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  • Dr. Richard Wallace presented a paper at the 2009 California Rare Fruit Growers Annual Meeting - 09/30/09, 10am
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    Richard Wallace, Chemistry, presented an invited talk at the California Rare Fruit Growers "Festival of Fruit" annual meeting in Santa Rosa, California. The talk with co-authors Ms. Suzanne Carpenter (AASU-Chemistry) and Dr. Gerard Krewer (University of Georgia-retired) was titled "Edible and Ornamental Banana Breeding and Development for Non-Tropical Climates". This presentation described some of the current biotechnology research being carried out at AASU directed at the development of new hybrid banana varieties better suited for the non-tropical regions of the world.

  • Chemistry faculty publish multiple articles - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Dr. Cliff Padgett, chemistry, has published the following paper in the series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing:
    1. Padgett, C.; Saad, A. in Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Volume 58 titled “Applications of Soft Computing, From Theory to Praxis”, “Genetic Algorithms in Chemistry: Success or Failure is in the Genes” 2009, 181-189.

    Dr. Cliff Padgett, chemistry, has published the following paper in the Proceedings of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers:
    2. Padgett, C. “Multiscale Modeling of Metal–Metal Contact Dynamics Under High Electromagnetic Stress: Timescales and Mechanisms for Joule Melting of Al–Cu Asperities” IEEE, 2009, 45(1), 331 – 335.

    Dr. Cliff Padgett, chemistry, has published the following paper in the Proceedings of the Materials Research Society:
    3. Padgett, C. “Modeling the Effect of Varying Electrical Voltage on the Plastic Deformation of a Single Asperity in Hot-Switched RF MEMS Contacts, Material Research Society, Symposium Proceedings, 2009, vol. 1137-EE10-15.

    Dr. Shields, CST and chemistry has published the following paper in Future Medicinal Chemistry:
    4. Shields, G. “Computational Approaches for the Designe of Peptides with Anti-Breast Cancer Properties” Future Medicinal Chemistry, 2009, 1(1), 201-212.

    Dr. Richard Wallace, chemistry, has published the following paper in the Nordic Journal of Botany:
    5. Wallace, R. Musa Georgiana, a new intersectional hybrid banana with edible banana breeding relevance and ornamental potential, Nordic Journal of Botany, 2009, 27, 182-185.

    Dr. Cliff Padgett, chemistry, and Kristina Gutt, undergraduate, have published the following paper in the journal Computational Materials Science:
    7. Padgett, C.; Gutt, K., Whitesides, T. “Computational Studies on the Mechanical Properties of Diamond Nanotoroids”, Computational Materials Science, 2009, 46 (2), 491-494.

    Dr. Eric Werner, chemistry, has published the following paper in the journal Inorganic Chemistry:
    8. Werner, E. J.; Kozhukh, J.; Botta, M.; Moore, E. G.; Avendano, S.; Aime, S.; Raymond, K. N. “1,2-Hydroxypyridonate/Terephthalamide Complexes of Gadolinium(III): Synthesis, Stability, Relaxivity and Water Exchange Properties” Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (1), pp 277–286.

    Dr. Brian Shinall, part time instructor in chemistry, has published the following paper in the journal Chemistry of Materials:
    9. Shinall, B.; Yavuz, C.T.; , Markedly Improved CO2 Capture Efficiency and Stability of Gallium Substituted Hydrotalcites at Elevated Temperatures, Chem. Mater., 2009, 21 (15), pp 3473–3475.

    Dr. Cliff Padgett has published the following paper in Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering:
    10. Irving, D.L.; Padgett, C.W.; Brenner, D.W. "Coupled Molecular Dynamics/Continuum Simulations of Joule Heating and Melting of Isolated Copper-Aluminum Asperity Contacts" Modeling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 17, 2009, doi: 10.1088/0965-0393.

  • Dr. Will Lynch presents a paper at the 2009 Fall National Meeting of the American Chemical Society - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Will Lynch, Chemistry, presented an invited talk in the symposium "NSF Catalyzed Innovations in the Undergraduate Curriculum." The talk with co-authors Drs. Delana Nivens and Cliff Padgett was titled "Enhancing student learning by incorporating X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy". This presentation detailed the curriculum and undergraduate research achievements that have resulted from the 2007 funded NSF CCLI proposal to purchase an XRF spectrometer for the chemistry program.

  • The Chemistry and Biology Programs receive an NSF MRI grant to purchase a LCMS-TOF instrument - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Drs Feske (PI-Chemistry), Wallace (Chemistry), Nivens (Chemistry), Lynch (Chemistry), Mateer (Biology), Collier (Biology) and Marriott (Sav. State University-Chemistry) have recently received $277,326 from the National Science Foundation. The 3 year grant, ""MRI: Acquisition of an LCMS-TOF Mass Spectrometer for Interdisciplinary Research" NSF – MRI – 0923153" will provide funds to purchase a high end mass spectrometer to support undergraduate research of the PI's as well as curriculum enhancements in the two programs. The LCMS allows for non-volitile biological and unstable compounds to be analyzed compared to GC-MS which tends to decompose or not separate these type compounds.

  • The Chemistry Program receives an NSF CCLI grant to improve general chemistry instruction - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Drs Lynch (PI), Padgett, MacGowan, Smith, Hizer, Nivens and Werner in the chemistry program have recently received $192,535 from the National Science Foundation. The grant, “Guiding General Chemistry Laboratory Toward a Green Revolution: An Inquiry Approach”, NSF CCLI – 0942047, will infuse POGIL, guided inquiry principles into the general chemistry laboratory starting Fall of 2010. This 2 year project will provide support for the development of a series of green themed guided inquiry projects into chemistry I & II labs to improve student performance, understanding and interest in chemistry. The experience will end in an undergraduate research experience for every student enrolled in chemistry II by the spring semester of 2011.

  • Dr. MacGowan to serve on American Chemical Society Exams Committee - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Catherine MacGowan, Chemistry and Physics, who recently finished serving on the General Chemistry I Exam Committee for the American Chemical Society Exams Institute has been asked to serve again on another exam committee. Starting this summer, Dr. MacGowan is serving on the Full Year General Chemistry Exam Committee which is expected to complete its work by the Fall of 2010.

  • AASU pre-pharmacy students get accepted to South University - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Armstrong Atlantic State University had eight students who matriculated through the Pre-Pharmacy Program at AASU admitted to the School of Pharmacy at South University in Savannah. This class, which began the course of study at South in June of 2009, was the second largest group from a single Georgia college or university admitted to South's Pharmacy Program this year.

  • Dr. Feske to serve on NSF panel - 09/29/09, 4pm
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    Chemistry and Physics faculty member Brent Feske, PI on a recent NSF - RUI to investigate asymmetric synthesis through biocatalysis as well as a NSF-MRI to purchase a LCMS-TOF instrument has been appointed by the National Science Foundation to participate on the review panel for the 2009 NSF-MRI^2 proposals. Dr. Feske will serve on the review panel during October in Arlington, Virginia.

  • Dr. Scott presents posters at conference - 09/29/09, 3pm
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    Vann Scott, Jr., Psychology, presented the following posters at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA., in May, 2009:

    1. Predictors of psychological reactions to the financial crisis of 2008, co-authored with AASU psychology alumna Julie M. Skutch.
    2. Teaching applied social psychology: Harvesting ideas from case study examples. T. I. Robinson was a co-author on this presentation.
    3. Students show reduction in materialistic values following simple living course, co-authored with Sara K. Farrell, a former AASU psychology faculty member.
  • Dr. Shields hosts a conference - 08/18/09, 9am
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    George Shields, College of Science & Technology, hosted the 8th MERCURY (Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY) conference on Computational Chemistry in Clinton, NY, in early August. Postdoctoral Associate Berhane Temelso and undergraduate students Kaye Archer and Amber Kay Barnes attended the conference, where they heard lectures by 6 research professors, including 1981 Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffman. Kaye presented her summer research project, "Accurate Predictions of the Structure and Energetics of Water Decamers," while Amber Kay presented her summer research project, "Computational Study of an Anticancer Pharmacophore using Alpha-Fetoprotein Derived Peptides" during the student poster session.

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