TECHMonday, 11 September 2006

1:30 PM-5:55 PM S.F. Downtown Courtyard by Marriott -- Soma 3, Oral
General Papers
Organizer:Doug Chaffin
1:30 PMIntroductory Remarks
1:35 PMDoctoral students help prepare low-income, minority high school students for STEM education and careers
Victor S. Strozak
1:55 PMBench-scale falling-film reactor for sulfation with sulfur trioxide
Kim Millspaugh, Bryan M. White, W. Warren Schmidt, Pamela A. Escobar, Kirk H. Raney
2:15 PMExploring shiftwork lifestyle needs
Edmonia T. Gradney, Amber S. Hinkle, Anita A. Atkinson
2:35 PMImproved curriculum for preparing chemical technicians: Laboratory Applications courses for the development of technical and non-technical skills
Todd Pagano, L. K. Quinsland
2:55 PMInnovations in articulation partnerships: The Gulf Coast Technology Articulation Partnership
John K. Galiotos, Nikos Kiristis
3:15 PMPartnerships for innovation: The Houston Community College Polymer Technology-Goodyear Technician Training Partnership
John K. Galiotos, Steven Thomas
3:35 PMIntermission
3:50 PMTools for learning basic laboratory skills
Rabin D. Lai
4:10 PMAnalysis of free carbon in transition metal carbides using molecular infrared absorption spectroscopy
Louie Elahi
4:30 PMNew process for the production of 3,4-diacetoxy-1-butene
Shannon E. Large
4:50 PMCarbonylation in ionic liquid media
Mary K. Moore, R. M. Moncier, Gerald C. Tustin, J. R. Zoeller
5:10 PMPreparation and characterization of supported PtTi bimetallic nanoparticles from organometallic precursors
Errun Ding, Liufeng Xiong, Ting He
5:30 PMSynthesis and application of coordinated ionic liquids
Dishun Zhao, Xuegang Li
5:50 PMConcluding Remarks

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The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006