Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 28th, 2009
Lidiya Stavitskaya, a 2006 chemistry graduate, visited the department this week. While a senior at Stevenson, Lidiya completed her Capstone Project under the direction of Dr. Andy Coop, a professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She loved her Capstone, and upon graduation from SU, joined [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2009
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Marie, a graduate of Century High School in Eldersburg, MD, is excited to be part of the BS in Chemistry/MS in Forensic Science program. After completing rotations at the Forensic Science Divisions of the Maryland State Police and the Baltimore County Police Department, Marie has decided she would like to pursue a career in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 27th, 2009
Antonia Anderson, a junior at Stevenson, gains knowledge on the use of a gas chromatograph, an instrument used to separate components in a compound. The compound Antonia is analyzing was collected from a fractional distillation procedure she performed in another lab session a week ago. The chromatography results will show how well Antonia’s distillation worked [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 24th, 2009
In the above picture, sophomore Chemistry majors, Ryan Bragg and Jessica Bandzwolek, prepare a Williamson Ether reaction in Organic Chemistry II. Ryan and Jessica then transfer their reaction to a microwave in the picture below, which is specifically set up with a method to greatly increase the rate of reaction. The entire preparation and reaction [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2009
Chemistry majors (from left: Jamie Myers, Kyle Van Beek, and Mike Rossi) pose with new faculty member, Dr. Jason Sonnenberg. Dr. Sonnenberg, a physical chemist, will join our Department in August.His research involves studying actinides using supercomputers.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2009
Students examine a vial filled with reactants for a microwave Diels-Alder reaction.
Test question: Are they smiling because
A. they love lab
B. they’re excited a microwave experiment means a shorter reaction time
C. they know their picture is being taken
D. all of the above!
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 20th, 2009
Megan Thomas, a student in Organic Chemistry, works to secure her distillation apparatus, which can be used for removing a solvent, purifying a liquid, or separating compounds of a liquid mixture. Megan will be using this apparatus to separate a 50:50 mixture of methanol and isobutyl alcohol, which will then be analyzed through gas chromatography next week. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2009
Interested in seeing what a day in the life of a Stevenson University Chemistry major is like? If you answered yes, you are more than welcome to shadow any of our current students as they go from class to class. Above, from left to right, Katy Salter and Carrie Thomas, shadow Stevenson’s Brittany Cassell during [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2009
Carrie Lee Patterson, Ashley Lapid, and Laura Erhardt, all first year students at Stevenson, observe physical and chemical changes during Chemistry 110, Foundations of General Organic and Biochemistry. This lab session included the combination of various chemical compounds in order to monitior the changes that take place during the interaction of the reagents. The students [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2009
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT:
Chris Stack
A graduate of Pasadena Northeast High School in Anne Arundel County, Chris’s favorite course was his Senior Research Capstone course. He found this course to be the culmination of his chemistry education, allowing him to think independently as he participated in anticancer research with Dr. Averill Gnatt (above right) at the University [...]