Research
Students
Research
Students
Undergraduate Research Students & Projects
J. Mahaney, The Effect of Phosphine on Atomic Spectrometric Signals, Spring 1984.
W. Newman, The Effect of Phosphine on Atomic Spectrometric Signals, Summer 1984, Summer 1985 to Spring 1986.
G. Klunder, The Effect of Phosphine on Atomic Spectrometric Signals, Fall 1984 to Spring 1985.
C. Leffler, Determination of Kinetic Rates by Absorption Spectrometry, Winter 1987.
R. Poe, Chelation Effects in Atomic Spectrometry, Fall 1988 to Summer 1989.
P. Irvine, Slurry Injection Plasma Emission Spectrometry, Fall 1992.
P. Ewald, Determination of Metals in the New River, Spring 1994.
J. Malloy, Evaluation of a Slurry Nebulizer for the Helium MIP, Spring 1995.
D. Bond, A Sampling Cell for Chemisorption of Metals onto Soils, Spring 1998.
J. Trent, Curricular Support and Testing for the Mobile Chemistry Laboratory, Fall 2001 to Spring 2003.
J. Lundy, Evaluation of ChemKits for Educational Outreach, Spring 2002.
B. Brooks, Evaluation of ChemKits for Educational Outreach, Spring 2002.
Heidi Sorum, Development and Testing of Stoichiometry ChemKit, Spring 2004.
Adam Nichols, Development of Forensic Test for Blood Chemical Demonstration, Spring 2005.
Gerald Carter, Demonstration of Redox Activity using Chemiluminescence, Summer 2006.
John Thomas, Precipitation of Cobalt Phosphate, Fall 2009.
M.S. Students and Projects
L. Perkins, M.S., The Application of Atomic Fluorescence to the Microwave Induced Plasma, February 1987.
S. Burcham, M.S., A Comparison of Extraction Techniques for the Determination of Metals in Soils, August 1995.
J. Eddleton, M.S., Chemical Demonstrations: A Compendium of Resources in Print and on the Internet, November 1996.
C. Winstead, M.S., Interaction of Sludges with Heavy Metal Containing Soils, November 1997 (with I. Urasa of Hampton University).
5. D. Hardiman, M.S., Review of Dialysis Based Sampling Methods for Contaminated Waters, August 2000.
6. J. Przybyla, M.S., Neural Tube Defects, 2006 (co-advised with F. Etzkorn).
Ph.D. Students and Dissertation Topics
1. J. Bolton, Ph.D., The Effect of Organic Gases on Atomic Spectrometric Signals in the Inductively Coupled Plasma, August 1988.
2. T. McCreary, Ph.D., Aspects of Rapid Analysis of Coal Slurries Using Direct Current Plasma Emission Spectrometry, September 1988.
3. L. Perkins, Ph.D., The Development of a Low Powered He Microwave Induced Plasma for Non-Metal Determinations, April 1989.
4. C. Motley, Ph.D., The Evaluation of an Argon and Helium Highly Efficient Microwave Induced Plasma as an Element Selective Detector for Packed Column Supercritical Fluid Chromatography, April 1990.
5. K. McCleary, Ph.D., Effect of Solvent Loading on the Highly Efficient Microwave Induced Plasma, July 1992.
6. G. Ducatte, Ph.D., Aspects of the Microwave Induced Plasma as an Element Selective Detector for Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Supercritical Fluid Extraction, December 1993.
7. W. Mavura, Ph.D., Evaluation of Slurry Injection for the Determination of Metals in Solid Samples Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, August 1994.
8. E. Lancaster, Ph.D., Investigation of Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Metals from Contaminated Sediments, August 1996.
9. Y. Freedman, Ph.D. (The Weizmann Institute of Science, co-advised with the late Mordecai Magaritz), Heavy Metals in Groundwater: the Effect of Mineral-Groundwater Interaction, September 1996.
10. K. O’Leary, Ph.D., Chelate Assisted Pressurized Liquid Extraction for the Removal of Metals from Contaminated Soils, March 2000.
11. U. Chatreewongsin, Ph.D., Chelate Assisted Microwave Extraction (CAME) for Contaminated Soils, March 2000.
12. C. Winstead, Ph.D., Extractant Impregnated Polymers for Chromium (III) and Chromium (VI), May 2002.
13. L. S. Owens, Ph.D., Fabrication, Validation, and Performance Evaluation of a New Sampling System for the In-Situ Chemical Speciation of Chromium Ions in Groundwater Using Supported Liquid Membranes (SLMs), December 2012.
Former Graduate Students
R. Edwards, 3 years in Chemistry.
J. Powell, 1 year in Chemistry.
R. Cadorette, Ph.D. Candidate, Enhancing Student Performance in the Undergraduate Analytical Laboratory via Teaching Assistant Training.
C. Todd, 2 years in Chemistry.
Postdoctoral students
1. Bradley Carson, ISC Teaching PostDoc, June 2013 to May 2014.
2. Asem Abdulahad, ISC Teaching PostDoc, June 2013 to May 2014.
High School Students
B. Mostaghimi and Zhang, Blacksburg High School, Determination of Heavy Metals in Caribbean Soils, Fall 2000 and Spring 2001.
E. Carstensen, Blacksburg High School, Determination of Heavy Metals in Caribbean Soil, Spring 1999.