Professor of Chemistry George Shields recently served as a panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Shields attended the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program panel review meeting on April 26 and 27. He reviewed the proposals for the STEP Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF.
The panel reviewed 160 proposals written by community colleges, four-year colleges, comprehensive universities and research universities. All proposals were aimed at expanding the number of students choosing to major in math, science and engineering. Roughly 10% of the submitted proposals will be funded.
Shields published an article in the Journal of Physical Chemistry, titled "Accurate Experimental Values for the Free Energies of Hydration of H+, OH-, and H3O+." The paper, co-authored by Matthew Palascak '07, was published in April and is based on Palascak's research from summer 2003 and the fall 2003 semester.
