The drover group
The university of windsor, Windsor, ON
AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, WINDSOR, ON
Winter 2020:
Undergraduate - Chem 4510-01: Organometallics for Clean Energy Conversion
Graduate - Chem 8508-01: Organometallic and Related Molecules for Clean Energy Conversion
This course exposes students to the use of organometallic chemistry for clean energy conversion. The content will be broken up into four major sub-sections regarding Earth’s hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles. Topics of interest will include (but are not limited to): i) assessing the energy challenge; ii) nuclear energy; iii) hydrogen as an energy carrier in fuel cells; iv) recent developments in CO2 hydrogenation; v) assessing global need for ammonia formation and utilization; and vi) homogeneous water oxidation. In each of these areas, students are expected to develop a basic understanding of the factors that govern chemical reactivity in an effort to propose new catalysts from scratch. Emphasis will be placed on honing students’ writing skills, mastering careful literature evaluation, and providing strong oral presentations.(Prerequisite: Chem-2500/2501/3500). (3 lecture hours/week)
Fall 2020:
Undergraduate - Chem 2500: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry
This class studies the origin of trends in the periodic table, molecular symmetry, and chemical bonding (incl. ionic bonding and the molecular orbital and valence bond models for covalent bonding). These approaches will be used to explain the chemistry and properties of selected classes of main group compounds. Photoelectron, NMR, and vibrational spectroscopy are introduced as complementary tools in the examination of these molecular species (Prerequisite: Chem-1110). (3 lecture hours/week, 1.5 tutorial hours/week).
Winter 2021:
Undergraduate - Chem 4510-01: Organometallics for Clean Energy Conversion
Graduate - Chem 8508-01: Organometallic and Related Molecules for Clean Energy Conversion
Undergraduate - Chem 4510-01: Organometallics for Clean Energy Conversion
Graduate - Chem 8508-01: Organometallic and Related Molecules for Clean Energy Conversion
This course exposes students to the use of organometallic chemistry for clean energy conversion. The content will be broken up into four major sub-sections regarding Earth’s hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles. Topics of interest will include (but are not limited to): i) assessing the energy challenge; ii) nuclear energy; iii) hydrogen as an energy carrier in fuel cells; iv) recent developments in CO2 hydrogenation; v) assessing global need for ammonia formation and utilization; and vi) homogeneous water oxidation. In each of these areas, students are expected to develop a basic understanding of the factors that govern chemical reactivity in an effort to propose new catalysts from scratch. Emphasis will be placed on honing students’ writing skills, mastering careful literature evaluation, and providing strong oral presentations.(Prerequisite: Chem-2500/2501/3500). (3 lecture hours/week)
Fall 2020:
Undergraduate - Chem 2500: Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry
This class studies the origin of trends in the periodic table, molecular symmetry, and chemical bonding (incl. ionic bonding and the molecular orbital and valence bond models for covalent bonding). These approaches will be used to explain the chemistry and properties of selected classes of main group compounds. Photoelectron, NMR, and vibrational spectroscopy are introduced as complementary tools in the examination of these molecular species (Prerequisite: Chem-1110). (3 lecture hours/week, 1.5 tutorial hours/week).
Winter 2021:
Undergraduate - Chem 4510-01: Organometallics for Clean Energy Conversion
Graduate - Chem 8508-01: Organometallic and Related Molecules for Clean Energy Conversion
