National Capital Section American Institute of Chemical Engineers January 2002 Electronic Newsletter In this issue: * January 2002 Meeting * Engineers' Week Information * Schedule of Future Meetings =============================================================================== JANUARY 2001 MEETING January 24, 2002 WHO: Mr. Eric Randolph, Regional Investor Education Specialist Charles Schwab & Co. WHAT: Navigating Today's Markets Gain a fresh perspective on today's market environment and discover time-tested strategies to help you reach your goals. Use this insight to reassess your current portfolio and learn how Schwab can help you develop and implement a long-term investment plan. WHERE: Union Street Public House George Washington Room 121 South Union Street Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 548-1785 Check USPHalexandria.com website for map and directions. WHEN: JANUARY 24, 2002 6:00 p.m. Cash Bar 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:15 p.m. Program COST: $22.00 per person. Order from THE KING STREET menu at the meeting site. CONTACT FOR RESERVATIONS: Thomas Chapman tchapman@nsf.gov (703) 292-8371 =============================================================================== NCS CHAPTER NOTES AIChE & Engineers' Week 2002 AIChE needs you! (Bruce Cranford) AIChE is a sponsor of Engineers' Week (www.eweek.org) and the Future City Competition (www.futurecity.org). Engineers' Week will be held Saturday, February 16, 2002, though Wednesday, February 20, 2002. During that week, AIChE will sponsor three activities, and needs volunteers to make these activities a success. The first activity involves presenting a special award in the Future City Competition for the best use of bio-technology/materials/process in a Future City. The Future City Competition is celebrating its tenth anniversary. It's purpose is to foster interest in math, science, and engineering for seventh and eight-grade students using hands-on, real world applications to create and build a Future City. Regional competitions are held throughout the US, and culminate in 30 regional winning teams coming to Washington, D.C. for the national competition during Engineers Week. AIChE will evaluate the 30 regional winners and make a special award for the best use of bio-technology/materials/process. The award consists of a plaque and savings bond for each student on the winning team. The evaluation and award will be made on Monday, February 18, 2002, at the Hyatt Regency Capital Hill, Washington, D.C. To make this happen, AIChE, needs four to six volunteers, knowledgeable in bio-technology/materials/process, to evaluate and select the Futures City Special Award Winner. This involves a few easily completed activities by the volunteers: 1. Develop three to four questions to be asked of the students by the AIChE Volunteer Judges about the student's use of bio-technology/ materials/process in their Future City entry. 2. Develop a simple evaluation and scoring form to be completed by the volunteers, based on the response of the student team to the questions. 3. Rank the results, and in concert with other AIChE volunteers, select a winner. The creation of the questions and evaluation form must be completed between now and Engineers' Week. The actual interviewing, evaluation, and award will be done on Monday, February 18, 2002, between 10 AM and 2 PM at the Hyatt Regency, Capital Hill, Washington, D.C. Volunteer judges are also needed. If interested, please contact Bruce Cranford, 301-340-0052, Bruce-Cranford-PE@attglobal.net. The second AIChE sponsored activity is a booth to help students learn about chemical engineering by making "Slime". This event will take place on E-Week Family Day, Saturday, February 16, 2002, at the National Building Museum, 4th St, NW, Washington, D.C. (Judiciary Square Metro Stop), between 10 AM and 4 PM. Volunteers are needed to help staff the booth and have fun. Having personally done this for two years, I know that the volunteers have as much fun as the students. To volunteer, contact Jill Clauss (703) 590-9536 , jclauss@alum.rpi.edu The third AIChE sponsored activity is a booth for Chemcycle. This will take place on E-Week Family Day, Saturday, February 16, 2002, at the National Building Museum, 4th St., NW, Washington, D.C. (Judiciary Square Metro Stop), between 10 AM and 4 PM. The Chemcycle After-school program is a joint partnership with AIChE, 4-H and Montgomery County, MD, public schools that teaches sixth, seventh, and eight grade students about engineering and solid waste recycling through hands-on activities. As part of the program, the students create large posters highlighting some aspect of recycling. The posters, students, parents, and perhaps a teacher and a 4-H educator, along with AIChE section members will be at the booth explaining Chemcycle and recycling to the students and families attending Family Day. Volunteers are needed to expand this activity locally and nationally. Contact Montgomery County 4-H at 301-590-9638 (http://www.agnr.umd.edu/montgomery) or Dave Richman at 301-320-5509; dmr0313@aol.com for additional information about the Chemcycle program. =============================================================================== FUTURE MEETINGS: The following list is tentative; it is subject to change in content, speaker, date and time. February: TBD March: TBD April: Student Night 2002 with UMCP & Howard University: Howard University to Host May: Possible Naval Observatory Tour =============================================================================== REQUEST FROM MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: In an effort to reduce the cost of postage for mailing the NCS newsletter, the membership chair and the newsletter editor request the permission of members to transmit newsletter updates via e-mail. For those members that prefer to receive the newsletter electronically, please reply via e-mail to Christine Knott at knottcd@ih.navy.mil with an appropriate response. If you have already responded in the past, thank you for doing so and please disregard this message. Complete newsletters will be sent every 3 months, while a postcard will be sent monthy as a reminder of meetings. As usual, the latest newsletter, as well as an archive of previous newsletters, can be found on the Internet at http://www.ench.umd.edu/NatCapAIChE . =============================================================================== THE NCS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2001 - 2002: Jill R. Clauss, Chair, 703/396-1529 jclauss@dominionsc.com Basil "Bill" C. Doumas, Vice Chair, 540/372-7084 BillDoumas@1bigred.com Chester F. Clark, Immediate Past Chair, 301/744-6599 clarkcf@ih.navy.mil Raymond A. Adomaitis, Secretary, 301/405-2969 adomaiti@isr.umd.edu Thomas W. Chapman, Treasurer, 703/292-7036 tchapman@nsf.gov Directors: Bruce Cranford, 301/340-0052 Robert J. Lutz, 301/435-1944 Dave Richaman, 301/320-5509 Advisory Committee: Gary Poehlein, 703/306-1370 Robert J. Lutz, Awards & Nominations, 301/435-1944 Bruce Cranford, NCS Website Coordinator 301/340-0052 Evan Hyde, Membership, Gary Getz, Professional Development Steve Weiner, Government Interaction, 202/646-7870 David M. Richman, External Affairs, 301/320-5509 Timothy Barbari, Academic Relations 301/405-2983 Christine Knott, Newsletter Editor, 301/744-2555 Please visit our homepage at: http://www.ench.umd.edu/NatCapAIChE