Student Research
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Academic Year |
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A student can roster independent
study/research as a course during the academic year.
The student must discuss an independent research
elective directly with the faculty sponsor to
determine the nature of the research project and the
time spent in the lab during the week. Research
electives typically culminate in a research paper at
the end of the semester. |
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Credits received |
0.5 (6 hours per week) |
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1.0 (12 hours per week) |
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Student must roster CHM 970, BCM 970
or ESC 970 |
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Research form |
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Summer Research |
| During the summer semester a student can roster CHM 970, BCM
970 or ESC 970 and perform independent research with a
faculty member for
8-10 weeks. Students apply for placement in the summer
research program in January (at the Chemistry department
office) and are subsequently assigned to a
faculty member that
performs research in the student's area of interest.
Students that participate in summer research at Muhlenberg
receive a stipend ($2,600-$3,000), 1.0 course credit (no
charge) and housing (no charge). Students are encouraged to
discuss summer research opportunities with individual
faculty. |
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Links
to the Muhlenberg College research page |
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Student
Publications and Presentations
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| Students have the opportunity to showcase their research throughout the
year. In April, research students travel to area
colleges with their instructor to present their work at the
Intercollegiate Science Convention (ISC).
Summer research for the entire science division is displayed during a
September poster session. The spring chemistry seminar course gives students the opportunity to
present their research to peers and faculty. |
A selection of
publications from Muhlenberg students (*) and faculty
Anne
M. Hundzinski*, Bruce D. Anderson, "Resonance Energy
Transfer in Peptides: A Biophysical
Laboratory Experiment", J Chem Educ, 76,
416 (1999).
Bruce
D. Anderson, "Alternative Compounds for the Particle in a
Box Experiment", J Chem Educ, 74, 985 (1997).
James
J. Bruce*, Bruce D. Anderson, "Investigating the Harmonic
Oscillator Using Mathematica", J Chem Educ, 70, A122
(1993).
R.A. Niesenbaum, J.F. Cahill, and C.M.
Ingersoll, “Light, Wind, and Touch Influence Leaf Chemistry
and Rates of Herbivory in
Apocynum cannabinum,”
submitted to
Oecologia,
December 2005.
C.M. Ingersoll. Book Review
on The Practice of Chemistry by Wink, Fetzer-Gislason,
and McNicholas. Journal of Chemical Education,
2004, 81, 36-37.
C.M. Ingersoll, K.A. Widmann*,
C.W. Szakal*, A.M. Fermier, and J.M. Troisi, “Incorporating
Automation in Undergraduate Laboratories,” Journal of the
Association for Laboratory Automation, 2003,
8:4, 31-34.
C.M. Ingersoll, D.E. Roland,
Jr.*, A.M. Kacuba*, C.L. Wilkinson*, and J.M. Berty,
“Removal of Sulfur Oxides from Diesel Exhaust Gases,”
Environmental Progress 2003, 22:3,
199-205.
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