Research is a key focus of the 22 faculty members and 70+ graduate students who comprise the department. The level of research funding our researchers receive allows our students to receive on-the-job training on cutting-edge research projects.
Analytical chemistry uses knowledge of chemistry, instrumentation, and statistics to solve problems in almost all areas of chemistry and for a variety of industries.
Read More: Analytical ChemistryChemical education refers to the study of the teaching and learning of chemistry at all levels of education. Topics include understanding how students learn chemistry, the best teaching methods and the training of chemistry teachers.
Read More: Chemical EducationInorganic chemistry studies the synthesis, reactions, structures, and properties of inorganic and organometallic compounds.
Read More: Inorganic ChemistryResearch in chemical catalysis aims at designing new classes of catalysts and understanding how catalysts accelerate chemical reactions and select reaction products.
Read More: CatalysisForensic chemistry is about the analysis of non-biological trace evidence found at crime scenes in order to identify unknown materials and match samples to known substances.
Read More: Forensic ChemistryChemistry faculty use nanoscience to study the interaction of molecules with matter as well as to develop portable diagnostic and sensing platform for personalized medicine.
Read More: NanoscienceOrganic Chemistry investigates the structure, properties, and reactions of molecules containing carbon atoms.
Read More: Organic, Bioorganic & Medicinal ChemistryPhysical chemistry is the study of the behavior of matter at the molecular and atomic level, as well as how chemical reactions occur. Biophysical chemistry uses the concepts of physics and physical chemistry for the study of biological systems.
Read More: Physical & Biophysical ChemistryThis study explores the structural and magnetic properties of a new series of two-coordinate transition metal complexes.Theoretical calculations reveal a non-Aufbau ground state electronic configuration in the cobalt complex, providing explanation for its experimentally observed unique magnetic behavior.
View Publication for two-coordinate transition metal complexesAs science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education researchers continue to explore ways to increase college student persistence in STEM fields, the affective domain (e.g., attitudes, perceptions, and self-efficacy) stands out as an area that can significantly impact these efforts.
View Publication for STEM EducationWe investigated experimentally the influence of flow conditions and electrode position on a diffusion H2–air flame subjected to an external electric field. We determined the minimum impurity level required to observe changes in flame properties with applied voltage.
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