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Dr. Patricia DePra is an Assistant Professor at Westfield
State College, located at the foot of the Berkshires
in Massachusetts. Her Ph.D. from Northwestern
University focused on conductive polymers. Her claims
to fame include impersonating molecules during class,
Co-Coaching the WSC Poetry Slam team, and "Make That
Molecule!", an interactive workshop designed to make
learning organic synthesis fun. She loves chocolate
covered cannoli, inventive vegetarian cuisine, bacon,
NYT crosswords, and gourmet coffee. Scrabble, anyone?
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Dr. Robert Badger Bob suffers a severe addiction to
computers and their potential applications
in higher education. Currently he is involved in an innovative program
to
provide access to UW-Stevens Point NMR instrumentation for two year and
four
year Wisconsin colleges and universities via the internet. In
addition, he
is active in the Polymer Science Learning Center for which he is
developing
a free spectral viewer and a free database of IR, NMR and Mass spectral
data
of simple organic compounds, monomers and polymers. In his spare time he
feeds his addiction by consulting with the UW-Stevens Point Information
Technology department on Macintosh computers within the campus
environment. Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Lon J. Mathias is a full professor in polymer science
involved in research in
a wide range of polymer areas, most recently including biomaterials and
biopolymers. His
education activities involve many aspects of multimedia and web-delivered
polymer-based
materials development. NSF-funded projects include the Polymer Science
Learning Center
which includes the widely-used Macrogalleria, a
polymer-emphasis
REU site (students needed!), and
several summer workshops
for
college and K-12 educators (see the link above for typical activities).
Feel free to ask for
more information about these projects; better yet, come and join us! Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Larry Scheich has been teaching chemistry at St.
Norbert
College
for 17 years. Current projects include development of an electronic
database of
experiments for general chemistry for EMCParadigm Custom Publishing in St.
Paul, MN.,
and using Labview software for data collection and analysis in the general
chemistry courses
at St. Norbert. Other interests include biking, horseback riding and
spending time at USM
developing polymer science demonstrations. Curriculum
Vitae.
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Dr. Jeff Seyler is an associate professor of chemistry at
the
University of Southern Indiana. He is active in his local ACS Section,
IN-KY Border, having
served as the chair twice within the last 5 years. Dr. Seyler is
interested in advancing
K-12 science education, illustrated by his participation in National
Chemistry Week and
classroom visits throughout the year. When he is not studying chemistry,
Dr. Seyler likes
to spend time with his family biking, camping and fishing.Curriculum Vitae
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