The story of success of the Green Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Student Chapter of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Aguadilla owes its glory to the hard work of its members as a team. Their constant cooperation, loyalty, willingness and initiative make each one of our activities an out-of-this-world success. Based on this, all our activities were in coordination with the National Chemistry Week theme: “Chemistry Rocks”. As an example, one of our activities is the trip to the Eco-Exploratorium in San Juan. In that event, we have the opportunity to attend a conference about the Jurassic Era, and learn more about what makes ecosystem of Puerto Rico unique and how hurricanes are form based on our geographical location. We are also participating in the UPR-Aguadilla Environmental Technology Student Association workshop about gardening and preparing the soil using composting techniques. As a group, we are organizing a conference about surviving a hurricane and how renewable energy can be used as an electrical power source. Moreover, because of the overwhelming success of our first Scavenger Hunt, we are having our second Scavenger Hunt and Overnight. In this opportunity, the campers are learning about the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry with different mini-games, implementing what they had learned from past conferences and the first Scavenger Hunt. In the end, we will have accomplished our objective: having fun learning chemistry and fostering a sense of community within the Division members and the entire Chapter. In addition to all of our innovating activities, each academic year, some of our talented members write articles about scientific breakthroughs in green chemistry topics for our nationally distributed bilingual newspaper <i>La Idea Química</i>. Through the outstanding leadership of our team and the transformative power of chemistry, we aim to keep innovating and creating stories of success that will remain as part of the legacy of our ACS UPR-Aguadilla Student Chapter and Green Chemistry Division.

ACS Green Chemistry Division at UPR-Aguadilla: A story of continuous success

255th National Meeting (2018)

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.