PROGRAM SCHEDULE
2:40 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:20
3:20 – 3:45
“DYNAMICS AND TWO‐PHOTON ABSORPTION PROPERTIES OF NOVEL COUMARIN DERIVATIVES: TOWARDS MULTIPHOTON SENSING” Semere Bairu, Fasil Abebe, Ekkehard Sinn, Guda Ramakrishna Department of Chemistry Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI “SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZN BIS ‐DIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES FOR THE FABRICATION OF ZNO2 VIA METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR APPLICATIONS IN MICROELECTRONICS.” Keneshia O. Johnson, Bo Zhang, Howard E. Katz and Jason S. Matthews Department of Chemistry Howard University, Washington, DC “MULTIPLE EMISSIONS FROM INTRA‐ AND INTER‐MOLECULAR EXCIMERS AND EXCIPLEXES OF BIMETALLIC LANTHANIDE‐ TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES.” Zerihun Assefa, PhD, 1Carlos Crawford1, and Richard Sykora2 Department of Chemistry 1North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 2Department of Chemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, Symposium 4
Thursday, pm
4:00 pm ‐ 6:00 pm Solutions for Global Challenges Sponsored by The Dow Chemical Company
Grand Ballroom G
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
5:00 – 5:30
ʺDELIVERING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATIONʺ Theresa Kotanchek, Ph.D. R&D Vice President, Sustainable Technologies and Innovation Sourcing, Midland, MI ʺPOWERING YOUR HOME WITH YOUR HOME, BUT HOW? ʺ Kirk Thompson, Ph.D. Associate R&D Director, Dow Solar Solutions, Midland, MI OPPORTUNITIES AT THE ENERGY‐WATER NEXUS: LEVERAGING WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR EFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC ST
PROSPERITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN THE 21 CENTURY David Klanecky Global R&D Director, Dow Water & Process Solutions, Edina, MN 47