Advancing Chemistry Education and Research at Michigan Tech

1. Chemistry

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3. Chemistry is a Foundational Science in Most STEM Majors Points of Pride Nearly half of Chemistry Majors are women Nearly half of Faculty are women Undergrad Chemistry Major Mr. Peter Winegar is only the 10th Michigan Tech student to win the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship created by the U.S. Congress Educate over 1400 students per year: 1st-year, organic, and physical chemistry. Students span MANY majors! Completed total renovation on two Undergraduate teaching labs and partial modernization on two others totaling ~ $1M

4. Five Faculty Inducted into Academy of Teaching Excellence Points of Pride More than half of undergraduates involved in research Approximately 17 Faculty, 33 Graduate Students, and 40 Undergrads engaged in cutting-edge research External Research Funding increased five-fold since 2013 – Sources include NSF, NIH, NASA, DOE, Corporate, … Dr. Lynn Mazzoleni - Director of new $1M+, NSF World-class, Mass Spectrometry Chemical Analysis (ChARM) Laboratory First-ever NSF-CAREER Grant awarded to Chemistry – Prof. Dr. Xiaohu Xi (2017) NIH, NSF and corporate support

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6. Undergraduate Degrees and Concentrations HALF PAGE IMAGE SIZE EXAMPLE Chemistry – ACS Certified (Can combine with concentration in) Environmental Chemistry Secondary Education Polymer Chemistry Chemical Physics Biochemistry Pharmaceutical Chemistry Biochemistry & Molecular Biology ChemInformatics

7. Graduate Degrees HALF PAGE IMAGE SIZE EXAMPLE Ph.D. – Research-based Degree Requires courses & research thesis Financial Support Options Teaching/Research Assistant Support Self-supporting M.S. – Research-based Requires courses & research thesis Financial Support Options Teaching/Research Assistant Support Self-supporting M.S. – Course-based Requires courses but no thesis Financial Support Options Self-supporting with possible partial support for tuition only

8. 5-year Accelerated M.S. Degree HALF PAGE IMAGE SIZE EXAMPLE Undergraduate Program that completes B.S. & M.S. degrees within 5 years M.S. – Research-based Requires courses & Research Self-supporting with possible partial tuition support

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10. Support for state-of-the-art equipment & student research are essential to maintain excellence in education and research Opportunities for You to Help! Recruit “best & brightest” Students Excellence in Graduate Research – Goal: $3M Graduate Research Fellowships: $40K/yr per student: or $9/summer per student Invest in high-impact research instrumentation to promote external research funding Excellence in Undergraduate Education – Goal: $3.6M Continue modernization of 8 remaining undergrad teaching laboratories: ~$450/Lab Excellence in Undergraduate Research – Goal: $40K Undergrad Summer Research Fellowships: 10 x $4K/summer per student

11. Contact Cary Chabalowski Professor and Chair Department of Chemistry Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Dr Houghton, MI 49931 cfchabal@mtu.edu (906) 487-2048 www.mtu.edu/chemistry