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Explore Kent Chemistry Day

On February 10th, the chemistry department held Explore Kent Chemistry Day. This day was a chance for high school students who may be interested in the chemistry department to come and see it. Activities included a tour of the department, an outline of degree programs and undergraduate research opportunities, an overview of available scholarships, a presentation of career opportunities in chemistry and a discussion with current chemistry majors at Kent. For full information about Explore Kent Chemistry Day click here.


 

New Drug Paradigm: Liquid Crystal Pharmaceuticals

Chun-che Tsai of Kent State (left), along with fellow researchers Jim Jamison of Summa Health System and Tom Miller of IC-MedTech Inc., have developed a new paradigm in drug discovery based on the pharmacologic properties of liquid crystals.For more information Click here.

 

 

Welcome to the Department

Dr. MwongelaDr. Simon Mwongela will be joining the Analytical Chemistry division in January 2007. His research interests are in the development of bioanalytical separationsand capillary electrophoresis methods.  Please check his research page for more details

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3D Immersive Classroom

Duane, at work Kent State University has recently built a 3D immersive classrooom in the Chemistry Department as part of the Cell Systems Research Project, a multi-disciplinary effort involving faculty from the Departments of Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Computer Science, and the School of Biolmedical Sciences which was supported with congressionally-directed funding administerd by the FIPSE program of the Department of Education. The classrooom, which can accommodate about twenty-five students, is equipped with a Fakespace Systems Powerwall, an active, digital stereoscopic rear projection system, which generates 6' x 7' three-dimensional images that are viewed with shutter glasses. The facility will be used for research as well as for classes in Chemistry, Biological Sciences and Biomedical Science.

 

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Special Seminar: April 2, 2008 at 3 pm (KIVA)

"Chemistry and Molecular Nanotechnology in Tomorrow's World"
Professor Fraser Stoddart is highly regarded for his pioneering work in molecular self-assembly and is credited as inventing the field of materials chemistry that results in the synthesis of mechanically interlocked compounds. These compounds allow for the construction of molecular electronic devices and molecular motors. With more than 700 publications in his distinguished career, he was ranked as the fourth most cited chemist from 1996 to 2006. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in 2006, by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Previously the Department Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Los Angeles, Professor Stoddart joined the faculty of Northwestern University in Fall of 2007.

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