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In 1874, a group of American chemists gathered at the Joseph Priestley House to mark the 100th anniversary of Priestley's discovery of oxygen.Although there was an American scientific society at that time (the American Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1848), the growth of chemistry in the U.S. prompted those assembled to consider founding a new society that would focus ...
Savannah Pulp and Paper Laboratory (now the Herty Advanced Materials Development Center), founded by Charles H. Herty Sr. in 1932 [37] Commercialization of the Hall-Héroult process for producing aluminum by the Pittsburgh Reduction Company in 1888 [38] John William Draper and the founding of the American Chemical Society in 1876 [39]
It is published by the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society and was established in 1924 by Neil Gordon. [1] The journal covers research on chemical education, and its target audience includes instructors of chemistry from middle school through graduate school and some scientists in commerce, industry, and government. [2]
Founded in 1979 [1] in Washington, D.C., DCHAS works with many sister organizations, including the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety, AIChE's Center for Process Safety, Campus Safety, the Health and Environmental Association, and the AIHA Laboratory Safety Committee. [2]
Chemistry education (or chemical education) is the study of teaching and learning chemistry. It is one subset of STEM education or discipline-based education research (DBER). [ 1 ] Topics in chemistry education include understanding how students learn chemistry and determining the most efficient methods to teach chemistry.
National Chemistry Day, first celebrated in 1987 by members of the American Chemical Society (ACS), educators and other individual volunteers, was a vision of the former ACS President Dr. George C. Pimentel. [1] His goal was for ACS to hold a simultaneous event nationwide to impress on the public the importance of chemistry in everyday life.
Pages in category "American Chemical Society academic journals" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Award for Encouraging Disadvantaged Students into Careers in the Chemical Sciences is an American Chemical Society (ACS) award sponsored by The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, it was instituted in 1993 with the intention of recognizing "significant accomplishments by individuals in stimulating students, underrepresented in the profession, to elect careers in the chemical sciences and ...