2018 Midwest Regional Meeting

Preliminary Program Schedule


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Interested in the schedule at a glance? Click here for a PDF for activities and locations.

Click here for a listing of talk titles, times, and locations in PDF format.


Sunday P.M. - October 21, 2018


Location Activity
Hach Hall (on main campus) Pre-college Program (1 pm - 5 pm)
Hach Hall (on main campus) Undergraduate Program - Demo and Outreach share (1 pm - 4 pm)
Scheman Center - 1st floor atrium Registration (11 am - 7 pm)
Scheman Center - Room 250 ACS Publications Focus Group (1 - 3 pm)
Scheman Center - 2nd floor atrium Initial Exposition Set Up (2 pm - 5 pm)
Open for Sci-Mix Reception (5 pm - 7 pm)
Scheman Center Symposia and General Sessions (1 pm - 4:50 pm)
  • Chemistry Education Research
  • Inorganic Chemistry for All
  • Materials for Energy
  • General Analytical
  • General Organic
  • General Physical
Scheman Center Welcome Reception (Cash bar and light hors devours) and
Poster Session #1 (Sci-mix, 5 pm - 7 pm)

Monday A.M. - October 22, 2018


Location Activity
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium Registration (7 am - noon)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium ACS Membership Lounge (9 am - noon)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium Exposition and light refreshments (8 am - 12 pm)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Open Stage Room (Room 190)

Yonger Chemists Committee lunch (noon - 1 pm)

Speaker: Teresa Waldof, Author

- "Code Name - Quik-Phix: Dr. Wilhelm, the Manhattan Project and the Secret Work of Ames Lab"

Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms Symposia and General Sessions (8 am - 11:30 am)
  • Biological Applications of Mass Spectroscopy
  • Catalysts for Organic Synthesis
  • Inorganic Chemistry for all
  • Materials and Interfaces
  • Measurement in Chem Ed
  • Solid State NMR, Methods and Materials
  • General Organic
  • General Physical
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium & Room 299 Poster Sessions #2 & #3
Scheman Center - Room 275 Career Services Workshops

Monday P.M. - October 22, 2018


Location Activity
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium Registration (noon - 5 pm)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium ACS Membership Lounge (noon - 5 pm)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium Exposition and light refreshments (noon - 5 pm)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms Symposia and General Sessions (12:30 pm - 3:30 pm)
  • Catalysts for Organic Synthesis
  • Chemistry from the Computer
  • Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Solid State NMR, Methods and Materials
  • General Anayltical
  • General Chemistry Education
  • General Organic
  • General Physical
Scheman Center - Rooms 220, 230, 240 Midwest Awards Symposium (3:30 - 5:30)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium & Room 299 Poster Sessions #4
Scheman Center - Room 275 Career Services Programing
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium Midwest Awards Reception (6 pm)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Open Stage Room (Room 190) Midwest Awards Banquet (7 pm)

Tuesday A.M. - October 23, 2018


Location Activity
Gateway Hotel - Iowa Stater Senior Chemists Breakfast (7 am - 8:30 am)
Gateway Hotel - Prairie Room Central Midwest Region Board Meeting (8 am - 10:30 am)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium Registration (7 am - 12 pm)
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium ACS Membership Lounge (9 am - noon)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium Exposition and light refreshments (8 am - noon)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium ACS Membership Lounge
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms Symposia and General Sessions (8 am - 11:30 am)
  • Bioanalysis sensing and separations
  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Chemistry from the Computer
  • Entreprenuers Tool Kit
  • Materials for Biomedicine
  • General Analytical
  • General Inorganic
  • General Organic
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium & Room 299 Poster Sessions #5 & #6
Scheman Center - Room 275 ACS on Campus (9 am - noon)

Tuesday P.M. - October 23, 2018


Location Activity
Scheman Center - 1st Floor Atrium Registration (noon - 2 pm)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium Light refreshments (noon - 5 pm)
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms Symposia and General Sessions (1 pm - 4:30 pm)
  • Bioanalysis sensing and separations
  • Carbon Capture and Storage
  • Chemistry from the Computer
  • Inorganic Materials Synthesis
  • General Analytical
  • General Inorganic
  • General Organic
Scheman Center - 2nd Floor Atrium & Room 299 Poster Sessions #9