Green Chemistry

Fall 2003

The course is being held at Benedictine University in Kindlon Hall, Room 164from 7:00-9:00 PM on

Tuesday evenings - September 16 - November 11, 2003.

Coordinators: 

Sr. Margaret E. Schott (Peggy), Dominican University, Phone (708) 524-6494, mschott@dom.edu

Salim M. Diab, University of St. Francis, Phone 815-740-3855, Fax 815-740-4285, sdiab@stfrancis.edu

 

DATE	PRESENTER	TITLE
9/16	Mary Kirchhoff, ACS (Washington, D.C.)	Green Chemistry: An Overview
9/23	Badal Saha, USDA - Agricultural Research Service (Peoria)	Part I - Enzymes in Biotechnology: Green Chemistry Challenges Part II - Production of Fuel Alcohol and Chemicals by Fermentation
9/30	Sheri Basile, Dow Chemical Company	Dow's Research in Sustainable Development & the Environment
10/7	Dr. Terry Collins,  Carnegie Mellon  University	Sustainability Ethics, Toxicity & Ecotoxicity in Chemical Education & Research
10/14	Cathy Johnson, ONDEO-Nalco (Naperville)	Environmentally-Friendly Polymers for Water Treatment
10/21	Patricia Shapley, UIUC (University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign)	Part I - A Green Chemistry Course at UIUC Part II - Selective Oxidation Catalysis for Green Chemistry Synthesis
10/28	Owen Priest, Northwestern University	Green Chemistry Curriculum Development
11/4	Larry Koskan, Donlar Biocentrics Corp (Bedford Park)	Translation of Green Chemistry R&D into Commercial Products
11/11	Ron Gitan, UOP (Des Plaines)	Emissions Reduction Technology for Treatment of Flue Gas Streams