Organizations
Industrial Associates
Campus Meetings
- Two Day Annual Meeting - May 7 & 8, 2009
This meeting places a heavy emphasis on meeting graduate students via research poster sessions, panel discussions and 1:1 meetings. This serves to facilitate your recruiting efforts by identifying students at various points in their careers. If you have a special interest in any of the areas of Northwestern Chemistry, we will be happy to accomodate you!
Welcome Industrial Associates!
Industrial Associates Meeting
May 7-8, 2009 Ryan Hall 4003
Agenda
Thursday, May 7, 2009
9:30-10:00 am Introduction and Welcome
10:00- 11:00 am Keynote Lecture Sir Fraser Stoddart -NU Chemistry "Aspects of Mechanostereochemistry";
11:00-11:30 am Veronica Reichert - ITW " What ITW Does"
11:30-12:00 noon - Christopher Oliveri - Exxon Mobil "This is Exxon Mobil: Who we are, What we do and Why we do it"
12:00-12:30 pm - Michael Schwartz- Glaxo Smith Kline "Biopharmaceuticals and Biologics in Big Pharma"
2:30-3:00 pm - Regan Thomson - NU Chemistry"Silicon Keeps it Together:
Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Prodigiosin Alkaloids"
3:00-3:30 pm - Andrew Skipor - Motorola " Nanotechnology: a Look into the Future: Think Small"
3:30-4:00 pm - Joseph E. Sabol - Sabol Consulting - " You Can Be a Great Consultant"
4:30-6:30 pm - Poster Session Tech Lobby
Friday, May 8, 2009
8:30-9:00- Continental Breakfast
9:00- 9:30 am - Emily Weiss - NU Chemistry "What Can Organic Molecules Do for Fluorescent Quantum Dots"
9:30-10:00 am - John Kaufman - DTRA " DTRA/Chem-Bio Technologies: Advancing Revolutionary Change"
10:00-10:15 am Break
10:15 - 10:45 am Mark Jones - The Dow Chemical Company " Change is the Only Constant"
10:45 -11:15 am William Phillips - Abbott Laboratories Diagnostics Division
"Biotechnology and Diagnostics at Abbott Laboratories"
11:30 - 12:45: Panel Discussion - "Life after your PhD - What Can You expect?" Participating Companies:
Nalco, UOP, Abbott Labs, Exxon Mobil, Motorola, Stepan, Dow, DTRA, Glaxo SmithKline, ITW, Aerotek, Aldrich
Talks and Panel Open to Everyone
- Please contact Dr. Teri Collins, Northwestern Chemistry Director of Academic Operations, at theresa-collins@northwestern.edu if your company is interested in attending our meeting. She can also be reached at 847-467-3946. We welcome your participation!
- Advance notification of scheduled seminars, colloquia, and symposia.
Access to Facilities
Seminars
- Faculty member presents at I.A. Company.
- Industrial scientist presents on campus.
Recruiting Services
- Resumes of graduate students and postdocs seeking industrial employment are sent to Associates' recruiters.
- Department of Chemistry provides interviewing space and administrative support for Associates' recruiters.
Free Short Courses
Free Consulting
- One to two hours of preliminary discussion of a problem with a faculty member at no charge to assess potential benefit of an individual consulting agreement.
Early Access to Research
- Abstracts of recently published or soon-to-be-published research made available to I.A. Members on regular basis.
