Upcoming Events
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HAPPY ACS 150TH ANNIVERSARY FROM THE LEHIGH VALLEY SECTION OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY!
March 2026
LVACS Women Chemists Committee Local Event
Friday, March 13, 2026
Come join the local women chemists to learn about chocolate chemistry and make your own!
Christmas City Chocolates, LV
3:00pm to 5:00pm, March 13, 2026 (Friday)
Address: Madison Farms Shopping Center, 4773 Freemansburg Ave D103
Easton, PA 18045
FLYER Please RSVP to Yi at duyidoit@gmail.com by Mar. 1
It is a free event and you don’t need to be an ACS member to attend. Due to venue capacity, priorities will be for women chemist or students in the Lehigh Valley.
Lehigh Valley Science & Engineering Research Fair
Information
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Lehigh University, Goodman Campus
Rauch Field House,123 Goodman Drive
Bethlehem, PA 18015
CONTACT: Philip Elias, philipjelias@gmail.com
March Section Meeting
Thursday, March 19th
Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA, Seegers Union 113
Speaker: Holly Bendorf, Lycoming College
Abstract: Tetrahydro-1-benzazepines display a range of pharmacological activity and compounds that incorporate this structural motif are used in the treatment of conditions such as hyponatremia, hypertension, and heart failure. Work in our laboratory aims to develop new methods for the synthesis of these and related heterocycles. We have found that rhodium-catalyzed hydroacylation of readily available N-allylanilines provides a rapid entry into these structures. We also report an alternative, metal-free route to arylazepines via the nucleophilic ring opening of selectively activated N,N-acetals, obtained in a single step from N-allylanilines. This presentation will address the scope of products available via this chemistry, the application of the nucleophilic ring-opening chemistry to the synthesis of the vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist Mozavaptan, and on-going work to extend this methodology to the synthesis of tricyclic compounds.
social hour: 5:00
dinner: 6:00
business meeting/lecture: 7:00
Cost: $25 for faculty and industry professionals; $15 for students, retirees, and unemployed chemists
All Events in Seegers Union 113
Parking: Parking can be found in the staff parking lot near building number 3 on our printable pdf campus map.
REGISTRATION*
* prepayment by PayPal available for this event
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MEETING CONTACT: sherri young@muhlenberg.edu
April 2026
Pocono Mountain West HS: Night of STEM!
Monday, April 13th, 5-8 pm
This year Pocono Mtn. West will be hosting their fourth annual Night of STEM for all of the schools in the district and their families. Their Science Honor Society and Math Honor Society students will again be having tables to teach science and math, do science and math demonstrations, and provide make-and-take science and math projects to all interested students. They would love to have LVACS be a part of the event. We would have tables to promote ACS, promote STEM, and demonstrate what we do. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
CONTACT: PHILIP ELIAS, philipjelias@gmail.com
April Section Meeting
Tuesday, April 14th
DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA 18034
Speaker: Mary Danielson, University of Tennessee–Oak Ridge Innovation Institute
Trained as a synthetic polymer chemist, Danielson brings a broad and interdisciplinary understanding of materials science and engineering to her work. Her research centers on designing next-generation polymers and polymeric materials with sustainability and circularity as guiding principles. Her lab’s approach is comprehensive—spanning wet-lab chemistry, small-molecule synthesis, materials characterization, and application development.
ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH POSTER SESSION
SEE EVENT FLYER FOR MORE DETAILS!
MEETING CONTACT: Sara Hayik, sara.hayik@desales.edu
May 2026
Reading Science Center's 3rd Celebrate Science Day
Sunday, May 3rd, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Reading Regional Airport
CONTACT: Nigel Sanders, nigel53.sanders@gmail.com
Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM)
May 17th - 19th
Hershey Lodge Convention Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
MARM 2026 is co-hosted by Lehigh Valley,
Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Susquehanna Local Sections!
NEW ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MARCH 2ND
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https://youtu.be/MN5hxD3d7MM
Wolfram|Alpha's Jason Sonnenberg's talk with LVACS in January 2024 "Chemical Superpowers with ChatGPT + Wolfram" explored how ChatGPT is a much smarter “chemistry assistant” when given access to Wolfram|Alpha and Wolfram Language. The resulting Wolfram GPT can generate chemical structures in two- and three-dimensions which the ChatGPT 3.5 and ChatGPT 4 can not. Additionally it can also pull from expert-curated chemical data and propagate experimental uncertainty in chemical conversions and computations. Wolfram|Alpha & ChatGPT 3.5 are both free resources, while Wolfram GPT & ChatGPT 4 require a subscription from OpenAI.
A lecture by Lauren Zarzar of Penn State University entitled “Color from Colorless Materials.” Lauren is an assistant professor of chemistry and an affiliate of the Materials Research Institute. The Zarzar Lab studies stimuli-responsive materials, the behavior of active matter, and laser fabrication methods to synthesize and pattern both inorganic and organic materials. https://www.zarzarlab.com/. In this lecture, Lauren explained why interference (structural) color can arise from even microscale structures (~ 100 microns) by Total Internal Reflection, such as when water droplets of different sizes form by condensation on a clean, low energy surface.
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