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• Tillmanns-Skolnik Service Award
• Delaware Section Award
• Carothers Award
• Teacher of the Year Award
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2025 AVS Excellence in Mentorship Award
At the American Vacuum Society’s conference, AVS 71, in Charlotte North Carolina on November 24, 2025, Dr. Andrew Teplyakov of the University of Delaware was given the “AVS Excellence in Mentorship Recognition” award “For research and training in surface and interface functionalization of nanomaterials and solid films with applications in microelectronics and energy conversion”.
Dr. Andrew Teplyakov has been at the University of Delaware since 1998 and has mentored around 30 PhDs and countless undergraduate students.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Andrew Teplyakov on this achievement!
Andi Martin, Steve Hardwick, John Cronin met on Jan. 13 and agreed to revive the ChemVets group. John agreed to be Chair. We invite the membership to send us their thoughts on programs.
What ideas for activities, ranging across educational, technical, and social, would be suggested by crowdsourcing? We would like to plan a face-to-face meeting in April with interested Section members to develop the Committee’s program(s) for 2025-2026. We would like to contact the membership with additional details in a separate emailing in February.
However, anyone reading this, if you have thoughts, suggestions, or concerns before then, please contact Chem Vets by emailing Andi Martin at aemartin1@widener.edu.
Delaware needs chemistry teachers!
Are you a student studying for the Praxis Subject Assessment test in chemistry? Do you want to help train students to be great chemistry educators? The Delaware ACS is looking to connect students studying for the Praxis Subject Assessment test with qualified tutors. If you are in need of a tutor, or wish to volunteer to tutor a student, please contact DE ACS Secretary Jasmine Smith at jasmine.smith@chemours.com.
On January 3, 2024, the ACS Delaware Section Government Affairs Committee (GAC) met with US Senator Tom Carper in Wilmington to discuss the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, workforce immigration policies, and the invasion of Ukraine. Pictured are: Left: Rob Mishur, DE ACS Director and GAC chair; Center: US Senator Tom Carper, Right: John Gavenonis, DE ACS Councilor and chair of the ACS Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs.
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