The Department of Chemistry provides students with the background to needed to enter graduate school, medical or dental school, pursue careers as professional chemist, or careers as high school teachers.
FACULTY:
The Department of Chemistry has five full-time tenured track faculty with terminal degrees and one full-time instructor/laboratory coordinator. The expertise of the faculty represents all of the core areas of chemistry
EQUIPMENT:
The following pieces of equipment a re available for student research and laboratory studies:
- Hitachi Rapid Scan NMR
- Galaxy/Mattson FTIR
- Perkin Elmer Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
- Hewlett Packard HPLC
- Hitachi Spectrophotometer
- Varian Gas Chromatograph
- Olympus Polarized Microscope
- HAAKE Viscometer
- HVA6 PARR Viscometer
- Thermal Analysis Differential Scanning Calorimeter
- PAR Polarograph
- Thermal Analysis Thermal Gravimetric Analyzer
- Hitachi Two UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
- Varian Spectra 220 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
- PAR Catalytic Hydrogenator
- Themal Analysis Mechanical Analyzer
- Agilent Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer
- EG&G Applied Research Polarographic Analyzer/Stripping Voltameter
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES:
Students are encouraged to participate in on- and off- campus research projects. On-campus research projects include Nitric Oxide Free Radical Reactions, Polymer Synthesis, Polymer Rheology, and Coal Slurry energy related research. Students also frequently participate in research projects at Dow Chemical, Baton Rough, LA; Philip Morris, Richmond, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; and NASA.
CURRICULUM:
The chemistry program is fully certified by the Committee of Professional Training of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Department offers the bachelor of science degree, which can be obtained by following one of the two curricula. The "Professional" concentration follows the guidelines set forth by the American Chemical Society. It is prescribed for students who wish to prepare for graduate careers as professional chemist. The "General" concentration allows the student more flexibility in the science courses that are taken and is structured to accommodate those interested in satisfying professional requirements for medicine, dentistry, and similar programs.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:
The University and the Department of Chemistry offers students a variety of financial aid packages. These include scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. For more complete information please contact:
Dr. Danny Hubbard
Head/AssociateProfessor
Department of Chemistry
403 Main St. - GSU Box 4218
Grambling, LA 71245
(318) 274-2277
hubbardd@gram.edu
