Canadian Chemical News articles from June 2002

Canadian Chemical News archives from June 2002

Do you understand what I'm trying to tell you? Do I understand what you are trying to tell me? (Past Chair's Column).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
June 1, 2002... I was privileged to see a preview of the results aggregated from out recent membership survey. By the time you read this, you too will have been informed of these results. It was truly stunning to see that close to 25% of our membership...

Letters/Lettres.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Smiles All Around Isabel Chen of the Crofton House School in Vancouver, BC shows her pleasure at receiving the February 2002 issue of ACCN, which sported her artwork on the cover. With her is Beryl Deuel, FCIC, who was the Vancouver...

Dave Colcleugh, chair-person, president and chief executive officer of DuPont Canada Inc., announced his succession plans at the company's annual meeting in May. (Personals/Personnalites: Industry).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Dave Colcleugh, chair-person, president and chief executive officer of DuPont Canada Inc., announced his succession plans at the company's annual meeting in May. Effective January 1, 2003, Colcleugh will continue as chairman of DuPont Canada's...

Susan Swansburg, MCIC, has accepted a position with Cb Research and Development Inc. (Personals/Personnalites: Industry).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Susan Swansburg, MCIC, has accepted a position with CB Research and Development Inc. in New Castle, DE, a contract research organization supporting the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry. Swansburg, who completed her PhD at Queen's...

The newest Canada Research Chairs were announced March 28, 2002, and still more CIC members were named as recipients. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The newest Canada Research Chairs were announced March 28, 2002, and still more CIC members were named as recipients, bringing the total of CIC members holding chairships to 50 of 532. Congratulations go out to: Bruce Balcom, MCIC,...

Glen Briand. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Glen Briand, MCIC will be moving from the University of Calgary to Mount Allison University, where he has been appointed assistant professor, effective July 1, 2002.

Peter J. Krueger. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(admitted to the Order of the University of Calgary )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Peter J. Krueger, FCIC, was admitted to the Order of the University of Calgary in 2001 in recognition of his exemplary and distinguished service to the university. In the words of the university, Krueger was noticed for "his wonderful...

Arthur Mar, MCIC, and Jeff Stryker. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(awarded teaching excellence awards by the Chemistry Students Association)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Arthur Mar, MCIC, and Jeff Stryker, MCIC, faculty in the department of chemistry at the University of Alberta, were awarded teaching excellence awards by the Chemistry Students Association. This is the inaugural year for this award and...

Kelvin Ogilvie. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(will step down as president and vice-chancellor of Acadia University )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Kelvin Ogilvie, FCIC, announced in early May that he will step down as president and vice-chancellor of Acadia University on August 31, 2003 having completed a decade in office. Ogilvie's primary focus throughout his tenure has been to...

Roland Roesler, MCIC, will be joining the faculty of the University of Calgary's department of chemistry. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Roland Roesler, MCIC, will be joining the faculty of the University of Calgary's department of chemistry in July 2002 to take on the position of assistant professor. Roesler's research interests are centered in the synthetic inorganic...

Dennis R. Salahub. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(University of Calgary appointment)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Dennis R. Salahub, FCIC, will be returning to his home province to help guide the University of Calgary in its efforts to become one of Canada's top research universities as vice-president (research) effective July 1, 2002. Salahub, a...

David W. Thompson. (Personals/Personnalites: University).(Memorial University of Newfoundland appointment)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... David W. Thompson, MCIC, joined the department of chemistry of Memorial University of New-foundland in the fall of 2001, much to the pleasure of the department. Originally from the Ottawa area, Thompson arrived at Memorial from the Brookhaven...

Wendy W. Lam. (Personals/Personnalites: Government).(Alberta Ingenuity Fund appointment)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Wendy W. Lam, MCIC, formerly technology transfer manager at the University of Alberta's Industry Liaison Office, has taken up a position as director of grants and awards at Alberta Ingenuity Fund (www.albertaingenuity.ca), which was established...

Jean Burnell, MCIC, of the department of chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland was recently recognized by the province of Newfoundland & Labrador for an act of bravery. (Personals/Personnalites: Distinction).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Jean Burnell, MCIC, of the department of chemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland was recently recognized by the province of Newfoundland & Labrador for an act of bravery. On Aug. 22, 1989, Burnell crawled through smoke and flames in...

Amares Chatt. (Personals/Personnalites: Distinction).(receives George Hevesy Medal Award 2001)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Amares Chatt, FCIC, has been awarded the George Hevesy Medal Award 2001 "for his outstanding and innovative contributions in the field of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, in particular for his work on various forms of instrumental,...

Barry Lever. (Personals/Personnalites: Distinction).(receives Linstead Award)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Barry Lever, FCIC, Distinguished Research Professor and Killam Research Fellow at York University, will receive the Linstead Award for career contributions to phthalocyanine chemistry, and present the award lecture, at the upcoming 2nd...

Mary Anne White. (Personals/Personnalites: Distinction).(selected as fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Mary Anne White, FCIC, has been selected as a Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). UPAC was formed in 1919 by chemists from industry and academia to foster worldwide communications in the chemical sciences...

NRC honours.(National Research Council of Canada dedicates building in honor of of Ira E. Puddington)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Ira E. Puddington Ira Pudding tongs career goes back to a time when the Privy Council Office announced appointments and the National Research Council of Canada consisted of just four divisions. His contributions to applied chemistry and...

Federal government finally acts on assisted human reproduction. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... May 9, 2002 heightened the already hot debates over embryonic research, in vitro fertilization, and the rights of adopted children. That day, Anne McLellan, minister of health, introduced in the House of Commons an Act respecting assisted human...

Agilent aska how fast can you go with fuel cell gas. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Agilent Technologies Inc. offers micro gas chromatograph)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Small startup companies and multinational oil and automotive giants are investing billions of dollars to develop and commercialize fuel cells, which offer the possibility of cleaner, more efficient electric power. To reduce costs, optimize fuel...

Matheson's specialty gases move to BOC Canada. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(BOC Canada Ltd. to acquire Matheson Gas Products Canada Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... BOC Canada Limited has agreed to acquire Matheson Gas Products Canada, Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. Under the CDN $12 million agreement, effective March 28, 2002, BOC acquired all of Matheson's production,...

Designer plastics coming soon to a drugstore near you. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(University of Warwick patents new polymerization process)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised and patented a new process called Living and Controlled Radical Polymerisation which can cheaply and easily grow designer polymers (plastics). They have already used the process to...

The healing properties of plastic. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(University of California Los Angeles develops self-repairing plastic)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... A UCLA-led team of chemists and engineers has developed a transparent plastic that if fractured will mend itself when heated -- a discovery that can be used to create self-repairing products. The findings are reported in the March 1 issue...

U of Calgary new landlord, Imperial Oil its tenant. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(University of Calgary acquires Imperial Oil Research Center, Imperial Oil Resources Ltd. signs lease agreement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The University of Calgary is set to purchase the 235,000 sq. ft. Imperial Oil Research Centre adjacent to the university from Imperial Oil Resources Limited. The acquisition will supply the university with new and much-needed laboratory...

Wise up with the Accident Database. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Technical Database Services Inc. to distribute software package)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Anyone concerned about process safety and loss prevention can benefit from the experiences of other companies in the industry and avoid the recurrence of similar accidents. The Accident Database, designed to assist industrial safety...

Federal dollars give OK to IP. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(intellectual property management grants)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The importance of knowledge and technology transfer was boldly underlined this spring by an injection of $13.5 million in grants from three government agencies. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian...

AQUAlibrium profits flow in new direction. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(FlowPhase Inc. acquires AQUAlibrium software package)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... FlowPhase Inc., a Calgary-based software company specializing in software for the petroleum industry, announced in mid-April that it has acquired the software package AQUAlibrium for an undisclosed price. AQUAlibrium is a software package...

Dow means amines. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Dow Chemical restructures specialty alkanolamines business)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Dow Chemical has restructured its specialty alkanolamines business in the wake of the 2001 merger with Union Carbide. The business is now the world's largest producer of ethanolamines, isopropanolamines and alkyl alkanolamines with a global...

Prevent shocks to your system. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Dissipation Array System, preventative solution for lightning protection)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Why channel lightning when you can prevent it altogether? Many petrochemical and hazardous material storage facilities are still in the dark about the latest type of lightning protection. The widespread use of Benjamin Franklin's 200-year-old...

Nano lecture wins rave reviews. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).
June 1, 2002... At this year's annual J.W.T. Spinks Lecture Series, the University of Saskatchewan department of chemistry hosted George M. Whitesides, Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University, who delivered two 'standing-room only' lectures....

Media myth-making to be studied. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(in publication of health stories)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Daily stories about a shortage of health care funding and miraculous medical discoveries may be symptomatic of a serious malady afflicting the news media speculates Michael Hayes. "Tunnel vision," suggests the Simon Fraser University...

BASF Canada basks in a billion. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(reports 2001 sales)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... BASF Canada, manufacturer and marketer of chemicals and related products, has announced that it achieved $1 billion in sales in 2001. The company forecasts continued growth in 2002. John N. Clarke, president of BASF Canada, attributes the...

NSERC invests in student research. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) allocated a further $2.9 million into its Undergraduate Student Research Awards. This brings the annual program budget to $15.5 million. The competition is open to Canadian...

Bush said it couldn't be done. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(BP reduces greenhouse gas emissions by over nine million tonnes)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The oil and gas company known as BP has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by over nine million tonnes and eight years ahead of its self-imposed target. Four years ago, BP's group chief executive, Lord John Browne, pledged to cut its own...

Nanoscale organic light-emitting diodes. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(research on high quantum efficiencies, ease of fabrication and color tunability)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The high quantum efficiencies, ease of fabrication, and colour tunability of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have made them the focus of intense research activity, and researchers at Northwestern University, including CIC member Jonathan...

Canadian environmental stewards applauded. (News Briefs/Nouvelles en Bref).(CH2M Hill Canada Ltd., Dofasco Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Gilbert Parent, Canada's ambassador for the environment, today presented the first Corporate Competitiveness Award to CH2M Hill Canada Ltd. and Dofasco Inc. on behalf of the Government of Canada. The presentation was made at the closing gala...

Chemical shifts: what's new in chemistry research? This bi-monthly column offers readers a concentrated look at the latest developments in chemistry from Canadian researchers.
June 1, 2002... Stopping Herpes in its Tracks Many people in the world are infected with Herpes simplex virus type 1 or 2 (HSV). More than 50 million individuals are infected with HSV-2 in the United States alone. Although usually not life-threatening,...

Some final thoughts on the XP world. (Chemputing).(Windows XP)(Column)
June 1, 2002... Most computer reviews take a cursory look at the package and do enough to get something into print. Once it's in print, it becomes history. Do things always keep running as well as they did during the review? The week or two before this...

Making chemistry crystal clear. (Chemfusion).(research in organic chemistry)
June 1, 2002... The St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 featured a most unusual exhibit. A bright spotlight illuminated a small vial which contained some nondescript white crystals. But these were no ordinary crystals. They were crystals of synthetic urea, crystals...

Afield and underfoot: chemistry combats the ghosts of war. (Article).(identification of land mines)
June 1, 2002... Every 22 minutes, landmines claim another victim. Chemists are tackling with this problem by developing new sensors that can track down both landmines and chemical warfare agents. While most people would agree that scientific research...

A pledge to security. (Article).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... These days, any news of chemical agents can send panic rolling across the airwaves into the lead story on the six o'clock news. Now is the time for chemical engineers, chemists and chemical technologists to come together to defend Canada...

Chemistry, the sixth sense. (Article).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Chemical sensors can be used in pollution monitoring, in blood glucose measurements, even in your carbon monoxide detector at home. Here we have a summary of all they are and all they can do. The majority of analytical measurements made...

Probing questions? research at Queen's University is delving into chemical sensing technology and a new fibre-optic chemical sensor for benzene provides rapid, highly selective detection. (Article).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... There is currently a growing demand for monitoring of chemicals in a variety of situations, ranging from medical to industrial to environmental applications. Fibre-optic chemical sensors (FOCSs) have been reported for many analytes in a variety...

CSChE bulletin SCGCh.(Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Canadian society for chemical engineers board nominations 2002-2003. Legault Rohani The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers (CSChE) Nominating Committee, appointed under the terms of CSChE bylaws Article 8, Section k, has...

A visit to a world leader in medical diagnostic. (Local Section News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... The Ottawa CIC Local Section has continued to conduct visits to Ottawa-based industry leaders. This spring, the Ottawa members, along with members from the Deep River CIC Local Section had an opportunity to visit i-STAT, a world leader that...

A new slate. (Local Section News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... On May 1, the Ottawa Local Section members gathered for the Annual General Meeting Dinner at Algonquin College. Over 40 members met to chat with friends (new and old), listen to the presentation of Don Wiles, FCIC, 'The Chemistry of Nuclear...

L'Expo-sciences regionale de l'Outaouais. (Local Section News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... La section d'Ottawa a recompense les trois meilleurs projets de chimie a l'Expo-sciences regionale de l'Outaouais. L'evenement s'est tenu du 15 au 17 mars a la Polyvalente de l'lle, et 74 projects y etaient presentes. Lindsay Kirby-McGregor,...

Chlorine -- good in moderation. (Local Section News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... On March 20, Toronto Local Section members enjoyed a dinner meetinq at the Faculty Club of the University of Toronto at Mississauga. At this meeting Keith Solomon, University of Guelph gave a talk entitled 'Chlorine - Good in moderation.' The...

Outstanding matters. (Division News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Congratulations go Out to Nicole Baryla, MCIC, this year's winner of the 2002 Analytical Chemistry Division Graduate Student Award in Honour of Douglas E. Ryan. This award is presented to an outstanding senior graduate student in honour of...

Meetings/Reunions.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2002... Canada June 19-20, 2002. Offshore Newfoundland Petroleum Show 2002 St. John's, NF. Website: www.petroleumshow.com. September 25-27, 2002. PAPTAC Midwest Branch 56th Annual Meeting & Trade Show Thunder Bay, ON ...