Good morning everyone,
Thanks so much for all of you who came out Monday and Tuesday to join us at the morning and afternoon CHAS symposium sessions! The attendance was great, we greatly appreciated it, and we definitely want to continue the momentum one last time as we look forward
to seeing you all at our last symposium this afternoon. Just wanted to take a quick moment to let you all know of the sessions taking place today, Wednesday, August 26th at 4PM. Looking forward to seeing you all there..................................
WEDNESDAY – August 26th, 2026
Virtual & McCormick Place Convention Center
(CHAS) General Papers in Chemical Health and Safety
Location: N226 (McCormick Place Convention Center)
Presider: Dwayne F. Henry, Evan Friedmann
4:00 Introductory Remarks
4:20 It's just community college, right?: Strategies to empower/influence educators to implement lab safety/safety culture in the 2 - year institution 2.0 D. Henry
4:45 Research safety student initiative at Northwestern University: assessing and enhancing safety culture through student-led initiatives in an academic research environment H. Wellman
5:10 Annual lab safety inspections in multidisciplinary environments: An opportunity for engagement and communication C. Martinez Jimenez
5:35 AI-enabled autonomous risk management framework: Integrating HAZOP-LOPA and reconstruction-based deep learning M. Kim
Hope you all had a great conference and travel safely!
Dwayne F. Henry
ACS CHAS 2026 Chair-elect/2-Year College Lab Safety Community of Practice Chair
Instructional Lab Manager of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Collegewide Chemical, Physical, & Biological Hazards sub-committee
TPSS Biology Club Advisor / TPSS Shepherd's Club Advisor
ACS Committee for Chemical Safety Executive Board
ACS CHAS Peer-Led Workshops Mentorship Team
Montgomery College TP/SS campus
(240) 567-1418
