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This industry overview discusses how the fine chemical industry is able to more quickly deliver fine chemicals in a cleaner, safer, and more cost-effective manner. Chemists and engineers are critical to this process.

The article offers information on the results of the 2014 Comprehensive Salary & Employment Survey of American Chemical Society (ACS) which was conducted and analyzed by the Research & Brand Strategy (RBS) department of ACS in the U.S. Topics discussed include the unemployment rate, the employment status of chemists as of March 1, 2014, and compensation of chemists and chemical engineers.

The article discusses the scenario on availability of jobs for recent graduates from chemistry and chemical science in the U.S. It mentions a report of survey from the organization American Chemical Society that 14 percent of graduates have failed at acquiring a job at the related filed in 2011. It highlights the stable scenario of unemployability of recent graduates from the field of chemists, chemical engineers and biochemist in the country.

The article relates the struggles and efforts of U.S. chemical engineer Robert S. Langer to explore the potential of chemistry and chemical engineering in changing the world and improving human health care. Information on his polymer drug delivery project is provided. Langer says his efforts to obtain a patent for his polymer systems were turned down five times during the 1971-81 period. He co-founded a company called Enzytech to develop polymeric drug delivery systems.

The article presents an employment outlook for the chemical industry for 2007 and beyond. It has been predicted that the statistical trends of the past 30 years would indicate that a higher percentage of women, Asian Americans, and foreign-born scientists would be seen in 2037, but fewer black chemists and chemical engineers would be noticed. Meanwhile, James D. Burke of Rohm and Haas Co. considered diversity as a deliberate business strategy to embrace a spectrum of human resources.

Information about the topics discussed at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers held in San Francisco, California on November 12-17, 2006 is presented. According to its president John C. Chen, the conference was attended by 4,500 chemical engineers from different fields of the profession who joined the discussions on the aspects of chemical engineering. The meeting had also provided an overview of the challenges encountered by the researchers of the association.

Information on the first-ever European Chemistry Congress which was held at Budapest, Hungary on August 27-31, 2006 is presented. The geographical diversity of Europe's chemical society has led to a proliferation of national meeting. The congress featured industrial, academic, and governmental chemists and molecular scientists from different countries.

Presents the result of a survey on starting salaries and employment situation of new chemistry graduates in the U.S. Respondents; Scope and coverage; Variations in wages and salaries for the graduates.

Analyzes the employment outlook for new chemists in the United States. Impact of the country's economic situation on industrial hiring of chemists; Pharmaceutical industry's hiring trend with regards to chemists; Advantages of chemical engineers over chemists with regards to job hunting.

Presents an outlook on salaries and jobs in the United States chemical industry in 2001. Jobs and salary gains for chemists and chemical engineers; Pay equality; Pensions; Growth in jobs. INSET: Salaries, employment, and ACS..

Presents an outlook on the demand for chemists and chemical engineers in the United States in 2001. Job market; Aggressive recruitment by chemical employers; Demand in large and midsize companies; Temporary employment; Academic hiring. INSETS: Degrees in informatics take hold.;E-Recruiting: The new way to get a job..

Information about several papers discussed at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) held in Orlando, Florida in September 2015 is presented. Topics include forensics science, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. The conference featured speakers Candice Bridge and Samesha Barnes.

Reports on the increase in chemists and chemical engineers' salaries in the United States. Minimal changes in the unemployment rate of chemists and chemical engineers; Increase in the median salaries for chemists as a group; Increase in the starting salaries of chemists; Increase in the number of absolute jobs available to chemists. INSET: ACS and the careers of its members..

Presents the results of a survey of salaries and working conditions of chemical engineers and chemists in the United States for the year 1999. Details of the salary survey; Employment; Factors affecting salaries and employment. INSET: Chemical engineers continue to hold salary edge at B.S. level..

Presents the results of the 1999 American Chemical Society's annual survey of salaries and employment status of chemistry and chemical engineering graduates in the United States. Median salary; Employment situation; Salary upturn; Demographics. INSET: Salary survey availablity.

Presents information on the 25th annual conference of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) held April, 1998 Dallas, Texas. Addressing of the opening session by Leonard E. Small, chairman of the executive committee of the NOBCChE; Identification of the theme of the conference. INSETS: Chemists reroute careers for personal satisfaction;At NOBCChE conference, science is all in the family.

Forecasts market demand for chemical engineers and chemists in the United States for 1996. Competition for doctoral-level positions; Prospects for chemists and engineers with Doctor of Philosophy degrees; Recruiting plans of several companies.

In this article, the author focuses on the rising demand for career in water treatment sectors among engineers and chemists. He informs that Snehal Desai, a specialist in water treatment sector, has stated that young people can devise innovative ways in the industrial waste water treatment. He further mentions chemical firms Dow Water & Process Solutions, Water & Process Technologies and BASF SE.

Information about the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists& Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) annual meeting held on April 13-17, 2009 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Topics discussed include the opportunities of chemists and chemical engineers in the field of health care and energy, the partnerships entered by NOBCChE and give professional awards. The meeting featured notable chemists and engineers, including Mark S. Wrighton, Soni O. Oyekan and Victor R. McCrary.

The article reports on the 2007 annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers held in Orlando, Florida. The forum delivered a mixture of technical programming and networking opportunities to help the members nurture their careers. The activities include a career fair, poster session, financial planning workshop, health symposium on obesity, science fair and science bowl competition.

Focuses on the employment opportunities offered to chemists, scientists and engineers by the contract research organizations. Provision of essential services for pharmaceutical firms; Reliance of viable small drug discovery on contracted research; Alteration of priorities to meet the expectations of different clients.

Focuses on the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers' (NOBCChE) 28th annual conference held in Baltimore, Maryland on April 2001. Goals of NOBCChE; Theme of the conference; Health issues discussed; Career views of three young chemists. INSET: Young Ph.D. Chemists Embrace Their Future..

Reports on the availability of books and Web sites for chemical engineers. Use of the resources in career planning; American Chemical Society's Office of Career Services site; American Association for the Advancement of Science's Web site.

Profiles Lawrence Gussman, chemical engineer and chief executive officer of Stein Hall & Co., a specialty chemicals company in New York City. Personal and professional background; Contributions made to the chemical industry; Career highlights; Passion for art.

Focuses on the results of the survey conducted by the American Chemical Society forecasting the starting salaries of chemists and chemical engineers for 1997. Demand for the profession; Median base salary for bachelor-level chemists; Employment situation; Demographics of those entering the chemical profession.

Compares the salary of chemical engineers and chemists in the United States. Salary differences; Salaries of the members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Salary advantage of chemical engineers over chemists. INSET: ACS survey also yields data on chemical engineers..

The article presents the research presentations discussed at the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) held in Orlando, Florida in September 2015. These includes the research on reducing the flammability of blended fabrics. It notes the method for recovering the elemental copper from copper nitrate hydroxide. It mentions the methane detection method.

The author discusses the organic synthesis used by organic chemists. The author states that the synthesis approaches the construction of organic molecules from novel perspective. The author mentions that it allows researchers to streamline synthesis of new types of chemical entities and make chemical reactions more sustainable and less expensive.

Several photographs are presented of 2015 chemistry and chemical engineering graduates including Ingrid Liao from the University of California, Riverside; Jose Diaz from San Francisco State University, California; and Jerrano Bowleg from Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU).

The article presents obituaries for several notable people including chemistry professor James F. Bonk, chemical industry entrepreneur Robert R. Gagne and chemical engineer William O. Hofmann.

The article presents obituaries for several notable persons including chemistry professor Darreil H. Beach at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana, chemical engineer Nathan Glassman at the U.S. Department of Navy, and chemistry professor Leopold May at the Catholic University of America.

The article reflects on the toxicity concerns during product design in chemical companies. It informs that a design tool, the Tiered Protocol for Endocrine Disruption (TiPED), has been created to inform chemists about the process of developing chemicals with inherently low toxicity. It mentions that the tool consists of five tiers including computational assessments and mammalian testing to investigate potential endocrine disruption activity early in the design cycle of a chemical product.

The article looks at the career-related concerns of two students that were addressed at 38th annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Tsehai A. J. Grell, a student at the Morgan State University, attended the meeting to help her decide on one are of the central science she could possibly pursue in graduate school. Alecia M. McCall, a student at Lousiana State University (LSU) presented her research on fluorescence-based in vivo imaging for colorectal cancer.

The article focuses on the new technology, dubbed Alpha, for making methyl methacrylate (MMA) at Lucite International Group Ltd.'s facility in Singapore. It notes that the newly reinvented process, which is the result of the effort of the company's chemists and chemical engineers of whom are mostly British, uses readily available feedstocks and does not yield by-products. Lucite senior chemist David Johnson relates the advantage of Alpha technology over the acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) process.

The article presents obituaries for several chemistry professionals including retired chemical engineer Thomas A. Bombicino, Mobil Research & Development geochemist Wilson L. Orr, and Joe M. Smith, emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of California in Davis.

The article reports on developments relevant to awards and fellowships awarded to top chemists, chemical engineers, college teachers and other experts in the U.S. in 2007. It includes background information on the recipients of the awards and fellowships, as well as their key contributions to studies and research in chemistry.

Presents a letter to the editor regarding the relationship between chemical engineers who have technical careers and the American Chemical Society.

Highlights the 32nd annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Orlando, Florida. Claim that the theme was Redefining the Face of Science and Technology, which reflects the changing and increasingly multidisciplinary nature of the sciences; List of activities, lectures and speakers.

Presents the official report of the December 2004 Board Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Projection of the financial performance as reported by the Society Committee on Budget and Finance; Enumeration of the approved communications requesting that technical divisions and regional meeting planners' programs meet the need of chemical professionals; Launch of the new Public Affairs and Public Relations (PA&PR) website of the organization.

Highlights the workshop “Preparing Chemists and Chemical Engineers for a Global Workforce” sponsored by the U.S. National Research Council. Speakers of the workshop; Discussion on the need for chemical professionals to remain competitive in changing marketplace; Venue of the event.

The article focuses on the American Chemical Society (ACS) and its Spanish resources. It highlights the developments of the Spanish-language and Spanish-speaker-serving products and activities of the ACS for chemical scientists, engineers, educators and students and outlines the ACS resources used to foster effective instruction of chemistry and related disciplines. Other initiatives of the ACS include webinars in Spanish and outreach to local schools and community groups.

The article focuses on macromolecular chemist Richard DiMarchi. It states that he is a chemistry professor at Indiana University (IU) and former head of research and development (R&D) at Eli Lilly & Co. It notes that he joined the IU faculty in 2003 with the goal of creating academic laboratory for drug discovery. It mentions that he cofounded the drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk A/S.

Obituaries are presented for U.S-based several notable people including biochemistry professor Richard N. Armstrong, physical chemistry professor Andreas J. lilies and chemical engineer Gene P. Stickle.