Upper Peninsula Local Section

UPLS research seminar, presented by Prof. Hu, MTU.

Friday, February 27, 2015 at 3:00 PM.

The presentation will take place in Rekhi G06, MTU Campus, Houghton MI, and it will be recorded.

Refreshments, coffee, and cookies at 2:30 PM.

2015 Upper Peninsula & NE Wisconsin Student Research Symposium

The Upper Peninsula Section of the American Chemical Society is soliciting abstracts submission for the Student Research Symposium which will be held at NMU, Marquette MI Saturday, April 11, 2015.

This symposium will provide a venue for students to present their research in chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields. This symposium will be an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, and the ...

UPLS sponsored Upper Peninsula Science Olympiad Regional Tournament, February 21, 2015, Marquette MI.

Location: NMU Campus, Marquette MI

Date: March 29, 2014

Purpose: To provide a venue for students to present their research in chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields. This symposium will be an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, and the community at large to learn about the interesting chemistry and related research being conducted in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

David F. Wiemer, F. Wendell Miller Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa will visit UPLS on Thursday, October 18, 2012.

At 3:00 PM, Rm 101, Chemical Sciences & Engineering Bldg (on the campus of Michigan Tech, Houghton MI), Prof. Wiemer will present "Herbal Products: they're natural, but are they safe?”

At 4:00 PM, Rm 101, Professor Weimer will visit with students. Refreshments will be provided.

At 6:00 PM, the UPLS will host a dinner, at ...

Bill Carroll, Chair of ACS Board of Directors, will visit UPLS (MTU campus, Houghton MI) on Monday, April 16, 2012.  Schedule TBA.

UPLS member Dave Chesney attended PacificChem 2010.

Joseph E. Sabol, UPLS member and Program Chair for the Division of Small Chemical Businesses (SCHB), organized SCHB's technical program at the ACS National Meeting in Boston, August 22-26, 2010. 

SCHB's program included:

• Combating Disease - The Role of Biotechnology-based Small Businesses
• Building Businesses Based on the Integration of Basic and Applied Research
• Sustaining a Chemical Business with Federal Grants and Contracts
• Mastering T...

The Chemistry & Alchemy of Brewing

Professor Robert Bates

University of Florida

Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 4:00 pm

Rm 101 of the Chemical Sciences Bldg

Michigan Technological University

Houghton MI

After the seminar there will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the

speaker during a dinner (~ 5:30 PM) at the The Library Restaurant & Brew Pub

(62 Isle Royale St, Houghton).  Please call or e...

Whey the Advantages UPLS meeting on Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Marquette MI.

Meeting  3:00 - 4:45 p.m., Dinner  6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

The ACS Local Section Innovative Project Grant “Conviving with Chemistry and Food” was awarded for education on the chemistry of agriculture, nutrition, food, and food processing and serves members of the Upper Peninsula Local Section and the community at large (local and regional groups that are involved w...