Spring Luncheon Meeting

12 noon, Saturday, April 17, 2010
Camarillo Library Community Room
4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo

Featured Speaker

Dr. Joseph S. Francisco
President of the ACS
W.E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Purdue University

Speaking on

Designing Global Warming Friendly Molecules

Biography for Dr. Francisco

Flyer for this event can be found here

The cost for the event will be $20 per person, $10 for students.

A Greek Style Buffet Luncheon will be served.

For more info email us at calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu or call Simone Aloisio at805-437-8999.

This is due by Monday, April 12, 2010
Form to be used for Reservations can be found here.

Directions

 

ACS Tour Speaker

Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 7:30pm

The talk is open to the general public. No reservations are required.

Dr. Thomas Parliment

Will be speaking on

“A Chemist’s View of Food Aromas”

at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden Oak Glen Pavilion

 

The aromas of food products are quite complex with typically hundreds of volatile components present. This talk will discuss the thermal as well as biochemical origin of compounds found in aromas and will explore the contribution of these chemicals to the overall character of the food. Examples of characterizing aroma chemicals in foods will be presented. The aromatic composition of selected foods will be discussed in detail and used to demonstrate how aroma research is conducted.

Dr. Parliment received a BS degree in Chemistry from Lehigh University and a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Massachusetts. In his career at Kraft Foods, he studied the aromatic composition of numerous foods such as meat, coffee, baked goods, seafood, fruits, and he has more than 20 US patents and numerous publications in these and related areas. He is a member of a number of professional societies, including the American Chemical Society (ACS), Sigma Xi and the New York Institute of Food Technology. He is currently a consultant to the flavor industry.

Tom is past chairman of the New York Chromatography Society, the Flavor Subdivision of the ACS, and the Rockland Chemical Society. He is the co-organizer of four national American Chemical Society Symposia, covering biologically and thermally derived aromas. He has co-edited six flavor-related books.

 

Dessert and Coffee will be served and a donation of $5 will be collected at the door.

The talk is aimed at a general audience and should be rewarding for students and laypeople as well as professional scientists.

For more information email calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu, or call James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252.
Directions to the SLO Botanical Garden can be found at

A Tour of Veeco Instruments, Inc.

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Thursday,October 7, 2010

112 Robin Hill Road
Goleta, California

Veeco provides the tools to make,measure, and visualize today’s world-changing technologies. Veeco is in the business of LED and solar process equipment, data storage process equipment, and metrology instrumentation. In 1998 Veeco bought Digital Instruments, a company founded by UC Santa Barbara Professor Virgil Elings, and that acquisition became Veeco’s Goleta-based Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)business. Veeco is a leading provider of AFMs, scanning probe microscopes (SPMs) and fast 3D optical microscopes to the research and industrial community

Refreshments will be served.

The cost for the event is $5 per person.

Space is limited. Attendees must be pre-registered by Monday, October 4, 2010.

Please bring valid ID with you for check-in.

Veeco requests that all attendees list their professional affiliation.

If you have questions, please call James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252.

Directions

Flyer

Form to be used for registering for the tour.

Celebrate Mole Day

The Annual Fall Luncheon Student Event and Recognition of 50-Year Members

12 Noon,Saturday, October 23, 2010
Winter Hall for Science and Mathematics, Room 210
Westmont College
955 La Paz Road
Santa Barbara, CA

(directions on this link

 

The Featured Speaker will be

 Dr.Peter F. Rusch
Chair of the ACS Committee on Nomenclature, Terminology and Symbols

Speaking on

Redefining the Kilogram

Implications for Avogadro’s Number and the Mole

Several decades ago it was proposed that all of the SI Base Units be defined on “invariants of nature.”

The first of these redefinitions was the meter whose definition was based on the defined speed of light. Next came the second whose definition was based on the defined hyperfine splitting of the ¹³³Cs atom.

Presently,the kilogram is defined as the mass of a century-old Pt-Ir alloy cylinder stored under vacuum in a vault near Paris. Periodic comparisons with secondary standards show that over time each of them is either gaining or losing mass. This talk will deal with current efforts to base the definition of the kilogram on some invariant of nature, eliminating the platinum artifact that serves as a mass standard. Implications for Avogadro’s number, and the definition of the mole will also be explored.

Dr. Rusch received his B.S. in 1965 from Southern Methodist University and his M.S. in 1966. He received the Ph.D. in 1971 from the University of Texas at Aus tin. He is currently an electronic information consultant and, from 1975 to 1995, he held various positions with DIALOG Information and Technical Services,Inc.From 1973 to 1975, he was with the Chemical Abstracts Service as an Information Scientist. Dr. Rusch has served in various committees and offices for the National ACS, the Division of Chemical Information, and the Santa Clara Valley Section. He currently serves as Chair for the ACS Nomenclature,Terminology and Symbols Committee.

Dr. Rusch, Dr. Hagen and Dr. Censullo

The cost for the event will be $15 per person, $5 for students.

Members of more than 50 years in ACS are invited to attend at a discounted rate of $5 per person.

A light luncheon of Sandwiches and Salads will be served

Return the form by Monday, October 18, 2010

Flyer can be found here.

For more informatione mailcalpacs@chem.ucsb.edu or call James Pavlovich at 805-893-4252

The Annual CALPSACS Holiday Wine Tasting

12:30 pm Saturday, December 4, 2010
Firestone Vineyard And Winery
5000 Zaca Station Road
Los Olivos CA

Web page for Firestone Winery

Pictures

The cost for the event will be $15 per person

Food will be served including an assortment of gourmet cheeses and soups.

reservation form can be found at the link and it is due by Wednesday,December 1st.

The Flyer is available at this link.

Student Welcome Event

Saturday,January 30, 2010

Noon to 3 pm

at the Elephant Bar in Goleta.

All undergraduate students working toward a degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering are invited to attend this event for FREE

The cost for non-students will be $20 per person, or $10 for grad students (and non majors).

The event will include Lunch (a Fajita Bar, soft drinks and dessert).

The American Chemical Society by-laws have recently been amended to allow undergraduates to join the society as members. The California Los Padres Section would, therefore, like to take an opportunity to welcome these new potential members to join us at this section event as our guests.

The afternoon program will feature speaker

James L. Roberts

Firearm Toolmark Examiner

Ventura County Sheriff’s Lab

speaking on

“Instrumental Analysis in the Ventura County Sheriff’s Forensic Science Laboratory”

Reserve your seat early as space is limited. Undergrads may make reservations directly by email to calpacs@chem.ucsb.edu.
Please indicate your Name, School and Major.
 

For others who want to attend, please fill out the form and return with payment to Dr. Pavlovich at UCSB by Saturday, January 23, 2010.

Directions to the Elephant Bar

The Annual CALPSACS Holiday Wine Tasting

Laetitia Vineyard andWinery

For more information on the Laetitia Vineyard and Winery: Winery

453 Laetitia Vineyard Drive

Arroyo Grande, CA 9

12:30 pm Saturday,December 6, 2008

See pictures from the event here

 

The cost for the event will be $10 per person

Food will be served including an assortment of gourmet cheeses and soups.

Please return the form with your check by Wednesday,December 3, 2008.

Flyer can be seen by following this link

 

Directions