Category: Conference
Assessing and Enhancing the Impact of R&D in the U.S. Chemical Sciences Workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and The Council for Chemical Research, was held in Arlington, VA on November 16 & 17, 2009. The workshop brought together academic scholars and industry experts to discuss the state of knowledge about the impact of science R&D in the United States, focusing on chemical sciences and related industries. View the meeting agenda.
Speakers
Roger G. Harrison, PhD has 34 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has worked as a senior consultant with Plexus Ventures, LLC since January 2005. Prior to that he was CEO and President of Antares Pharma Inc. Most of his career, from 1972 to 2001, was spent with Eli Lilly and Company where he had leadership roles in research, product development, project management, regulatory affairs, and alliance management. Additionally he serves on the board of three companies, operating as chairperson for two of these. He has a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Leeds and postdoctoral experience at the University of Zurich.
Mark Matlock is Sr. VP for the ADM Research Division. He joined ADM as an analytical chemist and has held positions as manager of process development, laboratory manager of ADM BioProducts, director of food application, and vice president of business development. He received a BS in Chemistry from Millikin University and MS in Polymer Chemistry from the University of Akron. He is author or co-author of seven U.S. patents, two of which relate to an analytical instrument (OSI) that measures the oxidative stability of vegetable oils. He managed research that led to the introduction of trans free fats for margarines and shortenings via a novel enzymatic rearrangement technology.
Breakfast on your own
Beignets cannot be mass-produced, so dine in the hotel or take a quick 10 minute walk down to Café du Monde (800 Decatur St) for a real New Orleans Breakfast. (A hotel breakfast will be served to those going on the Habitat for Humanity work group.)
Free Time in New Orleans
- Habitat for Humanity
Here is an opportunity to take a small part in the rebuilding of NOLA. No skills or talent required – you will be shown what to do and provided with the proper tools. Companions definitely welcome – everyone must be at least 16 years of age. Get a little exercise after sitting in sessions Sunday and Monday – work up an appetite for the Pruitt banquet. Box lunches will be provided. You will be back in time for the 4:00 p.m. afternoon session.
- The World War II National Museum
Founded in 1990 by Historian Stephen Ambrose, the museum opened in 2000. It provides a comprehensive view of all fronts, and houses a world famous collection of World War II artifacts. The museum is a 12 block walk from the hotel, so collect a few friends and pay a self guided visit to the museum – entry fee $14 per person.
- Jean Lafitte Park Tour
The Barataria Preserve (in Marrero) interprets the natural and cultural history of the uplands, swamps, and marshlands of the region. Take a ranger – led tour and look for exotic plants and critters of all kinds.
Networking
Lunch on your own
Presentations on Sustainable Feedstocks Ballroom
Managing Successful Sustainable Feedstock Collaborations Ballroom
Chair: Wayne Ranbom (ARKEMA, Inc)
Plenary speakers will provide perspective on:
Creating Sustainable Feedstock Collaborations
Chair: K.T. Valsaraj (Louisiana State University)
Plenary speakers will provide perspective on collaborative research on biofeed-stocks, experience
with such efforts, and the engineering aspects of biofuel
production.
- Innovation and Sustainability: Nance Dicciani (CEO, Honeywell Specialty Materials)
- A Heartland View of Collaborative Research in Biorenewables: Brent Shanks (Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University)
- Experentia Docet: Lessons Learned: Tyler Thompson (Research Partnership Leader, The Dow Chemical Company)
- Catalytic Production of Liquid Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass-derived Oxygenated
- Hydrocarbons: James Dumesic (Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Wisconsin)
Breakout Sessions
1. Assembling [Creating] Collaborations
Leader: Dady Dadyburjor (RC-AN)
This breakout session will discuss best practices for finding collaboration partners and negotiating the deal. Tapping into the experience base of all three CCR sectors, participants will share strategies and approaches that have worked for them. The goal is to enable participants to move rapidly and successfully from identifying the need to collaborate to establishing the collaboration.
2.a. Development of a Longitudinal Survey for Chemistry Graduate Education
Leaders: Rommie Amaro, Charles Manke, William Olbricht (GE-AN)
The goal of this breakout session is to identify a set of overarching topics and questions about chemistry graduate education that would be of interest to departments nationwide. The Graduate Education Action Network will develop and distribute a longitudinal survey based on the outcomes of the discussion.
Reps' Workshop: Building Strong Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Departments through Effective Leadership
This short course will focus on how department chairs can be effective change agents in their departments and institutions, with a particular focus on making progress in increasing the gender diversity of our faculty, building on the goals identified in the Gender Equity Workshop for Chemistry Department Chairs that was held in January 2006. Facilitators: Barbara Butterfield (Chief Human Resource Officer for Academic and Staff Human Resources and Affirmative Action, University of Michigan) and Jane Tucker (Senior Manager, Sap - Administration Systems Management Group, Duke University)
Reps' Meetings
- Chemistry (led by Paul Hopkins, Univ. of Washington & Matthew Sanders,
University of Wisconsin)
- Chemical Engineering (led by Mark McCready, University of Notre Dame)
- Industry (led by Susan Butts, Dow Chemical Co.)
- Government Labs (led by Ellyn Beary, NIST)
Impact of Katrina on New Orleans
Special technical presentation of the environmental impacts of Hurricane Katrina by Prof. Steve Nelson (Chair, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univ.)
First Timers Reception
- 7:30 am REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
Location: Arch View Foyer
- 7:30-8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Location: Gateway 1 and 2
- 8:30-10:30 am Plenary Session 3: GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
Chair: Jose Bravo, Shell Global Solutions (U.S.) Inc.
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
This session will discuss how industry, government, and academia can improve their success in the face of strong competition from overseas counterparts, and how these “three pillars” of chemical science and engineering can work together to achieve their goals.
- 8:30 am Globalization and Competitiveness - The Sigma-Aldrich Perspective
Jai Nagarkatti, Chief Executive Officer of Sigma-Aldrich
- 9:15 am Dupont - Science and Technology Partnering
Pat. N. Confalone, Vice President, Global R&D, Crop Protection, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
- 9:45 am Point - Counterpoint: Intellectual Property (IP) Issues in University-Industry Research Partnerships
“Industry Perspectives” - Susan B. Butts, Senior Director, External Technology, The Dow Chemical Company
“University Perspectives” - Marc Donohue, Vice Dean for Research, Johns Hopkins University
- 10:30-10:45 am BREAK
Location: Arch View Foyer
- 10:45-11:45 am Breakout 1 - GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
- 7:30 am CCR REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
Location: Arch View Foyer
- 7:30-8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Location: Gateway 1 and 2
- 8:30 am WELCOME AND CCR ACCOMPLISHMENT UPDATE
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
- 9:00-11:00 am Plenary Session 1: GLOBALIZATION OVERVIEW
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
Chair: John McDermott, GE Global Research
This session will present a “30,000 foot” overview of how chemical sciences and engineering is changing in today’s global economy. The speakers will be scientists and science policy makers who have played significant roles at the national and international level.
- 9:00 am Necessary Transformations: Research and Education for a Small World
Arden Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation
- 9:30 am Integrating the Physical and Mathematical Sciences with the Biological and Health Sciences to Advance Biomedical Understanding
William J. Heetderks, Director Extramural Science Programs, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
- 10:00 am Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives
Robert Langer, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the 2006 National Medal of Science
- 10:30-10:45 am BREAK
Location: Arch View Foyer
- 10:45-11:45 am PANEL DISCUSSION
- 12:00-1:00 pm LUNCH
Location: Gateway 1 and 2
- 8:30am - CCR REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
Location: Arch View Foyer
- 9:00am-5:00pm PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Location: Grand Ballroom , Salon E
Facilitators: Nancy Houfek and Lee Warren
This workshop helps graduate students be more effective in advancing their Salon E careers. Topics include theatre concepts of expression and communication, personal strategic behavior concepts, participant stories of ineffective moments in meetings and/or negotiations, role paying of 1-3 stories chosen to illustrate and common theme among group stories. The stories, which are chosen to speak to the larger needs of all, will be played, coached and replayed with new behaviors in place. Topics commonly include relationship to advisor, getting recommendations, getting along in the lab, interviewing for jobs, dissertation defense, balancing personal life, and teaching skills. More information about COACh can be found at: http://coach.uoregon.edu. The CCR Annual Meeting organization committee is working with Dr. Geraldine Richmond, COACh Chair to develop the workshops for the Annual Meetings.
- 9:00am-3:00pm LEADERSHIP SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR NEW FACULTY CHAIRS, INSTITUTE AND CENTER DIRECTORS
Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon F
Facilitators: Barbara Butterfield, Jane Tucker and Hilary Godwin
The14th NIChE (New Industrial Chemistry and Engineering) Conference on Micro-Reactor Technologies: A Critical Tool for Process Optimization and Intensification was held at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD on September 21-23, 2009 . This meeting was conducted in workshop style and focused on the technological advances and applications of micro-reactors. World-leading experts from both the U.S. and overseas participated - view the meeting agenda and presentations.
