce high energy density capacitors for military, automotive, and medical
devices. The company also developed a new system for the detection of IED’s remotely which stems
from one of Professor Goodson’s patents at the U of Michigan. Dr. Goodson’s awards include the
National Science Foundation American Innovation Fellowship, Army Research Young Investigator
Award, National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship,
Camille Dreyfus Teacher‐Scholar Award, Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award, Burroughs
Welcome Fund Award, American Chemical Society Minority Mentorship Award, University Faculty
Recognition Award, College of Science Teaching Award, and a National Academy of Sciences Ford
Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Goodson has been a Senior Editor for The Journal of Physical
Chemistry since 2007. He is also serves on the executive committee for the American Chemical
Society Physical Division. Professor Goodson has been an active member of both the undergraduate
admissions committee and recruiting committees for the University of Michigan and also serves
with the college to enhance efforts of mentoring through‐out the university in particular for
mentoring students of diverse backgrounds. He has served on the Committee of Institutional
Cooperation and the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Dr.
Goodson has published over 110 scientific publications and presented more than 140 invited talks.
Thursday, pm
Professional Development Workshop:
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
Academic/Professional Transition Panel
338
Victor McCrary, Ph.D.
President, NOBCChE
Victor R. McCrary is currently the Business Executive for Science and
Technology at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
(APL), where he manages the long‐term research and development
investments for APL’s Science and Technology Business Area. His duties
include developing the overall business and technology strategy and
business development activities leading to external research and
development funding. The research projects he supports include research
in sensor networks, autonomous systems, cognitive engineering, advance
materials and nanostructures, and concepts for natural systems exploitation. Previously, he was the
Chief of the Convergent Information Systems Division at the National Institute of Standards &
Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His division conducted research into convergent
information systems emphasizing standards and interoperability protocols for the exchange,
storage, and manifestation of digital content. Topical areas include digital data preservation and
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optical storage, biometric systems, electronic books, quantum communications, digital rights
management, digital image quality, and digital cinema.
Dr. McCrary organized the world’s first conference on electronic books in October 1998, and
subsequent conferences in 1999, and 2000. His research group has developed a prototype of the
electronic book reader, and a low‐cost Braille reader for electronic books which recently received a
2001 R&D 100 Award. His former group at NIST is currently leading the efforts that Dr. McCrary
initiated in the evaluation of CD & DVD media lifetimes, and the care and handling of CDs & DVDs.
Most importantly, Dr. McCrary credits the string of innovations from his division through his
student program at NIST where his division employed and mentored over 40 students ranging from
14 years old to 22 years old; many have earned graduate degrees in science, engineering, and law.
In 2000, he was the co‐recipient of the Gold Medal from the Department of Commerce, for his
leadership in catalyzing the electronic book industry, facilitating standards for the e‐book industry,
and the development of a Braille reader for e‐books. The NIST Braille reader was featured in the
September 2000 issue of Wired Magazine. He is currently a member of the Library of Congress’
National Digital Strategy Advisory Board. He also served as the chair and past‐president for the
newly formed Open Electronic Book Forum, an industry group dedicated to the development and
promotion of standards for electronic books. In March 2002, Dr. McCrary received the Percy Julian
Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and
Chemical Engineers (NOBCCHE), the organization’s highest honor, for lifetime achievement in
research in science and engineering. In 2004, he was selected the Emerald Honors Conference
Award for Research Science, for Career Achievement in Academia for his exemplary performance in
the management of research science and technology. He was recently selected as one of the 2005
Science Spectrum Magazine as Top 50 Minorities in Science.
Dr. McCrary was recently recognized as the “2011 Scientist of the Year” by the Black Engineer of the
Year Awards committee. He was elected to the 2007 DVD Hall of Fame by the DVD Association for
his leadership as executive director of the organization and his leadership in research for the
preservation of optical discs. In July 2007, he was elected the National President of the National
Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
(NOBCChE). Victor is also an adjunct lecturer in the Executive Masters of Technology Management
Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The program is jointly administered by the Graduate
School of Engineering and the Wharton School of Business. He received his doctoral degree in 1985
from Howard University in physical chemistry. From 1985 to 1995, he was a Member of Technical
Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey, where he conducted research in crystal
growth for semiconductor lasers. He received an Executive Masters of Science & Engineering from
the University of Pennsylvania in May 1995. Victor has authored or co‐authored over 60 technical
papers in refereed journals and co‐edited two books. His view on life is simple, “concentrate more
on doing the right things than on doing things right!”
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Thursday, pm
Symposium 3
1:30 pm ‐ 4:00 pm
All About BIO: Innovations in Bioscience,
Biochemistry & Bioengineering
336A
Andre F. Palmer is currently Associate Professor of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. Prior to this
appointment, Prof. Palmer served as Assistant Professor of
Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Howard University.
Prof. Palmer received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from The
Johns Hopkins University in 1998. His research interests encompass
the development of novel hemoglobin‐based oxygen carriers for a
variety of transfusion applications and the use of these oxygen carriers to enhance and
target oxygen delivery to mammalian cell cultures. He is author of more than 37 peer
reviewed publications. Among others, he received the National Science Foundation Career
Award in 2001, and two National Institutes of Health R01 grants in 2006. Prof. Palmer
previously served on the editorial board of the American Society for Artificial Internal
Organs Journal, and is currently an editorial board member for the Journal of Artificial
Cells, Blood Substitutes and Biotechnology. Prof. Palmer also serves on the International
Scientific Advisory Committee on Blood Substitutes, and is a member of the Academic
Advisory board for the Department of Chemical Engineering at Howard University. Prof.
Palmer is the 2008 recipient of NOBCChE’s Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award.
Prof. Palmer is married to attorney Allison Lowery Palmer. They have a son, Alexander,
and a daughter, Alyssia.
Thursday, pm
Symposium 4
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm
Solutions for Global Challenges
Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Grand Ballroom G
Theresa Kotanchek, PhD
R&D Vice President,
Sustainable Technologies and Innovation Sourcing,
Midland, MI
Theresa Kotanchek is the Vice President for Sustainable Technologies and
Innovation Sourcing at Dow Chemical. In this role, Theresa leads the
strategic integration of sustainability into Dowʹs business portfolio and
R&D function including establishment of corporate wide metrics and
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delivery of three breakthroughs to world challenges In addition, she also leads innovation sourcing,
serving as Dowʹs global leader for external technology, with the responsibility to coordinate Dowʹs
corporate wide interactions with external bodies, including universities, national laboratories,
government agencies and development partners, to accelerate commercial delivery of Dowʹs
innovation pipeline.
Prior to assuming her current role, Theresa was the Chief Technology Officer of Dow Chemical
China Company Limited where she led Asia Pacific R&D, including the development and staffing of
Dowʹs new state‐of‐the‐art R&D center in Shanghai. China. In addition to establishing world class
R&D capabilities in our emerging geographies, she was responsible for achieving the companyʹs
Asia Pacific growth strategy through market‐driven scientific and technological innovations,
enhancing current products as well as creating new business and technology platforms.
Kotanchek joined Dow in 1990 with extensive experience in engineering and materials science. She
served as research leader in Corporate Research from 1990 to 1995 and Product Manager in
Advanced Electronic Materials from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Kotanchek was the Materials
Science Technology Leader in Corporate R&D, where she led a diverse group of materials scientists,
chemists, engineers and biologists to invent and develop new materials solutions for Dow.
In 2000, Kotanchek was appointed senior R&D director for INSITE™ technology and New Business
Development for Dow Plastics. There she led the global Polyolefins & Elastomers R&D organization
responsible for new technology including, Catalysis. Functional Chemistry, Advanced Process
Research and Materials Science laboratories, and new application development including Dow fiber
Solutions, Hygiene & Medical and New Business Growth.
In 2003, she was named Senior Director of Technology for Dowʹs Growth Center. In 2004, Kotanchek
became Global R&D Director for Dow Ventures. In addition to providing global technical leadership
for Dowpharrna and Advanced Electronic Materials businesses, she was accountable for the
identification, evaluation and implementation of strategic technologies, capabilities and business
options enabling rapid commercialization of new business platforms. Theresa also served as a
member of the Biotechnology portfolio Team and the Biotechnology R&D Leadership Team.
Kotanchek holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, a Masters of Science in Ceramic
Science, and a Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Science & Engineering from the Pennsylvania State
University. She is an active member of the American Chemical Society, Society of Women Engineers,
Council of Industrial Research and has served on the Shanghai American Chamber of Congress‐
Science & Technology Subcommittee. She also serves on the External Advisory Board of the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering for Penn State and was awarded the 2006 Penn
State Earth & Mineral Sciences Alumni Achievement Award for exemplifying the ideals of the
College. She was recently honored as a 2009 Penn State Alumni Fellow.
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Kirk Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate R&D Director,
Dow Solar Solutions,
Midland, MI
Kirk Thompson is the Sr. R&D Leader for Photovoltaics, Solar Solutions
R&D, where he is responsible for defining Dow’s PV strategy leading a
team of researchers in the development of CIGS PV material. Kirk joined
Dow in 1999 as an engineer in Ethylene Dichloride/Vinyl Chloride
Monomer (EDC/VCM) R&D. In this position, Kirk was responsible for
oxychlorination catalyst development. Prior to his current position, Kirk
was the R&D leader for Chemicals and Basestocks in Specialty Chemicals
leading a group where he was responsible for the development and commercialization of several
novel, patent‐protected molecules and formulations for the Polyglycols and Surfactants business. He
has also held positions in Specialty Chemicals TS&D, where he identified opportunities for value
creation using Six Sigma and received the 2004 Tech Center Award, and in Surfactants R&D where
he led a number of projects resulting in new commercial product launches. Kirk holds a B.A. in
chemistry from St. Olaf College, an executive MBA from Northwood University, as well as a Ph.D.
in chemical engineering from Iowa State University. Kirk received the Professional Progress in
Engineering Award from Iowa State University in 2010, along with several other internal awards.
Kirk has authored 12 external publications/presentations and is the owner of one patent with several
patents in progress.
B. Clifford Gerwick, Ph.D.
Leader,
Dow AgChem Discovery Research,
Indianapolis, IN
Cliff Gerwick is currently the Leader of AgChem Discovery Research for
Dow AgroSciences and based in Indianapolis, IN. He received a B.A.
degree in Biology from Alaska Pacific University (1974), a Ph.D. in Plant
Physiology from Washington State University (1978), and was a NSF
Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Biochemistry at the University of Georgia
(1978‐79). During his 30 year career at Dow he has worked in herbicide
discovery, natural products discovery, and gene discovery. He holds 21issued U.S. patents, is the
author of 37 referred journal articles and book chapters, and recently became the first H. H. Dow
Medalist from Dow AgroSciences for his career contributions. In his current position he leads our
research program on new fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides.
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Friday, am
Forensic Workshop:
730 am ‐ 1130 am
“The Chemistry of Crime” sponsored by the DEA,
CBP and DHS
337 & 338
Instructors:
Darrell Davis, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Quintet Bryant, Customs and Border Protection, Southwest Science Center, Houston, TX
Marie Prince, Drug Enforcement Administration, South Central Laboratory, Dallas, TX
Dr. Charlotte Smith‐Baker, Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, Houston, TX
Mr. Darrell L. Davis,
South Central Laboratory Director
US Drug Enforcement Administration
Dallas, TX
Mr. Darrell L. Davis is the Laboratory Director of The Drug Enforcement
Administration’s, (DEA) South Central Laboratory. Mr. Davis career
began in 1979, as a graduate from Prairie View A & M University where
he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. He accepted a
position as a forensic chemist with DEA’s Southwest Laboratory in San
Diego, California. As a forensic chemist, Davis was responsible for analyzing seized
evidence for the presence of controlled substances. Mr. Davis was also qualified as an expert
witness in over 10 states. After leaving the Southwest Laboratory in 1988, Mr. Davis transferred to
the South Central Laboratory in Dallas, Texas where he was promoted to Senior Forensic Chemist.
Davis was a leader in the laboratory as an expert in the seizure of clandestine laboratories.
Additionally, he trained law enforcement personnel and state and local chemists in the manufacture
of control substances.
After two years in Dallas, Mr. Davis was promoted to Supervisory Chemist at the Northeast
Laboratory in New York City, New York. There he was responsible for supervising over 10
employees. He later transferred to the Office of Forensic Sciences in Arlington, Virginia, and served
as a Program Manager until he accepted his current position.
Mr. Davis has received numerous awards which includes; 2 Outstanding Contributions, 3 Sustained
Superior Performance, 2 Special Act or Service, 1 Outstanding performance, and a host of other
recognition awards from DEA and other organizations. Mr. Davis was recently honored by the
Black Engineers of the Year for Professional Achievement.
The DEA’s laboratory system is recognized worldwide as the premier forensic drug laboratory.
Mr. Davis takes great pride in being Laboratory Director of the DEA’s South Central Laboratory.
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Quintet Bryant,
Customs and Border Protection,
Southwest Science Center,
Houston, TX Mrs. Bryant is currently a Forensic Scientist for the Customs and
Border Protection’s Southwest Regional Science Center, located in
Houston, TX. She has been with the laboratory since 2008, where she
serves as their primary controlled substances analyst. Prior to that, she
held a position as a Forensic Chemist with DEA’s Mid‐Atlantic
Laboratory, located in Largo, MD. She holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Chemistry/Biochemistry from Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tennessee. Quintet
also received her Master of Science degree in Forensic Toxicology from The University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida. Her interests include mentoring young females and all things Forensic.
Marie Prince,
Drug Enforcement Administration,
South Central Laboratory,
Dallas, TX An alumna of Tennessee State University, Mrs. Prince has earned my
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a minor in Business.
She has worked within the Nutriceutical and Pharmaceutical
industries within a quality assurance and quality control
environment as a chemist. There, she had obtained experience within
analytical chemistry and hands on application with instrumentation
such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Dissolution
testing of pharmaceutical tablets.
Thereafter, Mrs. Prince had taken on the interest in utilizing her education, experience, and skills
obtained for the benefit of serving our communities. She is currently a Forensic Chemist for the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) South Central Laboratory in Dallas, Texas. She performs
qualitative and quantitative analysis for the presence of controlled substances by analytical and
instrumental techniques and testifies in state and federal courts to such findings. Furthermore, she
provides field assistance to law enforcement by conducting field testing with clandestine
laboratories and Trace Evidence Collection. Mrs. Prince currently serves as primary Coordinator for
the South Central Laboratory Proficiency Testing Program in assuring the upmost quality within
evidence analysis within our laboratory system.
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Charlotte Smith‐Baker,
Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office,
Houston, TX
Dr. Charlotte Smith‐Baker is a Toxicologist for the Harris County
Medical Examiner’s Office. Dr. Baker received her Ph.D. degree in
Environmental Toxicology from Texas Southern University. She
also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Sam
Houston State University and a Master of Science degree in
Chemistry from Texas Southern University. Her love is forensic
science. Her love for forensics took form when she completed an
internship with the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office in the
Toxicology laboratory. The internship facilitated her ability to
collaborate with the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office for
her dissertation entitled “Hair as an Indicator of Exposure to
Pesticides”. Dr. Baker has won numerous honors and awards such as the Procter and Gamble
Fellowship Award, and the Agilent Technologies Graduate Development Fellowship. She has also
received the Research Centers Minority Institutes Graduate Research Assistantship and Ph.D.
Environmental Toxicology Fellowship. Dr. Baker was an Environmental Medicine Rotation
Program Fellow for CDC/ATSDR through the Association of Minority Health Professions Schools.
She has also been an invited speaker for the Young Forensic Science Forum/American Academy of
Forensic Science for the past three years.
Friday, pm
Science Competition Awards Luncheon
11:45 am ‐ 1:45 pm
Sponsored by ACS
Grand Ballroom AB
Featured Speaker: Dr. Thomas H. Lane, Vice President
Iinstruction & Learning Services ,Delta College
Dr. Thomas H. Lane is currently the Vice President of
Instruction & Learning Services at Delta College. Dr. Lane is
the former Chairman of the Board and served as member of
the Delta College Board of Trustees. Prior to his current
position, Dr. Lane worked for Dow Corning Corporation and
retired after 35 years with his final role being, Director of
Global Science and Technology Outreach and Senior
Research Scientist. He is currently Scientist Emeritus for the
company. Dr. Lane has over thirty‐three years of research
experience in the field of organosilicon chemistry. He
received his undergraduate chemistry education at Purdue
University, a master’s degree from Central Michigan
University and his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from
the Open University in England. Tom’s work has allowed
him to make significant contributions to the field in the areas of interfacial science, scientific
computing, and most recently in the biology and biotechnology of silicon. He holds academic
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positions in both the US and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and served as
President of the American Chemical Society, the largest scientific society in the world, in 2008.
Today, Dr. Lane’s primary focus is education and putting a human face to chemistry.
Friday, pm
Award Symposium 5
The Winifred Burks‐Houck Womenʹs Leadership
Symposium
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Dr. Mae C. Jemison blasted into orbit aboard the space shuttle
Endeavour, September 12, 1992, the worldʹs first woman of color to go
into space and the city of Chicagoʹs first astronaut in U.S. history. Mae
Jemison attended Stanford University and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Chemical Engineering, and fulfilled the requirements
for an A.B.in African and Afro‐American studies. She completed her
medical doctorate at Cornell University. Dr. Jemison was a General
Practitioner in Los Angeles with the INA/Ross Loos Medical Group, and
then spent 2 ½ years as Area Peace Corps medical officer for Sierra Leone
and Liberia in West Africa. Jemison formed The Jemison Group, Inc., a
technology design and consulting company.
Dr. Jemison joined NASA in 1987. As an astronaut, Jemison had
assignments as a liaison between the astronaut corps and launch operations at Kennedy Space
Center, served on the human research protocol board, tested the software that operates the shuttle
and flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour Spacelab Japan mission—the first joint mission with
the Japanese Space Agency. After six years, she resigned from NASA in in 1993 and founded The
Jemison Group, Inc.
Honors and awards include induction into the National Womenʹs Hall of Fame; selection as one of
the People magazinesʹ 1993 ʺWorldʹs 50 Most Beautiful Peopleʺ; Johnson Publications Black
Achievement Trailblazers Award; the Kilby Science Award; National Medical Association Hall of
Fame; selection as a Montgomery Fellow, Dartmouth College; and numerous honorary doctorates.
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
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Friday, pm
Symposium 3
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
NanoVation: Innovation in Nanoscience
sponsored by
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Kwame Owusu‐Adom, Ph.D.,
3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory
Kwame Owusu‐Adom was born in Ghana and
emigrated to the United States as a High School
student. He received his BS degree in Chemical
Engineering from Oregon State University in June,
2003. In December 2008, he completed his doctoral
degree in Chemical Engineering with a focus on
photopolymerizable polymer nanocomposites from the
University of Iowa. Kwame joined 3M Company in
January 2009 as a Senior Research Engineer in the
Corporate Research Materials Laboratory. His current research is focused on developing new
chemistries and products that a derived from bio‐renewable resources. Kwame joined NOBCChE in
2005 as a graduate student at the University of Iowa, where he was one of the founding members of
that chapter. He is also a member of the American Chemical Society.
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Meet the 2011 NATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE
Dedun Adeyemo
Student Development
Henry Beard Career Fair
Felicia Beard
Registration Chair
Cassandra Broadus
Career Fair
Michael Cato
Workshops
Martin Codrington Communications‐PR
Darrell L. Davis New Business
Development
Linda Davis
Secondary Education
Chair
Anthony Dent, PhD Communications
Chair
Derry Haywood New Business
Development
Talitha Hampton‐Mayo Tech. Program Chair
William Jackson, ,PhD Speakers
Alvin Kennedy Sr,PhD
HBCU/MI Chair
Dale Mack
New Bus. Devel. &
Career Fair Chair
Arthur Martin, PhD
Awards Chair
Victor McCrary, PhD
New Business
Development‐Chair
Sherine Obare, PhD Science Fair/Science
Bowl Chair
Ramsey Smith, PhD Workshops Chair
Olamide Shadiya
Student
Development
Subuola Sofolahan
HBCU/MI
Dale G. Wesson,PhD
HBCU/MI
Angela Winstead, PhD Student Development
Chair
Sharon L. Kennedy, PhD
Conference Chair
NATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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Committee Committee Chair Committee Members Awards Arthur Martin, PhD
Corning Inc Calvin James, PhD Lubrizol Tyrone Mitchell, PhD National Science Foundation
Jimmy Williams, PhD Corning Incorporated
Communications Anthony Dent, PhD Retired, PQ Corporation
Martin Codrington-Lead for PR Graduate Student-University of Texas Sandra Mitchell Retired
Career Fair Dale Mack Morehouse School of Medicine
Cassandra Broadus Morehouse School of Medicine Henry Beard Temple University Keith Oden, PhD Georgia Institute of Technology
HBCU/MI Forum Alvin Kennedy, PhD Morgan State University
G. Dale Wesson PhD, PE SC State University Subuola Sofolahan Graduate Student
Meeting Planning & Logistics
Tim O’Neill (Meeting Planner) Leading Edge Marketing and Planning, Inc.
Patty Blanchard, Onsite Staff Leading Edge Marketing and Planning, Inc Pattie O’Neill, Onsite Staff Leading Edge Marketing and Planning, Inc
New Business Development
Victor McCrary, PhD Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Cassandra Broadus Morehouse School of Medicine Darrell Davis Committee for Program Action Services (CAPS) Derry Haywood The Peninsula Financial Group Dale Mack Morehouse School of Medicine
NATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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Committee Committee Chair Committee Members Registration Felicia Beard
Dow Chemical Company Montez Bell Spellman College Brenda Brown-Onsite San Diego Unified School District Bernice Green, Lead for Internet Spellman College Shirley Hall-Onsite Retiree, San Diego City Government Dorothy Haynes -Onsite Retiree, Rohm and Haas Chemical Company
Celeste Tidwell -Onsite San Diego Unified School District Renee Williams -Onsite Graduate Student-University of California, Davis
Secondary Education
Linda Davis Committee for Program Action Services (CAPS)
Sheila Turner Marine Corp Recruit Depot
Science Fair/ Science Bowl
Sherine Obare, PhD Western Michigan University
Ronald Lewis, II, PhD Pfizer Global Research and Development Richelle Beverly, PhD Kellogg Company Jill Henderson Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Steven Thomas Michigan State University Fletcher Daniels Michigan State University
Special Programs Rebecca Tinsley, PhD Colgate Palmolive
Williams Jackson, PhD University of California, Davis
Student Support Angela Winstead, PhD Morgan State University
Adedunni Adeyemo Graduate Student – The Ohio State University Olamide Shadiya, PhD Graduate Student
Technical Program Talitha Hampton Merck & Co, Inc
Kwame Owusu-Adom, PhD 3M Corporation
Professional Development Workshops
Ramsey Smith, PhD NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
Michael Cato Graduate Student – Jackson State University
NATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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INDEX OF TECHNICAL PRESENTERS
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A
Abebe, Fasil 48, 53
Abernathy, Shawn M.; 46
Abia, Irene E. 23
Adley, Atiereya 20
Agwaramgbo, Eucharia 20
Agwaramgbo, Lovell 20
Ahamed, Rayaj A. 22
Aiken, Karelle 22
Archer, Lynden A 55
Assefa, Zerihun 18, 49
Ayitou, Anoklase J. 51
Ayorinde, Folahan O 53
B
Bairu, Semere 48
Baker, David C 23
Balliet, Courtney 15
Banerjee, Sujit 51
Bernstein, Noam 55
Best, Michael D. 23
Blavo, Selasi O. 15
Booker, Squire 48
Brown, Jamie L. 52
Brown, Milton 21
Bryant, Sherrisse K. 17
Butcher, Ray J 16
Butts, DeMario 47
C
Cato Jr., Michael A. 55
Clark, Thomas D. 55
Colbert, Maru 44
Cole, Marsha R. 21
Coleman, Sherman 20
Collins, George 43
Crawford, Carlos 49
Cunningham, Brian 43
D
Dada, Emmanuel 15
Das, Susmita 17, 22, 55
Davis , Steven R 45
Davis, Ella 56
Davis, Zenda D. 46
Dayie, Kwaku 45
Dayie, T. Kwaku 44
de Rooy, Sergio 22, 55
Deveaux, Kristina 22
Downing, Domonique O 51
Dumancas, Gerard G. 16
Duraj, Stan 52
E
Edwards, Shelby 20
Effiong, Esther 19
Eichhorn, Bryan W 51
El‐Zahab, Bilal 22, 48, 55
El‐Zahab, Bilal; 21
Eniola‐Adefeso, Omolola 23
Eribal, Carla Sue 53
Erinne, John D. 15
Esekhile, Omoyemen 46
F
Fernand , Vivian 47
Fields, Gregg B 47
Floyd‐Smith 55
Fontenot, Krystal 23
Forbes, Safiyyah 22
Ford, Robert 20
G
Gamwo, Isaac K. 52
Garner, Robert N. 48
Garrett, Brian 46
Gerwick, B. Clifford 49
INDEX OF TECHNICAL PRESENTERS
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Gessner, Laura 22
Ghebreab, Michael 53
Gilman, S. Douglass 17
Gundel, Lara 44
Guymon, Allan 54
H
Hanwell, Marcus D. 18
Harkless, John A. W. 18
Harris, Clifton; 15
Harris, Tracee 17
Henken, Rachel L 17
Hepp, Aloysius 52
Hollingsworth, Javoris V. 46
Hosten, Charles M 16
Hutchison, Geoffrey R 18
J
Jackson, William 15
Janes, Marlene E 21
Jemison, Racquel ; 15
Jemison, Mae C. 56
Jenkins, Darkus 18
Johnson, Nikki 53
Johnson, Rene 53
Jones, Jockquin 46
Jones, Wanda D. 55
Jordan, Atiya N. 17
K
Kabir, Mohd A 52
Kakambi, Sandra L.N. 21
Kalu, Egwu E 23
Kamat, Prashant V 15
Katz, Howard E. 48
Kimani, Mary W. 16
Kirksey, Veniece 43
Klanecky, David 49
Kotanchek, Theresa 49
Kuhn, John N. 15
Kulp III, John L 55
L
Lauer, Janelle L. 47
Lester, Jr., William A. 45
Li, Min 21, 22, 48, 55
Lin, J. S. 52
Liu, Zhufang 51
Lodge, Alexander 23
London, Laurenee 20
Long, Tiffany 23
M
Madison, Tamika A 18
Matthews, Jason S 48
Maxwell, Kendra 51
McCall, Alecia M 22
McCoy, Rhonda 16
McCrary, Victor 56
McCullough, Richard D 15
McCune, Mallarie D. 15
McDonald, Norris 19
Meades, Jr., Glen; 17
Mercadel, Chanel 20
Millener, Delmetria 45
Miller, Stephanie 52
Mishra, Sarada P. 15
Moore, Roderquita 16
Morrow, Agnes 19
Muhammad, Ruqiah 53
N
Ndinguri, Margaret 47
O
Obare, Sherine 51
Obot, Edidiong C. 54
Ogunwumi, Steven 16
Ojinnaka, Eleanor 43
Okemgbo , Asopuru 20
Okemgbo, Kaetochi 44
Oliver, Nyote J. 16
INDEX OF TECHNICAL PRESENTERS
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Ornelas, Martha 21
Ortiz, Deborah 16
Owens, Tracie 18
Owusu‐Adom, Kwame 54
P
Palmer, Andre F 47
Powell, Marvin 45
Purdie, Neil 16
Q
Quinn, Daniel 23
R
Ramakrishna, Guda 48
Regmi, Bishnu 55
Reilly, Lisa 16
Richard, Allison J. 46
Riga, Alan 52
Robinson, Renã A. S. 17
Rolle, Clarence 53
Rollins, Derrick 24
Ross, Shailise 22
Russo, Paul S. 46
S
Sabree, Aqeeb 53
Saleh, Mahmoud 20
Sama, Jacob N. 44
Samuels, Tova 51
Sanchez, Maria; 15
Sanders, Brian 23
Setzer, William 21
Sidheswaran, Meera 44
Sinn, Ekkehard 48, 53
Sintim, Herman O. 45
Sivaguru, J 51
Smith, Bradley D 22
Smith, Natalee 53
Smith, Ramsey 52
Smith, Robert 52
Soper, Steven A 16
Sundaresan, Alamelu 54
Sykora, Richard 49
T
Tan, Yafang 43
Tatarchuk, Bruce J 46
Thakur, Chandar S 44
Thomas, Gloria 56
Thomas, Renard L. 54
Thompson, Kirk 49
Turro, Claudia 48
V
Veals, Jeffrey D 45
Vicente, M. Graça H 22, 23, 46
Vivoni, Alberto 16
W
Waldrop, Grover L. 17
Walker , Tameka, M., 21
Warner, Isiah M. 17, 21, 22, 48, 55
Waterman, R 53
Williams, Cynthia 17
Williams, Jennifer 52
Williams, Regina 44
Wilson, Bobby L 54
Winstead, Angela 44
Wright, Ashleigh R. 48
Z
Zhang, Bo 48
About NOBCChE
The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) resulted from an April 1972 Ad Hoc Committee for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. The committee was assisted financially by a grant of $850 provided by the Haas Community Fund, and a $400 grant administered through Drexel University. NOBCChE was incorporated in 1975 under the laws of the State of Georgia and has tax-exempt status (501(c )(3)) as a non-profit professional society. Since its inception, NOBCChE has grown in size to approximately 4,000 members, who are distributed over five regions – Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West – that contain both professional and student chapters. NOBCChE’s first national meeting was held in March 1974 in New Orleans. Dr. William Guillory, one of NOBCChE’s seven founders, was elected the first President at that meeting. The organization has held national meetings every year since then. The national meetings provide opportunities for Black chemists and chemical engineers to discuss issues of significance to their careers, to present technical papers, to mentor high school students, undergraduates and graduate students in the areas of science and technology, and to present several fellowships to deserving graduate students. The first graduate fellowship was established by the Proctor & Gamble Company in 1976. This was followed in 1980 by the Kodak Fellowship Award and in 1990 by the DuPont Company Fellowship Award. In recent years additional graduate fellowships have been established by GlaxoSmithKline, and the Dow Chemical Company. A new joint National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) - University of Maryland – NOBCChE fellowship began in 2007. To date, more than one million dollars have been distributed through these fellowships. In addition, national meetings serve as occasions to recognize professional members through the Percy L. Julian Professional Achievement Award and the Dr. Henry C. McBay Outstanding Teacher Award. Professor McBay, who was one of NOBCChE’s seven founders, taught chemistry at Morehouse College until his death at the age of 80. NOBCChE also administers the Henry A. Hill Lectureship sponsored by the Northeast Section of the American Chemical Society. NOBCChE is committed to the discovery, transmittal, and application of knowledge in the fields of science and engineering. The mission of NOBCChE therefore is to build an eminent community of scientists and engineers by increasing the number of minorities in these fields. NOBCChE attempts to achieve its mission through diverse programs designed to foster professional development and encourage students to pursue careers in science and technical fields. To this end, NOBCChE has established educational partnerships with school districts, municipalities, businesses, industries, other institutions and organizations in the public and private sectors.
For more information, visit the NOBCChE website at www.nobcche.org.
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