Institute of Chemical Education

Another specific mechanism for Interaction could be the proposed Institute of Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin. The staff there, led by Professor Shakashlrl, are actively developing plans for such an Institute. The ACS Division of Chemical Education, the Society Committee on Education, and the Board of Directors have endorsed the plan seemingly Its time has come. Industry should also support the concept of this institute this is a logical focus for academic-Industrial interaction. This kind of institute, common in the research area, would be a very real plus in developing new approaches in chemical education. 

The Institute of Chemical Education (ICE) is associated with the University of Wisconsin. Its main emphasis is training in-service teachers. The institute s Web site has links to other chemical-education sites. Information concerning the institute s workshops and other presentations is available, too. 

James B. Fair, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas National Academy of Engineering Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Member, American Chemical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, National Society of Professional Engineers (Section 14, Gas Absorption and Gas-Liquid System Design)... 

The new research frontiers in chemical engineering, some of which represent new applications for the discipline, have important implications for education. A continued emphasis is needed on basic principles that cut across many apphcations, but a new way of teaching those principles is also needed. Students must be exposed to both traditional and novel applications of chemical engineering. The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has set in motion a project to incorporate into undergraduate chemical engineering courses examples and problems from emerging applications of the discipline. The committee applauds this work, as well as recent AIChE moves to allow more flexibility for students in accredited departments to take science electives. 

Brian Johnson and Margret Geselbracht are thanked for critically reading this manuscript. On behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee for Solid-State Instructional Materials, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the National Science Foundation (Grant USE—9150484), the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the American Chemical Society, the Dow Chemical Company Foundation (Solid-State Model Kit), the University of Wisconsin—Madison Outreach Program (Solid-State Model Kit), and the Institute for Chemical Education for their generous support of this project. 

Chander Mohan was born in 1975 at Dhariwal, Punjab, India. He received his B.Pharm. and M.Tech.(Pharm.) in bulk drugs from Guru Nanak Dev University and the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali. After that he worked as senior chemist at Dr. Reddy s Research Foundation, Hyderabad. He then joined Professor M. P. Mahajan s research group in 2002 for his doctoral studies. His research is focused on the synthesis and chemical transformation of C-5/C-6-substituted pyrimidinones. His research interests include synthesis of medicinally important molecules, transition metal-induced transformations in organic synthesis, reaction mechanism and total synthesis of natural products. 

Stepanka Kuckova, Charles University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Education, M.D. Rettigove 4, 116 39 Prague 1, Czech Republic and Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Technicka 3, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic... 

We also continue to acknowledge and thank all the members of the Undergraduate Education Committee of the Center for Chemical Process Safety and the Safety and Loss Prevention Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. We are honored to be members of both committees. The members of these committees are the experts in safety their enthusiasm and knowledge have been truly educational and a key inspiration to the development of this text. 

The authors express their sincere thanks prof. M. Marek (Prague Institute of Chemical Technology) to the helpful comments on the present articles. The authors thank Prof. H. Kawakami (Tokushima University), Dr. T. Ishii (Tsurumi University), and Dr. S. Nakata (Nara University of Education) for their helpful suggestions and to Dr. Y. Yoshioka (Kanegafuchi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) for the advice on the experimental technique of Jt-A measurement of PhDA2-8. 

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