Mission Statement
The mission of the Department of Chemistry is to provide students a rigorous course of study in the physical and chemical sciences by utilizing multi-faceted learning experiences, guided inquiry laboratory, and scientific research to prepare students for careers as chemists or professionals in research and development, scientific discovery, or medical service in the global community.
Vision Statement
The Department of Chemistry will aspire to become a leading provider of interdisciplinary approaches to chemistry education and research that attracts and prepares diverse students to be scientifically literate and competitive professionals to meet the future demands of the changing global environment.
Georgia-Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
The Georgia-Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (GA-AL LSAMP) program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The overarching goal of the program is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and who continue to pursue graduate degrees in STEM.
The Alliance works collaboratively to progressively increase the:
- Number of students recruited as STEM majors
- Persistence and progression of STEM students
- Number of baccalaureate alliance institutions
- Number of STEM baccalaureate graduates
- Number of STEM graduates who pursue into graduate degrees
The GA-AL LSAMP program is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) award No. HRD 1305041
National Science Foundation Partnership for Research and Education in Materials for Advanced Interface Materials
The NSF PREM for Advanced Interface Materials will focus on the design, synthesis and characterization of new oxide-based interface materials for the next generation of electronic, magnetoelectronic and optoelectronic devices. The main goals of the program are to significantly strengthen CAU and Spelman College engagement in materials science research and increase the participation of underrepresented minorities, mainly African American students, in this field.
The PREM project’s framework elements will include engaging undergraduate and graduate students in materials science research, seminars and hands-on workshops, throughout the academic year and summers, supported by postdocs, and faculty at the three institutions. The PREM pathway will increase the number of STEM B.S and Ph.D. degrees attainment by African Americans, the predominant population served by the two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) involved.
Partner Institutions
- Clark Atlanta University
- Spelman College
- Cornell University - NSF Materials Innovation Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials at Cornell University and Johns Hopkins University
Major Research Instrumentation
- Bruker 500 MHz NMR (solution and solid)
- Bruker 400 MHz NMR
- Jasco V770 UV-vis NIR Spectrometer
- Photon Technology International Florescence Spectrometer
- Perkin Elmer Spectrum FT-IR Spectrometers
- Perkin Elmer Nexion ICP-MS
- Agilent GC 8890 with FID and ECD detectors
- Agilent GC/MS 5893/6970 GC/MS
- Agilent GC/MS 7820 GC with 5977B MSD
- Agilent 6545B LC/QTOF
- Agilent and Waters Alliance HPLCs
- Bruker Dimension FastScan AFM
- Zeiss EVO 10 Scanning Electron Microscope
- Jeol 200 kV Transmission Electron Microscope
- Malvern-Panalytical Empyrean 2 XRD with SAX/WAXS
- Rigaku MiniFlex 6G Benchtop X-ray Diffraction System
- Thermo K- Alpha X-Ray Photoelectron Spectrometer
- Jeol 2100 Transmission Electron Microscope 200kV
- Thermal Analysis:
- TA DSC Q2000 TA
- TGA Q50
- Perkin Elmer DSC 6000
- NETZSXCH DMA 242E Artemis
- Malvern Panlytical Viscotek SEC System for Gel Permeation Chromatograph
- Micromeritics ASAP 2020 Accelerated Surface Area and Porosimetry System
- Computational Chemistry Cluster: The cluster has 1 head node with 15 TB usable disk space, 1 login VM node with 8 cores and HPE Intel Xeon Processor and 32 GB memory, and 3 dual socket compute nodes with 20 cores inside each, for a total of 60 cores. The CPU in each compute node is an Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40GHz. The cluster has a total of 192GB RAM and 10GB ethernet network. The University maintains this cluster. The HPC cluster is equipped with software for modelling materials and dealing with real chemical problems. The software currently installed on the cluster includes Gaussian, Q-Chem, Schrödinger, and Amsterdam Modeling Suite.
