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Chemistry
College of Science
The Chemistry Department is housed in Davidson Hall and Hahn Hall, which offer space for offices, classrooms, and laboratories for teaching and research. Davidson Hall was named for Robert J. Davidson, who was a Professor and a Dean during a career spanning 1891 to 1915. Davidson Hall will undergo a complete reconstruction starting in the Fall of 2011. Hahn Hall is named for T. Marshall Hahn, who was President of Virginia Tech from 1962 to 1974 and is credited with the university's transformation from a primarily agricultural school to a comprehensive research institution.
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480 Davidson Hall, Mail Code: 0212, 1040 Drillfield Drive Blacksburg VA 24061
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Department Chair : Amanda Morris
Graduate Program Director : Alan Esker
Emeriti Faculty:
Harry Gibson;
David Kingston;
Herve Marand;
Judy Riffle;
Sam Turner
Professors:
Paul Carlier;
Daniel Crawford;
Harry Dorn;
Alan Esker;
Felicia Etzkorn;
Richard Gandour;
Timothy Long;
Louis Madsen;
John Matson;
Joseph Merola;
Robert Moore;
John Morris;
Amanda Morris;
Webster Santos;
James Tanko;
Diego Troya;
Eduard Valeyev
Associate Professors:
Paul Deck;
Feng Lin;
Guoliang Liu;
Gary Long;
Nicholas Mayhall;
Brian Tissue;
Gordon Yee
Assistant Professors:
Charles Figg;
Emily Gentry;
Andrew Lowell;
Emily Mevers;
Lina Quan;
Michael Schulz;
Diana Thornton;
Valerie Welborn;
Joshua Worch
University Distinguished Professor:
Daniel Crawford
Dr. A. C. Lilly, Jr., Faculty Fellow of Nanoscience:
John Matson
Chemistry Introduction
The Chemistry Department is consistently top-ranked among its peers in terms of degree production (BA, BS, MS, & PhD) and research expenditures. Our 30 faculty members and 140 graduate students generate over 100 peer-reviewed publications per year and have earned numerous prestigious awards for research, teaching, and outreach. In addition to the major areas of chemistry (analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical), our polymer chemistry program has been ranked among the top 5, and we have highly developed programs in several interdisciplinary areas including drug discovery, computational and theoretical chemistry, surface science, renewable energy, and chemical biology.
Centers and Research
The Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII) is a campus research institute that brings together dozens of faculty members and over 100 students with common interests in polymer science and engineering, adhesion science, and other related disciplines. The Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery (VTCDD) is an interdisciplinary group committed to continuing the growth and advancing the stature of the existing drug discovery and development programs at Virginia Tech. The NSF-funded Molecular Sciences Software Institute (MolSSI) is a nexus for science, education and cooperation for the global computational molecular sciences community. GlycoMIP: An NSF Materials Innovation Platform is an NSF-funded national user facility and multidisciplinary research program that addresses scientific and technological bottlenecks in glycomaterials research.
Offered In (Blacksburg)
Degree Requirements
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Institution code: 5859
This section offers brief synopses of the programmatic requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry at Virginia Tech. Applicants and current students are directed to our policies and procedures manual for the complete, detailed description of these requirements. The link to the manual can be found on the Current Students section of our website: https://chem.vt.edu/graduate/current-students.html The M.S. degree may be earned in one of two ways. The student may prepare and defend a Master's Thesis; alternatively there is a non-thesis M.S. option that is based exclusively on course work. The Thesis M.S. degree requires 20 credit hours of graduate course work, the presentation of one seminar, and the preparation and oral defense of the M.S. thesis. The non-thesis M.S. degree requires 24 credit hours of regular graduate course work plus 6 credit hours of report-based courses.
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Offered In (Blacksburg)
Degree Requirements
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Institution code: 5859
This section offers brief synopses of the programmatic requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry at Virginia Tech. Applicants and current students are directed to our policies and procedures manual for the complete, detailed description of these requirements. The link to the manual can be found on the Current Students section of our website: https://chem.vt.edu/graduate/current-students.html Each doctoral student must complete a minimum of four graduate-level courses. The selection of courses depends on the student's research interests and are established in consultation with the student's Advisory Committee. Some additional courses may be recommended to ensure that the student has a broad Foundation of knowledge; these courses are determined by the student's performance on entrance examinations in Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, and Biochemistry administered during Orientation Week. Each doctoral student also must complete two report courses; in the first enrollment (3rd semester of residence) a Literature Review is prepared, and in the second enrollment (6th semester of residence) an Original Research Proposal is prepared. Each doctoral student also must present two seminars and satisfy annual reporting and evaluation requirements as specified in the document linked above.
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Chemistry Facilities Introduction
The Chemistry Department is housed in three adjoining buildings. Davidson Hall is the original chemistry building, which has recently undergone renovation. Davidson Hall features both classrooms and research laboratories. Hahn Hall South Wing is exclusively devoted to research, and the building features a lovely atrium gathering space. Hahn Hall North Wing houses our teaching laboratories and several conference rooms. Additional research space is occupied by the Chemistry Department in the Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science (ICTAS).
Other equipment available to Chemistry researchers includes an 1100-node supercomputer (System X), several smaller computational clusters and a broad range of microscopy equipment (AFM, STM, SEM, and optical) and nanoscale fabrication hardware.
Analytical Services Center
Our Analytical Services Center houses seven NMR spectrometers, including a 600 MHz, a 500 MHz, four 400 MHz (including a wide-bore instrument for imaging experiments) and a 300 MHz instrument dedicated to solid samples. Both the 600 and 500 Mhz instruments use modern Bruker Prodigy probes cooled to liquid nitrogen temperatures for greatly enhanced sensitivity. All modern techniques (multidimensional, multinuclear, variable temperature) are available. The NMR facility also houses an EPR system complete with LN2 and LHe variable temperature capability. The Analytical Services Center also includes several HPLCs, GCMS, Circular Dichroism, and UV-vis capability. The analytical labs are fully staffed with professional spectrometrists.
College of Science -- Crystallography Laboratory
Our X-ray diffractometer is housed in the College of Science Crystallography Laboratory (VTX), which features a range of diffractometers and a capabilities such as variable temperature (100-500K), high pressure (to 10 GPa), and the ability to analyze small crystals and proteins.
Polymer Characterization Laboratory
The Polymer Characterization Laboratory features a comprehensive suite of thermal analysis instruments including: DMA, TGA, DSC, and water sorption analyser, as well as mechanical, rheological testing instruments, and a twin-screw extruder. The lab also houses a polarized light microscope with hot stage, and a benchtop SEM.
Surface Analysis Laboratory
The Surface Analysis Laboratory features Electron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (ESCA), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), and Infrared Spectroscopy (IR).
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