2023-2024 MEETINGS
Welcome to our 2023-2024 program year. While the situation may evolve, our current plan is a combination of in-person and virtual programs this year. We will host the virtual meetings through Zoom. We understand that many of you may no longer live in the Chicagoland area, but you are welcome to sign up for the Virtual meetings.
SEPTEMBER MEETING
Friday September 8 2023 (Virtual via Zoom)
Speaker: Dr. Monica Ganio, Getty Conservation Institute
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Title: Art of the Unknown: scientific research applied to cultural heritage
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OCTOBER MEETING
Friday October 6, 2023 (virtual via Zoom)
Speaker :Marianne Paguia Gonzalez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Title: My Career Journey: Instruments for the Space Station, Mars, and Beyond
NOVEMBER MEETING
November 3, 2023
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Speaker: Kris Falet Murphy
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Title: Mitigating Climate Change through Electrification Technology
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Location: St. Xavier University, Warde Academic Center
DECEMBER MEETING
December 8, 2023 Joint Meeting with ACS (Holiday Party)
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Speaker: Lilly D’Angelo, Ph.D. Founder and CEO of Global Food and Beverage Technology Associates
Title: Chemistry in the Food and Beverage Industry
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Location: Jameson’s Charhouse, 94 Stratford Drive, Bloomingdale, IL 60108
JANUARY MEETING
Janyary 5, 2024 Virtual meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Cheryl Harrison, Department of Ocean and Coastal Science and the Center for Computation and Technology at Louisiana State University
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Title: Ocean Impacts of Nuclear War
FEBRUARY MEETING
February 2, 2023 Virtual meeting via Zoom
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Speaker: Ryan Fortenberry, Associate Professor, University of Mississippi
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Title: The Alien Molecules of Space
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Feb. 24, 2024
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Speaker: Elena Shevchenko Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and James Frank Institute, University of Chicago
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Title: Self-Assembled Structures of Nanoparticles​
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Location: Lewis University
APRIL MEETING - INITIATION
April 6, 2024 Initiation
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Speaker: Jie Xu, Argonne National Laboratory
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Title: Empowering Polymer Innovation through Autonomous Laboratory (Polybot)
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Location: DePaul University (Lincoln Park Campus), Student Center, Room 314A, 2250 N Sheffield Ave, Chicago, IL 60614