Business of Purification: Critical Challenges, Responsible Solutions
April 18-20, 2010
Annual Meeting Program
Chairs Meetings
Chemical Engineering Chairs Session
Eric W. Kaler, Stony Brook University
Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame
Alex Simonian, NSF
Sunday Evening
First Timers Reception - Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Reception Poster session
Buddy Dinners
Opening Session: What does it mean to be pure?
Hratch Semerjian for Willie May, Director, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, NIST
Purification in Green Chemistry Applications
Jennifer Young, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
Government Panel of Research & Development Funding Agencies
Discussion of Longer Term (5 year) directions for the agency within the new political and economic environment in the USA. Panelists include:
National Science Foundation
Tom Peterson, Assistant Director, Engineering Directorate
Janice Hicks, Executive Officer, Division of Chemistry
(Peterson and Hicks joint presentation)
Department of Energy
Eric A. Rohlfing, Div. Dir., Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences
Doug Kaempf, Director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Arun Majumdar, Director ARPA-E
National Institutes of Health
Miles Fabian, Program Dir., Nat'l Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Marc Stanley, Technology Innovation Program
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Ramkishan Rao, National Program Leader
Breakouts for Government Agencies
Lunch
Afternoon Session: Resource Extraction & Recovery and Recycling
Breakouts for Action Networks
Greaduate Education - Responsible Conduct in Research
Monday Evening - Networking Event
Morning Session: Pharma/Healthcare
Breakouts for Action Networks
Lunch and Business Meeting
Afternoon Session - Food Safety and Security
Panelists:
Breakout Sessions for Action Networks
Pruitt Award Dinner
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Annual Meeting Program Committee:
Chair – Terry Ring, University of Utah
Mark Benvenuto, University of Detroit Mercy
Christine Grant, North Carolina State University
Louis Graziano, The Dow Chemical Company
Charles Liotta, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ron Rousseau, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kelly Sullivan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matt Tarr, University of New Orleans