chemistry

Smart living candidate to present seminar today

Posted by on March 19, 2018

Dr. Qingbo (Roger) Yang, a faculty candidate at Missouri S&T, will present “A Colorful Journey from Biology to Biology — An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Smart Living and Beyond” at 3 p.m. Monday, March 19, in Room 256 Toomey Hall.

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Smart living projects to explore earthquake response, breathable paints

Posted by on February 6, 2018

Four Missouri S&T faculty members received $24,000 in seed funding for two interdisciplinary projects related to S&T’s Smart Living research emphasis area. The recipients are:

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Advanced Materials, Nano Energy publish S&T research on new 2-D materials

Posted by on February 6, 2018

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, describes in recently published papers how a new family of two-dimensional transition metal carbides, known as MXenes, could be used to harvest wasted frictional energy.

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Rodgers’ research published in molecular phylogenetics journal

Posted by on January 9, 2018

The master’s thesis of alumna Rachel Rodgers, ChE’09, was recently accepted for publication in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Rodgers’ article, “Phylogenomic analysis of Fundulidae (Teleostei: Cyprinodotiformes) using RNA-sequencing Data” is published in the Dec. 28, 2017, issue of the journal.

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Grad students compete with three-minute theses

Posted by on December 5, 2017

The office of graduate studies hosted a Three-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) in October and November. The competition provides an opportunity for Ph.D. students to develop their communication skills. Congratulations to the winners:

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Nanodiamonds research published in ACS Nano

Posted by on December 5, 2017

An S&T faculty member and undergraduate student are co-authors on the paper, “The Effect of Surface Chemistry on the Fluorescence of Detonation Nanodiamonds,” published Oct. 31 in an American Chemical Society journal, ACS Nano.

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Three-Minute Thesis finale planned tonight

Posted by on November 2, 2017

Six student finalists will highlight their graduate research in three-minute presentations during the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) finale at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Room 140 Toomey Hall. The six finalists and their areas of study are:

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Rock S&T’s National Chemistry Week celebration

Posted by on October 19, 2017

National Chemistry Week will be observed Oct. 22-28. To celebrate, the South Central Missouri Local Section of the American Chemical Society will host a free community event 1-3 p.m. in Room 212 Schrenk Hall on Saturday, Oct. 28. Drop by for hands-on experiments and learn about geochemistry, which fits into this year’s “Chemistry ROCKS” theme.

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23 faculty receive tenure promotions

Posted by on October 3, 2017

Twenty-three faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions or tenure, effective Sept. 1. The faculty members are:

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Mochalin co-authors nanodiamonds chapter

Posted by on September 2, 2017

Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry, wrote a chapter in Nanodiamonds — Advanced Material Analysis, Properties and Applications, published by Elsevier in April 2017 and edited by Jean-Charles Arnault.

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