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Five Intensive ACS Short Courses IN PHILADELPHIA— MAY 1979 Creative Problem Solving Designed for chemists and chemical engineers who wish to enhance their innate creative capabilities, this new ACS Short Course will aid chemists and chemical engineers in producing better and more efficient solutions to problems encountered in their work. Emphasis is placed on developing the proper attitudes for dealing with complexity and uncertainty and on providing the tools and concepts most
productive in problem solving. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Moshe F. Rubinstein, University of California, Los Angeles. FEE: ACS Members, $250.00; Nonmembers, $290.00. DATES: May 10-11, 1979.
Interpretation of NMR Spectra Organic and analytical chemists with little prior knowledge of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy who are interested in developing facility in the interpretation of NMR spectra will find this course especially valuable. The course emphasizes basic NMR theory and interpretation of spectra. To a limited extent, analytical applications are included. No use is made of equipment.
INSTRUCTORS: LeRoy F. Johnson, Transform Technology, Inc., Mountain View, CA and Dr. Roy H. Bible, Jr., G. D. Searle and Co., Chicago, IL. FEE: ACS Members, $295.00; Nonmembers, $340.00. DATES: May 10-12, 1979.
Polymer Chemistry This introductory couse provides a survey of both organic and physical polymer chemistry for chemists without formal training in these areas. Topics in the organic segment of the course include general features of stepgrowth polymerization, free radical chain polymerization and copolymerization. The physical chemistry of polymers section includes determination of molecular weights and their distribution, chain configuration, and polymer processing.
INSTRUCTORS: Dr. James E. Mark, University of Cincinnati and Dr. George Odian, College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. FEE: ACS Members, $295.00; Nonmembers, $340.00. DATES: May 10-12, 1979.
Capillary Gas Chromatography (HANDS-ON COURSE) Useful to people doing GC in the chemical, biological, clinical, environmental, occupational health and safety, petroleum, and natural products fields, the course is designed to demonstrate practical and advanced techniques of high resolution GC. Lecture and laboratory work demonstrate state-of-the-art techniques in the field including an intercomparison of capillary column types and a comparison of the
applications and results of different sampling and injection techniques. INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Stuart P. Cram, Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek, CA and Dr. Milos Novotny, Indiana University. FEE: ACS Members, $250.00; Nonmembers, $290.00. DATES: May 11-12, 1979.
Chemical Abstracts Workshops: Print Services and Index Nomenclature The print services workshop is designed to illustrate ways to access scientific information by using CAS printed services — Chemical Abstracts (CA), CA Volume Indexes, Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI), and the Registry Handbook—Number Section. The Index Nomenclature Workshop teaches participants how to make chemical substance searches of CA more efficient and more productive. Plus, they can improve their skill at naming organic compounds. Both workshops are designed for scientists, engineers,
librarians, information specialists and educators. INSTRUCTORS: CAS scientists-editors, Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OH. FEE: One workshop —ACS Members, $85.00; Nonmembers, $115.00. Both workshops —ACS Members, $150.00; Nonmembers, $210.00. DATES: May 10-11, 1979.
All five courses will be held at Cherry Hill Inn, Cherry Hill, N.J. To register or to obtain a detailed brochure on any of these courses, call or write now. Class size is limited, so early action is advised. Students and unemployed ACS members: write for information on special discounts. Department of Educational Activities, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 or CALL COLLECT (202) 872-4508 14
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