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Travel Grant for Pittcon 2022

The American Chemical Society is offering a travel grant for citizens of countries in the U.S. Department of State’s Visa Waiver Program to attend the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon) in March 2022.

As an ACS chapter located in a Visa Waiver country, we would like to offer the Taiwan Chapter’s members the opportunity to apply for this program. However, you do not need to be an ACS member to qualify for this grant.

Pittcon 2022 will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 5-9 March 2022. The travel grant will cover the following expenses for participants:

  • Round trip economy class air travel up to $1,400
  • Five-night shared hotel accommodations during the conference
  • Complimentary conference registration
  • A $400.00 allowance for meals, local expenses, and airport transfers
  • Travel medical insurance coverage

The application for this grant is open until 13 December 2021 at 23:30 EST. For additional details and to apply, please visit the ACS website for the Pittcon Travel Grant.

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5th ACS Taiwan Chapter Graduate Student Conference

 

5th ACS Taiwan Chapter Graduate Student Conference

Date：May 1st, 2021 (Saturday) / Venue：Hsu Shou • Chlien International Conference Center at Tamkang University

Oral and Poster Presentations

(Application Deadline：April 9th, 2021)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION：

    1. Eligibility: Current graduate students (Ph.D and Master degree) in Taiwan.
    2. Sign-up: Please fill up the on-line application and email your information and abstract (in both docx and pdf format) to Ms. Jung-Jung, Chang (Prof. Chih-Hsin Chen Lab) E-mail: rong321478965@gmail.com
    3. Application Deadline: April 9th, 2021 (Firday)
    4. Date: May 1st, 2021 (Saturday), 8:30 AM ~ 6:30 PM
    5. Venue: Hsu Shou • Chlien International Conference Center at Tamkang University
    6. Program: Oral and Poster presentations will be held in parallel sessions. These sessions will be divided by four subgroups: Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry. Awards will be given for both oral and poster presentations.
    7. Abstract: The template of the abstract is provided on the website. The abstract should be within one page. Once its accepted, the organizing committee will contact the applicants for the detail presentation information before April 16th via email.
    8. Oral Presentations are given in English, including a 15 minutes talk and 5 minutes Q & A.
    9. Students should post their posters at the designated area and present their work during the poster sessions.
    10. Fee:
      • Free of charge if you are a valid ACS and/or ACS Taiwan Chapter member (Please provide your ACS membership number or membership receipt of ACS Taiwan Chapter). 500 NTD if you are not a member.
      • How to apply:
        1. Submit your application.
        2. The payment should be made to:
          Name of the Bank: Hua Nan Bank, NTU branch
          Remittance Account: Individual account number will be provided once the on-line application is submitted.
          Remittance Account Name: Chemical Society Located in Taipei
      • Once the payment is made, please email Ms. Jung-Jung, Chang (rong321478965@gmail.com) a copy your payment receipt and mention the date of your payment is made.
      • It is required to pay the fee before you submit your abstract.
      • For those who want to make the application in groups, please download and fill up the【co-remittance form】. Once the payment is made, please email the your payment receipt along with【co-remittance form】to Ms. Jung-Jung, Chang.
    11. An electronic copy of the conference brochure will be provided to all participants via email.
    12. Abstract Template：2021 ACS Taiwan Chapter Graduate Student Template EN 

     

  • Organizer：ACS Taiwan Chapter

    Co-organizer：Chemical Society Located in Taipei and Tamkang University

     

    Chair and Co-chair：Prof. Chih-Hsin Chen and Assoc. Prof. Po-Shen Pan

    Tel: 02-26215656#2525 

    E-mail: chc@mail.tku.edu.tw

          popan@mail.tku.edu.tw

     

    Contact：Ms. Jung-Jung, Chang (Prof. Chih-Hsin Chen Lab)

    Tel: 02-26215656#2525  E-mail: rong321478965@gmail.com

     

    Mailing Address：Department of Chemistry, Tamkang University. No. 151, Yingzhuan rd., Tamsui Dist., New Taipei City 25137, Taiwan

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ACS Taiwan Chapter Activity Report

The 4th ACS Taiwan Chapter Graduate Student Conference

May 04 2019 at Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University

 

Organizer:

ACS Taiwan Chapter

 

Co-organizers:

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University

Chinese Chemical Society located at Taipei

 

Organizing Committee:

Prof. Jye-Shan Yang (Chair, National Taiwan University)

Prof. Ching-Wen Chiu (Co-Chair, National Taiwan University)

Ms. Michelle Liu (Conference secretary, National Taiwan University)

 

Sponsors:

ACS Committee on International Activities

ACS Chemical Abstract Service

ACS Publications Division

iGroup Taiwan

Chitec Technology Co., LTD

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University

 

Award Selection Committee:

Physical Chemistry Division

Prof. Yuan-Chung Cheng (National Taiwan University)

Prof. Liang-Yan Hsu (Academia Sinica)

Prof. Ming-Kang Tsai (National Taiwan Normal University)

Organic Chemistry Division

Prof. Tahsin J. Chow (Academia Sinica)

Prof. Tsung-Shing Wang (National Taiwan University)

Prof. Po-Shen Pan (Tamkang University)

Analytical and Bio Chemistry Division

Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao (National Taiwan University)

Prof. Chih-Hsin Chen (Tamkang University)

Prof. Jie-Ren Li (National Dong-Hwa University)

Inorganic Chemistry Division

Prof. Kien Voon Kong (National Taiwan University)

Prof. Po-Heng Lin (National Chung Hsing University)

Prof. Yi-Hsin Liu (National Taiwan Normal University)

 

Statistics:

99 students, 14 professors, 4 representatives of sponsors

 

 

Description:

The annual ACS Taiwan Chapter Graduate Student Conference was held on the first Saturday of May, May 4th 2019. Every year, students from all chemical institutions in Taiwan gathered at the Graduate Student Conference to share their research progresses with each other in English. The ultimate goal of the conference is to encourage collaboration and to promote chemical research in Taiwan. This year, 89 student participants attended the conference and dedicated 35 oral presentations and 45 posters. To motivate and encourage students, we have also invited 12 professors from 6 research institutions to evaluate student performance on scientific presentation of their research accomplishment.

 

The opening remarks delivered by Prof. Jye-Shane Yang kick-started the conference at 8:50 am. Then, four parallel sections on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry began at 9:00 am. Each student was requested to present their own research in 20 minutes with a 5-minute Q&A section included. In addition to oral presentation, two poster/coffee break sections allow students to communicate in a more relaxed environment. This year, three educational plenary lectures were delivered. The first plenary lecture entitled “全新人工智慧資料庫: ScifinerN” given by Dr. Chuan-Che Liu from CAS introduced the new generation database search engine, ScifinerN, which is able to propose potential synthetic routes through data mining. The second plenary lecture sponsored by Citex was delivered by Mr. Dean Wang, and the title of the talk is “Emergency Response for Chemical Accident in Laboratory”. This lecture focused on how to minimize chemical damage on the human body in a laboratory accident. The last plenary lecture on “Scientific English Writing” by Dr. Kevin Kau from the Academic Writing Education Center at NTU taught students how to utilize a simple guideline to prepare a report in English. Dr. Kau also talked about some common mistakes that Taiwanese students tend to make in English writing.

 

The award ceremony was scheduled after the plenary lecture of Dr. Kau. The referees selected 8 Outstanding Oral and Poster Presenters, 16 Excellent Oral and Poster Presenters, 20 Selected Presenters, and 3 Most Popular Poster Presenters. Every awardee received an Award Certificate from the ACS Taiwan Chapter. Finally, Prof. Yang and Prof. Chiu gave the closing remarks to conclude the successful conference.

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2019 ACS President-Elect Prof. Lous Echegoyen visits ACS Taiwan Chapter

2019 ACS President-Elect Prof. Lous Echegoyen visits ACS Taiwan Chapter

The 2019 ACS President-Elect Prof. Louis Echegoyen and his former postdoc Prof. Chia-Hsiang Chen came visit ACSTC on Nov 16. A welcome dinner hosted by ACSTC was attended by committee members Jye-Shane, Tahsin, I-Jy, Chih-Hsin, Po-Shen, Ching-Wen, and Wei-Ssu. Prof. Echegoyen also delivered a scientific talk entitled “Buckyball Maracas: New Enjohedral Fullerene Structures, Reactivity, and Supramolecular Interactions” at NTU-Chem at 15:30.