Wooster Chemistry Annual Report 2001-2002

CHEMISTRY CLUB

Also see: James T. McFarland Memorial Lecture

The officers for Chemistry Club were: Richard Barger, President; Carolene Gabriel, Vice President; Melissa Brym, Secretary; Meredith Dreshar, Treasurer; Paul Edmiston and Ellen Burns, Faculty Advisors

Chemistry Club celebrated National Chemistry Week (November 4-10, 2001) with a dinner and activities throughout the week. Wooster students did chemistry demonstrations at Cornerstone Elementary School as part of the activities. An All-Science Picnic was held in September, sponsored by Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Math. Chemistry Club students answered questions and did demonstrations on Science Day at Orrville Middle School.

The Chemistry Club professional programs included seminars by the following.

Dr. Sharon Neal
Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware
Dynamic Multidimensional Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Biological Systems

Dr. David W. Ball
Chemistry Department, Cleveland State University
Skepticism and Science

Dr. Andrew Evans
Department of Chemistry, Indiana University
New Organometallic Cross-Coupling Reactions for the Total Synthesis of Biologically Important Natural Products

Dr. Olaf S. Andersen
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Cornell University Medical College
Bilayer Mechanics and Membrane Protein Function

Dr. Jeffrey Smiley
Department of Chemistry, Youngstown State University
The Most Proficient Enzyme and Its Second Cousins: Catalytic Mechanisms of Three Decarboxylases that use Heterocyclic Substrates

Dr. Wingfield Glassey
Department of Chemistry, The College of Wooster
Localized Bonding Models for CO Chemisorption and Oxidation on Transition Metal Surfaces