Department of ChemistryFairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Professor Dennis Burns, Chair

Departmental Mission• Offer a high-quality and well-rounded undergraduate education, including

exposure to research for the B.S. degree, which is certified by the American Chemical Society for the past least 50 years. Other B.S. degrees are: Pre-Med, Chem-Business, Field Major in Biochemistry, B.S. with Biochemistry Option and B.A.

• Six Divisions: Analytical, Biochemistry, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, and Polymer.

• M.S.: Research oriented, offered since 1930 (requires 6 courses spread over 5 areas plus a thesis).

• Ph.D.: Research oriented, offered since 1986 (encompassing six up-to-date courses plus dissertation).

• One measure of our success: All graduate-degree candidates have found employment.

CONTRIBUTION TO WSU PROGRAMS OUTSIDE CHEMISTRY

• a) GENERAL EDUCATION • Cover three general introductory courses (101, 103, 211), latter two have labs. • Four further studies courses (212, 514, 523, 531) all having labs except 514. • One (CHEM 301) is an issues and perspectives course.

• b) CLASSES SUPPORTING OTHER WSU PROGRAMS • CHEM 103 – prerequisite for dental hygiene, nursing majors.• CHEM 211 – all engineering majors and nursing or geology.• CHEM 211 & 212 – required for all medical technicians and physician assistants• CHEM 531 & 532 (organic) – all Biology majors or Biomedical emphasis

• c) BIOCHEM. FIELD MAJOR• Joint venture of Chemistry and Biology Departments.

• d) Co-op EDUCATION

FACULTY

• At present, 12 faculty: 9 Professors; 2 Associate Professors; 1 Assistant Professor. Of these, one is on phased retirement (half-time) and one is half-time (and half-time as Associate Dean of Graduate School). Additionally, utilize a half-time instructor.

• Currently searching for a Physical Chemist or Physical Biochemist.

• Our newly renovated facilities plus generous start-up funds helped attract good candidates in our last successful search.

TEACHING AWARDS

• Three Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching

• Two Regents Award for Leadership in Advancement of Teaching

• WSU Award by Academy of Effective Teaching

• Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year from the State of Kansas, 1999

AWARDS FOR RESEARCH• Two Young Faculty Scholar Awards• Four Excellence in Research Awards• KBRIN Faculty Scholar Award (2003)• NSF Career Development Award (2003)

One Award for Outstanding Service to WSU

MEASURE OF SUCCESS OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Data for Last Ten Years(*renovation of bldg)

*1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Undergrad. 73 60 70 78 68 69 87 130 190 235 244

Majors (* as of fall semester, 2006 is spring semester)

Total 7211 6430 6661 5999 6385 6999 8112 8690 9056 9040

Student

Cr. Hrs. (*in AY, i.e., 1996 = 96/97, 1997 = 97/98, etc.)

MEASURE OF SUCCESS OF GRADUATE PROGRAM

Data for Last Ten Years (*renovation of bldg)

*1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Ph.D. 20 21 18 20 16 16 28 28 29 27

M.S. 8 11 11 8 10 9 5 6 10 15(*fall semester)

SCH 402 486 392 355 345 375 444 532 517 551

Production

(Grad crses.)

(*AY, i.e., 1996 = 96/97, etc.)

DEGREES AWARDED

Data for Last Ten Years(*renovation of bldg)

AY: 96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06

Undergrad 28 19 29 25 36 17 23 28 30 42

Ph.D. 2 3 1 4 2 0 0 3 4 4

M.S. 2 3 5 1 4 5 4 9 1 4

TEN-YEAR TOTAL

Undergraduate: 277 (B.S., B.A., B.G.S., B.A. Field major)

Graduate: 61 (23 Ph.D.; 38 M.S.)

SCHOLARSHIP MONEY (2005-2006)

Eight Undergraduate Chemistry Scholarships. Total of all Undergraduate Scholarships awarded: $12,780

Parker Fellowship and Talaty Endowed Fellowship for Chemistry Graduate Students. Total awarded:

$16,760

GRANT ACTIVITY PAST 10 YEARS

Fiscal

Yr

Total

Research

Grants ($)

No.

Awards

Total Infrastructure

& Education Grants

($)

No.

Awards

Fiscal Yr

Total

($)

1997 421,232 8 230,798 2 652,030

1998 361,481 6 140,800 2 502,281

1999 677,530 9 67,381 1 744,911

2000 571,948 9 255,984 5 767,932

2001 1,055,810 12 315,162 4 1,370,972

2002 224,220 2 552,011 1 776,231

2003 1,349,773 11 140,668 2 1,490,441

2004 855,000 11 884,370 5 1,739,370

2005 924,976 8 8,000 1 932,976

2006 1,014,250 12 678,058 3 1,692,308

10-Yr Total 7,396,220 3,273,232 10,669,452

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS

Year Total Publications Peer Institutions1996 37 U Nevada, Las Vegas Portland State1997 40 BS, MS BS, MS, PhD1998 49 # of Faculty: 20 # of Faculty: 161999 342000 432001 332002 482003 31 49 312004 57 40 272005 372006 (to date)37

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