Sundquist Science Complex

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AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY

• Sundquist Science Complex
• Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Medical Technology,
  Radiological Technology, Agriculture

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Mission Statement

• Austin Peay State University is a comprehensive
  university committed to raising the educational
  attainment of the citizenry, developing programs
  and services that address regional needs, and
  providing collaborative opportunities that
  connect university expertise with private and
  public resources.  Collectively, these endeavors
  contribute significantly to the intellectual,
  economic, social, physical, and cultural
  development of the region.  APSU prepares
  students to be engaged and productive citizens,
  while recognizing that society and the
  marketplace require global awareness and
  continuous learning.  This mission will be
  accomplished by

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• Offering undergraduate, graduate, and student
  support programs designed to promote critical
  thinking, communication skills, creativity, and
  leadership
• Expanding access opportunities and services to
  traditional and nontraditional students,
  including the use of multiple delivery systems,
  flexible scheduling, and satellite locations
• Promoting equal access, diversity, an
  appreciation of all cultures, and respect for all
  persons
• Serving the military community at Fort Campbell
  through complete academic programs
• Providing academic services that support student
  persistence to graduation
• Fostering a positive campus environment that
  encourages active participation in university
  life and
• Developing programs (credit and noncredit),
  conductingresearch, and providing services that
  contribute significantly to the quality of life,
  learning, and workforce development needs of the
  region.

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Vision Statement

• APSUs vision is to create a collaborative,
  integrative learning community, instilling in
  students habits of critical inquiry as they gain
  knowledge, skills, and values for life and work
  in a global society.

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APSU at a GlanceEnrollment Trends
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Traditional and Non-traditional Student
Enrollments
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Chemistry Department

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Certified
• All teaching faculty (8) hold Ph.D.
• Nationally recognized student affiliates
  Chemistry Club (XEM)
• Increasing enrollments in all chemistry majors

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Chemistry Facilities and Instrumentation

• Facilities
• Dedicated teaching and research laboratories
• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
• Gas Chromatograph with a Mass Spectrometer
  detector (GC/MS)
• Fourier Transform InfraRed spectrometer (FTIR)
• Diode array UltraViolet, VISible, and near
  infrared spectrometer (UV/VIS)
• Atomic Absorption spectrometer (AA)
• Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and
• Fourier Transform superconducting Nuclear
  Magnetic Resonance spectrometer (FTNMR).   
• Instrumentation

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Chemistry Programs

• ACS certified B.S. degree
• Chemistry B.S. degree
• Distributive Chemistry B.S. degree (professional
  teacher education)
• Biochemistry Concentration
• Forensic Chemistry Concentration
• Pre-Professional Curricula

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Chemistry Graduates

• Graduate 8-10 each year
• Mayo Clinic
• Vanderbilt University
• Notre Dame University
• Texas A M University
• Sigma Chemical Corp.
• Johns Hopkins Medical School (research)

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Physics Department

• Seven physics faculty members, all hold PhD.
• Physics student organization recognized as one of
  the top ten in nation for past two years.
• Physics enrollment has increased dramatically in
  past six years. Most undergraduate physics
  majors in state.

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Physics Graduates

• 2004-2006 12 graduates
• 10 in graduate school, 2 employed
• Vanderbilt, Duke, Baylor, Ala-Huntsville
• Medical Physics, Astronomy, Electrical and
  Mechanical Engineering, Material Science,
  BioPhysics, Atmospheric Science.
• 2006-2007 8 graduates expected
• all planning to go to graduate school.
• three have already been made offers.

For comparison purposes other TBR schools
graduated MTSU 3, TTU 2, TSU 2, ETSU
2, UoM - 9
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Summer Research Experience
In the past 2 years, 20 students have been
accepted into REU programs around the
country. Material Science, Robotics, BioPhysics,
Neural Networks, Ballistic Forensics, Nuclear
Chemistry, Oceanography, Computational Methods
and Photonics. Programs students have
participated in are NASAs MSFC and GSFC, Fisk,
Cornell, Brookhaven, The National Institute for
Standards, Baylor, UC-Berkeley, Baylor and
others.
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Faculty Research

• All involve students.
• Computational Methods
• Optical Tweezers
• Experimental surface physics using electron
  emission
• Two new faculty members hired this year.