OFFICE HOURS
CLASSES TAUGHT

Course Num Course Title CHEM-103 Consumer Chemistry CHEM-105 Inorg, Org and Biochem Lab CHEM-106 Inorganic, Organic and Bioche CHEM-111 General Chemistry-Lab CHEM-221 Organic Chemistry CHEM-222 Organic Chemistry CHEM-311 Advanced Organic Chemistry CHEM-381 Tech, the Environment and You CHEM-407 Research

ARTICLES - REFEREED

• Size and shape separation of gold nanoparticles with preparative gel electrophoresis in Journal of Chromatography A. (2007)

ARTICLES - NON-REFEREED

• Non-Vacuum Silvering and Overcoating of Telescope Mirrors in Amateur Astronomy Magazine. (2011)
• Spin-Cast Polymer Mirrors in Amateur Astronomy Magazine. (2011)

PROCEEDINGS - Refereed (Full Paper)

• Tarnish Protection of Silvered Telescope Mirrors using Crosslinked Self-Assembled Mono Layers in 8th South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium. (2012)
• Lightweight Mirror Developments in 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences. (2010)
• Production of 2-Meter Epoxy Telescope Mirrors in 6th South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium. (2010)

BOOK CHAPTERS

• An Introduction to Lightweight Mirror Developments. The Alt-Az Initiative: Telescope, Mirror, and Instrument Developments. Collins Foundation Press. (2010)
• Spinning the Way to a Perfect Figure. The Alt-Az Initiative: Telescope, Mirror, and Instrument Developments. (2010)

PRESENTATIONS

• Shrinkage Reduction of Epoxy Telescope Mirrors Using Spiro Orthocarbonate Compounds. Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Raleigh, North Carolina. (November, 2012)
• Progress of Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Portland, Oregon. (July, 2012)
• Recent Developments with Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Waimea, Hawaii. (January, 2012)
• Synthesis and Characterization of Spiro Orthocarbonate Compounds for Shrinkage Reduction in Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2012)
• Tarnish Protection of Silvered Telescope Mirrors using Crosslinked Self-Assembled Mono Layers. 8th South Carolina Upstate Research Symposium. Spartanburg, South Carolina. (2012)
• Synthesis and Characterization of Spiro Orthocarbonate Compounds for Shrinkage Reduction in Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2012)
• Cross-Linked Self-Assembled Monolayers as Protective Coatings for Silvered Telescope Mirrors. Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Raleigh, North Carolina. (2012)
• Synthesis and Characterization of Spiro Orthocarbonate Compounds for Shrinkage Reduction in Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Western Carolinas Section of the American Chemical Society Meeting. Greenville, South Carolina. (2012)
• Tarnish Protection of Silvered Telescope Mirrors using Crosslinked Self-Assembled Mono Layers. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2012)
• Sol-Gel Processing. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Kona, Hawaii. (January, 2011)
• Polymeric Overcoatings for Silvered Telescope Mirrors. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2011)
• Spin-Cast Epoxy Mirrors for Solar Power. University of Arizona, Center for Optical Sciences. Tucson, Arizona. (2011)
• Development of a Lab for 2-Meter Epoxy Mirrors. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Waianae, Hawaii. (2010)
• Manipulating the Coefficient of Thermal Expansion to Improve the Working Quality of Epoxy Telescope Mirrors. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (2010)
• A Report on Progress Making Optical Quality Spun-Cast Polymer Mirrors. 214th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Pasadena, California. (June, 2009)
• The Production of Spun-Cast Epoxy Mirrors on an Ionic Liquid Substrate: Initial Findings. South Carolina Academy of Science. Columbia, South Carolina. (April, 2009)
• The Production of Spun-Cast Epoxy Mirrors on an Ionic Liquid Substrate: Initial Findings. Western Carolinas Section of the American Chemical Society Meeting. Greenville, South Carolina. (April, 2009)
• The Production of Spun-Cast Epoxy Mirrors on an Ionic Liquid Substrate: Initial Findings. Lander University Sponsored Training/Conference. Greenwood, South Carolina. (April, 2009)
• Spin-Cast Polymer Mirror Chemistry. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Pasadena, California. (2009)
• Engineering Spin-Cast Polymer Mirrors. Alt-Az Initiative for Lightweight Optics. Pasadena, California. (2009)