May 2010 Meeting
The three hundred and ninetieth meeting of the American Chemical Society Susquehanna Valley Section will be our Annual Awards Banquet and will be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2010. With the presentation of various local section awards, the Annual Awards Banquet recognizes both aspiring and accomplished chemistry professionals in the area who have helped to promote chemistry, the chemical professions, and the section. This year's meeting will begin at 5:45 p.m. at Monty's Dining Hall on the Upper Campus of Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. The speaker will be Ms. Ingrid Cole of Henkel US, located in Bridgewater, NJ. She will deliver a talk entitled "Applying a Foundation in Chemistry to a Career in Industrial Adhesives".Directions: see below.
Dinner: the event will be a buffet-style service with a selection of entrees, side dishes, salad and dessert. The cost will be $20. Please RSVP Rob Humphreys (bbhumphreys@hotmail.com) or phone 570.506.0435 by 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, 1 May 2010.
Applying a Foundation in Chemistry to a Career in Industrial Adhesives
There are endless opportunities and possible careers that build from a foundation of chemistry. Everything we touch and how it works can be explained through chemistry. It is the core science that helps us understand and develop new molecules. Choosing it as a career path opens the door to many opportunities across a broad range of industries including areas like pharmaceuticals, food science, plastics and polymer development, textiles, and forensics. One path is to apply a background in chemistry and material science to the world of adhesives. The use and chemistry of adhesives is diverse with high performance adhesives used in aerospace applications to front seal adhesives used on envelope closers. We are familiar with Elmer's glue used in crafts and the super glue use to repair household items but beyond that many people give little thought to where and how they are used. They are, in fact, a very integral and relevant part of the many things we come into contact with in our daily lives and can perform a key function in the products we use. This talk will explore the diversity of those applications and how a foundation in chemistry can be applied to a career in adhesives.
Ingrid Cole graduated from the University of Florida with a BS in Chemistry and a MS in Materials Science and Engineering. She started her career in 1992 at National Starch and Chemical as a product development chemist developing adhesives for packaging and converting applications. She has held a number of product development management roles supporting packaging, converting, tapes, labels, hygienics and construction markets. She holds several patents in the area of low application temperature adhesives. She is currently VP of Technical Solutions at Henkel in their Industrial Adhesives Business. This group's primary objective is to deliver value through products, service and process improvements at our customers as well as deliver efficiency and quality improvement in their manufacturing plants.
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY SERVICE AWARD: The Section established the Joseph Priestley Service Award to recognize outstanding community involvement and outreach activities within our section membership. Dr. Donald E. Mencer will be receiving the Joseph Priestley Service Award.
Directions to Monty's Dining Hall at Bloomsburg University (Upper Campus):
A map of the Bloomsburg University campus showing the location of Monty's Dining Hall on the Upper Campus (http://www.bloomu.edu/documents/conferences/services_map.pdf):
Bloomsburg University is within a one-hour drive from such cities as Hazleton, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, and Scranton; 1.5 hours from Harrisburg; 2 hours from the Lehigh Valley; 2.5 hours from Philadelphia; 3 hours from New York City and Baltimore; and four hours from Pittsburgh. If you are coming from . . .
- East of Bloomsburg: Use I-80 west to Exit 236A south.
- West of Bloomsburg: Use I-80 east to Exit 236 south.
- South of Bloomsburg: From Central Pennsylvania, take Routes 11 and 15 north.
- Southeast Pennsylvania: Take Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-476) to I-80 west (Pocono Exit) to Exit 236A south.
- North of Bloomsburg: From the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area, take I-81 south to I-80 west to Exit 236A south.
- The Williamsport area: Take I-180 south to I-80 east to Exit 236.
From Exit 236, take Route 487 south and follow signs to campus, approximately one mile.
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