In this course, students will review requirements to achieve candidacy. They will use Design Thinking to strategize how to meet these requirements successfully. Using Design Thinking, students will also develop an individual development plan for their graduate career and beyond. Throughout the semester, students will practice effective scientific writing and presentations.

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The Materials Chemistry Colloquium is a seminar/discussion-based course with weekly presentations focuses on chemical approaches to solving current problems in materials science.

Fundamental principles of electrochemistry. Topics include thermodynamics and kinetics of electrochemical processes, commonly used analytical electrochemical techniques and associated analysis of data, principles of electrochemical sensors, surface science principles as related to electrocatalysis, and the basics of photoelectrochemical energy conversion systems.

Techniques and applications of spin re-sonance spectroscopy, NMR, esr, nqr. Bloch equations, relaxation effects, chem-ical exchange, quadrupolar effects, solid state NMR, multidimensional NMR, Over-hauser effect and the analysis of complex spectra. Emphasis on biological or polymer applications depending on instructor. Prerequisite: CHEM 476 or equivalent, or consent of instructor.

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This course will introduce methods that are used to analyze compounds of biological importance. Such methods include both analytical techniques that are used to measure biomolecules and techniques that use biological processes for analyte detection. The course will discuss basic analytical theories and stay current by incorporating frequent examples of emerging bioanalytical techniques.

A course for first and second year graduate students focusing on protein and nucleic acid structure and function. Topics include: physical basis for structures, tools used in structure determination such as x-ray crystallography, NMR, and circular dichroism as well as structure prediction, visualization and design. Prerequisites: One full year of undergraduate organic chemistry.

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Introduction to quantum mechanics and its application to chemical problems; electronic structure of atoms and molecules, molecular orbital theory, chemical bonding, potential energy surfaces, and molecular spectroscopy. Prerequisite: CHEM 476 or equivalent .