On November 21, 2009, Walter Stern died. Walter was a chemical engineer who, in 1946, helped design the production process for saccharin, the first product of Sigma Chemical Company. When […]
The cover story in the November 2, 2009, issue of Chemical & Engineering News focused on the job outlook for chemists, amid a bleak employment scene in almost all segments of the
William J Sun, a senior at Parkway Central High School, took second place in the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. His project, undertaken with David Haslam of Washington University School of Medicine,
Milorad P Dudukovic, chemical engineering professor at Washington University has been named 2009 winner of the E V Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. The Saint Louis Section had previously recognized
Scientists at the University of Missouri–St Louis and the University of Kentucky have developed a device to help protect premature infants from the toxic effects of aluminum in their intravenous
Another long-standing member of the American Chemical Society and the Saint Louis Section has died. Robert E Keller had been a member of both since 1949. He was 86. Keller
It is with sadness and sympathy for his surviving children and grandchildren that we note the passing of a 62-year member of the ACS. Donald G Leavitt died on December
Ted Gast, president of Arch Paper Company in St Louis and former Chair of St Louis Section–ACS, told St Louis News 4 today about making paper entirely from discarded cotton
Andrew Liu, a top finisher in the Advanced Division of the local high school chemistry contest for two straight years, has gone all the way. He is one of the
The award citation refers to Dr Minteer’s research on immobilized dehydrogenase enzymes at the anode of biofuel cells. Her work has resulted in enzymes stable at the bioanode for over
