Student Awards for Chemistry Presented on 5/2/08
Wilkie, Marquette University receive $1.1 million defense contract
2006 Great Lakes Regional Meeting to be held in Milwaukee
Kincaid earns Sigma Xi Honor
Tran Honored For Research
Nakamoto Research Honored by Society for Applied Spectroscopy
Wilkie Named Pfletschinger-Habermann Professor of Chemistry
Reid and Rathore Receive Promotions
The Department of Chemistry presented awards for excellence in Chemistry on May 2 to several of our undergraduate and graduate students. Congratulations to all of the winners.
The awardees were:
Excellence in Freshman Chemistry
Award winners:
John Landgraf
Nicole Gibson
Ariyan Javadi
Lisa Ostermann
Excellence in Organic Chemistry
Award winners:
Carla Maria DeLaCruz (Chem 124)
Kevin DeGroot (Chem 024)
Excellence in Analytical Chemistry
Award winner:
Stephanie Davis
Merck Index Award
Award winner:
Melanie Yau
American Institute of Chemists Award
Award winner:
Eric Andrews
Presentation of Graduate Awards
American Institute of Chemists Award
Award winner:
Calvin Mukarakate (graduate)
Piotr Mak (postdoctoral)
Bournique Fellowship
Award winner:
Calistor Nyambo
Haymaker Scholarship
Award winner:
Irena Mejac
Prof. Charles Wilkie and Marquette University receive $1.1 million defense conctract
The Department of Defense has awarded a $1.1 million contract to Marquette University.
Dr. Charles Wilkie, professor of chemistry, in partnership with a defense contractor, will direct research to develop fire and blast resistant materials for military force protection. Wilkie is developing a coating that would be both blast and fire resistant for application to walls, windows and ceilings to protect buildings and ships against ballistic impact.
Wilkie is the foremost academic researcher on fire retardant technology. His research is widely reported in Flame Retardant News, Modern Plastics and other journals and he has spoken at numerous polymer and fire research conferences in the United States and Europe.
Sen. Herb Kohl and the Wisconsin congressional delegation were key in securing the funding for Wilkie’s research. It is among $20.4 million in defense spending allocated to area companies and organizations in the defense appropriations bill passed Friday.
Marquette Welcomes the 2006 American Chemical Society Great Lakes Regional Meeting
http://alchemy.chem.uwm.edu/GLRM06/index.html
The 2006 Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society will be held May 31 – June 2, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Milwaukee. Faculty from the Marquette University Department of Chemistry are playing a leading role in the organization of the technical program. Dr. William Donaldson, Wehr Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, is the Program Chair for the meeting. Featured symposia include: Applications of Ionic Liquids in Analytical Science, organized by Dr. Chieu Tran, Professor; Protein Structure and Function, co-organized by Dr. Daniel Sem, Assistant Professor; Quantum and Semi-Classical Approaches to Molecular Dynamics, organized by Dr. Dmitri Babikov, Assistant Professor; and Supramolecular Chemistry and Electron Transfer, organized by Dr. Rajendra Rathore, Associate Professor. In addition, a special symposium, Perspectives and Recent Advances in Organophosphorus Chemistry has been organized by Dr. Anthony Sommese (Nalco Company, Marquette Ph.D. alumnus) in recognition of the career of Dr. Sheldon Cremer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. A banquet will be held in the Alumni Memorial Union on May 31, 2006 in honor of Professor Cremer. In addition, Marquette faculty, postdoctoral research associates, and graduate and undergraduate students will be making 40 research presentations at the meeting.
Professor James R. Kincaid, Pfletschinger-Habermann Chair in Chemistry, received the 2005 Marquette University Chapter of Sigma Xi Distinguished Scientific Research Award.
Scott Reid presents Jim with his award at the annual Marquette Sigma Xi Banquet in May 2005.
Professor Chieu D. Tran was recognized for his research accomplishments with:
The American Chemical Society Milwaukee Section Award in November 2004
http://alchemy.chem.uwm.edu/amalgamator/MilSectAward/msa.html
and
The Lawrence G. Haggerty Award for Research Excellence, Marquette University’s award for distinguished career accomplishments in research. http://www.marquette.edu/as/news/05tran.shtml
Chieu during his remarks at the Haggerty Award Ceremony at the University’s Distinguished Scholars Reception in the Haggerty Museum of Art, February 2005. (Photo by Dan Johnson)
Professor Emeritus Kazuo Nakamoto was recognized by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy for his outstanding contribution to the advancement of the field of spectroscopy and its applications in October 2004.
http://www.s-a-s.org/awards/award_winners.html
Professor Charles A. Wilkie was named Pfletschinger-Habermann Professor of Chemistry, effective August 2005. The Habermann Chair is appointed for a five year term. Chuck succeeds Jim Kincaid who was the inaugural holder from 2000-2005.
Dr. Scott Reid was promoted to the rank of Professor and Dr. Rajendra Rathore was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, both effective August 2005.
Scott and Raj at a department reception. Scott marked his 10-year anniversary at Marquette in fall 2004 and Raj completed 5 years at Marquette in August 2005.
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