2015 Saint Louis Award Symposium: program is set

The speakers have been lined up, the venue set, talks titled. The Saint Louis Award Symposium—Friday, October 16th—will feature a who’s-who of rising local and national material scientists. Come for the science; come back for the banquet.

Materials Science comes to St. Louis

honoring Sophia Hayes Department of Chemistry, Washington University 2015 Saint Louis Award winner

Louderman Hall 458, Washington University Danforth Campus (see venue information below)

1:15pm — Dr. Pegah Jalili, Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (Chair, Saint Louis Section–ACS) Welcome and general introductions

1:20pm — Dr. William E. Buhro, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Washington University (Symposium Chair) Introduction and Salute to Dr. Hayes

1:25pm — Dr. Sophia Hayes, Department of Chemistry, Washington University (Saint Louis awardee) A few words about the slate of speakers

1:30pm — Dr. Douglas A. Keszler, Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University Clusters, Films, and Nanopatterns: Contributing to a Sustainable Planet

2:30pm — Dr. Eric H. Majzoub, Department of Physics, University of Missouri–Saint Louis Functionalized Mesoporous Carbon Supports for Hydrogen Storage Materials: A First-principles Study of Surface Interactions with Complex Hydrides

3:10pm — Refreshment break

3:30pm — Dr. Alexander B. Barnes, Department of Chemistry, Washington University Frequency Swept Microwaves for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization

4:10pm — Dr. Paul A. Jelliss, Department of Chemistry, Saint Louis University Energetic Metallic Nanoparticles

4:50pm — Dr. Klaus Woelk, Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology From Inversion Recovery and CPMG to High-resolution NMR Relaxometry

5:30pm — Dr. William E. Buhro Concluding remarks


Venue information: Enter parking structure via Throop Drive from Forest Park Pkwy on north edge of campus. Louderman Hall is #65 on the campus map. Download the parking permit and display it on your dashboard. The event occurs during the university’s fall break, so campus entry and parking should be “no problem” (says the St Louis Award chair).


6:30pm — Saint Louis Award Banquet, Glen Echo Country Club, 3401 Lucas and Hunt Rd, Normandy, MO Reservations required