Tentative Schedule for CHM 397 & 599

(Will be modified as needed)

Assignments are noted with SR for CHM 599 students, JR for CHM 397 students; if no designation, then all students in the class will participate in that assignment.

Monday / Wednesday / Friday
January 10
SNOW! / January 12
SNOW! / January 14
Science/Pseudoscience
January 17
MLK Day (no class) / January 19
Brief elemental descriptions (1-4) / January 21
Brief elemental descriptions (5-9)
January 24
Discussion of 1, 2, 3 literature and Journal article (Au NP synthesis) / January 26
Journal article discussion (Au NP synthesis) / January 28
Buckyball video
January 31
Presentation from the Writing Center—guest speaker! / February 2
Library resources #1 (meet in Lib 118) / February 4
Library resources #2 (meet in Lib 118)
February 7
Journal club—Dr. B. / February 9
Career Center Presentation—Sherry McAdams guest speaker! / February 11
February 14
Career Center Presentation—Sherry McAdams guest speaker! Bring completed resume and cover letter! / February 16
Gen Ed Assessment (seniors only)—Juniors, you have the day to think about paper topics and journal club papers / February 18
Journal Club—Dr. R. Krueger,guest speaker!
February 21
Topic for paper #1 due / February 23
Journal Club, Cindy Lajeunesse / February 25
Journal Club, James Theobald
February 28
Chemical Drawing Software worksheet / March 2
Journal Club, Zach Lee / March 4
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jamie Norton, “Development of Porous Glassy Carbon Monoliths for Electrochemical Applications”
March 7
Spring Break / March 9
Spring Break / March 11
Spring Break
March 14
Guest Speaker: Dr. Joshua Ruppel, Metalloporphyrin atom/transfer reactions / March 16
Library assignment / March 18
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jane Arrington, Geosmin in SC lakes and reservoirs
March 21
PAPER # 1 DUE / March 23
SR: Short presentation #1(JR) / March 25
Guest Speaker:R.S. Sengar
Contrast Agents: From Basic Chemistry to Applications in Biomedical Imaging
March 28
SR: Short presentation #2 (CL) / March 30
Journal Club, Jessica Flack / April 1
Journal Club, Aminta Yeargin
April 4
Discussion of junior seminar papers / April 5
Conciseness/precision writing / April 7
Journal Club, Yuliya Kapralov
April 11
Journal Club, Jemeli Sang / April 13
Journal Club, Phil Simer / April 15
April 18
SR: Long presentation #1 / April 20
SR: Long presentation #2 / April 22
Course evaluations
April 25
PAPER #2 DUE (juniors)
Senior Exit review
Last day of classes / April 27
Study for your other classes / April 29
Study for your other classes

ACS meetings for Spring 2011, more info here:

Date / Speaker / Title / Host Site
Jan 20 / Mark Wilson / The Use of Next Generation DNA Sequencing Techniques to Detect Minor Sequence Variants in Forensically Relevant Samples. / Warren Wilson College
Mar 21 / Gary Small / Environmental Remote Sensing by Passive Infrared Spectroscopy / UNC Asheville
April ?? / TBA / Annual awards and Poster night / Furman University

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