Department of
Chemistry and Physics

Volume 4                                                                                                                  January 2003
M. Draganjac, Newsletter Editor

Faculty and Staff
Thank you
Alumni News
Department News
Other News
Scholarly Activity
Grants
Publications
Presentations
Student News
Society of Physics Students
Student Affiliates, American Chemical Society
Volume 1, January 2000 Issue
Volume 2, January 2001 Issue
Volume 3, January 2002 Issue

Editor's Comments: It has been a long year full of successes and the future is reaching an excited state (pardon the pun).  ASU and the Department of Chemistry and Physics are undergoing a lot of changes within the next few years.  Building projects abound all around campus, Caraway road is closed for construction of the new Arkansas Biosciences Institute (ABI), and the Department will soon be part of the new College of Science and Mathematics.

On a more personal level, we will be hiring a new Chairperson and at least two new chemistry faculty to replace Drs. Emmert and Jimerson.  Not only is Dr. Nave stepping down as chair, but he will also be retiring from ASU this summer.  Good people are always difficult to replace, and we will miss them, but with loss comes new.  We are excited about the energy that new faculty bring to the campus and the classroom.  We hope the alumni will continue to support the Department and help welcome the new faculty as they come on board this Fall.  We would also like to hear from the alumni, not only to let us know what you are doing, but to let us know what we are doing well, and where we can improve.

Last, I would like to thank Ms. Lisa Templeton for her efforts in getting this Newsletter to all of you.
 

Susan Allen - Chemical Physics
Edsel Ammons - Physics
Katie Burns - Physical Science
William Burns - Physical Chemistry
Sam Cron - Environmental Science
Mark Draganjac - Inorganic Chemistry
Robyn Hannigan - Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry
Bruce Johnson - Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics
Tillman Kennon - Science Education
Bao-An Li - Nuclear Physics
Rich Maiorino - General Chemistry
Paul Nave - Organic Chemistry
Mike Panigot - Organic Chemistry
Scott Reeve - Chemical Physics
Jon Russ - Analytical/ Geochemistry
Andy Sustich - Nuclear Physics
Mark Thomson - Inorganic Chemistry
Norman Trautwein - Analytical Chemistry
William Wyatt - Physical Chemistry
Bin Zhang - Nuclear Physics

Betty Pulford - Secretary
Lisa Templeton - Secretary
Ben Rougeau - Research Assistant/ Stockroom Manager
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Thank You

The  faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Physics would like to thank all of you that have contributed to the Department. With your continued support, we hope to continue to grow and improve the Department both academically and in our research capacity.
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Alumni News:
We would like to hear from you. Tell us what you are doing now and we'll include it in the newsletter. Also, please include your degree and the year that you graduated.  Write, call or e-mail us.

Department of Chemistry and Physics
P.O. Box 419
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Office:  (870) 972 -3086
Fax:  (870) 972 -3089

mdraganj@astate.edu

Alumni eGroup - where has the Alumni eGroup gone? There hasn't been much activity lately, maybe we are all busier.  Please let us hear from you.  Allen Goad is still running the group.  The web address is: http://www.egroups.com/group/ASU_Chemistry_Alumni

Others that sent letters or e-mails are:

Rebecca Baker: Becky is now a Chemist II in the Office of Alcohol testing at the Arkansas Department of Health.

Bernarr Gregory: I graduated with a B.S. in Physics in 1983.  Since 1985, I have been an examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Since 1991, I have been a Primary Examiner.  I examine applications in the areas of radar and missile guidance systems.  I am married, and have a son and a daughter, Anita and Brian. Bernarr adds "Many of the names have changed in the Department, but it is good to see that it is growing and improving."

David L. Wertz:  B.S. 1962.  Dave completed his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and joined the chemistry faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi in 1966.  Except for a brief period at DOW Chemical USA, he has been at USM since that time.  Since his employment he has served the department as chair (twice) and has twice been selected to receive the Faculty Research Award -  in 1979 and in 1999. Currently, Dave has two funded research grants -- both in the area of energy/environmental chemistry.  Nine people are in his research group at present.  He recently chaired a symposium at the 2001 ACS Meeting in San Diego.  In addition to teaching and research, he is pursuing the commercialization of a patent for a scrap tire usage project developed in his lab and serves as technology manager for a small SBIR company that is demonstrating the tire processing technology using mocroprocessor control.

Rick Wright:  Rick is Professor of Chemistry at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and
continues to stay active in research.  Currently he is trying to prepare bioconjugates of a borogel colloid to be used in an antibody-targeted version of "boron neutron capture therapy" of cancer.  For an update, Rick says he thought we'd like to know, they in fact got the desired crosslink mode
working based on avidin, and are going to present their progress at the upcoming ACS National in Orlando.  He's started writing a paper, hoping to "get this thing published".  Some of the other things are working out too, e.g., ways to block copolymerize the established copper cluster carrier to other things. Also, T.I. gave them a working scanning electron microscope, only some of the cables pulled apart in the move and they're putting Humpty Dumpty back together.  It has an X-ray energy dispersive microprobe feature, too.

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Department News:

Welcome: Drs. Susan Allen, Mark Thomson, Rich Maiorino and Sam Cron have joined us this year. Dr. Allen is the Vice Chancellor of Research and Academic Affairs. Drs. Thomson and Maiorino are serving as temporary visiting Professors for the 2002/03 academic year.  Dr. Cron is serving as a temporary instructor.

Congratulations:  Congratulations to Drs. Mike Panigot and William Burns, who were promoted to Associate Professor with tenure and Dr. Bao-An Li, who received tenure. Also, to Dr. Sam Cron, who completed his dissertation in the Environmental Sciences program at ASU this Fall and is the first of hopefully many Ph.D.'s from our Department. Congratulations to Dr. Tillman Kennon for completing his Ed. D. from the University of Memphis.  Dr. Mark Draganjac was awarded the "Dean's Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award" for 2002.

Good luck:  to Dr. Gary Emmert, who accepted a position at the University of Memphis and Dr. David Jimerson, who retired this past Spring.  We will miss them both.

New College:  The College of Arts and Sciences will be divided into two Colleges:  Sciences and Mathematics, and Arts and Humanities.  The College of Sciences and Mathematics will contain the Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Biology, Mathematics, and Computer Science. The new College will be expected to work with ABI (Arkansas Biosciences Institute) and continue with the Environmental Sciences Ph.D. program.

Other news:
"Spreadsheets for Arkansas Science and Math Teachers Workshop" offered during Summer 2002 was a success.  20 area high school teachers participated in the week-long workshop focused on incoportating Excel into the high school science/math curriculum.   Participants said it was a tough week (and they were happy when Friday arrived) but they learned a lot!  The workshop was funded by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professional Development Program, U.S. Department of Education, and was directed by Scott Reeve and William Burns.

This Fall the Water-Rock-Life Laboratory (WRL) contract lab began accepting contracts for analyses ranging from elemental analysis of environmental, geological and biological samples by ICP-MS to age and growth measurements on fish scales and ear bones (otoliths).  WRL now has contracts with industry (Standard Laboratories, TN; Ixion Consulting, NJ) and academic institutions (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Old Dominion University; University of Chicago-Urbana Champaign; Ecotoxicology Research Laboratory - ASU).  Find out more about WRL contract services at http://www.cas.astate.edu/geochemistry. Dr. Robyn Hannigan is in charge of WRL.

Dr. Robyn Hannigan received two grants from the National Science Foundation in 2002.  The first, funded by the Global Carbon Cycle initiative, focuses on the ecotoxicological impact of chemical weathering in black shale dominated watersheds.  The second is an NSF sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates site called RISE - Research Internships in Science for the Environment.  Information about RISE can be found on-line at http://www.cas.astate.edu/rise.

Department Seminar Series:  The 2002 calendar year had a diverse group of presentations.  The Department Seminar Series featured Dr. Arlo Landolt, Louisiana State University,  Dr. A. W. Cordes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville,  Dr. Dave Kidder, Ohio University,   Dr. Mitzi Adams, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center,  Dr. Wolfgang Bauer, Michigan State University,  Dr. Greg Peters, University of Memphis, Dr. Donald Becker, University of Missouri, St. Louis,  Dr. Kevin L. Haglin, Saint Cloud State Univ. (Minn.), Dr. Azwinndini Muronga, University of Minnesota,  Dr. Nick Gerasimchuk, Southwest Missouri State University.  The seminars are open to the public.  Feel free to attend.

Scholarly Activity:

During the past year, the Department of Chemistry and Physics has continued to publish articles in national/international journals and state/regional journals. In addition, scholarly presentations have been made at state, regional, national and international  meetings. Many of these papers have been presented by students who participated in the research. Our students have played an important role in the research and presentations of our Department. The department has also received funding from outside sources and may receive additional funding from grants which are now in review.  A listing of our activities is found below:

Grants:  Several of the Faculty have received grants this year.  Funding helps support research and teaching ef forts in the department.  Grants include:

• Darren Hess, Jeanette Loutch and Jon Russ (November 2001) "Culture and Isolation of Microbes in Oxalate Rock Coatings"  Silo Undergraduate Research Fellowship, $3900.
• Bin Zhang, 'Dynamics of ultradense matter produced in relativistic nuclear collisions' FYI from 08/01/02 to 07/31/03 total $48,000; cost sharing $12,725.NSF Grant No. 0140046
• Mike Panigot with student Alison Bare recieved a SURF-SILO Grant: Toward the Synthesis of C-Glycoside Dendrimers: Alkynyl C-Glycoside Formation and Protecting Group Exchange. Amount awarded from SURF $2337.50 plus $937.50 in matching funds from ASU for the period 1-1-2003 to 10-31-2003.
• Scott Reeve, Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, Optical Measurement Systems and Sensors, $4352 (3/02-2/03).
• Scott Reeve, Arkansas SILO Advisory Council-SURF, Infrared Laser Spectroscopy of Jet Cooled COBF3 and COBH3, $3400 (1/03-10/03, with Kyle Trauth).
• Robyn Hannigan and Jon Russ were awarded $475,000 from the Arkansas Biosciences Institute to study the viablitity of using human hair as a biomarker for exposure to tobacco smoke.

• Rock Art and the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex:  Investigating Ancient Native American Cosmology and Ritual.  J. Russ, Co-PI, Submitted to National Endowment for the Humanities, $523,045.
• Scott Reeve and William Burns submitted a $$322819, 3-year proposal  to the United States Deparment of Agriculture Soils and Soil Biology Program  "Atmospheric Isotope Balance of N₂O from Rice Field Soil Emissions using Infrared Diode Laser Spectrometry"
• William Burns and Scott Reeve submitted a $144000, 1-year proposal "A Novel Application of Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy:  The Fast and Accurate Analysis of Gas Phase Constituents of Environmental Tobacco Smoke", to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University to study the gas phase components of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS).

Publications: The Department has been active in publishing their research.  The publications include:

• Synthesis of a Ruthenium-Thioxane Complex. A. Wroble, S. Sproles, M. Draganjac, P. M. Nave. J. Ark. Acad. Sci., 55, 2001, 193-195.
• Synthesis of a Ruthenium-tetra(tht)dichloride Compound and the Molecular Structure of the partially Oxidized Compound RuCl₂(tht)_2.2(tht-O)_1.8. L. A. Thornton, M. Draganjac, Andres Meza, A. W. Cordes. J. Ark. Acad. Sci., 55, 2001, 189-190.
• Synthesis of a Ruthenium Di-Mercaptan Complex.  B. McNew, J. Chittenden, A. Wroble, S. Franks, M. Draganjac, A. W. Cordes. Proc. J. Ark. Undergrad. Res. Conf., 2001, 185-189.
• Steelman, K. L., R. D. Rickman, M. W. Rowe, T. W. Boutton, J. Russ and N. Guidon (2002) AMS radiocarbon ages of an oxalate accretion and rock paintings at Toca do Serrote da Bastiana, Brazil.  In Archaeological Chemistry V, ed. K. Jakes, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 22-35.
• Sen Cheng, Scott Pratt, Peter Csizmadia, Yasushi Nara, Dénes Molnár, Miklos Gyulassy,  Stephen E. Vance and Bin Zhang.  "Effect of finite-range interactions in classical transport theory", Physical Review C 65, 024901 (2002).
• Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich, Matt Tilley and Bin Zhang. "Probing mechanical and chemical instabilities in neutron-rich matter", Nuclear Physics A, 699 (3-4) (2002) pp. 493-510.
• Bin Zhang, C.M. Ko, Bao-An Li, Z.W. Lin, and Subrata Pal,  "J/psi production in relativistic heavy ion collisions from a multiphase transport model", Phys. Rev. C 65, 054909 (2002).
• Bin Zhang, Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich, and Charles Teal, "Nuclear modification of heavy quark fragmentation function and J/psi production in ultrarelativistic heavy ion collisions", Physics Letters B546, 63-67 (2002).
• Zi-wei Lin, Subrata Pal, C.M. Ko, Bao-An Li and Bin Zhang, "Multiphase transport model for heavy ion collisions at RHIC", Nuclear Physics A, 698 (1-4) (2002) pp. 375-378.
• Bin Zhang, C.M. Ko, Bao-An Li, Ziwei Lin, and Subrata Pal, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol 55, 159-164 (2001).
• Charles Teal, Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich and Bin Zhang, "J/psi Production and Quark-Gluon Plasma Formation in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions", Proceedings of The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2002, April 25-27, 2002, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
• Barnett, D. W., Panigot, M. J., Curley, R. W., Jr.  "Stereoselective Route to ¹⁵N-Labeled-b-Deuterated Amino Acids: Synthesis of (2S, 3R)-[3-2H, ¹⁵N]-Phenylalanine." Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 2002, 13, 1893.
• Non-Commercial Software to Interpret and Analyze High Resolution Molecular Spectra, A. Ford and S.W. Reeve, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Sciences, 55, 172-175 (2002).
• Bao-An Li, "High density behaviour of nuclear symmetry energy and high energy heavy-ion collisions", Nucl. Phys. A708, (2002) 365.
• Bao-An Li, "Precusor of an isospin separation instability in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate, rare-isotope accelerator energies", Phys. Rev. C66, (2002) 034609.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high energy heavy-ion collisions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 192701 (2002).
• Bao-An Li and M.A. Tilley, "Uranium-on-uranium collisions at relativistic energies",  Journal of Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 55 (2002) 165.
• M.A. Tilley and Bao-An Li, "Thermodynamical properties of neutron-rich matter",  Journal of Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 55 (2002) 148.

• Reaction of CpRu(PPh₃)₂Cl with Six-member cyclothioethers.  Structures of the [CpRu(PPh₃)_xL]X Complexes (L = pentamethylene sulfide, x = 2, X = BF₄^-; L = 1,3-dithiane, 1,3,5-trithiane, x = 2, X = CF₃SO₃^-; L = 1,4-dithiane, x = 1, X = BF₄^- ). Mark Green, M. Draganjac, Yanjing Jiang, Paul M. Nave, A. W. Cordes, C. D. Bryan, J. K. Dixon, S. L. Folkert and C.-H. Yu, J. Chem. Cryst., accepted.
• Beazley, M. J., R. D. Rickman, D. K. Ingram, T. W. Boutton and J. Russ (2002) Natural abundances of carbon isotopes (14C, 13C) in lichens and calcium oxalate pruina:  Implications for archaeological and paleoenvironmental studies.  Radiocarbon, accepted.
• Charles Teal, Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich, and Bin Zhang, "J/psi production from hot and dense nuclear matter in relativisitc nuclear reactions",  Proceedings of the 2002 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference (9th annual), April 19-20, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, in press.
• Rotational Analysis of FTIR Spectra from Cigarette Smoke: An Application of Chem Spec II in the Undergraduate Research Laboratory, A.R. Ford, W.A. Burns, and S.W. Reeve, Journal of Chemical Education, in review.
• Infrared Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Jet Cooled Iron Pentacarbonyl: Extended Measurements of the n10 Band, A.R. Ford, Kyle S. Trauth, and S.W. Reeve, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, submitted.

Presentations: The faculty and students of the Department of Chemistry and Physics have made numerous presentations over the past year.  These include:

• Integration of the Internet into Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry. Mark Draganjac, 223rd National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, April 7-11, 2002.
• The nature of nonequivalence of the alpha hydrogens of the complex [CpRu(PPh₃)(pms)₂]OTf: Diastereotopic hydrogens or axial-equitorial exchange? Paul M. Nave, Mark Draganjac, Michael J. Panigot, Robert W. Curley, Jr. and Charles Cottrell,  1st Meeting, Mid-south Inorganic Chemists Association, Memphis, TN, October 5, 2002.
• J. Russ, M. Beazley, R. D. Rickman and T. W. Boutton (October 2002) Pedicting paleomoisture regimes based on stable carbon isotope ratios of oxalate deposits from lichens."  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
• Darren Hess, Jeanette Loutsch and Jon Russ(November 2002) "Exploring microbial production of oxalate in rock surfaces containing prehistoric rock art in southwestern Texas.  Presentation at the Southwest Regional American Chemical Society, Austin, Texas.
• Jeff Ward, Thomas W. Boutton and Jon Russ (November 2002) "Measuring the correlation between moisture conditions and stable carbon isotope composition of calcium oxalate producing lichens." Presentation at the Southwest Regional American Chemical Society, Austin, Texas.
• Bin Zhang, C.M. Ko, B.A. Li, Z.W. Lin, S. Pal, "A Transport Theory study of J/psi production at RHIC", presented at RTTC workshop on hydrodynamics, Feb. 20-23, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
• Bin Zhang, C.M. Ko, B.A. Li, Z.W. Lin, S. Pal, "Dynamical J/psi production in relativistic nuclear collisions", presented at the 86th annual meeting of Arkansas Academy of Science, April 5-6, 2002, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
• Bin Zhang, B.A. Li, C.M. Ko, Z.W. Lin, S. Pal, "J/psi production in relativistic heavy ion collisions from a multi-phase transport model", presented at the American Physical Society April meeting 2002, April 20-23, 2002, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Charles Teal, Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich, and Bin Zhang, "J/psi production from hot and dense nuclear matter in relativisitc nuclear reactions", Presented at the 2002 Arkansas Undergraduate  Research Conference (9th annual), April 19-20, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
• Charles Teal, Bao-An Li, Andrew T. Sustich, and Bin Zhang, "J/psi Production and Quark-Gluon Plasma Formation in Relativistic Nuclear Collisions", Presented at The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2002, April 25-27, 2002, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
• Efforts toward the preparation of stereoselectively b-deuterated histidine. M. J. Panigot, L. A. White, J. L. Faulkner, R. W. Curley Jr., D. W. Barnett. Presented at the 224th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA 2002.
• Studies in the synthesis of C-glycoside dendrimers: Difficulties and solutions. M. J. Panigot, J. P. Boggs, A. S. Caldwell, R. R. Carlton. Presented at the 224th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA 2002.
• Efforts Toward the Synthesis of C-Glycoside Dendrimers. Panigot, M. J., Boggs, J., Caldwell, A., Carlton, R., Faulkner, J., Kim, S. Presented at the 2002 Annual Meeting of Sigma Xi, Galveston.
• 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Minneapolis, MN, Quantum Mechanics of Fish Farming, Lonnie Crosby, Amanda Gillion, Steven Stroud, JR Wyatt, Robert Engelken, Gustsavo Rehder, and S. W. Reeve, June 2, 2002.
• 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Minneapolis, MN, Rotationally Resolved Infrared Diode Laser Spectroscopy of Jet Cooled Organometallics, Alan Ford, Kyle Trauth, and S. W. Reeve, June 2, 2002.
• 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Minneapolis, MN, Global Analysis of Multi-Dimensional LIF-HPLC Data: Resolving Peak Overlap Via Fluorescence Lifetimes at Multiple Emission Wavelengths, Michael Dvorak, Gregory Gillispie, Scott Reeve, and Thomas Gonnella, June 2, 2002.
• J. Russ, M. J. Beazley, R. D. Rickman, D. K. Ingram and T. W. Boutton (December 2002) Carbon isotope abundances in lichen deposits might reflect past moisture trends.  American Geophysical Union National Conference, San Francisco, California.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Dec. 23, 2002, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Dec. 16, 2002, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Dec. 13, 2002, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Dec. 12, 2002, China East Normal University, Shanghai, China.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Dec. 11, 2002, Shanghai Institute of Nuclear Research, Chinese Academy of Science.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Invited Talk, International Symposium on Physics of Unstable Nuclei, Nov. 20-25, 2002, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Contributed Talk, 2002 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear physics of APS, Oct. 9-12, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Invited Talk, International Workshop on Reaction Theory with Radioactive Beams, Sept. 16-20, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Invited Talk, Symposium on Nuclei and Nuclear Matter at the Limits of Stability, Aug. 18-22, 2002, 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the high density behavior of nuclear symmetry energy with high-energy radioactive beams", Contributed Talk, 86th Annual Meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science,  University of Arkansas at Little Rock, April 5-6, 2002, Arkansas, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Isospin-dependence of nuclear equation of state and Heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies", Seminar, Dec. 19, 2002, Center for Nuclear Theory, National Laboratory of Heavy-Ion accelerators, Lanzhou, China.
• Bao-An Li, "Isospin effects as probes of the equation of state of neutron-rich matter", Invited Talk, Gordon Research Conference of Nuclear Sciences, June 16-20, 2002, New London, New Hamphsire, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the EOS of neutron-rich matter", Coloquium, June 11, 2002, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the EOS of neutron-rich matter", Seminar, May 16, 2002, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
• Bao-An Li, "Probing the EOS of neutron-rich matter", Seminar, May 7, 2002, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA.
• Bao-An Li, "Chemical and mechanical instabilities in neutron-rich matter", Contributed Talk, 86th Annual meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, April 5-6, 2002, Arkansas, USA.

Student News:

Ph.D. Degree Awarded:

Sam Cron, (Advisor: Dr. Gary Emmert), "Determining Alternative Methods for Measuring Ozone Concentrations in Drinking Water"

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Society of Physics Students: Contact Joshua Buckley for details of upcoming events. Dr. Bruce Johnson is the faculty advisor to SPS. (870)972-3087 ext.262.

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Student Affiliates, American Chemical Society: Under Dr. Mark Draganjac, the 2001/2002 Student Affiliates chapter received an Honorable Mention Award from the National ACS.  Congratulations to all who made the ACS group a success. Officers were Deborah Pierce (President), Robin Carlton (Vice-President) and Leslie Hagar (Secretary-Treasurer). This Fall activities included a BBQ  to start the semester, several speakers: Dr. Mark Draganjac (Arkansas State University), Dr. David Vicic (University of Arkansas), Dr. Eugene Pinkhassik (University of Memphis) and Mr. Scotty Sproles (L'oreal, Inc) and a Chem Magic show for Halloween and a National Chemistry Week.   For more information, see the ACS Student Affiliate web page

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