News Allied Chemical Corp., Solvay, N.Y. James Akers, Freed-Hardeman Col lege, Henderson, Tenn. Barbara Morse, SUNY, Brockport, N.Y. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State Uni versity, Ames, Iowa Margaret Rogers, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Ind. Hercules, Inc., Wilmington, Del. John Bullock, SUNY College, P i t t s burgh, N.Y. Matthew Kalnik, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. Sarah Mounter, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Mo. Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Somerville, N.J. Kathleen Boesze, Manhattan College, Bronx, N.Y. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Somer ville, N.J. Richard Battaglia, Manhattan Col lege, Bronx, N.Y. Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute, Albuquerque, N.M. Raymond Harvey, Mercy College, De troit, Mich. Elizabeth Kabrick, University of Mis souri, Columbia, Mo. David Law, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.V. Stephanie Renken, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio Jon Wahl, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, Mich. Rohm and Haas Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Lisa Allerman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. Searle Research, Skokie, 111. Anita Lister, University of North Car olina, Wilmington, N.C. Standard Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio Stephen Thong, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Tenn. James Hayes, Virginia Common wealth University, Richmond, Va. Jacqueline Tso, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Gerald Grunewald, La Salle College, Philadelphia, Pa. U.S. Borax Research, Anaheim, Calif. Carl McAfee, Harding University, Searcy, Ark. Wyeth Laboratories, Philadelphia, Pa. Steven Rutt, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.
Microscopic latex particles pro duced aboard NASA's Space Shuttle should soon become the first "space product" to be offered commercial ly. A major step toward marketing the material was taken on July 17 when 15 g of the 10-μιη particles were presented by NASA to the Na tional Bureau of Standards, which will certify the particles as a stan dard reference material and make them available for sale in 1985. The particles were produced in space during 1983 in the Monodisperse Latex Reactor developed by scientists from the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The experiment, conducted jointly under the direction of John Vanderhoff of Lehigh University, produced monodisperse latex microspheres superi or to those produced on Earth. The influence of gravity during groundbased manufacturing tends to distort the spheres so that they become egg-shaped and stick together in clusters, whereas particles produced in a low-gravity environment are uni form in size and shape. Because of their spherical uniformity, the spaceproduced particles will be used in in dustry and medical research as a standard for calibrating scientific in struments.
Mandelkern Wins 1984 Mettler Award Leo Mandelkern, professor of chem istry at Florida State University, was presented with the 1984 Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis at the 13th Annual North American Thermal Analysis Society Conference recently held in Philadelphia, Pa. The award, sponsored by Mettler Instrument Cor poration, has been given annually since 1968 to recognize and encourage individual achievement in the field of thermal analysis. Mandelkern's research focuses on the thermodynamics and kinetics of the crystallization of polymers and on the morphology of crystalline poly
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mers. His thermodynamic studies, in volving scanning differential calorimetry, accompanied by structural studies on solution crystallized homopolymers and copolymers, have allowed for a detailed understanding of the struc ture of crystalline polymers. Mandelkern received his AB and PhD degrees from Cornell University and in 1952 joined the National Bu reau of Standards as a physical chem ist. He began his work at Florida State University in 1962 and served as asso ciate director of the Institute of Mo lecular Biophysics from 1970-74.
Undergraduate Awardees to Receive ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY The Division of Analytical Chemis try of the American Chemical Society has named the winners of the 1984-85 undergraduate awards in analytical chemistry. The awards, consisting of issues of ANALYTICAL C H E M I S T R Y
beginning in October 1984 and ending with the May 1985 issue, are given an nually to chemistry students at U.S. colleges and universities in recognition of outstanding scholastic achievement. This year's 407 awardees were chosen by the chemistry departments of their respective institutions. In addition to receiving the JOURNAL, student awardees will receive the Analytical Division newsletter throughout the year. The undergraduate awards are designed to encourage the recipients' interest in chemistry, particularly an alytical chemistry.
Call for Papers 21st International Symposium on Advances in Chromatography Oslo, Norway. June 3-6,1985. The meeting will feature papers in all fields of chromatography and, in par ticular, new developments in gas, liq uid, supercritical fluid, and thin-layer chromatography. Authors wishing to present papers or posters should sub mit a 200-word abstract by Dec. 1 to A. Zlatkis, Chemistry Department, University of Houston, Houston, Tex. 77004, 713-749-2623. 1985 International Conference on Fourier and Computerized Infrared Spectroscopy Ottawa, Canada. June 24-29,1985. Papers dealing with all aspects of computerized infrared spectroscopy, including acquisition, processing, analysis, sampling, data interpreta-
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• 2nd International Symposium on Analytical Chemistry in the Explo ration, Mining, and Processing of Materials. April 15-19. Pretoria, South Africa. Contact: Symposium Secretariat S.328, CSIR, Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa m 16th Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society. April 22-26. Miami Beach, Fla. Contact: Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami, P.O. Box 248294, Coral Ga bles, Fla. 33124 • Scientific Computing and Auto mation Conference and Exposition. May 1-3. Atlantic City, N.J. Contact: Expocon Management Associates, Inc., 3695 Post Rd., Southport, Conn. 06490 m 6th Symposium on X- and Gamma-ray Sources and Applica tions. May 21-23. Ann Arbor, Mich. Contact: Martin Ludington, Depart ment of Physics, Albion College, Al bion, Mich. 49224 • 68th Canadian Chemical Confer ence and Exhibition. June 2-5. Kingston, Canada. Contact: The Chemical Institute of Canada, 151 Slater St., Suite 906, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5H3, Canada m 4th International Flavor Con ference on the Shelf-Life of Foods and Beverages. July 23-26. Rhodes, Greece. Contact: C. J. Mussinan, IFF R&D, 1515 Highway 36, Union Beach, N.J. 07735 • 2nd International Symposium on the Synthesis and Applications of Isotopically Labeled Compounds. Sept. 3-7. Kansas City, Mo. Contact: Donald Wilk, School of Pharmacy, 5100 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo. 64110,816-276-1616 m European Conference on Appli cations of Surface and Interface Analysis. Oct. 14-18. Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Contact: ECASIA Con ference Bureau, QLT Convention Services, Keizersgracht 792,1017EC Amsterdam, the Netherlands • 99th Annual AOAC Internation al Meeting. Oct. 27-31. Washington, D.C. Contact: AOAC, 1111 N. 19th St., Suite 210, Arlington, Va. 22209, 703-522-3032
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For Your Information DynaMedix Corporation and East man Kodak Company's Health Sci ences Markets Division have an nounced a software development and licensing agreement. DynaMedix will produce a modified version of its DMX-1000 clinical laboratory data management software for use with Kodak Ektachem analyzers. The soft ware simultaneously collects data from multiple analyzers and auto mates data management, results re porting, and quality control. For more information contact DynaMedix Corp., 305 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017, 212-949-7440. EP5-T, "Tentative Guideline for User Evaluation of Precision Per formance of Clinical Chemistry Devices," is a new publication from the National Committee for Clini cal Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). The factors to consider in designing an experiment to produce interprétable statistics from proper data collection and analysis procedures are presented. The document is designed to provide a consistent procedure for estimating the precision of devices and should benefit both the user and manufacturer. Copies are available for $15 each from NCCLS, 771 East Lancaster Ave., Villanova, Pa. 19085, 215-525-2435.
