San Antonio Local Section

Dear Members, Let’s congratulate our newly elected officers for 2025! Chair-Elect - Robert Fanick Councilor - G. Robert Shelton Alternate Councilor - Sushma Ramsinghani Members-at-Large - Pius O. Adelani, Joseph Lambert, Ray Sadeghi Secretary - Akanksha Matta Treasurer - Paulo Carvalho Thank you for supporting our community! Best regards, Shoaib Iqbal Secretary San Antonio Local Section American Chemical Society ... View more

Welcome to your local employment web page!   We will be listing here various part-time and full-time job openings brought to our attention by the Local Section membership.  Please check back as the list will change from time to time. Please contact us if you have an opening to post here.  (Laboratory and non-lab jobs are both welcome!) DPT Laboratories - Link to their careers page  Alamo Colleges -  Link to all available postings at all locations of the Alamo Colleges Texas A&M University - San Antonio - Link to all postings at TAMU-SA The Princeton Review - San Antonio - MCAT General Chemistry/Organic Chemistry Instructor, and other positions  Link to the National ACS Careers webpage  Updated 10/12/2017 ... View more

Chair:   Mr. E. Robert Fanick  robert.fanick@swri.org  Chair-Elect & Program Chair:   Dr. Teresita Munguia tmunguia@lake.ollusa.edu  Secretary:   Dr. Heather D. Hansen  heatherdhansen@hotmail.com Treasurer:   Dr. Jean Hardies  hardies@gmail.com Councilor:   Mr. Larry C. Grona Alternate Councilor:   Dr. Adeola O. Coker Education Chair:   Mr. E. Robert Fanick Members-at-Large:   Ms. Belinda Arcos, Ms. Svitlana Kroll, Dr. Srinivasa Reddy ... View more

2015 Events December 3 - End-of-Year Potluck/Social - a small number of our members gathered to share food, fellowship, and some wonderful chemistry-themed gifts.  We hope to see everyone many times in 2016! November 19 - Dorćol Distilling Company - tour, distilling insights, tastings, and Q&A with the owners/distillers. October 20 - ACS Program-in-a-Box - Tales of Lab Safety: How to Avoid Rookie Accidents - ACS presentation and pizza at OLLU.  September 30 - Tour of Matheson Gas Plant on the South side - fascinating! August 26 - Annual Project SEED Presentations - we heard from our Summer SEED students about their research and experiences in the laboratories around San Antonio. Thank you to our students for such wonderful presentations, and thank you to this years' mentors and our financial sponsors! July 22 - Ice Cream Social at Brindles Awesome Ice Creams June 17 - Summer Social at Big'Z Burger Joint May 20 - Annual Awards Banquet, including Award Presentations for Alamo Regional Science & Engineering Fair – junior & senior levels and High School Chemistry Exam, announcement of the 2015 Dr. Gloria G. Lyle Chemistry Award recipient, and recognition of our 50- and 60-year ACS members.  April 23 - An Evening of Chemistry Demonstrations The evening of demonstrations presented by the UIW Chemistry Club and the San Antonio ACS was another overwhelming success!  Thank you to all who participated and all who came to enjoy.  We look forward to doing it again next year!  February - ACS Program-in-a-Box webinar:  Chemistry on the Silver Screen We learned how chemists and chemistry have influenced movies and TV shows like Breaking Bad, Gravity, Battlestar Galactica, and Eureka through the webinar and live Q&A with the science advisers who work in the industry.   January - Designing Spaces for Effective Science:  Center for the Sciences and Innovation at Trinity University The new CSI complex was designed to foster and promote interdisciplinary research and teaching, effective pedagogy, and science appreciation across campus by intentional integration of disciplines through proximity and interest groupings. The productive collisions that result when faculty in different areas come together create the opportunities that lead to new insights and enhance both research and teaching. Drs. David Ribble (Biology) and Wilson Terrill (Engineering Science) described the design and implementation of CSI, and chemistry faculty provided tours of the chemistry spaces and their experiences teaching and researching in this new multi-disciplinary environment. The presentation and tours concluded with a dessert reception!   It was a fabulous and eye-opening experience!  I encourage anyone who has the time to visit the CSI, look around, and ask questions - you'll be glad you did!  ... View more

Project Seed Summer Research Internship Program for Economically Disadvantaged High School Students Project SEED was established by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1968 to help economically disadvantaged high school students with the transforming experience of a summer job and a chance to expand their education and career outlook. To qualify, the student must be recognized as economically disadvantaged (whose maximum family income is below $34,340 or do not exceed 200% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines for family size) and who may be encouraged by their work in a chemical laboratory to make better use of their capabilities. Project SEED helps to open new doors for economically disadvantaged students to experience what it’s like to be a chemist. The program provides opportunities for students who historically lack exposure to scientific careers: • Students belonging to an ethnic group (African-American, Hispanic, Native American) that are historically underrepresented in science • Parents/Guardians did not attend college • Students living in a single parent household or a member of a large family For 8 weeks during the summer, SEED students have the unique opportunity to work with scientists who help them develop laboratory, written, and oral skills as they discover they are capable of conducting scientific research. For their efforts the students are paid $2500.00, have the opportunity for scholarships upon graduating from high school, and can use their research for science fair projects. If you would like more information about Project SEED (as a mentor or nominator or student applicant for 2018), please contact Bob Fanick at rfanick@swri.org.    San Antonio ACS Section Project Seed has received contributions from Tesoro Corporation in amounts of $4500 in 2015 & $5500 in 2016.   Thank you, Tesoro! ... View more