Volunteers needed Celebrate National Chemistry Week at Rockville Town Square Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:00 am to 2:00 pm The City of Rockville and Rockville Town Square are hosting a day of hands-on activities to teach students about the importance of chemistry, all in the name of National Chemistry Week […]
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***UPDATE*** Join the Department of Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office for an exciting opportunity to get up-close, learn more about and sit in the world’s first commercial hydrogen fuel cell cars. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy […]
Join us on Thursday, October 11th, for the Joint meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington (CSW) and Washington Chromatography Discussion Group (WCDG). Melissa M. Phillips, Research Chemist Chemical Sciences Division, Material Measurement Laboratory National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, will present a talk on “Application of Chromatography […]
The 50th Anniversary of Project SEED came to a close on August 25, 2018, with the annual Research Symposium. Eight Project SEED I students presented posters, while 2 Project SEED II students gave oral presentations. CSW members volunteered to judge the posters, and while the competition was quite tight, Mr. […]
Chemistry Day at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum 600 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560 Tuesday, October 23 (Mole Day!) 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (volunteer hours 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) ACS is taking over Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum for a full day of hands-on […]
The Chemical Society of Washington Local Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) is sponsoring an illustrated poem contest for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Contest Deadline: Monday, October 29, 2018 Prizes: The winning entry for each grade category will receive a chemistry tee shirt Contact: Kim Morehouse, […]
This Year’s National Chemistry Week theme is “Chemistry is out of this world!” focusing on astrochemistry. You will learn more about the chemistry of outer space in this year’s issue of Celebrating Chemistry. Outer space is mostly empty, with some objects such as planets, moons, stars, asteroids, and comets scattered […]
Join us on Thursday, May 10th for the May dinner meeting of the Chemical Society of Washington. Vernon R. Morris, Ph.D. Director, NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Director, Atmospheric Sciences Program Professor, Chemistry and Atmospheric Sciences “Physical Chemical Processes of Saharan Dust Aerosols During Their Atmospheric Life Cycle” […]
The CSW Education Committee along with the STEM ED Community Club at MC, co-hosted the ACS Live Webinar event on “OPIOIDS – Combating addiction with Chemistry”, on Tuesday Feb. 27, 2018 at Science West 301, Montgomery College, Rockville campus. The event was very successful with about 50 attendees. Students took […]
Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting NanoMARM Small Meeting Big Results A One Day Meeting for the Mid-Atlantic Region June 3, 2018 Lehigh University, Iaccoca Hall Bethlehem, PA Meeting Highlights General Poster Sessions: 12:00-2:00PM, and 2:00-4:00 PM Chemagination 12:00-4:30PM Oral Sessions 12:00-2:00PM, and 2:00-4:00PM Plenary Speaker: 4:00 PM Dr. Jenny Rampling, Assistant Professor, History […]