Freshman
Courses
Chemistry
101, 102(First and second semester Freshman Chemistry Lectures),
Chemistry 111, 112(First and second semester Freshman Chemistry Laboratories).
Senior
Physical Chemistry Courses
Chemistry
322(Second semester senior Physical Chemistry for Engineers), Chemistry
323(First semester senior Physical Chemistry), Chemistry 324(Second semester
senior Physical Chemistry for Chemistry majors), Chemistry 325,326(First
and second semester senior Physical Chemistry Laboratories), Chemistry
334(Second semester senior Physical Chemistry Laboratories for chemistry
majors).
Graduate
Courses
Chemistry
681(Seminar Class for graduate students), Chemistry 689(special topics
in Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy), Chemistry 690(Theory of Chemical
Research), Chemistry 691(Research), Chemistry 695(Frontiers in Chemical
Research).
Coordination
of Physical Chemistry Laboratories
Chemistry
325/326 (First and second semester senior Physical Chemistry Laboratories)
and Chemistry 334(Second semester senior Physical Chemistry Laboratories
for chemistry majors).
Group Collaborations
that Impact Education and Career Development of Students
With
Dr. Robert R. Lucchese
The
collaboration between John Bevan (primarily experimentalist) and Bob Lucchese
(primarily theoretical) is a true integrated collaboration within the
same Chemistry Department. Indeed, we would go as far as to say there
are very few collaborations of this type in the world. Both experimental
and theoretical developments are done in house and the research efforts
compliment each other and are directed to give the most opportune developments
for both approaches, and a fully integrated experience for students. This
collaboration thus very directly impacts the educational infrastructure
and research development of students and post-doctoral fellows within
the research groups as well as other students that take courses in the
Chemistry Department.
With Vaks Group
Our collaboration with the Vaks group at the Institute of Physics of Microstructures
of RAS, Nizhny, Novgorod, Russia on improving submillimeter spectrometer design,
sensitivity and application gives our students and other researchers unique
opportunities for enhancing their careers with both an interdisciplinary and
international collaboration.
With NIST Group ( F.
J. Lovas)
This collaboration has made available state of the art equipment that can be
used to generate information that compliments our own experimental results.
In particular, the pulsed nozzle FT spectrometer has been used extensively in
this capacity. In addition, as a co-PI on a currently funded REU proposal, "Research
Experiences for Undergraduates in Chemistry at Texas A&M University,"
the PI actively involved the participation of two undergraduates, Blake McElmurry
and Matt Kelley, in one of his collaborative research projects with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. These students, as undergraduates, were
able to spend several weeks at that facility gaining invaluable experience that
will enhance their future careers.
With
Dr. Lori Bernstein and Dr. Avi Markowitz
Dr.
Lori Bernstein, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, TAMU
and Dr. Avi Markowitz, M.D., Director, Central Texas Center of Cancer
Care are both collaborating on the development of non-invasive state specific
diagnostics for lung cancer with our research group. This type of interdisciplinary
interaction will be truly beneficial to our students in Chemistry as it
gives them different perspectives on the nature of modern collaborative
research.
With
Semiconductor Industry
Our
collaboration with semiconductor manufacturers and tool producers to produce
an effective abatement of semiconductor global warming emission has been
very successful and continues. Companies that have involved have been SEMATECH,
Motorola, Rf Environmental Systems, Dupont, ATMI ECOSYS and MMM. These interactions
have allowed our students to work on-site at several of these facilities
giving students invaluable first hand experience in working in the semiconductor
industry. Several of our former students involved in such research have
now made successful careers in the industry including Dr. Jose Arno, Dr.
B.A. Wofford and Dr. Chris Hartz following such research interactions.