Courses Taught

1. CHEM 124 - General Chemistry for Physical Science and Engineering I
   • Introduction to atomic theory, chemical reactions, bonding, stoichiometry, nomenclature, gas laws, thermochemistry, molecular structure, and intermolecular forces. Intended primarily for students in engineering and/or physical sciences.
2. CHEM 125 - General Chemistry for Physical Science and Engineering II
   • Topics include solution chemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium (including acids and bases), electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
3. CHEM 126 - General Chemistry for Physical Science and Engineering III
   • Topics in equilibrium, kinetics, acid-base chemistry, and molecular structure, contextualized within major sub-disciplines of chemistry.
4. CHEM 127 - General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Science I
   • Introduction to atomic theory, chemical reactions, bonding, stoichiometry, nomenclature, gas laws, thermochemistry, molecular structure, and intermolecular forces. Intended primarily for students in agriculture and life sciences.
5. CHEM 128 - General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Science II
   • Continuation of CHEM 127. Colligative properties, colloids and solutions, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry, kinetics, equilibria, and thermodynamics.
6. CHEM 129 - General Chemistry for Agriculture and Life Science III
   • Continuation of CHEM 128. Acid and base equilibria, buffers, transition elements, solubility, complex ions, hybrid orbital theory, molecular orbital theory, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory study of the chemical properties and semi-micro qualitative analysis of the representative group elements of the periodic table.
7. CHEM 481 - Inorganic Chemistry
   • A systematic study of chemical and physical properties of inorganic compounds based on periodic groupings with emphasis on chemical bonding and structure. Topics will include coordination chemistry and kinetics, organometallic chemistry, advanced acid-base relationships and bonding theories plus other selected topics.
8. CHEM 484 - Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
   • Laboratory techniques in inorganic chemistry. Synthetic and analytic techniques as applied to inorganic and organometallic chemistry. 2 laboratories.
9. SCM 302 - Learn-by-Doing Laboratory
   • Early teaching experience in an informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching and learning environment. Principles of inquiry-driven STEM education, lesson design, implementation and assessment. Intended for undergraduates exploring STEM teaching as a career.