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Travel awards for female graduate/undergraduate students presenting
materials-related research are available.
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67th ACS Northwest Regional Meeting (NORM 2012)
JUNE 24-27, 2012
BOISE, IDAHO
BOISE CENTER ON THE GROVE

The 2012 Northwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (NORM 2012) will be co-located with the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division Meeting (2012 AAAS-PD). The co-located meetings will be held in Boise, Idaho at the Boise Centre on the Grove on June 24-27, 2012.

Below is a summary of the ACS NORM 2012 programming. AAAS-PD programming, special events and field trips are open to all NORM 2012 registrants. Visit the AAAS-PD website here for schedule, fee and payment information.

Abstracts (ACS Program and Abstract Creation System (PACS)

Plenary Speakers:

Dr. Charles (Butch) H. Atwood
University of Utah
“Using Item Response Theory to Improve Assessment and Learning in Large General Chemistry Classes”

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Dr. Thomas J. Greenbowe
Iowa State University
"The Importance of Hands-On Laboratory Work in Science Courses and Proper Role of Computer Simulations in the STEM Curriculum". (more)

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Dr. Seth R. Marder
Georgia Institute of Technology
“Recent Advances in pi-Functional Materials”

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Dr. Paul W.K. Rothemund
California Institute of Technology
“Beyond Watson and Crick: Chemistry of the Stacking Bond”

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Dr. Vern L. Schramm
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
“Enzymatic Transition States: Dynamics and Drugs”

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Dr. Marcy H. Towns
Purdue University
"Faculty Goals for Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratory"

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Symposia: (details)

• Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
• Nano-Biomaterials
• Advances in Functional Organic Materials
• Semiconductor Materials
• Non-Linear Optical Spectroscopy
• Chemistry of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
• Bioorganic Chemistry
• Progress in Disease Therapeutics
• New Strategies in Cancer Research
• Teaching for Critical Thinking and   
Problem Solving in STEM Courses
• Chemical Education
• Graduate School Recruitment Symposium
• Poster Session

General Sessions:

• Analytical
• Biochemistry
• Chemical Education
• Inorganic
• Organic
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Physical
• Materials/Materials Chemistry

Special Events: (details)

• Opening Night Dessert Reception
• Basque Cultural Dinner Reception
• 2012 ACS Awards Banquet
• Whitewater Rafting – Payette River
• Fly Fishing Clinic/Fishing Trip
• Micron Technology Plant Tours
• Basque Museum Tours
• ACS Career Services Workshops
• POGIL Workshop
• High School Teacher Program

Contact Information:

Co - General Chair: Eric Brown
ericbrown3@boisestate.edu

Co-General Chair: Owen McDougalowenmcdougal@boisestate.ed

Program Chair: Don Warner
dwarner@boisestate.edu

Exposition Chair: Marian DeWane
mdewane@uci.edu

Awards Chair: Karen Hammond
khammond@boisestate.edu