Our meeting theme is “Adhesives at the Beach: Characterization, Synthetic Mimics, and Commercialization of Marine Biological Materials” and is co-hosted by Mussel Polymers, Inc., a Ben Franklin Tech Ventures incubator start-up company. Prof. Jonathan Wilker, Purdue University, will describe how biological systems, such as mussels, barnacles and oysters, inspire his research group to discover new chemistries which can be applied in adhesion and other fields. Based on Jon's work, Mussel Polymers, Inc. develops adhesives and related systems for wet, high moisture, and low-energy surfaces. MPI's solutions are based on Poly Catechol Styrene (PCS), a proprietary synthetic polymer that mimics the structure of the natural adhesive used by mussels to anchor themselves to substrates in the ocean. REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lvacs-september-meeting-co-hosted-by-mussel-polymers-inc-registration-405867238837
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Networking Social and Wine Tasting, Saturday, July 16th 2022 5-8 pm
Sorrenti Vineyards
130 Lower Cherry Valley Road
Saylorsburg, PA 18353
Our July wine-tasting social and networking opportunity, held to mark the 95th anniversary of the WCC, is shaping up!
ALL members are invited to attend. Bring a +1!
The first 10 members to arrive will get complimentary wine tasting. Everyone is welcome to purchase wine tastings or just wine and food from the attached restaurant.
REGISTER: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmRwzUWO_KjnXZPg1Y2dmcefykcY95W2UJKT0VBKaPIxz9CA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0
CONTACTS: Lorena Tribe, lut1@psu.edu
or Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
March Section Meeting - Color from Colorless Materials
Thursday, March 10th 2022
5:30 pm social / 6:00 pm dinner / 7:00 pm meeting
"Color from Colorless Materials"
Speaker: Lauren Zarzar, Dept. of Materials Sci. Eng., PSU
Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18104
Friday, February 18th Meeting (Hybrid Format) --- Panel Discussion/Q&A at East Stroudsburg University
Panelists: Bryan Trimm, IBM; Christopher Dubbs, ESU; Moderator: Ariel Tucci, ESU Gender & Sexuality Center
Host: East Stroudsburg University
Co-sponsored by ESU's Gender & Sexuality Center and Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Our next section meeting, Thursday, January 27th, is High School Teachers Night. This virtual event will begin online at 7:00 pm! There will be a program consisting of speakers, laboratory demonstrations and educational exhibits focusing on High School teaching needs.
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Speaker: Chip Nataro, Lafayette College
Thursday, November 18th / Time 7:00 pm
Zoom link:
https://american-chemical-society.zoom.com/j/86596741438?pwd=MUZqZ0RFRkVLRmZPTHV3dm5VUHFHZz09
if needed: Meeting ID: 865 9674 1438 Password: 068522
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By Samantha L. Bower, PSU News
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Lee Silverberg, associate professor of chemistry at Penn State Schuylkill, has recently published a peer-reviewed paper on a novel method he has devised to create organic compounds that have demonstrated antiparasitic properties. Until this research was conducted, the structure of the starting material used to synthesize the chemical compounds was unknown.
Volunteers from the Lehigh Valley Section celebrated Mole Day 2021 with visitors to the Da Vinci Science Center on October 23rd (when else?) with exhibits and demonstrations illustrating this year’s National Chemistry Week theme, “FAST/OR SLOW…Chemistry Makes It GO!”
