Chemistry Students Make National Presentations
A group of Fairmont State University chemistry students and professors presented research
during a national American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting they attended in Boston.
Participating were chemistry students Holly Debolt from Fairmont, Jordan Moran from
Grafton, Adrienne Riggi from Fairmont and Greg Donohoe from Clarksburg and Professor
of Chemistry Dr. Erica Harvey and Assistant Professor of Chemistry Andreas Baur.
Faculty development funds, a NASA grant to the FSU College of Science and Technology
for the Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) programs and student grants
from local and national ACS sections provided the funding.
The following presentations were made by those attending from FSU: "Simultaneous
assessment of students and courses through outcome mastery data" by Debolt, Harvey
and Baur; "Electronic quizzes for quantum chemistry" by Harvey and Dr. Theresa Julia
Zielinski, Professor of Chemistry at Monmouth University; "Fairmont State University
chemistry in the community" by students Stephanie Boblett, Moran, Megan Damm, Jennifer
Charlile and Baur and FSU Professor of Chemistry Dr. Matthew Scanlon; and "Determination
of homocysteine levels in endothelial and stromal cell cultures of HPLC" by students
Riggi, Donohoe, Zachary Brewer, Temporary Research Assistant Bonnie Freeman, FSU Professor
of Biology Mark Flood, FSU Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Sarah Dodson and Baur.
