American Chemical Society
Central Ohio Valley Section
6:00 Dinner
Room 2W16
Memorial Student Center
Marshall UniversityCost for dinner is $15.00 per person, RSVP required by Thursday, April 8.
RSVP to Dr. Rudolf Burcl at burcl@marshall.edu or by phone at 304-696-48087:00 Presentation of Awards
Room 473 Science Building
Marshall University7:30 Presentation: "From Garbage to Stuff: How We Recycle Plastics"
Come join us in rewarding outstanding students and high school teachers in our section. Awards will be presented by the section for Outstanding High School Teachers, First Year High School Students, Second Year High School Students, and Outstanding Graduating Chemist. Other awards will be presented to Marshall students including Outstanding Freshman, Outstanding Sophomore, Outstanding Analytical Chemist, Outstanding Senior and Graduate Research Award. In addition the winners of several scholarships will be introduced.
Room 473 Science Building
Marshall University
Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr.
Vice President, Clorovinyl Issues
Occidental Chemical Corporation
The menu choices for dinner are: Chicken Chausser (chicken with white wine sauce), Beef Burgundy, or Baked Cheese Tortellini Primavera with Marinara or Alfredo Sauce. Be sure to indicate your choice when you RSVP.
Topic Abstract:
Is that recycling bin the springboard to giving material a new life or is it simply a blue wastebasket? What about surplus materials from industrial processes? Do they find their way out the back door to the landfill? This presentation discusses the four critical steps in recycling-- collection, separation, reprocessing and remanufacture-and how they relate to plastics. The technology, the cost and the efficacy of the processes all matter. And the operative word, plastics, really is plural. Presentation includes a primer in the basic kinds of plastics, how they differ and how they're used in common articles, especially packaging. The presenter brings a few common articles for demonstrations, and promises not to recycle an old quote from "The Graduate."
Information about our speaker, Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr.
Dr. William F. Carroll, Jr. holds a B.A. in Chemistry and Physics from DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, an M.S. from Tulane University in New Orleans, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, majoring in Organic Chemistry.
Bill started his industry career in 1978 and after a year with Rohm and Haas Company, Bristol, PA, moved to what is now known as Occidental Chemical Corporation. He is currently Vice President, Chlorovinyl Issues for OxyChem and works on public policy issues and communications related to chlorine and PVC. He is also Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and teaches polymer chemistry there.
Bill is a past President (2005) of the American Chemical Society, a member of the ACS Budget and Finance Committee, and past chair of its International Activities Committee. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a member of the US National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and chair of the Science Advisory Board for DePauw University. He has been an active member of and chaired various committees for a number of chemistry, plastics, fire protection and recycling organizations. He has served on expert groups commissioned by the United Nations Environmental Program, the State of Florida, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
He received the Vinyl Institute’s Roy T. Gottesman Leadership Award for lifetime achievement in 2000. He holds two patents, and has over forty publications in the fields of organic electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, combustion chemistry and physics, incineration, dioxin, plastics recycling and chlorine issues.
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