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Faculty and staff members of the Chemistry Department.
From left to right front row:
Mike Moore, Laboratory Services Specialist, Dr. Jack McKenna,
Dr. Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir. From left to right middle row:
Dr. Mary Evenson, Dr. Daniel Gregory, Dr. Michael Jeannot,
Dr. Lakshmaiah Sreerama, Dr. Mahin Sadrai and Bernie Frie,
Office Manager. From left to right back row: Dr. Nathan
Winter, Dr. Martin Maresch, Dr. Mike Dvorak, Dr. Mark Mechelke
and Jeff Stobb, Laboratory Services Specialist.
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The Chemistry Department was awarded the inaugural 2002 College
of Science and Engineering Dean's Outstanding Department Award.
The criteria for the award are: collegiality, contribution
to student professional development, contribution to community
building, department scholarship and teaching. For more information
on the Chemistry Department, please refer to the chemistry
department web site.
(Picture taken by Jennifer Kolden on 11-20-2002)
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For a list of the Chemistry Department's accomplishments
from Fall 2001 - Fall 2002, please see below. If you have any questions,
please contact Dr. Daniel Gregory, Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
at (320) 308-2060 or at dgregory@stcloudstate.edu.
Additional information regarding the Chemistry Department is available
at their web site http://www.stcloudstate.edu/~chem/.
Chemistry Department Accomplishments from Fall 2001-Fall
2002
Grants / Research:
- We had a total of 59 students doing research in the past year
on original research projects; this includes 17 High School students
through the Scientific Discovery Program.
- 21 grants submitted totaling $1,139,538.00 were submitted
- 14 of the grants were funded for a total of $546,392.00
- Four grants remain in the reviewing process for a total of $482,000
- 13 papers submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals
or proceedings
- 10 abstracts published
- 15 professional talks
- Reviewed 15 papers as peer reviewers for several chemistry journals
- Reviewed three grant proposals as peer reviewers
- Reviewed five books
- Invited moderator to two professional conferences
- Recipient of the 2002 COSE Faculty Research Award
- 18 student presentations at the SCSU Student Research Colloquium;
this includes two talks and 16 posters.
- Nine student presentations at the Summer Research Poster Session
at St. John's University
- Four student presentations at American Chemical Society meetings
- Served on four Masters Thesis Evaluation Committees
- Six Undergraduate Research Awards given by the Applied Research
Committee
- Collaborations with seven universities:
.Iowa University
.University of Minnesota
.Kettering University
.University of Mansoura, Egypt
.University of Florida
. HEJ Research Institute, Pakistan
. Colorado State University
- Collaboration with the St. Cloud Water Treatment Plant
- Collaboration with Dakota Technologies (DTI)
- Collaboration with Varian
Hosted Workshops
- Flinn Workshop for High School Teachers (hosted by the SCSU Chemistry
Department summer '02); 40 High School Teachers from around the
United States attended.
- St. Cloud State University General Chemistry Symposium to be held
October 25-26; there are over 50 participants registered.
Community Service / Professional Development
- Presented chemistry demonstrations show for the Horizons workshop
for Women in Science
- Presented Forensics for Kids workshop for Horizons workshop
- Presented chemistry demonstrations show for the Mathematics workshop
- Presented chemistry demonstration show for Earth Day Expo
- Filled our "Kids in Chemistry" program for the fifth
consecutive year
- Led the SCSU Chemistry Club to its first ever National ACS award
- Had a SCSU booth at the chemistry day workshop at the University
of Minnesota
- Presented two chemistry magic shows for the St. Cloud community
- Presented three chemistry demonstrations shows for local Boy Scout
troops
- Fair Director for the Regional Science Fair
- Judging Director for Regional science Fair
- Research Paper Director for Regional Science Fair
- Three project judges for Regional Science Fair
- Conducted a chemistry demonstrations show for Regional Science
Fair
- Faculty Association Executive Committee (COSE representative)
- Academic Affairs Committee member
- Two faculty advisors for incoming Freshmen
- Honorary Doctorate Committee
- Distance Learning Committee
- COSE Research Committee
- Strategic Planning Committee
- International Student Services Committee
- General Education Committee
- Radiation Safety Committee
Curriculum:
- Established a Biochemistry major
- Created and implemented the new course Chemistry 110; this course
was designed to promote retention in our Chemistry 210 course.
- Created and implemented the new course Biophysical Chemistry (Chemistry
482) into our curriculum
- Created the new course Chemistry 360 Bioinformatics
- Served on the 2003 American Chemical Society General Chemistry
Exam Committee
- Appointed to the American Chemical Society 2005 General Chemistry
Exam Committee
- Hosted the Chemistry Teachers Night program; 30 area High School
Teachers attended
- Continue to work with four area High Schools through the Senior-to-Sophomore
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