One of the important administrative innovations of Peter Armentrout’s tour as Department Chair was the creation of monthly “brown bag lunches” attended by the full department faculty. Customarily, two faculty members are deputized by the Chair to talk for about 25 minutes each about their current research. No slides, overheads, handouts or movies are allowed. […]
Read MoreIn 2002, the Salt Lake Winter Olympics played a dominating role in the first three months of the calendar year in the life of the Utah Chemistry Department. While skiing competitions took place in the mountains around Park City and skating events took place beyond West Valley, the colorful parades of the opening and closing […]
Read MoreIn the latter half of the year 2000, Professor Peter B. Armentrout was appointed University of Utah Department Chair of Chemistry. He earned a B.S. degree in 1975 at Case Western Reserve and his PhD. Degree in 1980 at CalTech. Peter has also done postdoctoral research at Bell Labs and had been an assistant professor […]
Read MoreCarlos M. Bowman received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Utah in 1957. While working in rocket fuel research early on in his career at the Dow Chemical Company, Bowman implemented the innovative use of computers in using thermodynamics to predict substance thrust capabilities for use in rocket propellants. In 1967 he […]
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