Dear Mel,
I would like to go to the meeting on May 13 but I do not have any
transportation.
Ann Marie Ladetto
On May 1, 2017, at 4:39 PM, Meledath Govindan <mgovindan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear Friends,
Just a reminder that we need to have a reasonable count of how many people
are planning to attend the meeting in order to make arrangement for the food
as well as preparing for the laboratory workshop. So please respond by
Wednesday, May 3, if at all possible. If we don’t hear from you by Friday,
May 5 you may not have a space in the workshop. Please e-mail Central
Division Chair, Dr. Leslie Bishop now itself so that you would not forget:
leslie.bishop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Here is the flyer again:
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NEACT Central Division Meeting and Annual Meeting
May 13, 2017
Framingham State University
8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
Hemenway Laboratories Atrium
9:30 AM Dr. Vinay Mannam, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and
Food Science Hemenway Hall 312
“Why are recipes not scientific? The beauty and complexity of food science.”
We will talk about chemical and nutritional changes that happen during
cooking, while highlighting the role of heat in facilitating those reactions.
10:30 AM Dr. Vinay Mannam
Hemenway
Laboratories 371/372
“Intermolecular interactions in Cheese and Ice Cream”
The workshop is geared to meet the needs of science educators working to
design their own experiments in food chemistry as well as those wishing to
incorporate the chemistry of food into classroom or laboratory activities. It
will provide the participants with a basic understanding of the connections
between chemistry and food, using milk as an example food. It includes a
limited lecture with theoretical overview and hands-on activities
highlighting inter-molecular interactions in milk and understanding chemical
changes occurring during preparation of cheese and ice-cream. Participants
will receive resources to plan their own food chemistry experiments.
12:00 PM Lunch (Sponsored by Central MA section ACS)
Hemenway Laboratories Atrium
1:00 PM NEACT Annual Meeting
Teachers can earn Contact Hours and PDPs for attending this meeting.
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Link to campus map and directions:
https://www.framingham.edu/Assets/uploads/about-fsu/_documents/campus-map2015.pdf
Thank you.
Mel
Meledath Govindan, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biology and Chemistry
Advisor for Health Professions
Condike Science Bldg 220
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA 01420
(978)-660-8831 (Mobile)
President, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers: www.neact.org
Councilor, American Chemical Society:
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/governance.html
Regional Contest Coordinating Team Lead, North South Foundation:
www.northsouth.org
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