Student-Faculty Research Published in Langmuir
January 30, 2012
A.J. Zucchero (C’04), Jamie Robinson (C’10) and Prof. Robert Bachman have published a paper entitled “General Approach to Low-Molecular-Weight Metallogellators via Coordination-Induced Gelation of an L-Glutamate-Based Lipid” in Langmuir (2012, 28, 27-30). The paper reports the Bachman group’s initial foray into a new area of research. The focus of the work was the synthesis of a new class of molecules capable of both binding metal atoms and forming gels, a class of materials consisting of a liquid immobilized by a small amount of a gelling agent (Jello is a well-known example). The materials reported by Bachman and his students may find use in separation of metal ions from solution or catalysis.
Chemistry professor awarded two fellowships to support sabbatical research in Germany
August 26, 2011
Professor Robert Bachman has received two fellowships totaling approximately $16,000 in support of his sabbatical research visit to the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Polymer Research in Mainz, Germany. The first award, a three-month fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, is a renewal of the fellowship Bachman first held as a postdoctoral researcher in 1994. The second award is a two-month grant from the German Academic Exchange Service available to faculty researchers making extended visits to Germany. Both awards were given on the basis of a competitive research proposal and Bachman’s reputation as a scholar.
Sewanee chemists win major NSF grant
July 21, 2011
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $259,900 to the University of the South for the acquisition of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system, a project under the direction of Rongson Pongdee, Deon Miles, John Shibata, and Rob Bachman, all members of Sewanee’s Chemistry Department.
Five majors and one minor graduate at 2011 Commencement
May 17, 2011
Three chemistry majors, one biochemistry major, one environmental chemistry major, and one student with a chemistry minor graduated Sunday, May 16 in the University's Commencement ceremonies.
Biochemistry major Blake Caldwell graduated as valedictorian of the Class of 2011.
Sixth Annual “An Evening of Chemical Magic” Show delights community members
April 22, 2011
The Sewanee Student Affiliates, under the direction of Jennifer Bachman, co-sponsor and Chemistry Lab Coordinator, put on the Sixth Annual "An Evening of Chemical Magic" demonstration show to a packed house in Blackman Auditorium April 21. New and old favorite demos delighted the crowd of students, community children, and their families. Some of the demonstrations included the Luminol Spiral, Burning Water, Flame Tornado, What Happens to Water When It Boils?, Gummy Bear's Demise, and much-beloved Liquid Nitrogen and Methane Bubbles.
Chemistry Department celebrates career of Dr. John Lawson Bordley, Jr.
April 5, 2011
In order to mark Dr. Bordley's 41st year of teaching and his retirement at the end of the 2010-11 academic year, the Chemistry Department executed a series of events spanning from Thursday, March 31 - Saturday, April 2, 2011. Alumni from all of the four decades he has taught returned to celebrate, catch up, and even give seminars on their lives since Sewanee.
