CHEM6614

A strongly lab-focused course devoted to providing students a thorough exposure to the most common instrumental methods found in modern chemistry and material science labs including: UV-VIS spectroscopy, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Infrared Spectroscopy (IR), Gas Chromatography (GC), Mass Spectroscopy (MS), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), optical and electron microscopy, calorimetric methods including Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). Additionally, fundamentals of glass, glass blowing and basic electronics including passive component behavior as well as some exposure to the fundamentals of semi-conductor devices (transistors, op amps) will be explored.