Summer School on Green Chemistry and Sustainable Energy
Colorado School of Mines
June 20-27, 2017
Daily Schedule
Tuesday, June 20
7:00 PMOpening BBQ, Stratton Commons (Illinois Street between 14th and 15th Streets)
Wednesday, June 21
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Mines Market
9:00 AMWelcome and Introductions
Green Chemistry: Principles and Practice
Mary Kirchhoff, American Chemical Society
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMGreening Fossil Fuels
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
12:30 PMLunch, Mines Market
1:30PMFrom Renewable Plastics to Improving the Culture of Safety: Applying the Principles of Green Chemistry
Bill Tolman, University of Minnesota
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMChoosing the Greenest Synthesis
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
5:00-6:30 PMDinner, Mines Market
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Thursday, June 22
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Mines Market
9:00 AMWeaving Green Chemistry into Nanotechnology: Product Innovation for Nano-enabled Textiles
Jim Hutchison, University of Oregon
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMZen and How to Get a Job, Keep a Job, and Maybe even Prosper in the Chemical Sciences!!
Ryan Richards, Colorado School of Mines
12:30 PMLunch, Mines Market
1:30 PMBuilding Your Own Business, Part I: From Green Science to Green Innovation
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMEnergy Applications of Ionic Liquids
Joan Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
5:00-6:30 PMDinner, Mines Market
7:30 PMPoster Session I
Friday, June 23
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Mines Market
9:00 AMSustainable and Green Chemistry by Design
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMGreener Solvents
Philip Jessop, Queen’s University
12:30 PMLunch, Mines Market
1:30 PMBuilding Your Own Business, Part II: Building the Enterprise
Eric Beckman, University of Pittsburgh
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMGreening Chemistry Education: Small Steps, Large Changes and a Roadmap for the Future
Jim Hutchison, University of Oregon
5:00-6:30 PMDinner, Mines Market
7:30 PMPoster Session II
Saturday, June 24Rafting!
Sunday, June 25
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Mines Market
9:00 AMChoosing the Greenest Synthesis Reporting Out
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMToxicology
Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal, George Washington University
12:30 PMLunch, Mines Market
1:30 PMGreening Your Research – Practical Tools You Can Use Now
David Constable, ACS Green Chemistry Institute
3:00 PMBreak
3:30 PMWriting Competitive Research Grant Proposals
Nancy Jensen, ACS Petroleum Research Fund
ACS Resources for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars
TBD
5:00-6:30 PMDinner, Mines Market
Monday, June 26
7:30-8:30 AMBreakfast, Mines Market
9:00 AM-12:30 PMNREL Tour (Tentative)
12:30 PMLunch, Mines Market
1:30 PMTBD, National Renewable Energy Labs
3:00 PMWrap-up, Evaluations, and Break
7:00 PMClosing Dinner and Presentation of Certificates
Student Center, Ballroom A
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