The Chemistry Club has elected officers for the upcoming school year. Leading the club's executive board is:
Alexander Papaconstandinou - President
Rebecca Snyder - Vice President
Meghan Jensen - Secretary
Adam Mueller - Treasurer
We all look forward to a fun year!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Chemistry Night 2009: It's Elemental
The Saint Mary’s University Chemistry Department hosted the annual chemistry night celebration on October 22 and October 29 to celebrate National Chemistry Week. The theme was: Chemistry It’s Elemental! Six area high schools participated: Rochester Lourdes, LaCrosse Logan, Cochrane- Fountain City, Westby, Lewiston-Altura and Winona Senior High.
We offered some paper and pencil activities:
1. a chemdoku puzzle
2. mystery element brain teasers
3. state the symbol activity: several elements have symbols that are coincidentally the same as the two-letter postal code abbreviation for one of the 50 states.
SMU professors developed 7 lab experiments that focused on different elements:
1. Iodide in Table Salt: students tested different salts for the presence of iodine.
2. Elemental Flame Tests: students identified elements present in aqueous solutions by comparing the flame colors of known solutions of salts.
3. Alchemy: students witnessed the apparent transmutation of copper to silver to gold with pennies.
4. Atomic Emission Spectra and the bug zapper: students were able to identify the element responsible for the glow in the lamp of a common bug zapper by examining its emission spectrum and comparing it to other known spectra.
5. Copper Plating of Steel: students made a copper-plated ornament using the properties of an oxidation-reduction reaction.
6. Aiding the Discovery of a Coin Alloy: students decided if the discovered alloy is German Silver using Flame Atomic Emission Spectroscopy.
7. Detecting Bromine and Chlorine containing compounds by using the GCMS: students used the spectrum of an unknown compound to determine its identity.
AWARDS FROM October 22, 2009
LaCrosse Logan took 1st place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship to SMU and an iTunes gift card. The students were: Kacie Lvcchini, Ryan Garson, and Whitney Weymille.
Rochester Lourdes took 2nd place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship to SMU andj an iTunes gift card. The students were: Emma Tschann, Ryan Brandt, Victoria Smith.
Westby took 3rd place. Each student was awarded a certificate and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Luke Ashbrook, Evan Herold, and Dani Widner.
AWARDS FROM October 29, 2009
Winona Senior High School took 1st place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Nicky Becher, Destiny Dux, Jodi Misar
Lewiston-Altura took 2nd place. Each student was awarded with reoccurring scholarship and a gift certifcate to iTunes. The students were Rachel Stark, Elsa Prigge, Dara Sobek.
Winona Senior High school took 3rd place. Each student was awarded a certificate and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Lee Yang, Zach Erickson, Jessie Sorvaag.
We offered some paper and pencil activities:
1. a chemdoku puzzle
2. mystery element brain teasers
3. state the symbol activity: several elements have symbols that are coincidentally the same as the two-letter postal code abbreviation for one of the 50 states.
SMU professors developed 7 lab experiments that focused on different elements:
1. Iodide in Table Salt: students tested different salts for the presence of iodine.
2. Elemental Flame Tests: students identified elements present in aqueous solutions by comparing the flame colors of known solutions of salts.
3. Alchemy: students witnessed the apparent transmutation of copper to silver to gold with pennies.
4. Atomic Emission Spectra and the bug zapper: students were able to identify the element responsible for the glow in the lamp of a common bug zapper by examining its emission spectrum and comparing it to other known spectra.
5. Copper Plating of Steel: students made a copper-plated ornament using the properties of an oxidation-reduction reaction.
6. Aiding the Discovery of a Coin Alloy: students decided if the discovered alloy is German Silver using Flame Atomic Emission Spectroscopy.
7. Detecting Bromine and Chlorine containing compounds by using the GCMS: students used the spectrum of an unknown compound to determine its identity.
AWARDS FROM October 22, 2009
LaCrosse Logan took 1st place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship to SMU and an iTunes gift card. The students were: Kacie Lvcchini, Ryan Garson, and Whitney Weymille.
Rochester Lourdes took 2nd place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship to SMU andj an iTunes gift card. The students were: Emma Tschann, Ryan Brandt, Victoria Smith.
Westby took 3rd place. Each student was awarded a certificate and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Luke Ashbrook, Evan Herold, and Dani Widner.
AWARDS FROM October 29, 2009
Winona Senior High School took 1st place. Each student was awarded with a reoccurring scholarship and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Nicky Becher, Destiny Dux, Jodi Misar
Lewiston-Altura took 2nd place. Each student was awarded with reoccurring scholarship and a gift certifcate to iTunes. The students were Rachel Stark, Elsa Prigge, Dara Sobek.
Winona Senior High school took 3rd place. Each student was awarded a certificate and a gift certificate to iTunes. The students were: Lee Yang, Zach Erickson, Jessie Sorvaag.
Chemistry Night Awards: October 22, 2009
Third Place: Westby High School: Dani, Luke, and Evan
Second Place: Lourdes High School: Emma, Ryan, Victoria
First Place: Logan High School: Kacie, Whitney, and RyanChemistry Night Pictures: October 2009
High school students looking at the concentrations of pennies.
High school student studying the color emmision.
Alexander and Ghada
The Barking Dog... Tim McDonald and Catlin O'Connor
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Thanks to our student workers
A big thank you to our student workers. Many of these students worked in the labs alongside the professor helping out as a student assistant. They assisted in World of Materials, General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.
Jen Koezly: Our wonderful summer student worker. She cleaned and organized the labs, washed tons of glassware and helped to organize the organic chemistry lab.
Eli Amouzou: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Luke Baertlein: Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Lauren Baier: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Nicole Clammer: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Hilary Framke: Fall and Spring student assistant in Organic Chemistry
Ben Ludescher: Fall and Spring student assistant in World of Materials
Tim McDonald: Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Rob McElherne: Fall and Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Alexander Papaconstandinou: Fall and Spring student assistant in Organic Chemistry
Tom Schultz: Spring stockroom worker
Rebecca Snyder: Fall and Spring student assistant in World of Materials
Jocelyn Stage: Fall and Spring student worker in General Chemistry
Lukas Wallerich: Fall and Spring student worker in Organic Chemistry
Jen Koezly: Our wonderful summer student worker. She cleaned and organized the labs, washed tons of glassware and helped to organize the organic chemistry lab.
Eli Amouzou: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Luke Baertlein: Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Lauren Baier: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Nicole Clammer: Fall student assistant in General Chemistry
Hilary Framke: Fall and Spring student assistant in Organic Chemistry
Ben Ludescher: Fall and Spring student assistant in World of Materials
Tim McDonald: Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Rob McElherne: Fall and Spring student assistant in General Chemistry
Alexander Papaconstandinou: Fall and Spring student assistant in Organic Chemistry
Tom Schultz: Spring stockroom worker
Rebecca Snyder: Fall and Spring student assistant in World of Materials
Jocelyn Stage: Fall and Spring student worker in General Chemistry
Lukas Wallerich: Fall and Spring student worker in Organic Chemistry
Special thanks...
We want to thank our adjunct staff this year for all of their hard work and dedication to making the SMU Chemistry Department shine.
Chris Goller: taught General Chemistry I Lab
Barb Keller: taught General Chemistry I and II Labs
Sue Mundahl: taught World of Materials Labs
Jim Vogel: taught Analytical Chemistry I and II along with the corresponding labs
Chris Goller: taught General Chemistry I Lab
Barb Keller: taught General Chemistry I and II Labs
Sue Mundahl: taught World of Materials Labs
Jim Vogel: taught Analytical Chemistry I and II along with the corresponding labs
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