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Title: Department of Chemistry


1
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Be Part of the Solution

2
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

3
Chemistry Programs
  • ACS certified B.S. degree
  • Chemistry B.S. degree
  • Distributive Chemistry B.S. degree (professional
    teacher education)
  • Pre-Professional Curricula
  • Biochemistry Concentration
  • Forensic Chemistry Concentration

4
Facilities and Instrumentation
  • Facilities
  • Dedicated teaching and research laboratories 
  • Instrumentation
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
  • Gas Chromatograph with a Mass Spectrometer
    detector (GC/MS) (current instrument is outdated
    and no longer supported)
  • Fourier Transform InfraRed spectrometer (FTIR)
  • Diode array UltraViolet, VISible spectrometer
    (UV/VIS)
  • Fluorescence Spectrometer
  • Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)
  • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and
  • Fourier Transform superconducting Nuclear
    Magnetic Resonance spectrometer (FTNMR).  

5
Program Areas for Growth
  • Biochemistry
  • Forensic Science
  • Community Involvement
  • Materials Science?

6
Goals of Programs
  • Research methods
  • Preparation for graduate school
  • Preparation to enter workforce
  • Biotechnology
  • Medical Research
  • Forensic Laboratory
  • Public Safety

7
Program Needs
  • Instrumentation
  • Searchable Databases
  • Personnel

8
Desired Instrumentation
  • Total Genetic Analyzer (DNA Sequencing)
  • 200,000 recurring costs ( 10,000 per year)
  • ESI Mass Spectrometer (proteins, drugs, toxins)
  • 300,000
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC
    separation, quantification)
  • 50,000

9
Desired Instrumentation
  • Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC Bulk
    purification of biomolecules)
  • 30,000
  • Capillary Electrophoresis (CE rapid
    electric-field based separation versatile)
  • 75,000

10
Desired Instrumentation
  • Handheld Analyzers (Training EM/First responders)
  • 50,000 100,000
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR structure
    determination of chemicals and biologicals)
  • 250,000

11
Libraries /Databases
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Mass Spec
  • NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
  • HAZMAT (Chemical safety/Toxicology)

12
Collaborators and Supporters
  • APSU
  • Physics, Biology, Geosciences, Medical
    Technology, IGSS
  • Local Emergency Management
  • (7 county region)
  • State of Tennessee
  • TEMA
  • TBI
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