My primary teaching interest is analytical chemistry at undergraduate and graduate levels. I believe understanding chemical equilibria and theories of analytical processes in a quantitative way are fundamental to the teaching and research in analytical chemistry. I learned many of the basic concepts from some of the best professors in the field (Professors Amir H. Khan, Johannes F. Coetzee, Peter W. Carr, Steven G. Weber, Louis Meites, Daniel Martire, and Syed Qutubuddin). Also, teaching general chemistry for many years helped me to understand chemistry better. I believe hands-on experience through rigorous laboratory experiments can only provide the realities of science. That’s why, I like to design and teach laboratory classes in areas of analytical chemistry. Even the Electroanalytical Chemistry (CHEM 625) graduate class has a 9 hour lab experiment, although it is meant to be a theory course. Special Projects in Chemistry (CHEM 451/452 or Undergraduate Research) is another way to involve students in research and motivate students in chemistry. Students with undergraduate research experience were placed much better in the graduate and professional schools than those without the experience. |
TEACHING AREAS
CHEM 625: Electroanalytical Chemistry 5 semesters (graduate)
CHEM 620: Modern Instrumentation 1 semester (graduate, team taught)
CHEM 670: Teaching Practicum 5 semesters (graduate)
CHEM 521: Theory of Analytical Processes 6 semesters (graduate)
CHEM 529: Instrumental Techniques of Anal 7 semesters (graduate)
CHEM 421: Instrumental Analysis 5 semesters
CHEM 423: Instrumental Analysis Lab 12 semesters
CHEM 451: Special Projects in Chemistry 20 semesters (undergrad research project)
CHEM 350: Computer Applications in Chemistry 1 semester (team taught)
CHEM 315: Organic Lab I 6 semesters
CHEM 318: Organic Lab II 4 semesters
CHEM 321: Quantitative Chemical Analysis 19 semesters (lab and lecture)
CHEM 211: General Chemistry 1 11 semesters
CHEM 212: General Chemistry 2 15 semesters
STUDENT’S THESIS AND PROJECTS
- Laor Boonsamer, 1987, Undergraduate research CHEM 451, Reaction Headspace Gas Chromatography: Measurement of Artificial Sweeteners, Sodium Cyclamate
- Sharma Shobna, 1988, Undergraduate, Study of Equilibria in Micellar Solution by Headspace Gas Chromatography.
- Richard Kendall, 1989, Undergraduate, Comparison of Differential Pulse and High Performance Differential Pulse Voltammetry in Trace Metal Analysis
- Mark Hixon,1989, Undergraduate, Development of a General Method for the Study of Solute-Micelle Equilibria by a High Precision Headspace Gas Chromatography (Resulted in ACS Publication)
- S. H. Siddique, 1990, Graduate, MS Dissertation: Electrochemical Behavior of Synthetic Lipid Modified Carbon Fiber Electrodes
- John Thomas, 1990, Undergraduate, Pressure-Volume Study of a Commercial Headspace Analyzer
- Zohra Olumee, 1991, Undergraduate, Measurement of Hydrophobic Interactions of Benzene by Headspace Gas Chromatography (Resulted in ACS publication)
- Kattrice Lippa, 1991, Undergraduate, Measurement of n-Butanol in Microemulsions by Headspace Gas Chromatography
- Malcolm Pon, 1991, Undergraduate, Development of a Basic Program for Electrochemistry Experiment with PAR-273 Analyzer
- Lulu Gebermehdin, 1994, Graduate, MS Dissertation: Potentiometric Stripping Analysis in a Quiet Solution
- Wei Zhang, 1996, Graduate, MS Dissertation: Buckministerfullerene (C60) in Microemulsions (ACS Publication)
- Niema Osman, 1996, MS Graduate Project: Development of Electrochemistry Experiments for Undergraduates
- Dr. Subshash Basu, 1996, Postdoctoral Fellow, A Precise Study of Solute-Micelle Interactions by Headspace Gas Chromatography. (ACS Publication)
- Shamim Ahmed, 1996, MS Graduate Project: Electroless Deposition of Copper on Carbon Fibers
- William. Z. Nakhleh, 1997, MS Graduate Project: Cycling Studies of Nickel-Hydrogen Battery
- Saam Tabar, 2000, Undergraduate, Testing of Groundwater for Trace As(III) by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry
- Shehraze Shah, 2000, Undergraduate, Measurement of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Environment by Solid Phase Microextraction
- Bamshad Tabar, 2000, Undergraduate, Testing of a High Resolution Protein Electrophoresis System for Clinical Applications
- Zeshaan Ahmed, 2000, Undergraduate, (I) Development of a Membrane Separation System for Arsine and its Application in Groundwater Arsenic Measurement, (II) Hydrogen Bonding of Acid-Base Systems in Hydrocarbon Fuels. (JournalPublication)
- Syed U Ali, 2002, Undergraduate, Reflectance Measurement and Microwave Extraction of Filters Containing Air Particulates from Indoor Pollutants. (Fall 2002).
- Naseeruddin Qureshi, 2003, Micro-scale Organic Synthesis and Characterization by Solid Phase Microextraction, CHEM 451 Undergraduate Research Project, Presented December 5, Fall 2003
- Vaughan Woodzell, Summer 2003, Windows Software Development for the Portable Potentiostat as a Detector for 2D MEMS Lab on Chip. Science Application International Corporation (SAIC) Research Projects.
- Naseeruddin Qureshi, 2004, Thick Film Hybrid Chip Electrochemical Cell for the Measurement of Arsenic in Groundwater, CHEM 452 Undergraduate Research Project, Presented December , Fall 2004.
- Kyle Purdy, 2004, Development of a Virtual Electrochemical System for the Measurement of Arsenic in Ground Water by Using Ultramicroelectrodes in Flow Cells, $1000 Scholarship to Kyle from University Research Office.
- Kirubel Assegid, 2005. Solute Partitoning in FC-70 (Perfluorotripentylamine), Project supported by National Science Foundation Grant and University of Pittsburgh. CHEM 452 Undergraduate Research Project
- Hung Au, Spring 2005. Stripping Voltammetry with a Quartz Crystal Microbalance Electrode: Measurement of Arsenic in Water. CHEM 451 Undergraduate Research Project.
- Auteen Brahimi, Fall 2006, Development of Gas Phase Chemiluminescence Device to Measure Arsenic in Groundwater at Part-Per-Billion. CHEM 452 Undergraduate Research Project.
- Jessica Bajkowski , Summer 2007. Evaluation of a arsenic measurement kit and development of a reflectance spectrometric quantitation technique. Summer undergrad researcher from Wagner College, NY, July-August 2007.
- Doug Mays, 2007-. Development of a high throughput electrochemical analyzer for arsenic in the environment. PhD Dissertation work, (Current)
- Kirubel Assegid, 2007. Development of a chemiluminescence based technique for the measurement of arsenic in environmental and biological samples. MS thesis project, (Current)
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