Updated: 09/24/05

CLASSES:

• CHEM 130: Fundamental Chemistry Lecture
  
  
• CHEM 130: Fundamental Chemistry - Hybrid Lecture
  
  
• CHEM 150: General Chemistry I Lecture (Extended Version)
  
  
• CHEM 151: General Chemistry I Lecture
  
  
• CHEM 152/154: General Chemistry II
  

PERSONAL INFORMATION:

• Educational Background
  
  
  • Got my B.S. in Chemistry from Willamette University (Salem, Oregon)--
    the "oldest school west of the Mississippi" and pronounced "will-AM-et" dammit!
    
    
  • Received my doctorate in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington), where I did research with Hannes Jónsson on platinum crystal growth.
  
  
  
• Work Experience
  
  
  • Taught full-time in the Chemistry Department in the Arts and Sciences Division at Albuquerque Technical-Vocational Institute (TVI) from August 1995 to December 2000.
    
    
  • Co-Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation funded Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement project on "Bringing Systemic Change to Community College Chemistry" (NSF DUE-99-50320). In collaboration with the Molecular Science project PI's at UCLA and CSUF, this project established dedicated computing facilities for several community college's chemistry laboratory programs and developed resources designed to meet the needs of freshman chemistry programs at Southwestern community colleges that are members of the FLASH Consortium (Fullerton College in California, Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada, Albuquerque TVI, City College of San Francisco in California, and Montgomery College in Houston, Texas).
                     
    
  • Co-authored Prentice-Hall's Companion Website for Introductory Chemistry: Chemistry Concepts and Connections, Second Edition, by Charles H. Corwin (http://www.prenhall.com/corwin) and reviewed textbook.
    
    
  
  
  
• Personal Interests
  
  
  • Snowboarding, gardening, and hiking.
    
  • See photos from my Summer and Christmas Vacations.
    
    
    
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