Like many of you, AOCS staff has moved from working out of
our headquarters building in Central Illinois to working in our homes. Many of
us have created new workspaces in various places in our homes. In my case, my dining room table has never
realized such usage until this quarantine.
While we all get used to this new environment, one thing I
have enjoyed is finding more time to watch video tutorials, read blog posts,
write more individual notes to members, and spend time experimenting with
virtual meeting tools like GoToMeeting, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams. Several
members have shared similar stories with me, especially our young professional
group within AOCS. Leann Barden, Research Manager, Chicago Bar Company, and
AOCS Young Professional Common Interest Group Co-Chair wrote:
“All of my company's meetings
are now done by video chat. It truly does force you to be more engaged than a
simple phone call, and it's a great way to feel connected. Our president's kids
made an appearance in his last state-of-the-business video to emphasize the
need to empathize with parents who are now parenting full time.”
Hari Kiran Kotapati, Post-Doctoral Research Associate,
Washington State University, also shared his experiences and thoughts:
“If you are in an academic
research lab, I think this is the ideal time to sit down and write up the
research paper or maybe that review article that you have been planning to
write, for a long time. This is what I have been doing so far working from
home. It is hard to focus on one thing while writing, so I usually choose to
split time between each of those things. You can also come up with some
research ideas for grant applications.”
What resources, software, videos, and learning are you
exploring while working remotely?
If you need some suggestions, I have selected a few from the
AOCS archives. Please view, share with others, and send me your comments.
o Fat
transitions in ice cream, presented by UW-Madison Professor and former
editor-in-chief of JAOCS Rich Hartel, an expert on online-learning and presenting.
o A walk
through your home–Discovering the surfactant science for cleaning it,
presented by 2018 Samuel Rosen Memorial Award winner David R. Scheuing.
o What is
vegetable oil and where does it come?, presented by Alan Paine, Desmet
Ballestra, a regular on the inform|connect Open Forum. This webinar is an
excellent refresher course on edible oil refining.
o
Statistical
design of experiments training for AOCS journal editors, a great resource
for editors, reviewers, and authors.
· Already missing the AOCS Annual Meeting like I
am? View
these recordings from the 2019 AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo.
Wow, this is already a long list and yet there is so much
more to offer. I hope you find some of these online resources of interest to
you.
Thank you and #staysafe!
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