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May Detroit Section ACS Meeting Joint with the Canadian Society for Chemistry

International Awards Banquet Sponsored by the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry

(POLY)

When: Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Where: Sinbads Restaurant and Marina 100 St. Clair Detroit, MI 48214 (313) 822-8000 http://sindbads.com/

Time: 5 – 6 pm Cash Bar Mixer 6 – 7 pm Dinner 7 – 9 pm Awards & Presentation

Topic : “Polyurethane: The Versatile Polymer” by Michael Praw Technical Manager, BASF Corporation in Wyandotte, Mi

RSVP: By Tuesday, May 15th to Denise Grimsley

At denise.grimsley@basf.com or (734) 324-6539

This year, the Detroit Section of the American Chemical Society will be hosting our colleagues from the Chemical Institute of Canada (Canadian Society for Chemistry) on the U.S. side of the river. On May 22th, we will honor students, volunteers and members at Sinbads Restaurant and Marina in downtown Detroit (see address and website link above). We will recognize Chemical Institute of Canada Student Awards and Prizes and ACS 50, 60 and 70 year Mem-bers, Volunteers, Salutes to Excellence Award Recipients, Volunteer of the Year Award Recipi-ent, Section Distinguished Service Award Recipient, and Undergraduate Student Awards. The POLY Division of the ACS is a sponsor of the event, and Dr. Kevin Cavicchi, Associate Dean of the Department of Polymer Engineering from the University of Akron, will be on hand with information. The evening will include a cash bar from 5 ‑ 9 pm, dinner, awards, and a presen-tation. The cost of dinner will be $20 US funds or $20 CAN funds, payable by cash or check at the banquet. Guest of Sinbads are required to use the valet parking onsite (optional gratuity upon leaving).

Published by the Detroit Section, ACS

May 2018 Vol. 107, No. 3

James M Landis, Jr., Acting-Editor

jim.landis@GT.org Phone: 248-528-3612

The Detroit Chemist

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American Chemical Society – Detroit Local Section – Younger Chemists Committee Presents:

Brewing Chemistry is a monthly lectures series. These informal talks are designed to make science fun and accessible for all. The lectures take place at 7 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month at:

Traffic Jam & Snug, 511 West Canfield Street, Detroit, MI 48201

There is no admission charge, and free parking is available.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018 at 7 PM

Improved Instrument Robustness via a Hot Surface Induced Desolvation (HSID) Interface for Tandem Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation: cannabis, pesticides

and veterinary drug residue analysis

Presented by:

Frank A. Kero, Ph.D., PerkinElmer Environmental Health, Downers Grove, IL

The emergence of liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) as a gold standard analyti-

cal platform for quantitative method development in high throughput toxicology, environmental surveillance

and food safety laboratories has been well documented. Recent trends in practical considerations for im-

provements towards laboratory implementation focus on reduced downtime to facilitate testing methods

for large sample populations. This talk will report on related strategies with a special focus on a dual spray

ionization apparatus equipped with a heated coaxial flow ion source. The result yields a path for ion intro-

duction into the orifice of the mass spectrometer using multi-orthogonal channels and laminar flow sam-

pling. The advantages for this platform include high sensitivity due to an inherent reduction in chemical back-

ground (i.e. S/N, reduced N). Instrument ruggedness and stability are also improved due to orthogonal sam-

pling and laminar flow. The laminar flow phenomenon is achieved by a combination of the influences of gas

flow dynamics and electric fields. Ions are orthogonally extracted at atmospheric pressure and focused

through a series of channels and turns entrained in a hot laminar flow of gas (different than traditional mass

spectrometry instrumentation). Efficient desolvation is accomplished as a result of sequential energy transfer

events. The flow of gas evolves through multiple transitions beginning with supersonic transitioning to shock

cascading to turbulent and decreasing to laminar flow. The reduction in the speed of ion transmission is im-

portant to maintaining the sensitivity advantages of this interface. Applications will demonstrate improved

performance for residue analysis (pesticide, antibiotics, vet med drugs) in food and biological matrices.

Feel free to join us before the talk at 6:00 PM for a dutch-treat dinner. For more information, contact Meghann at 313.993.1259 or meghann@brewingchemistry.com

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NOMINATIONS FOR 2019 SECTION OFFICERS

AND COUNCILORS

The Section's Nominating Committee has selected a slate of candidates to run for

the Detroit Local Section 2019 officer election. Councilors and Alternate Councilors

serve three year terms. Nominations may also be made by petition. Section mem-

bers interested in running for an office can submit a Petition to the Section Secretary

stating the office for which they wish to run. The Petition must be endorsed by 1% of

the Section Membership (13 members) and sent to the Section Chair, Megan Klein,

postmarked on or before July 31, 2014. For more information or for help in obtaining

the necessary endorsements, email the Section Chair, Denise Grimsley:

denise.grimsley@basf.com

SLATE OF NOMINEES FOR FALL 2019 ELECTION

Chair: Denise Grimsley (current Chair)

Chair-Elect: Shannon Timmons

Secretary: Matt Smith

Treasurer: Amy Hamlin

Councilor: Mary Kay Heidtke

Alternate Councilor: Meghann Murray

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The Glass City Chemistry Conference will feature oral presentations, poster sessions, student sessions, and social events with a wide variety of symposia topics reflecting the diverse professional interests of the geo-graphic region.

Call for Abstracts

The ACS Meeting Abstracts Programming System (MAPS) is now open to receive your abstracts for The 2018 Glass City Chemistry Conference. Abstract submission closes May 25.

Registration Now Open

The 2018 Glass City Chemistry Conference will be held June 14-16 at the University of Toledo. Join us for a variety of technical sessions and networking opportunities in the Central Region.

Early registration is now open. Register today!

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2018 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad

Detroit Local Section Competition On Thursday, March 22, 190 students representing 25 area high schools descended upon the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus for the Local Section exam for the US National Chemistry Olympiad. The two-hour exam is the first step in the process of selecting the four-person team to represent the United States in the International Chemistry Olympiad, to be held this year in Bratislava, Slovakia and Prague, Czech Republic. The challenging exam consists of seventy multiple-choice questions and a free response question to break ties. While the students were completing the exam, their teachers attended a meeting sponsored by SEMCTO and the Section’s Education Committee. Special thanks are due to Kathyl KItzmann and Katelyn Cottone (Farmington for organizing the SEMCTO meeting and to Prof. Christos Constanides (UM-Dearborn) for providing the solution to the free-response question following the exam.

The top twelve students on the Local Section exam were selected as Nominees of the Detroit Section; the next nine students were named as Runners-up. Through the generosity of the Detroit Section the Nominees received cash priz-es of $150 and the Runners-up received $75. The complete list of Nominees and Runners-up appears below. Novi High School (Rand Helmkamp, Chemistry teacher) was recognized with the 2018 Olympiad Achievement Award for having compiled the highest average score on the Local Section exam.

The Nominees returned to UM-Dearborn on April 19 to sit for the National Exam. The grueling National Exam includes a multiple-choice portion, free response questions, and two laboratory problems. Following the exam, the Nominees, their families and teachers enjoyed the annual Awards Dinner. The dinner featured a timely presentation by Vikram Shende of the University of Michigan on the characterization of NasB, a biosynthetic cytochrome P450. From the more than one thousand persons nationwide who completed the National Exam, twenty will be chosen to attend the Olympiad Study Camp in Colorado Springs. Results on the National Exam were not available at press time.

The Chemistry Olympiad program is organized locally by Dr. Mark DeCamp, with the assistance of faculty colleagues at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and the Section's Education Committee.

NOMINEES

Name Hometown High School Teacher

Arav Agarwal Rochester Hills Int’l Academy-B’field Hills Megan Phillips

Claudia Chen Canton Salem High School Scott Milam

Timon Lwo Novi Northville High School Tom Silak

Saaz Malhotra Northville Northville High School Tom Silak

Vishal Nayak Canton Canton High School Derek Kendall

Yajvan Ravan Westland Churchill High School Robert Upton

Roei Schlagman West Bloomfield West Bloomfield H.S. Mervet Ismail

Michael Song Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Sahil Suneja Novi Detroit Country Day Marc Drougel

Matthew Wang # Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Maxwell Weng ## Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

Robert Xu ## Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

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RUNNERS-UP

Name Hometown High School Teacher

Aniket Dagar + Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Ashwat Dhamotharan Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

Srihari Ganesh + Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

Runxuan Jiang Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Vibha Makam Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

Haotian Shen * Cranbrook Kingswood Stephanie Kokoszka

Pratham Soni Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Chittesh Thavamani ++ Troy Troy High School Bill Hevel

Linda Weng Novi Novi High School Rand Helmkamp

## Nominee 2015, 2016, 2017

# Nominee 2017

++ Runner-up 2016, 2017

+ Runner-up 2017

* Not a US citizen. Ineligible to take the National Exam

National Rule #4: No more than two students per teacher or per high school may be nominated to take the National Exam.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS (25)

Adams High School

Annapolis High School

Athens High School

Auburn Hills Christian School

Bloomfield Hills High School

Brighton High School

Canton High School

Churchill High School

Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School

Crestwood High School

Detroit Country Day School

Grosse Pointe North High School

Howell High School

International Academy-Bloomfield Hills

International Academy-East

Northville High School

Novi High School

Oxford High School

Plymouth High School

Port Huron Northern High School

Salem High School

Troy High School

Univ. of Detroit Jesuit High School

Walled Lake Central High School

West Bloomfield High School

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Tutors Needed

Tutors needed to tutor chemistry, math and biology. Tutors make 30 dollars an hour working one on one

with their students. Positions are part-time. Tutors schedule their own appointments and work out of public

libraries.

A college degree is required.

Interested Parties Should Contact:

Janet Rosen, Ph.D.

Learningplusonline.com

"Where Students Learn to Think"

Phone: 248-626-1980

Page Topic

1 International Awards Banquet

2 May Brewing Chemistry

3 Nominations for 2019 Section Officers and Councilors

4 Glass City Chemistry Conference

5-6 2018 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad

7 Tutors Needed

7 Table of Articles

8 Events Calendar

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Events Calendar

Date Time Arranging

Group Program Presenter Location

5/8/18

Dinner 6:30 pm, Meeting 7:00 pm

Section Executive Committee

Open Section Executive Meeting Denise Grimsley, Chair

University of Detroit-Mercy,

Chemistry Building Rm C

104

15 May Dinner 6 pm, Talk 7 pm

Brewing Chemistry

Improved Instrument Robustness via a Hot Surface Induced Desolvation (HSID) Interface for Tandem Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation: canna-bis, pesticides and veterinary drug res-idue analysis

Frank A. Kero Traffic Jam and Snug, Detroit, MI

May 22 Dinner 6 pm, Talk 7 pm

Windsor-CIC/Detroit ACS Sec-tions

Polyurethane: The Versatile Polymer Mike Praw Sinbads, Detroit, MI

June 14 - 16

Toledo Sec-tion Chem-istry Confer-ence

Glass City Chemistry Conference Various University of Toledo

TBA* is "To Be Announced", See future issues of the Detroit Chemist for details.