Chem 409 - Spring 2024

Dr. Frank Cheng, 003 Renfrew Hall, 885-6387, ifcheng@uidaho.edu, Cheng Web Site

Office Hours: MWF 9:30-11:30

 

This course will introduce you into aspects of chemistry and science not covered in formal courses. The expectation for this course is your attention and attendance.

Grade Scheme            Attendance 50% (-5% for each absence), Participation 10%, Seminars 40%

A - 90-100%, B - 80-89%, C - 70-79%

Electronic devices policy – Please limit your use of these devices in this class. A NY Times article on laptops in the classroom.

Seminars must be approved topics can be obtained from your research, jobs or from publications such as Chemical and Engineering News, Chemistry World, Science News, Science, Science Daily,  or American Chemical Society. They should be PowerPoint presentations of 20 mins with Q&A. UI PPT Templates

 

Job searches: Chemical and Engineering News Career and Employment Archives, C&EN Jobs, Chem Jobber, National Lab Jobs

 

Tentative Schedule

 

January 11

Introduction – ACS Salary Survey

18

Seminar by Instructor – Claudio HetzD. Mark HegstedDan Shechtman

25

Ancel Keys’ Graph, Fraud at Harvard. Seminar by Instructor: Cold Fusion Incident -Wikipedia - C&E News - 2013 60 Minutes 1991 PBS

February 1

Hydrogen Embrittlement (1,2,3) Seminar by Instructor – GUITAR.

8

How to give a good presentation in the sciences. (1, 2, 3) Life based on arsenic. (1, 2), DNA Forensics. Chip Shortage, Chip Shortage 2. 2023 update, 2024 (2), Gordon Moore, Chemistry of Photolithography, Etching,  ASML, Photoresists,  Chip Manufacture, Chip Node, Automotive Chip Node Size, The 5 nm chip (40 atoms across), Is Intel stuck at 14 nm?, Intel 10 nm, M1 vs Intel power consumption, M2 vs Intel, Moore’s Law, Gordon Moore,  Taiwan Chip Production, ASML in Netherlands, China Chip Ban

15

Student Seminar 1 Wikipedia, PFAS, Map, Sources, Health Effects, EPA, in Yakima,

Band Theory @1:45, LED’s, p-n junction @1:45, Blue LEDs 2014 Nobel Prize, Semiconductor Materials,  Non-toxic LED’s, , How LED’s work

22

Student Seminar 2 Luis Alvarez (1, video) * Iridium and Dinosaur Disappearance *Luis Alvarez Paper * K-Pg Boundary (2)*Science Advances 2021*Chicxulub Crater (2, 3)*ICP-MS           

29

Student Seminar 3 - Chemistry of Inflammation (Fig 1) (Link 2) Iron nanoparticles kills leukemia cells (Link 2), Stanford News, How Iron NP kill pathogens , Fenton’s Reagent, Inflammation and the Immune Response,  Iron and Inflammation, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases,  RancidificationROS and Anticancer Agents,  Phenolic Iron Chelators, My Hypothesis, Publication.

March 7

Student Seminar 4 Self Healing Polymers (video, 2) – Self Healing Glass (Science Mag) - DNA (2)  Chemistry of Concrete Formation - Roman ConcretePantheon in Rome, Modern Concrete only Lasts 30-100 years, Was Roman Concrete Self-Healing? (Video) - Geologic Diamond Formation (Link 2)Carbon Phase DiagramSynthetic Diamond -  Costs (2) – Market Boron Doped Diamond

14

Spring Break

21

Student Seminar 5 Alzheimer’s may be not be a brain disease. Wrong?, Amyloid Hypothesis, Figure, Amyloid Busting Drugs What happens when you bet on the wrong hypothesis? Approved Amyloid Drug (2), Engine Oil, Synthetic Oil. How does it work?, History of Synthetic Oils, Fischer-Tropsch Process, Can you mix Synthetic and Conventional Oils?, Shape Shifting Polymers, Bakelite, (Wiki) Trailer, Plastic Wastes, EU Video, Sources, River Sources, From Clothing, Nature Mag, RSC, Microplastics in Humans,

28

Student Seminar 6 –Glyphosate herbicides - Glyphosates. The Major Ag Fertilizers, Fertilizer prices, (2024), What’s needed in a fertilizer N,P,K. N cycle, Need for Synthetic Fertilizers, Haber-Bosch-Process, WW1, Nitrogen SplittingN2 bond strength, Energy required for Production (1). Nitrogen Fixation by Soy, Peas, Lentils, Peanuts, Synthetic Low Temperature Nitrogen Fixation, Phosphate fertilizer, Idaho, Potash, Canada.

April 4

Student Seminar 7, Cellulose, Sources, Cellulosic ethanol Sugar to Ethanol, (2024) (1), Ammonia Combustion, Ammonia as a fuel (1). Video (1), What about NOx? NOx pollution. Process Chemistry Jobs, What is Process Chemistry (2)?

11

Student Seminar 8 Li ion batteries, LiFePO4,Kary Mullis 1993 Nobel Prize for PCR * PCR Video * Kary Mullis, DNA Sequencing, RA Mathies Group at UC Berkeley * N. Dovichi at Notre Dame 

18

Student Seminar 9

25

Student Seminar 10

May 2

Dead Week

 

 

 

Links from Previous Semesters.

2019 Links, Free Textbooks, “Forever” Chemicals, Perfluorooctanoic acid, Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, In Drinking Water, RNA Editing, What is RNA?, Diagram, Genetic Code, Fluorescent Probe for Nerves, Stir Bars and Catalysis, Iron nanoparticles kills leukemia cells, Free Radicals DNA Damage, At NIH, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases, Why inflammation? What is a 401k?, Simple 401k Calculator, Organic Chemistry and the Brain, Antifreeze Proteins, Video, Wikipedia, As Ice Cream Preservative, Alzheimer’s Reversed in Mice, Epigallocatechin gallate, Ferulic acid, Smart Windows, Red Meat Allergies, Alpha-Gal, Chemotherapy Drug Capture, Doxorubicin toxicity, Diagram, Retraction Watch, Arsenic in DNA, 2010 Paper, Employment RatesBLSBLS2Pharma Research - Statin DrugsNPRStatins and Calcium, Microplastics, Origin of the plastic, Engine Oil, Synthetic Oil. How does it work?, Fischer-Tropsch Process, Ancel Keys, Ronald Krauss, Gary Taubes. Katalin Karikó (link 2),

 

2018 Links Nitrogen SplittingN2 bond strengthTricolsanWikipedia - MOF CR - MOFSigma AldrichWater FiltrationScience Magazine - Li-Ion batteryYoutube (17:30) - Li reservesSeawaterMOFNa Ion batteryInventor - Youtube - Avg. 401k balance by age *401k needed to retire - Shape Shifting PolymersSelf Healing Polymers (video) – Self Healing Glass (Science Mag) - Geologic Diamond FormationCarbon Phase DiagramSynthetic Diamond -  Costs (2) – Boron Doped Diamond - Video New Antibiotic - 3D printer emissionsVOCsABSHydrogen from SeawaterMushroom ToxinNerve Agent - NovichokMalathion - Recycling renewablesLead Acid Battery Recycling (youtube)

2017 Links Employment 2017 World Chemical OutlookSalaries Europe Seeks Chemists

Retraction Watch * Wikipedia * Nature *Sydney Brenner

A few decimal places off. * As in DNA * DNA

Seminar by Instructor * Metallic Hydrogen - Fake News?

Iridium and Dinosaur Disappearance *Luis Alvarez Paper * K-Pg Boundary * Yucatan Crater* Stable Helium Compound. * Waste from Greek yogurt *Link 2 * What is COD?

Triangulene (link) *Brazilian Red Berries * Gore-Tex (Wikipedia) (Youtube)

Extraction of Uranium from Seawater * I-131 Plume in Europe * Wikipedia * Slow Release N fertilizer * Haber-Bosch Process * Carl Bosch *  Haber Process WWI

Anti-fungal agent * Silver in Water Purification * Silver Antibacterials * Researchgate *  Mildred Dresselhaus * Amyloid Busting Drugs What happens when you bet on the wrong hypothesis?

Crude Oil Analysis *  AgingFree Radical Theory of Aging *  Oil Sponge * Food Poisoning Detector * Catnip -- Caffeine

Missing Metallic Hydrogen Sample

Natural Preservatives * Phenolic Iron Chelators * My Hypothesis * Rancidification * Fenton’s Reagent * Cardiovascular Diseases * Inflammation

RB Woodward *  Woodward Group Meeting * IM Kolthoff * Algae as a Carbon Source * Algae Biodiesel (Wikipedia) * Economics

Desulfurization * Wikipedia *Sulfur and GUITAR *Ammonia

Employment Prospects for 2015 * RSC July 2, 2015

Li Ion battery in 787 - Time Magazine

Gov’t Role In Science * Phosphorous Recovery  Is There Really a Shortage? * Reproducibility in Life Sciences  Nature *News Story * New Antibiotics * AFM  3-D force microscope * Why Li Ion Batteries Fail

Li Ion Battery Problems    Theory of Operation

C&E News Mycotoxins   Wikipedia *Mycotoxins in History   Wikipedia  Detection * Alfatoxin   In Peanuts  Detection * A failure in the scientific method * NSF reprimand, Science Paper Retraction, Flint Pb Problem, Google Search Lead Phosphates

 2-D silicon, Top 50 Chemical Companies, Bad Forensics, ACS recommendations on Forensic Sciences, Zeise’s Salt, Cisplatin Links (1, 2, 3). * What is a 401k? The employer match. S&P500. Mutual Fund. Mutual Fund Expenses. Shiller P/E Ratio. Returns. Shiller Nobel Prize. Yale Web Site, DNA Twists

Non-invasive Analysis * Fake Antimalarial Drugs * Glucose Analysis Link 2 * Invasive Blood Glucose Analysis Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 * NAS Strengthening Forensic Sciences, Retraction of RNA nanoparticle paper, Zika Virus, Zika Virus

C&E News A Hg Chelator *  A Paper Retraction * 2002 Nobel Prize Winner Sydney Brenner * Strapped Scientists Abandon Research and Students * James D. Watson’s Advice

Bad Science

-          Different Learning Styles

-          Student Evaluations Of Teaching Effectiveness: What do they say about extent of student learning? Quantitative Studies 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3 (chapter 3), NAS recommendations Page 4 Executive Summary.

Quality of American College Grads, ETS, Washington Post * Lack of Innovation

Chemistry Enrollment Trends * Ph.D. to professor * Chemical Industry and Gas Fracking Boom * Lack of Reproducibility in Sciences

Brookings Institute University Rankings * Avg. 401k balance by age *401k needed to retire

C&E News March 4, 2013 - Turning Ideas into Drugs. - Peptide Drug * What is a peptide? * Why are peptide drugs uncommon? Absorption Degradation. *A peptide drug. key words: idiopathic racemization.

LNG, Shale Boom, Lower 48 Shale Gas, Worldwide, Economist, How much NG? Phosphorous Runoff *Liver Toxicity in Drug Candidates, Acetaminophen * Process Chemist Job Opening, What is Process Chemistry