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Julie Peller, Ph.D.,
Chair, Associate
Professor Of Chemistry |
The Department of Chemistry / Physics / Astronomy at IU Northwest is an
excellent place to pursue the study of the sciences. The department offers
both BA and BS degrees in Chemistry as well as a Certificate in Environmental
Science. The degree program is certified by the American
Chemical Society (ACS) and ACS certification is available for both
degrees. The academic offerings in chemistry follow ACS guidelines for
undergraduate programs.
Students may wish to pursue a pre-professional
curricula and view our Pre-Professional Programs website.
The Department provides an excellent undergraduate chemistry program. The faculty in both chemistry and physics are known for their excellent teaching and are among the most productive researchers in this region of the state. The Department is proud of its state-of the art instrumentation, which a chemistry major has an opportunity to use in the course of their education. We provide all the advantages of a small school with close faculty-student contact, and at the same time provide superior research opportunities and access to sophisticated instrumentation, typical of a bigger research university. Our students have gone on to medical school, graduate school in chemistry etc. |
President Obama announces grant for electric vehicle education program led by Purdue University
On Wednesday, August 5th, President Barack Obama announced during a speech in Elkhart that Purdue University will receive a $6.1 million grant to develop degree and training programs for electric vehicles. Purdue will partner with Notre Dame University, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College, Purdue University Calumet and Indiana University Northwest to develop the program. The goal is to educate and train the work force needed to design, manufacture and maintain advanced electric vehicles and the associated infrastructure.
The Indiana Advanced Electric Vehicle Training and Education Consortium will develop
certificate and associate degree programs for vehicle technicians, bachelor's and master's degree programs for electric vehicle design and manufacturing engineers, and a certificate program in electric vehicle safety for emergency responders. It also will develop an outreach program to secondary schools and a Web site to provide information on electric vehicles to the general public.
IUN’s participation in this project is through Prof. Vinodgopal and will involve the development of short modules on batteries and fuel cells that can be used in undergraduate chemistry or a general science course.
 Dr. K. Vinodgopal seen here in June, 2009 collecting water samples for another project he worked on during the summer. See here for more information on that project.
Congratulations to our 2009 Graduates:
- Aditya Shah : BS, Chemistry, presently attending IU School of Medicine
- Rebecca Turpin : BS, Chemistry, presently attending IU School of Medicine
- Harpreet Khalsa : BS, Chemistry
- Ryan Cash: BS, Chemistry, presently enrolled Butler, Pharmacy School
Noteworthy Faculty accomplishments:
- Professors K. Vinodgopal and J. Peller presented Chemical Markers to Determine High Bacteria Counts in Southern Lake Michiganat theACS Great Lakes Regional Meeting, Lincolnshire, IL, May 15, 2009
- The paper; "Bisphenol A Reactions with the Hydroxyl Radical: Diverse Pathways Determined between Deionized Water and Tertiary Treated Wastewater Solutions” by Peller, Julie R., Mezyk, Stephen P., and Cooper, William J. was published in Research on Chemical Intermediates, 2009, 35, 21-34.
- Dr. K. Vinodgopal has received funding as part of the consortium from Purdue, which will get $6.1 million for its Advanced Electric Drive Vehicle Education Program, which is headed by Chemical Engineering Professor James Caruthers.
- Prof. K. Vinodgopal and Associate. Prof. Julie Peller are completing their project, ” Real-time Fluorometric Assay for Sewage Presence: A Cost-effective Method to Determine Potential Water Quality Threats to Swimmers and Ecosystem Health funded by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG). The grant was for $120,000 over 2 years and was a collaborative effort with research scientists at the USGS Great Lakes Research Station in Porter, Indiana.
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