The Chemistry department is a major participant in the ACS 40th Western Regional Meeting, "Water, Water, Everywhere!?!", which is being held January 22-25, 2006 in Orange, California. A symposium on Gas Clathrate Hydrates, organized by the Collaborative Research Center on the topic is headed by Kenneth Janda . Reginald Penner will preside over a symposium on Advances in Nanotechnology: Low Dimensional Materials in Chemical Analysis. Iota Sigma Pi will be hosting a table representing the department.