All positions are unpaid and are meant to serve as additional training for qualified individuals. The student can obtain credit for his/her work by signing up for an undergraduate research project with the instructor or as an honors project, which would mean a minimum time commitment of at least 8-10 hours per week/unit throughout the regular quarter.

Position 1: Development of new experiments for Chem 30BL and Chem 30CL

Since both courses are in the constant process of being updated, the development of new experiments and improvements of existing experiments is neccessary.

Requirements:

Ideally, the student should have successfully passed both organic laboratory courses with at least a "B+" grade. Excellent in-lab skills are required because of mainly independant in-lab work. Knowledge in organometallic chemistry would be desirable. Commitment for at least two quarters required.

Position 2: Development of spectroscopic web animations

This project is meant to provide the students a better understanding of spectroscopic topics by means of animations.

Requirements:

The student needs to have an excellent understanding of spectroscopic techniques such as IR, UV and NMR spectroscopy. In addition, experience developing a web page including the creation of animations. Experience with Adobe GoLive Motion or a similar program and creativity is a plus.

Position 3: Development of computer aids

This project uses Spartan or other quantum mechanical programs to develop and test new projects for various courses.

Requirements:

The student needs to have a good understanding how quantenmechanical programs like Spartan work and is able to set up calculations there and do data analysis as well.