Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy
Colorado School of Mines
July 15-22, 2014
Daily Schedule
All lectures will be held in Coolbaugh Hall, Room 209
Tuesday, July 15
7:00 PMOpening BBQ, Commons Area (Illinois Street between 14th and 15th Streets)
Wednesday, July 16
7:00-8:30 AMBreakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AMWelcome and Introductions
Green Chemistry: Principles and Practice
Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMGreening Fossil Fuels
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
12:30 PMLunch, Slate Café
1:30PMSustainable and Green Chemistry by Design
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMBiofuels
Mark Nimlos, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
5:30-7:00 PMDinner Slate Café
7:30 PMPoster Session I, Coolbaugh Hall Atrium
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Thursday, July 17
7:00-8:30 AMBreakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AMGreen Business Creation for Chemical Scientists
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMChoosing the Greenest Synthesis
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
12:30 PMLunch, Slate Café
1:30 PMEnergy Applications of Ionic Liquids
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMFuel Cells
Shyam Kocha, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
5:30-7:00 PMDinner, Slate Café
7:30 PMPoster Session II, Coolbaugh Hall Atrium
Friday, July 18
7:00-8:30 AMBreakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AMGreener Solvents
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMNanostructured Materials for Green Catalysis
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
12:30 PMLunch, Slate Café
1:30-3:00 PMGreen Business Creation for Chemical Scientists (Part 2)
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMGreenest Synthesis Group Work
5:30-7:00 PMDinner, Slate Café
7:30 PMLine Dancing
Student Center, Ballroom A
Saturday, July 19Rafting!
Sunday, July 20
7:00-8:30 AMBreakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AMGreenest Synthesis Reporting Out
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMGreening Your Research – Practical Tools You Can Use Now
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
12:30 PMLunch, Slate Café
1:30 PMGoing Green in the Organic Teaching Laboratory
Ken Doxsee, University of Oregon
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMACS Resources for Graduate and Postdoctoral Scholars
Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society
5:30-7:00 PMDinner, Slate Café
Monday, July 21
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Slate Café
9:00 AMWriting Competitive Research Grant Proposals
Dean Dunn, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMZen and the Art of Scientific Writing
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
12:30 PMLunch, Slate Café
1:30 PMFrackNation: Video and Discussion
3:30 PMEvaluations
7:00 PMClosing Dinner and Presentation of Certificates
ACS President Tom Barton
Student Center, Ballroom A
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