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Our Mission: To provide support to local chemists in their professional development and in their efforts to encourage the advancement of local chemical enterprises.

• Approx. 2300 members in MN Chapter
• Monthly Meetings: Often 2nd Tuesday of month, September – June
• Dinner and Presentation by Invited Speaker 6-8 pm ($10-$15 for dinner)

Minnesota Local Section of the American Chemical Society

Serving chemists, educators, industry and the public in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Check WEBSITE: mnacs.sites.acs.org each month to sign up for meetings

Upcoming Programming – 2019

Date Topic Location April 11th 2019 Tour of Land O’ Lakes Innovation Center River Falls WI May 2019 Awards Dinner TBD June Summer Social TBD September 12th MN-ACS career fair sponsored by National ACS

• St. Catherine University

October Technical Meeting TBD November Technical Meeting TBD December Holiday Social TBD

Student Outreach Affiliate Membership

• Teachers impacted: 5,642 across 240 Camps
• Students impacted: 9,963 across 239 Camps
• “Materials Science” now offered in ~150 High Schools

ASM International is the world’s largest association of metals-centric materials engineers and scientists. Dedicated to informing, educating and connecting the materials community. Founded in 1913. 30,000 members WHO

ASM International is the world’s largest association of metals- focused materials engineers, scientists, technicians, educators, and students.

WHAT

A member based organization, ASM International serves as a central resource that gathers the latest applied information from the field and disseminates it back to industry, academia, and government.

HOW

ASM International fuels a passionate sense of community, energizes members to aspire to new levels of success and satisfaction and advances the development of materials.

The

ASM MN Chapter 2018/2019 Program

Meeting Date Topic Speaker Meeting Location

Wednesday September 19th Tour of MTS Kevin Jones MTS Systems 14000 Technology DR Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Wednesday October 10th Student - Industry Networking Event Associate Prof. Nathan Mara University of Minnesota U of M Amundson Hall Minneapolis, MN Wednesday November 14th Electrochromic Glass For Energy-Efficient Windows

• Dr. Jean-Christophe Giron

Sage Glass Green Mill Plymouth, MN Wednesday December 5th Annual December Social “Fire Investigation and Fire Safety” Robert Whitemore Whitemore Fire Consultants Green Mill Plymouth, MN Wednesday January 16th Chemical Analysis of Materials Using Confocal Raman Microscopy and Microspectroscopy

• Dr. Eric Smolensky

Ebatco Green Mill Plymouth, MN Wednesday February 20st Annual Full Day Symposium “New Materials and Processing Technologies” Various Speakers / Professional

• Dev. Hours Cert. Available (5)

Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, MN Thursday March 7th Annual Minnesota Technical Symposium– Advances in 3D Printing Introduction to 3D Printing– Amy Sissala 3D Printing Functional Materials and Devices– Dr. Micheal McAlpine Ecolab Schuman Campus, Ecocafe Eagan, MN Wednesday April 17th Past Chair Night / Scholarships / Membership Awards ASM Trustee Dr. John Wolodko University of Alberta Green Mill Plymouth, MN Wednesday May 15th Tap Room Tour (Joint event with AFS) N/A Tap Room TBD

ASM MN Chapter Board

• Joe Hirvela-Chair
• Lisa Swartz-Vice Chair
• Mark Baker-Secretary
• Kurt Schenk-Treasurer
• Dehua Yang
• Warren Solom
• Margaret Flury
• Michael Bissen
• Tom Steigauf
• Russell Holmes
• Farida Kasumzade
• Steve Axdal
• Mark Weiss
• Devin Williamson
• Pankaj Gupta-Past Chair

Special Thanks to Joy Clifford

The Minnesota Chapter of ASM International will note its 100th anniversary in 2019!

MINNESOTA CHAPTER AVS

AVS.ORG

• 80+ members from local universities and industries
• AVS members and non-members invited to all events

Advancing the Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing in the North Star State and Surrounding Regions

https://www.avs.org/chapters/minnesota

Contact: Sachin Attavar(sachin_attavar @avs.org)

Date Description April Chapter meeting (3-4/year) with dinner and discussion of state-of-the-art surface analysis and surface modification March 31 AVS Awards nomination deadline May 1 Abstract deadline, AVS 66th Int’l Symposium & Exhibition in Columbus, OH May Short courses at Normandale College, Bloomington September MN-AVS Symposium (speakers, dinner, poster contest) October Sponsorship for local high school teacher to attend Science Educators Workshop at AVS Int’l Symposium in Columbus, OH

LinkedIn: “MN-AVS”

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Share your love of STEM with Minnesota’s best and brightest students! MAS needs hundreds of volunteers to judge papers and science projects -- and serve in other roles -- at these upcoming statewide STEM competitions. Regional Junior Science & Humanities Symposium March 23, 2019, University of Northwestern - St. Paul MN State Science & Engineering Fair March 30-31, 2019, Earle Brown Heritage Center Learn more.

www.mnmas.org

Join us May 3rd at our Annual Spring Symposium

• Minnesota Science Museum, St. Paul
• 7:30 a.m. –4:00 p.m.
• Topic: Non-Traditional and Emerging Microscopy Techniques
• Electron Beam-Sample Interactions
• Ion Beam Microscopy
• AFM-IR Spectroscopy
• High-Resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
• Atom Probe Technology

MINNESOTA MICROSCOPY SOCIETY

Celebrating 52 Years at 10,000x!

Founded in 1967, the Minnesota Microscopy Society (MMS)

• rganization is dedicated to the advancement of scientific

knowledge of microscopy imaging and analysis techniques. We are professionals, teachers, students, and amateurs interested in all types and applications of microscopy. For more information visit

• ur website @

www.mnmicroscopy.org

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Benefits

Join us in influencing the future development of:

• Display technologies and products
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Conferences

• Display Week:The SID International Symposium Seminar & Exposition
• International Display Research Conference
• International Display Workshops
• Many regional conferences, seminars, workshops

DISPLAY WEEK 2019, San Jose CA Convention Center May 12-17