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Chemistry at CWU
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The
Chemistry Department is a dynamic, energetic
and growing organization that focuses on
giving students the best possible education
in the chemical sciences. We are housed
in the Science
Building, a state-of-the-art facility
with labs offering the latest instrumentation
and technology. We offer both undergraduate
and graduate degrees and are proud of our
low student to faculty teaching ratios.
The department has fourteen fulltime faculty
and a support staff of seven. Our faculty
members have diverse research interests
- ranging from the study of trace metals
over remote areas of the open ocean to
bio activation and cytotoxic mechanisms
of xenobiotics including antineoplastic
agents, environmental contaminants, natural
products and photosensitizers to theoretical
investigation of the chemical vapor deposition
processes of various inorganic materials
such as diamond, graphite, silicon crystals,
and silicon carbide . Student research
opportunities abound for undergraduates
as well as graduate students. Welcome to
our website!
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Department News |
Tim Sorey has had two articles accepted for publication. The first is
“Make your own Digital Thermometer!” in NSTA's, The Science Teacher (co-authored with T. Willard and B. Kim)
- to be published in March 2010 edition.
And the second (co-authored with T. Willard and D. Sholz) is "An Activity Promoting the Practice of Quantitative Literacy for Pre- and In-Service
Teachers of Mathematics and Science" in National Numeracy Network, Numeracy, Journal 3, Issue 1, Article 6.
Dion Rivera has also had an article accepted for publication entitled
"Quantitative In Situ Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Study of the Adsorption Isotherms
of Poly(Sodium 4-Styrene Sulfonate) to a TiO2 Surface over a Range of Centyl Pyridinium Bromide Monohydrate Concentrations,"
co-authored with undergraduate research assistants Mike Hase, Sarah Hayden and Ryan Scheffelmaier. This article will appear in the journal, Langmuir.
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Martha Kurtz and Vanessa Hunt presented a paper titled "Science, Society, and the Teaching
Community: An Approach to Improving and Expanding the Scientific Literacy of Pre-service Science Teachers" at the Annual International
Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education in Sacramento, CA in January.
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