Sierra Nevada Local Section
American Chemical Society
2005 Section Meetings
March 17, 2005: Regional Science Fair. Location: Lawlor Events Center, University of Nevada, Reno, 6:00 pm.
April 11, 2005: "Clearing the air at the University - Biodiesel research at UNR," Dr. Jason Geddes, University of Nevada, Reno. Location: Famous Murphys Restaurant, 3127 S. Virgina St., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our April Newsletter. Required: Adobe Acrobat Reader
May 12, 2005: High School Awards Ceremony, featuring Dr. Ernest Malamud, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Dr. Malamud will be speaking about "Einstein and the miracle year." The ceremony will be held on the UNR campus, in the Schulich Lecture Hall, room 1, at 5:30 pm.
September 6, 2005: "America's funniest chemical videos: Dazzling demos and videotaped bloopers," Dr. John J. Fortman, Wright State University. Location: Famous Murphys Restaurant, 3127 S. Virgina St., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our September Newsletter.
October 4, 2005: "Einstein: His life and times," Dr. Robert Damrauer, the University of Colorado at Denver. Location: Austin's Restaurant, 7671 S. Virginia St., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our October Newsletter.
December 9, 2005: "Organic and Biodynamic wines," Larry Sapperstein. Location: UNR, Reynolds School of Journalism, Reading Room, Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our November/December Newsletter.
Section Officers (2005)
Chair: Frank Baglin (baglin@chem.unr.edu)Program Chair: Brian Frost (frost@chem.unr.edu)
Secretary/Treasurer: Luis Barthel-Rosa (luisbr@unr.edu)
Councilor: Eun-Woo Chang (echang@tmcc.edu)
Alternate Councilor: vacant
