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Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society (NESACS)
will provide Grants-in Aid of $350
to each of four undergraduates to enable them to attend the
245th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, April
7-11, 20123 and to present a paper at the Undergraduate Research
Poster Session in the Division of Chemical Education. The
institutions of the successful applicants are expected to
match the award. |
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Eligibility:
Applications will be accepted from students at colleges and universities within
the Northeastern Section of the ACS. The undergraduate student must be a chemistry,
biochemistry, chemical engineering, or molecular biology major in good standing
with at least junior status, and must be currently engaged in undergraduate
research. |
Application:
Application forms are available by clicking the links on this page. The
deadline for receipt of completed applications was October 5, 2012. |
| Completed applications
are to be sent to: |
| Professor Marietta Schwartz |
| Department of Chemistry |
| University of Massachusetts,
Boston |
| 100 Morrissey Boulevard |
| Boston, MA 02125-339 |
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| Phone: 617.287.6146 |
| Fax: 617-287-6030 |
| email: marietta.schwartz@umb.edu |
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Notification:
Applicants were notified of the results by email on October 10, 2012. The
deadline for submission of abstracts to the American Chemical Society in
Washington, D.C. is October 15, 2012. |
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The Education Committee
has awarded a Grant-in-Aid of $350 to four undergraduates
at the colleges and universities within the Northeastern
Section to enable the students to attend the ACS
National Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana to
present a paper at the Undergraduate Research Poster
Session in the Division of Chemical Education. Matching
funds have been committed by the institution to support
the student’s travel. The recipient is also
required to participate in the Northeast Student
Chemistry Research Conference (NSCRC) in April/May
2013.
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The
awardees, research supervisors, and the titles of the
papers are as follows:
- Lauren Gagnon, Emmanuel College (Prof. Faina
Ryvkin), Size Controlled Synthesis of Quantum Dots
for Biological and Chemical Detection.
- Stephanie
Murray, Stonehill College (Prof. Leon Tilley), Improved
Preparation of 4-acetylamine-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxoammonium
tetrafluoroborate and Exploration of Use for Dehydrogenation
of Ketones.
- Casey Brodsky, Boston College (Prof.
Frank Tsung), Pd@Rh Core-Shell Nanostructures for
Electrochemical Energy Storage.
- Bria Pelletier,
Gordon College (Prof. Joel Boyd), The Determination
of the Optimal Crosslink Density for the Durability
of Acrylic-Titania Composite Photocatalytic Support
Materials.
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Applications for the travel
stipend are accepted from students majoring in chemistry,
biochemistry, chemical engineering, or molecular
biology who are in good standing with at least junior
status, and are currently engaged in undergraduate
research. Abstracts for the Undergraduate Research
Poster Session were required to be submitted by electronic
transmission to the ACS National Headquarters by
October 15, 2012 (11:59 pm EST).
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