Chemistry News
Ohio Northern University student Zachary Dunn, a senior ACS chemistry and applied physics double major with an astronomy minor and an education concentration, has been selected as a Goldwater Scholar by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Ohio Northern students have received this honor, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.A...
Drs. Jake Zimmerman, assistant professor of chemistry, and Madhuri Manpadi, teacher-scholar post-doc in chemistry, recently published two articles based on results from their research projects at ONU. Senior Russell Spatney and Aaron Baker, BS ’11, are coauthors on these publications. Spatney is currently a senior chemistry major and plans to attend graduate school next year. Baker is pursuing a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Michigan State University.The Zimmeman group studies new reaction...
In June, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted an intensive four-day workshop specifically designed to provide high school chemistry teachers with a unique professional development opportunity. "Chemistry is an experimental science, but a variety of practical considerations makes it challenging for high school teachers to provide their students with hands on laboratory exercises. Many of the activities in the workshop were designed to offer the teachers with lab exercises...
Two Ohio Northern University students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Ohio Northern students have received this honor, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.Nathaniel Mabe, a third-year pharmacy and German major from Ashville, Ohio, was honored for his Goldwater research essay...
Two Ohio Northern University students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Ohio Northern students have received this honor, the premier undergraduate award of its type in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.Nathaniel Mabe, a third-year pharmacy and German major from Ashville, Ohio, was honored for his Goldwater research essay...
Dr. Paul W. Bohn will deliver Ohio Northern University's 2011 Kritzler Lecture, titled “Integrated Microfluidics in 3-D Scientific Challenges in Putting Your Hospital’s Clinical Lab on a Key Ring,” in 107 Meyer Hall of Science on Tuesday, March 22, at 7 p.m. Bohn will discuss his research, which focuses on establishing intelligent control of molecular transport in space and time in nanoscale devices to enable the construction of materials and structures that can sense molecular...
Dr. Andy Jorgensen, associate professor of chemistry and director of general chemistry at the University of Toledo, will speak on “Global Climate Change: What is it? How will it Affect Us? Can We Reduce the Impact by our Actions?” in Room 151 Hakes-Pierstorf Pharmacy Center at Ohio Northern University on Wednesday, April 21, at 8 p.m.The lecture will address the recent legislation on the topic of global climate change now pending in Congress as well as background information about the...
Monday, April 12, 2010
7:15 p.m. Hakes-Pierstorf 157
Ohio Northern University
"From Garbage to Stuff: How We Recycle Plastics"
Dr. William F. Carroll
Is that recycling bin the springboard to giving material a new life, or is it simply a blue wastebasket? What about surplus materials from industrial processes? Do they find their way out the back door to the landfill? This presentation discusses the four critical steps in recycling—collection, separation, reprocessing and remanufacture—and...
