Courses taught at the University of Delaware by Prof. Brown include:
Chem 115H/Chem 115 – Introduction to Chemical Science (Last taught Fall, 2020) For honors students majoring in chemistry and biochemistry. Introduction to quantitative chemistry and basic equilibrium concepts. One 1.5- hour lecture and one 3-hour laboratory per week. 3 credits. Chem 119 – Quantitative Chemistry I (Last taught Fall, 2006; course discontinued) One 2-hour lecture and one 3-hour laboratory per week. 3 credits. |
Chem 120 – Quantitative Chemistry (Last taught Spring, 2008) For chemistry and biochemistry majors. Theory of analytical chemistry with introductory practice in UV-visible spectroscopy, electrochemistry and separation science. Three 50-minute lectures and two 3-hour laboratories per week. 3 credits. Chem 120H – Honors Quantitative Chemistry (Taught Spring, 2020) For honors chemistry and biochemistry majors. Theory of analytical chemistry with introductory practice in UV-visible spectroscopy, electrochemistry and separation science. Two 75-minute lecture/discussions and two 3-hour laboratories per week. 3 credits. |
Chem 220 – Quantitative Analysis (Last taught Spring, 2017) For chemistry, biochemistry and allied majors. Classical chemical analysis with introductory UV-visible spectroscopy, electrochemistry and separation science. Three 50-minute lectures per week. 3 credits. |
Chem 221 – Quantitative Analysis Laboratory (Last taught Spring, 2017) For chemistry, biochemistry and allied majors. Classical chemical analysis with introductory UV-visible spectroscopy, electrochemistry and separation science. One 4-hour laboratory session per week. 3 credits. |
Chem 437 – Instrumental Analysis (Last taught Spring, 2013) For chemistry and biochemistry majors. Study of the principles of design and application of spectroscopic, chromatographic and electroanalytical instrumentation in chemical analysis. Three 50-minute lectures per week. 3 credits. |
Chem 438 – Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (Last taught (as Honors) Fall, 2016) For chemistry and biochemistry majors. Application of spectroscopic, chromatographic and electroanalytical techniques to the solution of chemical problems. One 4-hour laboratory per week. 1 credit. |
Chem 465 – Senior Seminar 1 (Last taught Fall, 2002) For chemistry and biochemistry majors. A capstone course developing student skills for presentation of technical research through oral presentation and through creation of technical web pages. One 1-hour seminar per week. 1 credit, pass-fail only. |
Chem 465 – Senior Seminar 2 (Last taught Spring, 1999) For chemistry and biochemistry majors. Oral communication of research results to a technical audience. One 1-hour seminar per week. 1 credit, pass-fail only. |
Chem 468 – Undergraduate Research (offered on request, permission of instructor required) Supervised, independent research on projects under study in the Laboratory for Chemometrics. Undergraduates pursuing any of these projects will work with graduate students, post-doctoral workers and with Prof. Brown. Students interested in doing research in this laboratory should have some prior experience in computing with either Linux, Macintosh or Windows systems. Some exposure to computer programming in R, Matlab or C and to measurements made with instruments is helpful, but not essential. This course requires a time commitment of four hours of research per week per credit hour. Chem 622 – Electroanalytical Chemistry (Last taught Fall, 2017) A survey of moden methods in electroanalysis intended for advanced undergraduates or graduate students in chemistry or closely related disciplines. Coverage of basic theory of electrode processes is provided. Principles of potentiometry and voltammetry and applications in qualitative and quantitative analysis. Three 50-minute lectures per week. 3 credits, graduate credit. |
Chem 623 – Chemometrics (Last taught Fall, 2019) A survey of modern chemical data analysis intended for advanced undergraduate students or graduate students in chemistry, biology, chemical engineering or the mathematical sciences. This course provides a “hands-on” introduction to modern methods of reducing and analyzing chemical data using computers. Briefly reviews probability, simple statistics and optimization methods, then covers principal components analysis, multiple linear regression, chemical calibration methods, pattern recognition and classification, time series analysis of chemical data and other selected topics. Three 50-minute lectures per week. 3 credits, graduate credit. |
Chem 868 – Graduate Research (offered on request, permission of instructor required) Supervised, independent research on projects under study in the Laboratory for Chemometrics. Graduate students pursuing these projects will work with undergraduate students and with Prof. Brown. Students interested in doing research in this laboratory should have a strong math background, some prior experience using a computer for computational tasks with either Unix, Linux, Macintosh or Windows and some background in chemical instrumentation. Graduate credit. |
Updated 22 October 2020