Greater Houston SectionEstablished in 1917, the Section serves about 2500 members, consisting of chemists, chemical engineers and professionals in allied fields. The American Chemical Society is recognized as a world leader in fostering science education and research, and promoting public understanding of science. The Greater Houston Section of the American Chemical Society is one of 189 local ACS sections across the nation. |
ACS-GHS 2024 Awards Banquet Mark your calendars and plan to join us as we celebrate the best and brightest in the Greater Houston chemical community! Honorees include Greater Houston Section members of the American Chemical Society who have received local, regional and national ACS awards and GHS members celebrating 50 and 60 years of ACS membership. This celebration will be held as a hybrid (in-person and virtual) event. Saturday, October 12th The Junior League of Houston 1811 Briar Oaks Lane Houston, TX 77027 OR Virtual via Zoom Tickets: $75/person (in-person, includes dinner) $35/person (virtual) Ticket Deadline: October 6th
Agenda (all times CDT) 6:00 - 6:45 pm: Social Hour 6:50 - 7:30 pm: Dinner 7:30 pm: Awards Program (virtual access opens at 7:15) Diner attire is business casual. Self-parking is available at no cost. 2025 ACS-GHS Board Elections - Call for Nominations Are you interested in promoting the value of Chemistry in the Greater Houston area? If so, send a nomination email with the subject line "2025 GHS Elections" to acs-ghs@acs-ghs.org. Be sure to include the position you are interested in, a brief bio, and photo. You must be an ACS member in good standing with an up to date membership to be eligible for election. Open Positions:
Deadline for nominations is Friday, September 13. Polymeric Foams and Latticed Architectures: Enabling Dematerialization with Performance 2.5 Day Live Virtual Short Course September 9, 10 and 11 (half day) Sponsored by the Golden Gate Polymer Forum See web page for full details and registration Instructors: Prof. Tim Long, Arizona State University Prof. Bob Moore, Virginia Tech Prof. Joe DeSimone, Stanford Prof. Rayne Zhang, UC Berkeley SPE Energy Professionals Hiring Event
You are cordially invited to attend the Fall 2024 Energy Professionals Hiring Event hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers – Gulf Coast Section. This event strives to provide a platform for experienced upstream and energy professionals and industrial partners to create value for both sides The fall event for job seekers and employers is scheduled in-person on: Thursday, October 10, 2024 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Trini Mendenhall Community Center
Team USA Brings Home Medals at the 2024 International Chemistry Olympiad! Congratulations to Team USA for winning 3 gold & 1 silver medals at the 56th International Chemistry Olympiad hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Gold medalists
Silver medalist
See here for the complete announcement.
Pictured left to right: Yufei Chen, CA (gold medal and third place overall), Alice Liu, MO (gold medal), Anant Asthana, TX (silver medal), Yunyi Ling MD, (gold medal). Credit: Steve Lantos Excellence in HS Chemistry Teaching
Congratulations to Heather Burgess of James E. Taylor High School for receiving the ACS-GHS 2024 Award for Excellence in High School Chemistry Teaching! | ACS-GHS Awards: Call for Nominations Recognize your peers for their outstanding scholarship and service to the ACS-GHS and our chemical community by nominating them for an award!
Direct inquiries and submit nomination packets to acs-ghs@acs-ghs.org by the specified deadline. Upcoming events
Fall Pre-College Chemistry Teacher Gathering Summer seemed ever so brief this year, but the Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education and Associated Chemistry Teachers of Texas conference were awesome! We would love to hear about any chemistry professional development you participated in this summer. We also want to kick off this fall with a get together to share ideas, and best practices on the concepts YOU have questions about. We would love to interact more with the ACS-GHS community. If you are a chemist in the Greater Houston area interested in working with teachers and students, we'd love to have you join us. Saturday, September 28, 2024 9:00 - 11:30 am St. John's School, Room M202 2401 Claremont Lane, Houston 77019 (https://www.sjs.org/quicklinks/campus-map--directions) Mewbourne is building E. Enter Gate 1 on Claremont. There will be signs! Breakfast snacks and beverages beginning at 9:00 am, sharing and networking begin at 9:30 am. You CAN earn professional development hours at our meeting through our state Chemistry teachers organization, ACT2. Project SEED 2024 was a Success! This year's Project SEED had 9 students over 8 weeks this summer working in different labs and on a variety of projects. Our students were Donovan Miller-Brown, Brooke Daniels, Jeremiah Frasier, Tyler Kirby, Mackey Maddox, Aerial Miller, Raquel Nwosu, J’Lon Owens and Bralon Wilson.
Our mentors this year were Dr. Jakoah Brgoch (UH), Dr. Pieremanuele Canepa (UH), Dr. Melissa Zastrow (UH), Dr. Naihao Chiang (UH), Dr. Jeffrey Rimer (UH), Dr. David Thompson (Sam Houston State Univ.) and Dr. Shawn Liu from Houston Electron Microscopy. Other coaches working under our mentors were Nakyung Lee, Arslan Akbar, Dr. Wayne Fei, Lihan Fitz, Aashni Khurana, Aris Newton, Harshan Reddy Gopidi, Dr. Uyen Huynh, Oluwaferanmi (Loveth) Isinkaye, Amir Abutali, Sambita Choudhury and Edgar Turizo. This year Mrs. Carolyn Burnley who has coordinated the program at the local section for over 10 years passed the baton of leadership to Dr. Eme Abu. The transition was smooth and we hope to continue the good work in the coming years! We cannot run a successful program without the help and support of our mentors and coaches, the parents/families of these students, the local section and Project SEED at the National level, and for that we are grateful. We definitely had a blast! Learn more about the other Pre-College Awards presented at this event here! Amiee Modic Receives National Chemistry Teaching Award Congratulations to Amiee L. Modic for being named the recipient of the 2025 James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching by the American Chemical Society! The purpose of this award is to recognize, encourage, and stimulate outstanding teachers of high school chemistry in the United States, its possessions or territories, at the national level.
Amiee is a chemistry teacher at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart and an active member of the Greater Houston ACS section, serving on Education and Outreach committees (including NCW and CCEW), and promoting chemical education opportunities in the Greater Houston area and beyond. |
