Preparations are being finalized for the 97th AOCS Annual Meeting in Saint Louis, MO. Please make note of the many planned IOP Division symposia and activities. I encourage everyone to attend the joint IOP-EAT Division dinner on Monday, May 1, at the Missouri Athletic Club, with guest speaker Mark Matlock. Mark is senior vice president for the ADM Research Division and was elected president of the American Oil Chemists’ Society for 2003-2004. Mark has an M.S. degree in Polymer Science from the University of Akron and is author or co-author of 7 U.S. patents. The title of his presentation is “Chemurgy--Back to the Future” [Chemurgy: branch of applied chemistry concerned with preparing industrial products from agricultural raw materials].

Our IOP membership is now 205.

The Executive Board meeting will be Sunday, April 30, from 2-3:00 p.m. in room 222 of the St. Louis Convention Center. The IOP Roundtable this year will be on Monday, May 1, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Room 127. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions about IOP you would like the Board to hear, please join us. A fine technical program has been organized by the program chair Jim Kenar with the help of the many session chairs and speakers.

We would like to invite all members of the National Biodiesel Board to join IOP. Our program includes two sessions on Alternative Fuels and a session on New Uses of Glycerin, plus sessions on Chemistry of Oils and Fats, Biobased Products, and Polymeric Materials. I also wanted bring to your attention the Practical Short Course on Biodiesel: Market Trends, Chemistry and Production that will take place before the meeting. I will be giving a paper on a novel highly efficient non-dispersive biodiesel reactor on Monday at the Alternative Fuels I Session that will be of interest to biodiesel manufacturers and vegetable oil processors.

Congratulations to Dr. Gerhard Knothe of NCAUR, USDA, Peoria, who is the winner of the 2006 United Soybean Board Industrial Uses of Soybean Oil Award for his work on biodiesel. He will give an award address titled "Research on Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil Fuels--Then and Now." The award includes a $3000 honorarium and a plaque commemorating the award.

Congratulations also to Dr. Galen Suppes, Mr. Chuang-Wei Chiu, Dr. Mohanprasad Dasari, and Dr. William R. Sutterlin who are the recipients of the 2006 SDA/NBB Glycerine Award for their work on conversion of glycerol to propylene glycol. Dr. Suppes will give an award paper titled “Improved Process for Converting Glycerine to Propylene Glycol.” Each recipient will receive a certificate and a share of the $5000 honorarium.

Our Division Web page can be found at http://www.aocs.org/member/division/indust/. The Web page is used in tandem with the newsletters to keep members up-to-date on Division news. The Web page will be updated regularly so make a routine of checking it for late-breaking news.

I look forward to attending the meeting in St. Louis and I would like to thank all of the IOP Division Officers and the session chairpersons for their dedication. I’ll see you in Missouri!

John L. Massingill, Jr., Ph.D.
Division Chair

Division Meetings
IOP Division

• Board Meeting--Sunday, April 30, 2-3 pm, Room 222
• Roundtable Discussion--Monday, May 1, 1-2 pm, Room 127
• Dinner Meeting--Monday, May 1, 6 p.m. cash bar reception; 7-9 pm dinner, Missouri Athletic Club. This is a joint dinner meeting with the Edible Applications Technology Division. The after-dinner speaker will be Mark Matlock, Senior Vice-President of Food Research, ADM.

• Board Meeting--Division officers will meet to discuss operations and strategic plans for Division activities. All Division Board Meetings will be held on Sunday, April 30, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm in Room 222 prior to Division Council.
• Roundtable Discussion--This meeting will set priorities for Division activities and funds. Technical sessions for future annual meetings and other education and meeting opportunities will also be discussed.
• Luncheon/Dinner Meeting--This social function provides attendees time to network with peers. A presentation related to the Division topic may be scheduled following the meal.

To view all AOCS and AOCS Division award winners, visit http://www.aocs.org/member/awards.

In inform . . .

Here’s a sample of what’s coming up in the May 2006 issue of inform: a 16-page supplement focusing on Building Biodiesel. Features include a poll of industry movers & shakers, a report from the 2006 National Biodiesel Conference and Expo, and practical advice on biodiesel plant construction. The supplement, sponsored by Crown Iron Works, is the first in a continuing AOCS series highlighting the latest trends and information in Biorenewable Resources. Number two in the series, sponsored by DeSmet Ballestra, will appear in August and explore the state of the European biodiesel industry.

In the Oil Mill Gazetteer . . .

• IOMSA Summer Convention information
• Boiler and Combustion Safety—What You Don’t Know Can Kill You!
• Report from 2006 Texas A&M Oil Mill Operator's Short Course
• Report from the 2006 GEAPS Convention
• Soybean Checkoff Sees Potential in Aquaculture

In JAOCS . . .

Review
• Reaction Chemistry of Gossypol and its Derivations

Analytical and Physical Chemistry
• Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Edible Oils
• Fractal Dimensions of Fat Crystal Networks

Food, Feed Science, and Nutrition
• Chemical Refining of Rice Bran Oil Components
• Analytical Properties of Hemp Seed Oil
• Frying Stability of Regular and High-oleic Sunflower Oils

Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
• Flaxseed Protein-derived Peptides as Nutraceuticals
• Tocopherol Intrinsic to Sunflower Seed Oil Bodies
• Tocopherol and TAG in Soy Embryonic Axes

Nonfood or Industrial Applications
• Biodiesel Properties of Vegetable Oil Esters
• FA, Tocols and Carotenoids in Sea Buckthorn Pulp Oil Species

Processing and Engineering Technology
• Nanofiltration of Carotenoids from Palm Methyl Esters
• Pheophytin Products Related to Virgin Olive Oil Quality

Letter to Editor
• Physicochemical Properties of Apricot Kernel

World Conference and Exhibition on Oilseed and Vegetable Oil Utilization Processing, By-Products, Biodiesel, Specialty and Functional Oils, and New Applications & Technologies
14–16 August 2006, Istanbul Hilton Convention Center
Istanbul, Turkey

Sponsored by the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) and Kitchen Products & Margarine Industrialists Association of Turkey, in cooperation with the American Soybean Association, Istanbul Office. Co-sponsored by the Processing Division of AOCS.

Program topics for this conference include:

Economics & Marketing • Crushing & Foods • Oilseed Products, Utilization • Formulation and Processing of Finished Products • Emerging Technologies • Quality Control • By-Products and Utilization • Alternative Fuels from Fats & Oils • Antioxidants & Nutraceuticals from Edible Sources • Bio-Based Lubricants • Preparation & Extraction Technologies • Edible Oils from Seeds & Plants • Oleochemistry • Biocatalysis & Biotechnology • Specialty & Marine Oils

In addition to this comprehensive technical program, four short courses will be offered prior to the conference: Biodiesel • Edible Oils Refining and Processing • Oilseed Extraction • Quality Assurance: Flavor, Lipid Oxidation, Update on Analytical Techniques and trans Fat Issues

General Chairperson: Dr. Sefa Koseoglu, Filtration and Membrane World LLC, USA

Local Chairpersons: • Mr. Taskin Tugular, MUMSAD, Turkey • Mr. Metin Yardagul, Besler, Turkey

Technical Program Committee: • Dr. Sevim Erhan, USDA/ARS/NCAUR, USA, Committee Chairperson • Dr. Ignace Debruyne, ID&A, Belgium • Dr. Fereidoon Shahidi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada • Dr. Wim De Greyt, DeSmet - Ballestra, Belgium • Dr. Thomas McKeon, USDA/ARS/WRRC, USA

Visit http://www.aocs.org/meetings/istanbul/ for updates.

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112th Annual IOMSA Convention
June 18-20, San Antonio, TX, USA
For a complete calendar of events, registration information, and a convention message from IOMSA President Dennis Easley, visit iomsa.org/summer_conv.asp. Accommodation information: The Westin Riverwalk, 420 West Market St., San Antonio TX, USA, PH:+1 2102246500, FX:+1 2104446100; www.westin.com.

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The objective of the Industrial Oil Products (IOP) Division is to provide a forum for the exchange and dissemination of information and to promote contacts among professionals involved in research, development, engineering, marketing, and testing of industrial products from fats and oils. Such products include fuels, lubricants, coatings, polymers, paints, inks, cosmetics, dielectric fluids, additives, and any other suitable application. Synthesis of novel derivatives from fats and oils as well as genetically engineered new crops with potential as new industrial products and co-products such as glycerol arising during the production of industrial oil products are also included.