2025 RRV-ACS Research Conference
Friday / Saturday February 21 / 22
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
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The Red River Valley Local Section of the American Chemical Society (RRV-ACS) will hold the 2025 RRV-ACS Research Conference in February at the University of North Dakota.
This is the third of these meetings following 2023 at Concordia College and 2024 at Bemidji State. The Conference consists of a Friday night social event followed by a plenary speaker and a meeting of the RRV ACS executive committee. Saturday will see oral and poster presentations from undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral researchers allowing young researchers in the region to showcase their work.
CONFERENCE BOOK AND SCHEDULE - CLICK HERE
Preliminary Conference Schedule
Friday February 21st 5pm
5 pm - Social / Name-tag pickup
5:30 pm Dinner
6:30 Plenary Speaker
~7:30 RRV ACS Executive Committee Open Meeting / Conference Announcements
Saturday February 22nd (updated final version)
8:00 – Union Opens
8:05 - Breakfast, set up posters, load talks, judges sign up and pick up forms
8:25 – no opening remarks: Call to go to separate rooms
8:30 – 9:45– Oral Presentations Room A Talks 1 – 5 and Room B Talks 1 – 5
9:50 – 10:45 - Poster Session 1 (Odd numbered Posters Present)
10:50 – 12:05 - Oral Presentations Room A Talks 6 – 10 and Room B Talks 6 – 10
12:15 – 1:00 - Lunch, socialize, judges meetings.
1:00 – 2:35 – Oral Presentations Room A Talks 11 – 16 and Room B Talks 11 – 15
2:40 – 3:25 - Poster session 2 (Even Numbered Posters Presenting)
3:30 – 3:45 – Judge Deliberation, poster takedown and such
3:45 - Closing Ceremony / Awards
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Conference Registration and Abstract Submission CLOSED
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Award Winners
As part of the event, the Red River Valley ACs section rewards selected presenters with travel awards to attend ACS Spring or Fall meetings or one year ACS memberships. This year, out winners were
Outstanding Presentations:
Marcel Roy B. Domalanta (NDSU)
Temitayo Ikuerowo (UND)
Diane Tangmi (UND)
Excellent Presentations:
Esther Addo (UND)
Amirezza Daghighi ( NDSU)
Odunola Odofin (UND)
Judges Choice (1 year ACS membership awards)
Md Atik Fayshal (NDSU)
Moshin Uddin (NDSU)
Md Amirul Islam (UND)
Mohammed S. Gaber (UND)
Yanan Zhao (UND)
Selah Mueller (NDSU)*
Derek J. Hoffman (Bemidji State)*
Micaela Kocher (Mayville State)*
Ian (Chen Yun )Lin (UND)*
Chloe Knott and Ridge Flatness (Bemidji State)*
*denotes undergraduate presenter
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Wayne Seames (UND)
Plenary Speaker: Dr. Wayne Seames (UND)
Wayne Seames is a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. Invention and innovation have been a hallmark of his academic research career. He is a named inventor on eight U.S. patents and numerous international equivalents and is the only person from North Dakota to be inducted into the National Academy of Inventors. His current areas of research include: 1) the environmental and operational impact of coal impurities liberated during combustion; 2) fundamental mechanisms of trace element partitioning during combustion; 3) sustainable energy technologies including the invention and development of fuels and chemicals from crop oils and biomass; 4) the environmental impact and remediation technologies of both organic and inorganic chemicals; and 5) project management, design engineering, technical & commercial feasibility analyses. In addition to his academic career he has 16 years of applied industrial experience as a process and project engineer and in project management.
EVENT SUPPORT:
Financial support for this event has been provided by the UND Provost Office, Division of Research & Economic Development, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering & Mines, Department of Chemistry, and the Department of Chemical Engineering
Campus Map, Hotels and Parking:
Campus Map, Hotels and Parking:
The Event will be held in Henry's Family Ballroom located on the second floor of the UND Memorial Union - click here for building map
Pdf map of campus - click here (Memorial Union (#40) is located at F7
Recommended Parking - Free Parking Ramp (#42 on map) is located by Memorial Union)
Recommended Hotels:
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson
Grand Forks Lodge & AmericInn by Wyndham Grand Forks
Questions / Contact Information:
For further information contact either
Red River Valley ACS (redrivervalleyacs@gmail.com)
Graeme Wyllie (RRV ACS Councilor and Webmaster) (wyllie@cord.edu)
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