The faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Physics are active scholars. We regularly attend and present at scientific meetings or events. Some of our activities have included:
- ChemEd Conference, Radford, VA
- Advanced Forensics Science Workshop, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
- North Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting,, Asheville, NC
- NC American Chemical Society Sectional Conference, RTP, NC
- NSF Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning Workshop, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
- Tristar Astronomy Conference, Greensboro, NC
- Science “Magic Shows” at local elementary schools.
The faculty pursue undergraduate student-focused research as well. Recent research activities include:
- Organic synthesis: “Synthesis of Pine Beetle Pheromones”
- Alternative fuel research: “Converting Saw Dust to Fuel-Grade Ethanol”
- Nanoparticles: “Reactions of Organic Amines with Platinum “Janus” Nanoparticles”
- Lead analysis: “Lead Uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana”
- “Lead Analysis in Drinking Water. A Service Learning Project with a Local School System”
- “Procedure Development for Determining Lead Content in Paint Samples from Harnett County Schools”
- “Lead Analysis in Children’s Toys by Flame AA”
- Green Chemistry: “New Organic Laboratory Experiments to Minimize Waste and Exposure”
- Education: “Use of NMR as a Teaching Tool for Organic Synthesis in Undergraduate Laboratories”
- “Development of ‘Student-Made’ Spectrophotometers as Learning Tools”