Posted in Chemistry Majors on Apr 30th, 2010
Senior Jenn Kurek is shown here at the Academic Link coordinating tutoring appointments for students. Jenn has served as a tutor for many chemistry courses and has been part of our Supplemental Instruction Program in both General and Organic Chemistry. All of these services are provided free to students as the University is committed to [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors on Apr 27th, 2010
Matt Christoph is working in the Organic lab identifying his unknown. Students were each given a different unknown compound and were working to determine the structures based on physical characteristics, including spectral properties. In this picture, Matt is taking the microboiling point of his compound. He then plans to obtain and interpret infrared, mass, [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, Research on Apr 25th, 2010
Chemistry senior Lena Kemp is conducting research with Dr. Jason Sonnenberg, investigating iron(III) hydroxamate complexes using supercomputers. The compounds of interest are a model system for plutonium siderophore complexes. Future work will extend to plutonium siderophores and other siderophore derivatives that are used in decorporation treatments to remove plutonium from people who have ingested this [...]
Posted in Department Activities on Apr 23rd, 2010
Mrs. Kathleen Lageman is Assistant to the Dean of the School of the Sciences, Dr. Susan Gorman. However, Mrs. Lageman’s job doesn’t stop there. She helps whomever walks in the door. For students, she provides a listening ear, aids them with difficulties, makes appointments to see the Dean and supplies chocolate to all. In her [...]
Posted in Chemistry Internships, Chemistry Majors on Apr 20th, 2010
Michelle is shown here with her poster from the SU Science Poster Session. Michelle proudly spoke about her Internship Rotations at local crime labs. Michelle came to SU for the Forensics Program and is excited to be a part of it. She’s hoping that the education and experience that she is getting at SU [...]
Posted in Chemistry Faculty on Apr 18th, 2010
Dr. Tim Dwyer, a biochemist in the department, enjoys research with students and teaching at SU. In his spare time, Dr. Dwyer enjoys sports, especially soccer, and watching his kids at soccer games and gymnastics competitions. He also enjoys reading fantasy novels and noted that Guy Gabrieal Kay is his favorite author. Students find Dr. [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors, Department Activities on Apr 14th, 2010
Students, families, faculty and administrators gathered for the induction of SU’s Gamma Zeta chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon, the National Chemistry Honor Society. The charter for the chapter was presented by Dr. Frank Switzer from the National Executive Committee of Gamma Sigma Epsilon. Then, students who met the course and GPA requirements were inducted as [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors on Apr 13th, 2010
Dr. Dawn Ward asks students to take a look at the board as she explains how to interpret NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectra. After students perform each experiment in Organic lab, they use various chemistry techniques to show that their reactions were successful, that their desired product was obtained. In the second picture, Bobby Esbrandt [...]
Posted in Chemistry Majors on Apr 11th, 2010
Sam Bryant and Becca Hollins are working on their experiment, the nitration of bromobenzene. They are separating the product by extraction. Everything is proceeding as expected so they anticipate collecting a pure product. Good luck!
Posted in Chemistry Internships, Chemistry Majors on Apr 9th, 2010
Garrett completed his Capstone Internship at Martel Laboratories, a local environmental testing company. During the fall semester, Garrett wrote a paper on the difficulties presented by oils spills in oceans. After he finished his internship, Garrett continues to work at Martel because he “loves it there!” Following his graduation in May, Garrett plans to work [...]