SCC
These people make up the 2026 Intermountain West Board.
Who are Aaron, Bailey, Emilee, Jennifer, and Kate?
This popular deep-fried Mexican dish, is often filled with meat, cheese or veggies.
What are chimichangas?
The theme of this event.
What is Stability and Preservation?
Started in the early 80's in Dallas, this duo combined their business to make a location for adults for food and entertainment.
Who are Dave and Buster?
This category of ingredients, commonly found in lotions, helps oil and water combine.
What is an emulsifier?
These states make up the Intermountain West Chapter.
What are Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming?
Although often associated with Cinco de Mayo in the U.S., this beer brand shares its name with the Spanish word for "crown".
What is Corona?
The names of the presenters for this event.
Who are Leigh, Anna and Chaz?
This famous duo in the in the 1930's was known for robbing banks, small stores, and gas stations, and were killed in an ambush by law enforcement in Louisiana.
Who are Bonnie and Clyde?
The name of this incompatibility can occur when cationic conditioning agents are combined with anionic thickeners, leading to precipitation or loss of viscosity.
What is ionic incompatibility or cationic-anionic interaction?
This is the name of the 2026 SCC President.
Who is Marisa Plescia?
Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day, which is actually celebrated on this date.
What is September 16th?
Long-Term stability is required to confirm this.
What is predicted shelf-life?
This siblings duo's shared surname was only solidified in a 1993 live-action adaptation, though they'd been navigating pipes and power-ups together for a decade prior.
Who are Mario and Luigi?
What are organic acid preservatives?
5 and 19 are the numbers for these SCC structures.
How many Areas and Chapters are there?
Cinco de Mayo marks this specific battle, where the Mexican forces defeated the French.
What is the Battle of Puebla?
Hurdle technology for cosmetics began during this decade.
What is the 90's?
This partnership is often described by a tonal contrast in its nicknames, pairing a brooding, nocturnal investigator with a series of youthful counterparts whose shared mantle evokes brightness.
Who are Batman and Robin?
This corn-based multifunctional ingredient not only acts as a humectant but also improves preservative efficacy by lowering water activity and disrupting microbial membranes.
What is propanediol?
This is the date of IMWSCC's Golf Event.
What is September 1-2?
This ruler of France ordered the invasion of Mexico that led to the Battle of Puebla.
Who is Napoleon III?
These are the two issues for fragrance stability that appear across all product categories.
What are Oxidation and UV?
These two scientists are credited with discovering the structure of DNA, though their work built on crucial contributions from Rosalind Franklin.
Who are Watson and Crick?
This phenomenon describes the upward movement of less dense oil droplets in an emulsion, often preceding full phase separation.
What is creaming?