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January 9
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Introduction – ACS Salary Survey
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16
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Seminar by Instructor – Claudio Hetz – D. Mark Hegsted – Dan Shechtman
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23
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Ancel
Keys’ Graph, Fraud
at Harvard. Seminar by Instructor: Cold Fusion Incident
-Wikipedia - C&E
News - 2013 60
Minutes – 1991
PBS
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30
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Hydrogen Embrittlement (1,2,3) Seminar by Instructor – GUITAR.
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February 6
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How to give a good presentation in the
sciences. (1, 2, 3) Life based on arsenic. (1, 2), (02/14/25 Science
may retract Arsenic paper) DNA Forensics. Chip Shortage, Chip Shortage 2. 2023 update, 2024 (2), Gordon Moore, Chemistry of
Photolithography, Etching, ASML, Photoresists, Chip Manufacture, Chip Node, Automotive Chip Node Size, The 5 nm chip (40 atoms across), Is Intel stuck at 14 nm?, Intel 10 nm, M1 vs Intel power consumption,
M2 vs Intel, Moore’s Law, Gordon Moore, Taiwan Chip Production, ASML in Netherlands, China Chip Ban
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13
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Student Seminar 1 Wikipedia, PFAS, Map, Sources, Health Effects, EPA, in Yakima,
Band Theory @1:45, LED’s, p-n junction @1:45, Blue LEDs 2014 Nobel Prize, Semiconductor Materials, Non-toxic LED’s, , How LED’s work
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20
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Student Seminar 2 Luis Alvarez (1, video) * Iridium
and Dinosaur Disappearance *Luis Alvarez Paper
* K-Pg
Boundary (2)*Science Advances
2021*Chicxulub
Crater (2, 3)*ICP-MS
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27
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Student Seminar 3 - Chemistry of Inflammation (Fig
1) (Link 2) Iron nanoparticles kills leukemia cells
(Link 2), Stanford News, How
Iron NP kill pathogens , Fenton’s Reagent, Inflammation and the Immune Response, Iron and Inflammation, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases,
Rancidification, ROS and Anticancer
Agents, Phenolic Iron Chelators, My Hypothesis, Publication.
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March 6
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Student Seminar 4 Self Healing Polymers (video, 2) – Self Healing Glass (Science Mag) - DNA (2)
– Chemistry of Concrete Formation - Roman Concrete – Pantheon in Rome, Modern Concrete only Lasts 30-100 years,
Was Roman Concrete
Self-Healing? (Video) - Geologic
Diamond Formation (Link 2) – Carbon Phase Diagram – Synthetic Diamond - Costs (2) – Market – Boron Doped Diamond
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13
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Spring Break
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20
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Student Seminar 5 Alzheimer’s
may be not be a brain disease. Wrong?,
Amyloid
Hypothesis, Figure,
Amyloid
Busting Drugs What happens when you bet on the wrong hypothesis? Approved Amyloid Drug (2),
Fraud In Alzheimer’s Research, (Wiki), Fraud in the Plaque Hypothesis?
NYT
on Alzheimer’s Fraud, Vivek Ramaswamy’s Drug.
Engine Oil, Synthetic Oil. How does it work?, History of Synthetic Oils, Fischer-Tropsch
Process, Can you mix Synthetic and Conventional
Oils?, Shape Shifting Polymers, Bakelite, (Wiki)
Trailer, Plastic Wastes, EU Video, Sources, River Sources, From Clothing, Nature Mag, RSC, Microplastics
in Humans,
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27
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Student Seminar 6 –Glyphosate herbicides - Glyphosates. The Major Ag Fertilizers, Fertilizer prices, (2024), What’s needed in a fertilizer N,P,K. N cycle, Need for Synthetic Fertilizers,
Haber-Bosch-Process, WW1, Nitrogen Splitting – N2 bond
strength, Energy
required for Production (1). Nitrogen Fixation by Soy, Peas, Lentils, Peanuts, Synthetic Low Temperature Nitrogen
Fixation, Phosphate fertilizer, Idaho,
Potash, Canada.
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April 3
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Student Seminar 7, Cellulose, Sources, Cellulosic ethanol Sugar to Ethanol, (2024) (1), Ammonia Combustion, Ammonia
as a fuel (1). Video (1), What about NOx? NOx pollution. Process
Chemistry Jobs, What is Process Chemistry (2)?
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10
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Student Seminar 8 Li ion batteries, LiFePO4,* Kary Mullis 1993 Nobel Prize for PCR * PCR Video * Kary Mullis, DNA Sequencing, * RA Mathies
Group at UC Berkeley * N. Dovichi at Notre Dame
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17
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Student Seminar 9
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24
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Student Seminar 10
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May 1
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Dead Week
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2019
Links, Free Textbooks, “Forever” Chemicals, Perfluorooctanoic acid, Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, In Drinking Water, RNA Editing, What is RNA?, Diagram, Genetic Code, Fluorescent Probe for Nerves, Stir Bars and Catalysis, Iron nanoparticles kills leukemia cells,
Free Radicals DNA Damage, At NIH, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases,
Why inflammation? What is a 401k?, Simple 401k Calculator, Organic Chemistry and the Brain,
Antifreeze Proteins, Video, Wikipedia, As Ice Cream Preservative, Alzheimer’s Reversed in Mice, Epigallocatechin gallate, Ferulic acid, Smart Windows, Red Meat Allergies, Alpha-Gal, Chemotherapy Drug Capture, Doxorubicin toxicity, Diagram, Retraction
Watch, Arsenic in DNA, 2010 Paper, Employment Rates – BLS – BLS2 – Pharma Research - Statin Drugs – NPR – Statins and Calcium, Microplastics, Origin of the plastic, Engine
Oil, Synthetic
Oil. How
does it work?, Fischer-Tropsch Process, Ancel Keys, Ronald Krauss, Gary
Taubes. Katalin Karikó (link 2),
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2018 Links Nitrogen Splitting – N2 bond strength
– Tricolsan
– Wikipedia - MOF CR - MOF – Sigma Aldrich – Water Filtration – Science Magazine - Li-Ion battery – Youtube (17:30) - Li reserves – Seawater – MOF – Na Ion battery – Inventor - Youtube - Avg.
401k balance by age *401k
needed to retire - Shape Shifting Polymers – Self Healing Polymers (video) – Self Healing Glass (Science Mag) - Geologic Diamond Formation – Carbon Phase Diagram – Synthetic Diamond - Costs (2) – Boron Doped Diamond - Video New Antibiotic - 3D printer emissions – VOCs – ABS – Hydrogen from Seawater – Mushroom Toxin – Nerve Agent - Novichok – Malathion - Recycling renewables – Lead Acid Battery Recycling (youtube)
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2017 Links Employment 2017 • World
Chemical Outlook• Salaries
•Europe
Seeks Chemists
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Retraction Watch * Wikipedia * Nature
*Sydney
Brenner
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A
few decimal places off. * As in DNA * DNA
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Seminar
by Instructor * Metallic
Hydrogen - Fake News?
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Iridium
and Dinosaur Disappearance *Luis Alvarez Paper
* K-Pg
Boundary * Yucatan
Crater* Stable
Helium Compound. * Waste
from Greek yogurt *Link
2 * What
is COD?
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Triangulene (link)
*Brazilian
Red Berries * Gore-Tex
(Wikipedia) (Youtube)
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Extraction
of Uranium from Seawater * I-131
Plume in Europe * Wikipedia
* Slow Release N
fertilizer * Haber-Bosch
Process * Carl Bosch
* Haber Process WWI
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Anti-fungal
agent * Silver
in Water Purification * Silver
Antibacterials * Researchgate *
Mildred
Dresselhaus * Amyloid
Busting Drugs What happens when you bet on the wrong hypothesis?
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Crude
Oil Analysis * Aging
– Free
Radical Theory of Aging * Oil
Sponge * Food
Poisoning Detector * Catnip -- Caffeine
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Missing
Metallic Hydrogen Sample
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Natural
Preservatives * Phenolic Iron
Chelators * My Hypothesis
* Rancidification
* Fenton’s Reagent
* Cardiovascular
Diseases * Inflammation
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RB
Woodward * Woodward
Group Meeting * IM
Kolthoff * Algae
as a Carbon Source * Algae Biodiesel (Wikipedia) * Economics
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Desulfurization
* Wikipedia
*Sulfur
and GUITAR *Ammonia
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Employment
Prospects for 2015 * RSC
July 2, 2015
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Li Ion battery in 787 - Time
Magazine
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Gov’t
Role In Science * Phosphorous
Recovery Is
There Really a Shortage? * Reproducibility
in Life Sciences Nature
*News
Story * New
Antibiotics * AFM 3-D
force microscope * Why
Li Ion Batteries Fail
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Li
Ion Battery Problems Theory of Operation
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C&E
News Mycotoxins Wikipedia *Mycotoxins
in History Wikipedia
Detection
* Alfatoxin
In
Peanuts Detection
* A
failure in the scientific method * NSF
reprimand, Science
Paper Retraction, Flint
Pb Problem, Google
Search Lead Phosphates
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2-D
silicon, Top
50 Chemical Companies, Bad
Forensics, ACS
recommendations on Forensic Sciences, Zeise’s
Salt, Cisplatin Links (1,
2, 3). * What is a
401k? The
employer match. S&P500.
Mutual Fund.
Mutual Fund Expenses.
Shiller P/E Ratio. Returns.
Shiller
Nobel Prize. Yale Web Site,
DNA
Twists
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Non-invasive Analysis * Fake
Antimalarial Drugs * Glucose
Analysis Link
2 * Invasive Blood
Glucose Analysis Link 2 Link
3 Link
4 * NAS
Strengthening Forensic Sciences, Retraction
of RNA nanoparticle paper, Zika
Virus, Zika
Virus
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C&E
News A Hg Chelator * A
Paper Retraction * 2002 Nobel
Prize Winner Sydney Brenner * Strapped
Scientists Abandon Research and Students * James
D. Watson’s Advice
Bad Science
-
Different
Learning Styles
-
Student Evaluations Of Teaching
Effectiveness: What do they say about extent of student learning?
Quantitative Studies 1,
1a,
2, 2a,
3
(chapter 3), NAS recommendations Page 4 Executive
Summary.
Quality of American
College Grads, ETS,
Washington
Post * Lack
of Innovation
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Chemistry
Enrollment Trends * Ph.D.
to professor * Chemical
Industry and Gas Fracking Boom * Lack of
Reproducibility in Sciences
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Brookings
Institute University Rankings * Avg.
401k balance by age *401k
needed to retire
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C&E News March 4, 2013 - Turning
Ideas into Drugs. - Peptide Drug * What is a peptide? * Why are peptide
drugs uncommon? Absorption
Degradation.
*A
peptide drug. key words: idiopathic racemization.
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LNG,
Shale
Boom, Lower
48 Shale Gas, Worldwide,
Economist, How
much NG? Phosphorous
Runoff *Liver
Toxicity in Drug Candidates, Acetaminophen
* Process
Chemist Job Opening, What is Process
Chemistry
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