Sierra Nevada Local Section
American Chemical Society
The ACS Sierra Nevada Section encompasses Carson, Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe counties in northwestern Nevada. Most section activities and meetings are held in the Reno/Sparks/Carson City region of extreme western Nevada.
The 41st Annual Western Nevada Regional Science & Engineernig Fair took place at the Lawlor Events Center on March 20-22, 2008. The following students were awarded ACS Awards in recognition of their projects relating to Chemistry:
| School | Student | Project | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Elementary School | Ellis/Evan | Volcano Experiment | K |
| Desert Heights Elementary | Danielle Donica, Sherrie Koontz (class project) | What's the Matter? | 1 |
| Lake Tahoe School | Elijah Behar | Balloon Inflators | 2 |
| Hidden Valley Elementary | Miranda Weinert | Plant Oxygen | 3 |
| Al Seeliger Elementary | Riske Kylie | 3-2-1 Blast-Off! | 4 |
| Hidden Valley Elementary | Danielle Mudd, Patrick Mudd, James Mudd | The Finding Element in Metal | 4 |
| Caughlin Ranch Elementary | Tania Luo | Raising Water's Boiling Point | 6 |
| Mamie Towles Elementary | Chase Hartman | Peanut Power | 6 |
| Brookfield School | Carson Johnson | Surface Tension | 8 |
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners, who received $100 checks from the ACS Sierra Nevada Section.
December 5, 2008:
Annual Wine Tasting
November 14, 2008:
The Shroud of Turin and Other Mysteries: Uncovering Mysteries of the Past through Science
Sister Mary Virginia Orna, ACS Tour Speaker
October 13, 2008:
The Chemistry of Comics
Dr. Al Hazari, ACS Tour Speaker
May 2008:
Chemistry and Physics High School Awards
April 6-10 2008:
235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans
February 15, 2008:
2007 ACS Distinguished Award
Prof. Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Palais de Jade,
960 W. Moana Lane, Reno.
Time: 6 pm
Download the pdf file of the flyer.
January 16, 2008:
ACS Tour speaker, Dr. Robert P. Bates
"The Chemistry and Alchemy of Brewing"
Silver Peak Brewery, 124 Wonder Street, Reno
February 21, 2006:
Presentation on Biodiesel and tour of the Bently Biodiesel Production Company. Location: Bently Biofuels Company, 1711 Orbit Way (Building 1), Minden, 5:30 pm. Download the pdf file of the flyer.
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March 17, 2006:
Regional Science Fair. Location: Lawlor Events Center, UNR. Time: 5 pm.
April 24, 2006:
ACS tour speaker Prof. Eugene Stevens, SUNY Binghamton. Topic: "Green Plastics." Location: Famous Murphys Restaurant, 3127 S. Virginia St., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of March/April Newsletter.
May 24, 2006:
Annual High School Chemistry Award ceremony. Featured speaker: Dr. Wendy Calvin, UNR. Topic: "The Mars Exploration Rover Mission: One Mars Year and More on the Surface." Location: Schulich Lecture Hall, Room 2, UNR campus, 5:30 pm. Download the pdf file of the May Newsletter.
June 25-28, 2006:
ACS Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM).
September 18, 2006:
ACS tour speaker William Zoller, University of Washington. Topic: "Chemical outreach program: Getting young people interested in science." Location: Yen Ching Chinese Restaurant, 565 W. Moana Ln., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our August Newsletter.
October 16, 2006:
ACS tour speaker Stanley Manahan, University of Missouri - Columbia. Topic: "The greening of environmental chemistry." Location: Silver Peak Brewery Restaurant, 124 Wonder St., Reno, 6:00 pm. Download the pdf file of our September Newsletter. Please note that we are looking for nominations for Secretary/Treasurer and Councilor positions for 2007. See the newsletter for details.
November 13, 2006:
ACS tour speaker Attila Pavlath - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Topic: "Alternate energy sources: From the sun to the depths of the earth." Location: Atlantis Resort - Rosso Room, 3800 S. Virginia St., Reno, 6:30 pm. Download the pdf file of our November Newsletter. Please note that nominations are still open for Secretary/Treasurer and Councilor positions for 2007. See the newsletter for details.
December 15, 2006:
Annual Wine Tasting - featuring Spanish Wines. Speaker: Charles Rose, UNR Chemistry.
Location: Journalism Reading Room, UNR, 6:30 pm. Download the pdf file
of our December Newsletter. Please consult email for information about the section officer balloting for Secretary/Treasurer and
Councilor positions for 2007. See the newsletter for details.
Chair: Jason Shearer (shearer@unr.edu)
Program Chair: Ana de Bettencourt-Dias (abd@unr.edu)
Secretary/Treasurer: Ken Romeo (DrKenRomeo@aol.com)
Councilor: Eun-Woo Chang (echang@tmcc.edu)
Alternate Councilor: Brian Frost (frost@unr.edu)
Chair: Brian Frost (frost@unr.edu)
Program Chair: Luis Barthel-Rosa (luisbr@unr.edu)
Secretary/Treasurer: Dale Brabham (dbrabham@mac.com)
Councilor: Eun-Woo Chang (echang@tmcc.edu)
Alternate Councilor: Brian Frost (frost@unr.edu)
This award and lectureship is awarded biennially by the Sierra Nevada Section of the American Chemical Society to a scientist who has made major contributions to Chemistry. The award was first given in 1993.
Awardees:
1993: Professor Dudley R. Hershbach, Harvard University
1995: Professor Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
1997: Professor W. Carl Lineberger, University of Colorado, Boulder
1999: Professor George M. Whitesides, Harvard University
2001: Professor Richard N. Zare, Stanford University
2003: Professor Graham Fleming, University of California, Berkeley
2005: Professor Jack Norton, Columbia University - awarded at the NORM 06 meeting in June, 2006.
2007: Professor Maurice Brookhart, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Officers and programs from previous years.
Chemistry ResourcesIf you have comments, suggestions, or items to be included in the Sierra Nevada ACS Web pages please contact the Chemistry web master, (web@chem.unr.edu).
