Founded: 1901
Full Time: 5
Part Time: 2
Budget:$446,000
Director: Dr. Connie Walton
Box 4218-GSU
Grambling, LA 71245
Telephone: 318-274-2277 FAX: 318-274-3703 E-Mail: waltonc@medgar.gram.edu
Research Areas:
Nitric Oxide Free Radical Reactions, Fibronectin/Collagen Binding Studies, Polymerizable Monomer Reactants-Synthesis of Aryl Ethers, Fabrication and Thermal Studies of Polymer Composites, Synthesis of NLO Polymers that have Enhanced Thermal Stability, Colloid Chemistry-Rheology of Dense Fluids and Suspensions, Development of Polymer Thin Films as Gas Sensors, Combustion and Control of Pollutants from Fossil Fuel Combustion, and Spectroscopic Applications of Surface Analysis and Environmental Controls.
Areas of Expertise:
Polymer Synthesis, Nitric Oxide Chemistry, Biochemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry.
Special Capabilities and Facilities:
Thermal and Rheological testing of macromolecules using DSC, TGA, and Viscometric equipment; thermal and phase transition studies of organic monomers using optical microscopy and DSC; high temperature staging of advanced polymers using a Blue-M Convention Oven with thermal accessory; pressurized catalytic reduction of organic compounds using catalytic hydrogenator.
Research Equipment:
Hitachi Rapid Scan NMR, Galaxy/Mattson FTIR, Perkin Elmer Luminescence Spectrometer, Hewlett Packard HPLC, GOW-MAC Gas Chromatogram(Thermal Conductivity Detector), GOW-MAC Gas Chromatogram (Flame Ionization Detector), Olympus Polarized Microscope (equipped with a mettler hot stage), Haake Viscometer, HVA6 PARR Viscometer, RV-C20 HAAKE Viscometer, Parr Solution Viscometer, Micromeritics Zeta Potential Analyzer, Thermal Analysis DSC/TGA, Hitachi U-3000 Spectrophotometer, Varian Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, (4) Vacuum Pumps, Catalytic Hydrogenator, Catalytic Autoclave (low pressure), Aminco/Bowman Luminescence Spectrophotometer/Series 2, Aminco/Bowman Auto Polarizer, Princeton Applied Research Polarographic Analyzer Model 303A, Sargent Welch Coulometric Titrator, Sargent Welch Electro Deposition Apparatus, OíHaus Moisture Balance, Hazardous Location Refrigerator, Grinding Machine, Ro-top Vapor, Blue-M Convection Oven with Thermal Assembly, Fluorescence Spectrometer, and Cahn Microbalance.
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