Only for registrants of the ACS Fall 2021 at ACS.org
8/24 CME Lectures by Nobel Laureates
Ben Feringa
University of Groningen
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Robert Grubbs
Caltech
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Abstract
This two-day symposium is organized by CME and NASA with the principal sponsorship of the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry (POLY). This symposium is part of the five-day ACS Fall 2021 Meeting at the Atlanta Convention Center. Typical pre-COVID attendance of national meetings was more than 15,000. Over 2,400 STEM professionals and students have attended past CME NASA Symposiums from 2017 to 2019. The 2020 symposium was cancelled due to COVID.
The CME NASA STEM Symposiums focus on bringing together industry, academia, government and the public to enlarge and enhance the global STEM talent pool. It will feature the resiliency of science cutting-edge innovations in the chemical sciences to advance human space travel to the solar system and beyond, and translate them into new knowledge to improve the lives of people and make their dreams a reality. Two days packed with inspirational research, industry, jobs and new STEM career paths.
8/23 PMSE CME Students & Mentors
Austin Evans
CME Board Member
Assistant Professor University of Florida
Qi Zhang
University of Groningen
Honoree: ACS Outstanding International Student, Polymer Science & Engineering
Abstract
Co-organized by PMSE, and conceived and sponsored exclusively by CME, the original annual ACS Global Outstanding Student and Mentor Awards in Polymer Science and Engineering offers two student cash prizes of $7,500 each. The selection committee is conformed by the following eminent researches:
Professor Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Professor Takuzo Aida, Tokyo University, Japan
Professor Sarah Heishorn, Standford University, USA
Professor LaShanda Korley, University of Delaware, USA
Dr. Qinghuang Lin, Lam Research, USA
For information on nominations, go to: https://pmsedivision.org/global-outstanding-student-award/
New Jersey Dinner - Award Presentation
On August 28, 2021, an in-person award presentation was organized by CME to celebrate Austin Evans for his ACS Global Outstanding Student Award in Polymer Science and Engineering. An Award of Service was also presented to CME Co-Chair Ksenia Takhistova for her dedication as the only CME NASA Symposium presider on the ground at the ACS FALL 2021 meeting in Atlanta. Dinner attendees were:
Austin Evans, Columbia University Post Doc
Madelyn Evans, ExxonMobil Research
Ksenia Takhistova, CME Co-Chair, Technology and IP Attorney
Steve Barnett, CME Co-Chair, Connell Foley LLP Partner
George Rodriguez. CME STEM Programming
Robert Nolan, CME Treasurer, Doctoral Program Prof. at CUNY
Michael Jaffe, PMSE Past Chair, NJIT Professor, ex-Celanese
Anna Ivashko, I&EC Program Chair, ExxonMobil
Kate Yudd, Amazon Logistics
Benjamin Elling, Assistant Professor at Wesleyan
Shayan Louie, Post Doc Columbia
Gallery
Austin Evans holding the ACS Outstanding Global Student Award in Polymer Science & Engineering. The award was first presented digitally on 8/23/21.
Ksenia Takhistova receives from George Rodriguez and Steve Barnett the Award of Service for presiding in-person the CME NASA 2021 in Atlanta
2021: Enthusiastic celebration for Austin Evans Student Award in Polymer Science & Engineering and Ksenia Takhistova for the Award of Service. Symposium was online due to COVID.
From left: Anna Ivashko & Madelyn Evans (ExxonMobil), Austin Evans (Columbia), Benjamin Elling (Wesleyan) and Shayan Louie (Columbia)
CME Co-Chairs Ksenia Takhistova & Steve Barnett, STEM Program George Rodriguez, Awardee Austin Evans, CME Treasurer Bob Nolan and PMSE Past Chair Mike Jaffe
From left: George Rodriguez, Steve Barnett, Ksenia Takhistova, Austin Evans and Bob Nolan
A jovial toast at the festive meeting that recognized the achievements of Austin Evans and service of Ksenia Takhistova
CME Treasurer Bob Nolan with Honoree Austin Evans and his lovely wife Madelyn Evans
From left: Rodriguez, Takhistova, Ivashko, and the Evans at the entrance of Bistro 46 in Morristown
From left: Anna Ivashko, Madelyn Evans, Kate Yudd, Steve Barnett, George Rodriguez, Ksenia Takhistova, Austin Evans, Mike Jaffe, Bob Nolan, Ben Elling and Shayan Louie
Sr Advisor, Former Chief Scientist 2018 STEM Leadership Awardee for Propelling Science
Robert Kumpf
Deloitte
Managing Director
Judith Curry
Georgia Tech
Professor Emeritus School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Marilyn Brown
Georgia Tech
Interim Chair School of Public Policy
Ben Feringa
University of Groningen
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Robert Grubbs
Caltech
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
STEM Supporters
2021 Symposium Endorsements: Presidential Event (PRES) of 2021 ACS President H.N. Cheng. Technical Division Co-Sponsors to be announced. Thank you to the volunteers of Norwich University in Vermont.
Previous Symposium Endorsements: Presidential Event (PRES) of 2019 ACS President Bonnie Charpentier, 2020 ACS President Luis Echegoyen and ACS national meeting all-time record of 31 ACS Technical Division Co-Sponsors: AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, BIOT, BIOL, BMGT, CARB, CATL, CELL, CHAL, CHAS, CHED, CINF, COLL, COMP, ENFL, ENVR, FLUO, GEOC, HIST, INOR, I&EC, MEDI, NUCL, ORGN, PHYS, PMSE, POLY, PROF, SCHB, TOXI
Don't miss this fascinating Symposium. Reception to be held at Georgia Tech!
2019: CME NASA Lectures at the Orlando Convention Center Valencia Ballroom A. The symposium attracted 1,000 attendees and has the endorsement record of 31 ACS technical divisions.
Event Founder George Rodriguez and NASA Chief Scientist James Green co-organizers of CME NASA Symposiums.
2019: Symposium Reception. Nobel Laureate Frances Arnold (3rd from left), NASA Chief Scientist James Green (5th), four ACS Past Presidents, BASF Bioscience President under the Saturn V rocket.
2019: Dining under the 110 meter-long Saturn V replica, the largest rocket to leave the Earth's surface and allow Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon on July 20, 1969. Weight 3,000 mt.
