Business MEETING – 11.14.2022 @ AICHE Fall Meeting

Business MEETING – 11.14.2022 @ AICHE Fall Meeting

1. Update on Membership // Leadership in NSEF

2020-2022 Executive Board

• Chair - Reg Rogers
• Vice Chair - Nigel Reuel
• Secretary/Treasurer - Rizia Bardhan
• Past Chair - Samantha Meenach
• Directors - JS Wu and Xiewen Gong
• Programming Chair - Yoonjee Park

2. Financial Update – we are in a good position.

3. Nominations for Executive Board positions (Vice Chair, Secretary/Treasurer, Directors) – DUE Dec 2^nd, then membership will vote https://forms.gle/VNu16evideBrBHDH9

4. Solicitation of session chairs for Orlando meeting https://forms.gle/89aVNjo2V3rjP5Kr8

Sessions from Fall 2022 Meeting:

• Carbon nanomaterials I – dispersion, surface structure, and biointeractions
• Carbon nanomaterials II – dispersion, surface structure, and biointeractions
• Nanomaterials for energy storage
• Bionanotech grad student award session
• Carbon nanomaterials: grad student award session
• Nanomaterials for general electrochem phenomenon
• Nanoparticle drug delivery systems
• Posters
• Plenary – bionanotech
• Plenary – energy
• Nanotech approach to diagnostic, implants, templating and assembly

NOTES:

+ Topicals – we need to submit these by Spring for F23

14. Idea of Junior faculty talk session

+ Training of volunteers  - DEI // running sessions // how to address disruptive behavior

+ Big bucket submission

5. Reminder on AIChE’s DEI mission

https://www.aiche.org/equity-diversity-inclusion/statement#:~:text=AIChE%20is%20committed%20to%20promoting,in%20engineering%20and%20science%20professions.

6. Open mic – ways to improve NSEF?

NOTES:

+ Better correspondence – newsletters

+ Better awareness of what we do – again more messaging