Intensive Modern Chemistry Laboratory New

Chemistry, the central science, is the science of molecules and bonds. Its signature is change in all its manifestations, from geological to instantaneous, and from the cosmological to subatomic. Chemistry provides powerful scientific tools that extend our ability to sense and predict matter’s changes, and stretches the limits of what we know of our universe.

Intensive Modern Chemistry Laboratory is designed for highly motivated students who want to strengthen their understanding of chemistry and current research methods.  Students are expected to attend both the morning and afternoon sessions for this course.  Note that this extended laboratory and class engagement time will restrict student attendance at other events during the program.

Topics for laboratory experiments, data analysis and class discussions have been selected because they stand out as essential themes of current research, illustrate the methods of science, lend themselves to historical development, and highlight the role of chemistry as the central science. Through integrative experiments and collaborative projects, students discover the synthetic and analytic dimensions of chemistry in medicinal, environmental, and materials solutions. Students will simultaneously develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Formal training includes instrumental methods in spectroscopy, chromatography, and computer simulations with state-of-the-art equipment in the department’s modern laboratories. Guest lecturers, from numerous scientific realms of both academia and industry, round out the program. Students are expected to complete a small research project, prepare a scientific paper and group presentation, and participate regularly in class discussions.