DOCSLIB.ORG

Chemistry Admissions Newsletter 2019

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Chemistry Admissions Newsletter 2019 13-19 Chem Admissions news.qxp_Chem news 14/02/2019 17:52 Page 3 Chemistry Admissions February 2019 NEWSLETTER Outstanding League Table Results for 2019 The Department of Chemistry was placed 3rd in both the latest ‘Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide’ and ‘The Guardian University Guide’. ¬ The Times and Sunday Times league Department receives 97% table is derived from official data from the Research Excellence Framework overall satisfaction in 2018 NSS 2014, the Higher Education Statistics Chemistry at York confirms its place at the top of the Russell Agency and this year’s National Student Group in the 2018 National Student Survey (NSS) results. Survey, and also takes into account factors such as graduate prospects and This year the Department received 97% in ¬ Teaching on my course (94%) social inclusion. the ‘Overall Satisfaction’ category, an even ¬ Learning opportunities (94%) higher result than 2017. The Department was placed first in eight out of the nine ¬ Organisation and Management (95%) areas within the Russell Group, including ¬ Learning Resources (93%) ‘Overall Satisfaction’, ‘Teaching on my course’ and ‘Learning Community’. ¬ Learning Community (90%) We were delighted to achieve over 90% ¬ Overall Satisfaction (97%) satisfaction in six of the areas: ¬ Published annually, the Guardian’s University Guide ranks 121 UK The Gold Standard universities by undergraduate degree The Department of Importantly, the policies subjects according to satisfaction with Chemistry has been developed as part of the course, teaching and feedback; student featured by The Royal Athena SWAN initiative to staff ratio spend per student; entry Society of Chemistry in an benefit all staff members. tariff; career after six months of leaving article promoting initiatives As Dr Caroline Dessent, the course; degree results compared to to support diversity in the Chair of the Departmental entry qualifications; and continuation workplace. The Athena SWAN gold Equality and Diversity Committee, points of first year students. award, held by the Department since out in the article: 2007, recognises our commitment These rankings round off a brilliant year to advancing the careers of women This has been really important in for the department, making the top six in in higher education and research. keeping the support of all of the all three major UK league tables. The article discusses specific initiatives department’s staff over the last including family-friendly working, a decade and has led to inclusivity, which flexible working guarantee, a part-time goes far beyond the original remit of working assurance, pay gap analysis and Athena SWAN and aims to provide a unconscious bias awareness, and gives welcoming environment, which actively examples of how the environment within supports all members of the department, the Department has been transformed. irrespective of gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity or background. 13-19 Chem Admissions news.qxp_Chem news 14/02/2019 17:52 Page 4 Chemistry@York February 2019 Drilling down into final year research opportunities Our staff talk about our final year projects – how they are organised and what is involved BSc Chemical MChem MChem MChem Communication Year Abroad Year in Industry Year in York N Projects R We support students in Our recruitment process Our research projects are m Our BSc research projects various ways both prior to, for year 4 placements 'real world', open-ended c give our students the and during, placements at starts in the Summer Term and as tailor-made and f opportunity to do an a university abroad. of year 2. A handbook is individualised as possible. l original piece of work, Students in years 1 and 2 issued containing details By the end of year 3, many covering a wide spectrum are invited to attend of at least thirty regular students will have clear, of different types of information sessions at placement companies. informed ideas about their research, from the the start of each academic Students research these research interests/future synthesis of novel year. This gives an overview companies to find out the plans, and we offer and compounds, to designing of the programme and sort of chemistry they do support a wide range of new analytical methods, to what students need to and their location projects supervised by completely non-lab-based do to prepare. Students (companies are based academic staff. projects. interested in spending a throughout the UK and year in a country where some in western Europe). We start the process with One option for our final English is not the first At the end of the Summer an introduction session, year BSc chemistry language are encouraged Term students select their early in Spring of year 3. students who are to take part in language 8 favourite companies and Students then explore considering a career such courses via the LFA register their interest in opportunities for projects as teaching, is to (Languages for All) the scheme. by talking with academic undertake a Chemical programme. The staff. If students have Communication project in Department covers the After the summer exams suggestions of their own, place of a more traditional fees for these courses for we organise CV writing we are usually able to lab-based research project. students enrolled on the and interview sessions so accommodate these. At There are two styles of MChem(Abroad) scheme. that students can brush up the end of the Spring project to choose from. on these skills. Over the Term, students submit four One is school-based, in At the end of year 2, vacation, students prepare project choices, in order of which a student spends a students submit their CVs/supporting letters for preference. Typically, we minimum of ten days preferences for the their chosen companies assign at least 90% of across two terms in a local different destinations/ and submit these at the projects according to first secondary school, research topics. The start of year 3. The or second preferences. observing and helping MChem(Abroad) Department attaches a When oversubscription with (mainly) chemistry coordinator works with reference from the College issues arise, the module and other science lessons. students during year 3 to tutor, then forwards this coordinator brokers the The second style of project organise nominations for information to the best possible alternatives involves designing and placements. The focus is companies, who hopefully between students and running an outreach event on finding placements offer our students academic staff, but we for visiting school groups. and research projects that interviews, starting in never assign projects that The activities that the fit with students’ interests. October. New companies did not feature on the participants take part in Although some usually become available students' project choices. are based on areas of destinations can be throughout the year. chemistry research at the oversubscribed, the Assignments are usually University of York. Department uses a It is a competitive process completed around the transparent/fair system and we cannot guarantee middle of the Summer The chemical to make decisions on every student will secure a Term, when the module communication projects nominations. It is usually placement (students will coordinator shares all have been running for 13 possible to secure always have the choices and final years, and several of our placements for most opportunity to complete assignments to ensure former students are now students interested in the their MChem degree at maximum transparency. teacher mentors for our programme at one of the York if they change their Students are asked to current cohort. If a student destinations they are keen mind or if they don't contact their project is considering teaching, to visit. secure a placement) – on supervisor(s) to discuss the this is an excellent way for saying this, we typically latest developments/plans, them to dip their toe in The coordinator offers place around 50 students and collect reading for the the water to see if this is support to students per year. summer, to prepare for a the career for them. preparing to spend year 4 smooth start in the next C abroad, with assistance Dr Brian Grievson academic year. S Dr Annie Hodgson from our Centre for Global n Programmes. Dr Angelika Sebald d c Dr John Slattery th de www.york.ac.uk/Chemistry 13-19 Chem Admissions news.qxp_Chem news 14/02/2019 17:52 Page 5 Chemistry@York February 2019 Making artificial metalloenzyme assembly reversible A new anchoring strategy enables a synthetic catalyst to be bound strongly, yet reversibly, to a protein scaffold, thereby developing an artificial metalloenzyme that benefits from recyclable components. Artificial metalloenzymes combine a reactive synthetic metal catalyst with a highly selective and biocompatible protein scaffold. In this way, they can combine the New hope for cold cure beneficial features of both – performing synthetic reactions with new levels of selectivity. In Researchers have lab-tested a their latest research, the research team of Professor Anne Duhme-Klair and Professor molecule that can combat the Keith Wilson has developed a new reversible approach to combining these components. common cold virus by preventing it from hijacking human cells. Early lab-based tests with human cells have shown the molecule’s ability to completely block multiple strains of cold virus, and the team hope to move to animal and then human trials. The common cold is caused by York student a family of viruses with hundreds of contributes to variants, making it nearly impossible Research Science paper on to become immune to or vaccinate anti-cancer drug biosynthesis against all of them. On top of that, Highlights During his final year, Khoa Chung, an MChem the viruses evolve rapidly, meaning (Industry) undergraduate student, was they can quickly gain resistance to involved in a project at the John Innes Centre, drugs.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Institution: University of Nottingham Unit of Assessment: Uoa 8 (Chemistry) A
    Environment template (REF5) Institution: University of Nottingham Unit of Assessment: UoA 8 (Chemistry) a. Overview: The School is returning 42 category A researchers (100% of eligible staff), including 25 Professors (two FRSs$), 8 Associate Professors, 4 Lecturers and 5 fixed-term Research Fellows (denoted*). Our research, impact and industry engagement has attracted international recognition in the following overlapping thematic areas: • Theoretical and Computational Chemistry: Besley, Bichoutskaia, Hirst, Robinson*, Teale*, Wheatley. • Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy: George, Jones, Powis, Reid, Sarre, Stace$, Wright. • Chemical and Structural Biology: Dowden, Oldham, Searle, Soultanas, Thomas. • Sustainable Synthesis and Catalysis: Denton, Hayes, Kays, Lam, Licence, Liddle, Lygo, McMaster, Moody, Moses, Poliakoff $, Stockman, Woodward. • Functional Materials and Nanosciences: Blake, Champness, Gibson*, Gimenez-Lopez*, Howdle, Khlobystov, Mokaya, Schröder, Titman, Walsh, Yang*. b. Research strategy b1: Achievement of strategic aims stated in RAE2008: 1. Achieving a Sustainable Research Environment. Our aims since 2008 have been to strengthen our research at the interfaces between Chemistry and other physical sciences, the life sciences and engineering. We have built upon our strong research base and have ensured the sustainability and vitality of our environment by the strategic allocation of resources, major investments in instrumentation and infrastructure to provide world-class facilities (see d), and by nurturing Early Career Researchers (ECRs, see c1). The School has exploited new research opportunities and driven national research priorities by engagement in EPSRC Portfolio Shaping, membership of SATs and boards of UK facilities (see e3). We have strengthened our knowledge exchange activities with industry (see e2) and the public to increase research impact, and have built critical mass in research and training (see e1).
    [Show full text]
  • Carbon Dioxide Adsorption by Metal Organic Frameworks (Synthesis, Testing and Modeling)
    Western University Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository 8-8-2013 12:00 AM Carbon Dioxide Adsorption by Metal Organic Frameworks (Synthesis, Testing and Modeling) Rana Sabouni The University of Western Ontario Supervisor Prof. Sohrab Rohani The University of Western Ontario Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree in Doctor of Philosophy © Rana Sabouni 2013 Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd Part of the Other Chemical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Sabouni, Rana, "Carbon Dioxide Adsorption by Metal Organic Frameworks (Synthesis, Testing and Modeling)" (2013). Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository. 1472. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/1472 This Dissertation/Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarship@Western. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Western. For more information, please contact [email protected]. i CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORPTION BY METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (SYNTHESIS, TESTING AND MODELING) (Thesis format: Integrated Article) by Rana Sabouni Graduate Program in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada Rana Sabouni 2013 ABSTRACT It is essential to capture carbon dioxide from flue gas because it is considered one of the main causes of global warming. Several materials and various methods have been reported for the CO2 capturing including adsorption onto zeolites, porous membranes, and absorption in amine solutions.
    [Show full text]
  • Winter for the Membership of the American Crystallographic Association, P.O
    AMERICAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Number 4 Winter 2004 ACA 2005 Transactions Symposium New Horizons in Structure Based Drug Discovery Table of Contents / President's Column Winter 2004 Table of Contents President's Column Presidentʼs Column ........................................................... 1-2 The fall ACA Council Guest Editoral: .................................................................2-3 meeting took place in early 2004 ACA Election Results ................................................ 4 November. At this time, News from Canada / Position Available .............................. 6 Council made a few deci- sions, based upon input ACA Committee Report / Web Watch ................................ 8 from the membership. First ACA 2004 Chicago .............................................9-29, 38-40 and foremost, many will Workshop Reports ...................................................... 9-12 be pleased to know that a Travel Award Winners / Commercial Exhibitors ...... 14-23 satisfactory venue for the McPherson Fankuchen Address ................................38-40 2006 summer meeting was News of Crystallographers ...........................................30-37 found. The meeting will be Awards: Janssen/Aminoff/Perutz ..............................30-33 held at the Sheraton Waikiki Obituaries: Blow/Alexander/McMurdie .................... 33-37 Hotel in Honolulu, July 22-27, 2005. Council is ACA Summer Schools / 2005 Etter Award ..................42-44 particularly appreciative of Database Update:
    [Show full text]
  • Global Challenges, Chemistry Solutions Why and How We Support the Effort to Tackle Global Challenges
    RSCNEWS JANUARY 2015 www.rsc.org Global challenges, chemistry solutions Why and how we support the effort to tackle global challenges Professional development for teachers p10 Expanding our regional networks p12 On 4 and 5 November, we held the 3rd RSC/P&G symposium at the University of Nairobi. With a focus on regulatory harmonisation, hygiene and sustainability, over 200 delegates from across Africa attended to share knowledge and form new connections. During the event, Raffaele Scoccianti from P&G Connect and Develop Africa (below right) announced that the company will support a new internship at the University of Nairobi to look at the sustainable provision of safe, clean water to urban communities. This replicates the successful programme that we have established in Nigeria, and is a model that will enable us to work with new partners to support the Pan Africa Chemistry Network. WEBSITE Find all the latest news at www.rsc.org/news/ Contents JANUARY 2015 Editor: Annika Grandison Design and production: REGULARS Vivienne Brar 4 Contact us: Snapshot 7 RSC News editorial office News and updates from around the Thomas Graham House organisation Science Park, Milton Road Cambridge, CB4 0WF, UK 6 Tel: +44 (0)1223 432487 One to one Email: [email protected] Our Virtual Library offers chemical science Burlington House, Piccadilly knowledge at your fingertips London W1J 0BA, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7437 8656 7 Profile Meet Linda Maguire, our 50,000th member @RSC_Comms 15 Opinion facebook.com/RoyalSocietyofChemistry 8 Antimicrobial resistance is a challenge
    [Show full text]
  • Table of Contents
    The HistoryMakers® ScienceMaker Toolkit Table of Contents 1 2 3 The HistoryMakers® ScienceMakers Toolkit Dear ScienceMakers Toolkit Users: In August of 2009, The HistoryMakers, the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive, was awarded a $2.3 million three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create ScienceMakers, an innovative African American media and education initiative focused on capturing and preserving the stories of African Americans in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) professions. The HistoryMakers is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution founded in 1999 committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories. Many are unaware of the contributions of African Americans in the STEM professions. This lack of knowledge adversely affects our youth and their perceptions of the STEM professions. ScienceMakers will disseminate the stories of STEM professionals to youth and adult audiences through the internet, public programs and innovative uses of new technologies. We see the lives of these scientists and their careers as a gateway to greater numbers of youth pursuing STEM careers. We also hope that it will result in an increased interest and awareness of the accomplishments of African American scientists. This 2010 ScienceMakers Toolkit is intended to be a career and educational resource and features well-known African American scientists like Lloyd Ferguson of the University of California, Berkeley and Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Others include James West, co-inventor of the electret microphone, and Lisa Jackson, administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
    [Show full text]
  • Chemistry World August 2009
    Chemistry World August 2009 Online ShopContact usAdvanced search Chemistry World ● Home ● Chemistry World ● Issues ● 2009 ● August Chemistry World August 2009 ● About Chemistry World Vol 6, No 8 ● Latest Issue ● Archive ● Podcasts ● Chemistry World Blog ● Subscribe ● Advertising ● Contact us ● Chemistry World Jobs Chemistry World RSS Customer Services News and analysis ● Sample Content Virtual conference quandary for Slow release pesticide hits resistant ● Online Access researchers bugs ● Copyright & Permissions 03 July 2009 25 June 2009 Related Links Concern that recording and live streaming of Insecticide-resistant bugs hit with double- Advertisements ● Highlights in Chemical Science conference presentations could jeopardise action crop protection capsules ● Highlights in Chemical later journal publications Technology BASF to cut up to 3700 more jobs Branded drugs' competition-free days 07 July 2009 ● Highlights in Chemical Biology numbered German chemicals giant reveals plans to cut ● CW: China 10 July 2009 jobs and plants following its acquisition of Ciba Tools EU and US authorities look to clamp down Email this to a friend on pharma's deals to delay generic drugs Catalysing the fuels of the future Add to del.icio.us 02 July 2009 Digg this story ACS compress print journals to favour Virent's biopetroleum catalysis system wins US Share on Facebook online green chemistry award Seed Newsvine 22 June 2009 Exxon and Venter to create fuel of the Reddit this American Chemical Society to fit two pages future Twitter this on one for print versions of its journals to save money, space and trees 15 July 2009 US oil giant ExxonMobil is investing millions in Going green with white biotech developing biofuels from photosynthetic algae 29 June 2009 Industrial biotech's advance into the Business roundup chemicals sector could be boosted by green Industry news, August 2009 practices and policies In the papers..
    [Show full text]
  • Curriculum Vitae
    Dr. Anuja Datta Department of Physics (ISA 2019), University of South Florida 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, USA, Phone: (813) 974-4399, Fax: (813) 974-5813 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://faculty.cas.usf.edu/datta/ PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS September 2011- Present Research Assistant Professor Florida Cluster for Advanced Smart Sensor Technologies, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA Jan 2009-August 2011 Post-doctoral Research Associate Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA Advisor: Prof. George S. Nolas June 2008-Jan 2009 Research Associate Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India Supervisor: Prof. Amitava Patra HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITIONS • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nanoscale Materials, Academic Research Journals (India), projected to start January 2015. • Conference Co-Organizer and Chair, Energy Materials Nanotechnology Ceramics (EMN/Ceramics) 2015 Meeting, January 26-29, 2015, Orlando, USA. • Guest Editor for “Nanomaterials for Thermoelectrics 2014” (NMTH14) special issue in Journal of Nanomaterials (Hindwai Publishing Corporation). • Session Chair at 38th International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (American Ceramic Society) 2014 Daytona Beach Conference, January 26-31, 2014, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. • Session Chair at Materials Research Society 2013 Spring Meeting, April 1-5, 2013, San Francisco, USA. • Member of Editorial Board of ISRN Nanomaterials (Hindwai Publishers) 2012 onwards. • Member of Editorial Board of Austin Journal of Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology (Austin Publishers) 2013 onwards. • 35 peer reviewed journal articles (h-index = 14), 3 book chapters, 1 book, and more than 25 conference presentations. • Manuscript Reviewer of more than 30 international peer reviewed journals.
    [Show full text]
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Financial Statements and Trustees' Report
    Royal Society of Chemistry Financial Statements and Trustees’ Report 2015 01 Contents We are the world’s Welcome from the President 1 leading chemistry Objectives and strategy 2 community and our mission is to advance Achievements and performance 3 excellence in the Plans for the future 14 chemical sciences. Benevolent Fund 15 Financial review 17 Structure, governance and management 21 Subsidiary companies 23 Reference and administrative details 24 Auditors, bankers and other professional advisers 24 Royal Society of Chemistry Council 25 Responsibilities of the Trustees 26 Independent auditors’ report 27 Consolidated statement of financial activities for year ended 31 December 2015 28 Consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2015 29 Royal Society of Chemistry balance sheet as at 31 December 2015 30 Consolidated and charity statement of cash flows for year ended 31 December 2015 31 Notes to the financial statements 32 Welcome from the President I’ve been a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry since Of course, science is international and to solve global I was an undergraduate at the University of Southampton. challenges we need to work together across borders. I’m immensely proud of our organisation and of being a It has been an honour to travel the world during my chemist. presidency, from the United States to Brazil and India, to strengthen links with other centres of chemistry. Last year The chemical and pharmaceutical industry alone is the UK’s we signed a partnership with the British Council, which will largest manufacturing exporter, with exports of nearly £50 help us bring UK chemists together with colleagues through billion each year*.
    [Show full text]
  • Volume 2: Prizes and Scholarships
    Issue 6: Volume 2–Prizes and Scholarships RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ALERT! Issue 6: Volume 2 (Prizes and Scholarships) A Compilation by the Research Services Unit Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) 1 A Compilation of the Research Services Unit of the Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) December 2011 Issue 6: Volume 2–Prizes and Scholarships MAROUT FELLOWSHIPS Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies A Description: Disciplines The Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies ---------------------------------------------- invites proposals for its AMAROUT Food Sciences, Food Analysis, Food & fellowships. These enable experienced and Optimal Health, Food Engineering, Food very experienced investigators from any Practices, Foods, Social Sciences, country to conduct research at any of the Methodologies & Procedures, Social Science, eight IMDEA institutes participating in the programme. These institutes cover software, Energy Economics, Energy Planning & energy, food, materials, nanoscience, Policy, Social Services, Waste Water networks, water and social science. Treatment, Water Resources Engineering, Experienced fellows must have a doctorate Water Resources, Management & Planning, and at least four years’ full time research Water Supply, Water Treatment, Information experience, and receive an average salary of & Communication Systems, Computer €48,775. Very experienced fellows must Sciences, Computer Software, High-Speed occupy a research leadership position, such as professor, have more than 10 years’ Information
    [Show full text]
  • Concern Over Aid Money Used for Research Billions Routed Through GCRF and Newton Fund Under Scrutiny
    Updated daily at www.ResearchProfessional.com Founded by William Cullerne Bown Inorms comment special 30 May 2018 Managers can be peacemakers – p20 How to be a global university – p21 What to do about rankings? – p22 Concern over aid money used for research Billions routed through GCRF and Newton Fund under scrutiny The governmenT’s decision to spend a sizeable chunk of by Eleni Courea [email protected] the foreign aid budget on UK-led research projects is being heavily reviewed. Development Committee, which is carrying out an Observers are increasingly concerned that the inquiry into the definition and administration of ODA, Global Challenges Research Fund and the Newton the Independent Commission for Aid Impact warned Fund are distorting the priorities of both aid and that the government was getting “closer to the limits research spending. The funds are classified as Official of what is a permissible use of ODA under UK legisla- Development Assistance. tion and international rules”. The GCRF has a budget of £1.5 billion and the Alison Evans, ICAI’s chief commissioner, said that Newton Fund has £585 million, both between concern was due to some funds having a “dual purpose” 2016-17 and 2020-21. This represents a sizeable part of helping low-income countries and serving the UK’s of the £20bn science budget for 2016-17 to 2019-20. interest. “That is a complicated balancing act,” Evans Both funds support partnerships between researchers said. “There is very little clarity around how you achieve in the UK and in lower to middle-income countries. and measure the secondary purpose of meeting the UK Work must be led by UK researchers, and counts both national interest.” The government should be “incred- towards the government’s legal obligation to spend ibly transparent” about this and “never allow it to trump 0.7 per cent of GDP on ODA and its target to spend the primary purpose of ODA”, she said.
    [Show full text]
  • International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations
    & TECH R.I.C NAT'L INS"! OF STAND HIST PUBLICATIONS A 11 10 5 652^15 NISTIR 6337 PROCEEDINGS International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations Washington, D.C. July 1998 Held in Conjunction with the Second Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference ... an environmentally interdependent global community ... QC United States Department of Commerce 100 Technology Administration .U56 National Institute of Standards and Technology NO. 6337 1999 NISTIR 6337 PROCEEDINGS International Workshop on Green Chemistry and Engineering: Global Collaborations Ellyn S. Beary, Editor Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory National Institute of Standards and Technology May 1999 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE William M. Daley, Secretary TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION Gary R. Bachula, Acting Under Secretary for Technology NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY Raymond G. Kammer, Director The Workshop was held in Washington DC on July 2, 1998 in nd conjunction with the 2 Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference Co-sponsored by: American Chemical Society American Institute of Chemical Engineers Chemical Manufacturers Association Council for Chemical Research Green Chemistry Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology National Research Council National Science Foundation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency For information contact NIST/CSTL, Ellyn S. Beary Telephone: 301-975-4138 Facsimile: 301-975-3845 E-Mail: [email protected]
    [Show full text]
  • Guided Inquiry Transforms Laboratories
    ChemNews Department of Chemistry Newsletter December 2011 Chemistry focuses on being green From research to classroom courses and laboratories, and scientific experiments, it is important to be green; however, it is not easy. ore and more, green chemistry is Mbecoming a priority for professors and researchers in the Department of Chemistry. Phong Ly (left) and Pa Vang, students in the Department of Chemistry’s general chemistry lab, conduct a guided-inquiry experiment, working as a team to find solutions to the problems. Currently, there are two philosophical approaches toward teaching green chem- istry, said William Tolman, Department of Chemistry chair. One involves teach- Guided inquiry ing specific green chemistry courses. The other encompasses a comprehensive way of thinking that involves infusing green transforms chemistry into all courses, research, and outreach. “Because getting the concepts of green chemistry across to everyone is just too laboratories Green Chemistry: To Page 4 Cookbook-style labs with students following step-by-step instructions for experiments are out for general chemistry n n n what’s inside courses at the University of Minnesota. Proud tradition . Page 2 n their place are guided-inquiry laboratories where students design and conduct Grants & centers . Page 6 their own experiments, discover what works and what doesn’t, make adjustments Current research . .Page 8 Ibased on those discoveries, and try again. It is hoped that these guided-inquiry labo- Honors . Page 13 ratories will help students think critically about what they are doing and why. Scholarships . Page 16 Professor Michelle Driessen, Department of Chemistry general chemistry director, is Donors . Page 18 leading the initiative to transform general chemistry laboratory experiences for students.
    [Show full text]