2017 Chicago ACS Schoarship Recipients (L-R): Jevin Liu (1st, Naperville North HS), Alex Cardonick (2nd, New Trier Township HS), Joseph Li (4th, Naperville Central HS), Anne Foley (5th and Marie Lishka Scholarship, Naperville north HS). Presented by Chicago ACS High School Educaiton Chair Russ Kohnken (far left). For more details, see http://chicagoacs.org/images/downloads/High_School_Scholarship_Materials/2017_acs_scholaship_results_b.pdf

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at College of Lake County, a remote site connected to the main site by live video and web conferencing)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night. Workshop where participants made working solar cell arrays using blackberries and other household materials using kits designed by Dr. Sameer Patwardhan, the evening's speaker. (at College of Lake County, a remote site connected to the main site by live video and web conferencing)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night happened to coincide with the birthday of our featured speaker, Dr. Sameer Patwardhan! (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night happened to coincide with the birthday of our featured speaker, Dr. Sameer Patwardhan! (at Roosevelt University)

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night: Project SEED Chair Raelynn Miller (L) introcuces one of the Section's Project SEED high school students who enjoyed working in a research lab over the summer.

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night: High School Education Committee Chair Russ Kohnken discusses the Section's key HS activities, the Chemistry Olympiad and Scholarship programs.

2017 Chicago ACS Schoarship Recipients (L-R): Jevin Liu (1st, Naperville North HS), Alex Cardonick (2nd, New Trier Township HS), Joseph Li (4th, Naperville Central HS), Anne Foley (5th and Marie Lishka Scholarship, Naperville north HS). Presented by Chicago ACS High School Educaiton Chair Russ Kohnken (far left). For more details, see http://chicagoacs.org/images/downloads/High_School_Scholarship_Materials/2017_acs_scholaship_results_b.pdf

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night: High School Education Committee Chair Russ Kohnken (R) celebrates the international success of Chicago student Harrison Wang, 5th-ranking gold medalist in the final stage of the International Chemistry Olympiad, with Wang's father.

2017 Chicago ACS Education Night: Section luminary Paul Brandt, who administers the scholarship and Olympiad exams, describes the programs.