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October 13, 2022

Welcome!

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Duquesne University Chapter

Topic:

National Chemistry Week

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National Membership Forms

  • Absolute last call for membership forms!

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Nobel Prize 2022

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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Upcoming Meeting Dates

September

X

X

X

October

13

27

November

3

17

Thanksgiving

December

1

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National Chemistry Week

https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/outreach/ncw/general-interest.html

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National Chemistry Week

  • Fabulous Fibers: The Chemistry of Fabric
  • Seminar on October 21st at 3pm
  • Maurice Falk Lecture Hall
  • Cookies afterward!

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Mole Day/Tie-Dye

  • October 24th 4:30-7pm on Mellon Patio
  • Super fun mole-themed activities!
    • Corn-MOLE tournament (sign-up here!)
    • MOLE-in-1 mini golf with prizes
    • Tie-dye a mole-themed shirt! Or a normal shirt!

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National Chemistry Week

  • Oct 16-22
  • Guest speaker: Dr. Balazs

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Guest speaker

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Background

  • Chair of engineering at Upitt
  • Professor of chemical engineering
  • Adjunct professor of chemistry
  • Visiting professor of Scripps research institute, University of Texas at Austin, Oxford university
  • Her research interest is more about statistical, mechanical, and computer modeling of polymers
  • MS and PhD from MIT and postdoc at MIT and UMass

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Publications

  • 587 publications!!!!!!!!
  • About 19000 citations
  • 4 in 2022 so far

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Recent publications about

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A recent paper

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Kahoot

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Follow Us on Social Media!

  • Facebook: Duquesne University American Chemical Society
  • Instagram: duqacs
  • Twitter: @duqacs
  • Campus link - American Chemical Society

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PhotoCircle

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Thanks for coming!

Slides will be posted on our website

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