News The $2500 Wiley Award is given an nually by the AOAC to recognize out standing contributions to the develop ment and validation of analytical methods that protect the consumer and the quality of the environment.
Nominations Sought for Reilley Award A national award in memory of Charles N. Reilley has been estab lished by the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry. The $1000 award, sponsored by Bioanalytical Systems, Inc., will be given annually to an ac tive researcher who has made a major contribution to the theory, instrumen tation, or applications of electroanalytical chemistry. The first award will be presented at the 1984 Pittsburgh Conference. Nominations for this first award should include a curriculum vita, a de scription of the nominee's contribu tions to electroanalytical chemistry, and two letters of nomination. Nomi nating materials should be received by Oct. 1 at the following address: Reilley Award Committee, Society for Elec troanalytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, M.L. 172, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.
Porter to Receive Mettler Award Roger S. Porter of the University of Massachusetts will be presented with the 1983 Mettler Award in Thermal Analysis at the Annual North Ameri can Thermal Analysis Conference to be held Sept. 25-29, 1983, in Williamsburg, Va. The award, spon sored by the Mettler Instrument Corp., has been given annually since 1968 to recognize and encourage indi vidual achievement in the field of thermal analysis. Porter is a professor in the depart ment of polymer science and engineer ing at the University of Massachu setts, Amherst, and is also codirector of the university's Materials Research Laboratory. His research has focused on deriving molecular information from thermal analysis, particularly with respect to hydrocarbons, poly mers, and liquid crystals. Porter also has been instrumental in establishing the fundamentals of a wide range of experimental techniques for thermal analysis.
SACP Awards Starter Grants The Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh (SACP) has announced the winners of its 1982-83 starter
grant competition. The starter grant program was established in 1980 to aid new professors and to support gradu ate student training in analytical chemistry. Mark A. Arnold of the University of Iowa is the recipient of a $10,000 starter grant. Arnold's research inter ests include designing biocatalytic membrane electrodes for use in homo geneous immunoassays. The SACP also awarded three trav el grants to the 1984 Pittsburgh Con ference. Winners of these grants are Susan Weiss Jahoda, University of South Florida; Terrence R. Tougas, University of Lowell; and James R. Rybarczyk, Ball State University.
Call for Papers Symposium on Concentration Techniques for Biological Testing of Environmental Samples Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 24-31,1984. The symposium, organized by the ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry, will be held at the 1984 ACS fall national meeting in Philadel phia. Emphasis will be on the theory and techniques of concentration and isolation of organics fropi water sam ples using various types of adsorbents, solvent extractions, gel permeation and freezing methods, and novel mem brane techniques. A letter of intent, giving proposed title and author, is due by Oct. 31. Letters should be sent to I. H. Suffet, Department of Chem istry, Environmental Studies Insti tute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104, or to Murugan Malaiyandi, Environmental Health Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2, Canada.
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