November Section Meeting
Thursday, November 20th, 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Lehigh University, Wood Dining Room in Iacocca Hall
111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Annual Ned D. Heindel Lecture
Speaker: Sam Niedbala, CEO, CryoConcepts LP
Social Hour: 5 - 6 pm
Dinner: 6 - 7 pm (MENU)
LVACS business meeting and awards presentations: 7:00 - 7:30 pm
Ned D. Heindel Lecture: 7:30 - 8:30 pm
$30 members / $15 students/retirees/unemployed.
REGISTER FOR NOVEMBER MEETING
POST flyer everywhere!
Parking is available in the visitor lots; pay using the Passport Mobile App or at one of the kiosks located throughout the lots; $1 per hour.
CONTACT: Carl Salter, salterc@moravian.edu
Happy LVACS crew at Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA for NCW: Guido Pez, Philip Elias, Marsha Baar, Ted Wursta and Nigel Sanders
“Reach for the Stars, Settle for the Moon!”
DeSales University professor Julie Himmelberger and DeSales students pose with Dr. Hernandez
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“Reach for the Stars, Settle for the Moon!”
LVACS September 18th, 2025, Section Meeting features guest speaker Rigoberto Hernandez, ACS 2025 President-elect.
The meeting will be held at Fegley’s Allentown Brew Works, ballroom ‘FIVE,’ 812 Hamilton St, Allentown, PA 18101 from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Thursday, September 18th, 2025.
Social Hour: 5:00pm-6:00pm
Dinner: 6:00pm-7:00pm
Meeting & Awards: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Presentation by Professor Hernandez: 8:00pm-9:00pm
Members: $30; Students/Retired & Unemployed Members: $15
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LVACS celebrated with 50 and 60-year ACS anniversarians at a brunch on July 11th at Chris' Family Restaurant, 5635 Tilghman Street, Allentown, PA 18104. Sharing the table were (left-to-right): Patricia Waller, Fran Waller (60 year), Barbara Orwig (60 year), Chester Crane (LVACS Chair), Marsha Baar (50 year), Jeanne Berk (LVACS Councilor), Sherman Cox (LVACS Treasurer) and Nigel Sanders (LVACS Secretary). Many good wishes to Fran, Barbara, Marsha and all of our 50/60-year members from the LVACS Executive Committee!
Tuesday, April 8th, 4:30-9:00 pm
University Center, DeSales University
Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium and Awards Banquet
**DEADLINE FOR POSTER ABSTRACTS IS MARCH 28, 2025**
Speaker: Jonathan Kuo, Penn State
Jonathan L. Kuo, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at The Pennsylvania State University. Previously, he was an NIH sponsored Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate from Columbia University and his B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Kuo is interested in developing transition metal catalyzed processes that approach perfect atom economy. Examples include oxidations which use O2, or reductions which use H2. Many of these transformations involve careful consideration of how to choreograph the movement of protons and electrons around a transition metal ion in a controlled fashion.
4:30-6:00pm Poster Symposium: Trexler Room
Social Hour Menu: Cheese and Fruit Display, Crisp Crudities Platter with soda and water
6:00-9:00 Dinner, Awards, Meeting and Talk: Commonwealth Room
Dinner Menu: Pasta Buffet Dinner with vegetarian option and dessert.
($20 for members, $10 for students/retired/unemployed)
RSVP: https://forms.gle/chdYkLPTrTkxVGA16 (to submit an abstract or just attend)
POST Flyer EVERYWHERE!
CONTACT: Sara Hayik, sara.hayik@desales.edu
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Philip Elias, LVACS past chair, and Guido Pez, emeritus member, had a great day judging projects at the Lehigh Valley Science Fair at Lehigh University's Rauch Fieldhouse. How about joining them next year?
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SAVE THE DATE! THINK SUMMER CHEMISTRY!
Section Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2025
Collier Hall of Science, Moravian University
Swimming Pool Chemistry, or How to Green the Rio Diving Pool
Reservations: Please contact June Thompson, thompsonj03@moravian.edu
The meeting will be hybrid: connection details will be posted shortly
MEETING CONTACT: Carl Salter, salterc@moravian.edu
LVACS welcomes our newly appointed Women Chemists Committee (WCC) Chair, Yi Du! Attend our December 18th WCC event at Color Me Mine in Bethlehem for a Pottery Painting Party. Please RSVP to Yi at duyidoit@gmail.com. See you there!
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The LVACS Younger Chemists Committee Invites You to:
BINGO NIGHT!
Thursday, November 21st, 8:30-9:30 pm
FREE! Prizes include ACS Swag!
Event will be held through Zoom
>>>REGISTER<<<
Post Flyer everywhere!
CONTACT: Jeanne Berk, jrberk@cedarcrest.edu
Section Meeting/2nd Ned Heindel Annual Lecture
Wednesday, November 20th, 5-9 pm
Lehigh University, Iacocca Hall
Speaker: Allen Reitz, Fox Chase Therapeutics Discovery, Inc.
2024 Ned Heindel Lecture: “A research career: Make what you love benefit the world!”
Section Meeting/Science Teacher Night
Thursday, October 17th
Cedar Crest College
100 College Drive
Allentown, PA 18104
Speaker: Dr. Ivonne Miranda
Dr. Miranda is an assistant professor in Cedar Crest's Education Program, and serves as the Director of Graduate Programs. One of her research interests is the influence of early exposure to STEM and she has been involved in several STEM-funded projects that have provided learning opportunities for students of minority backgrounds. She will be talking about developing the HOLA Friends Summer STEAM Camp
4:30-6:30 pm Education Library in Curtis Hall at Cedar Crest College
RSVP for this FREE event by October 11th
POST FLYER EVERYWHERE!
CONTACT: Jeanne Berk, jrberk@cedarcrest.edu