Michael Dvorak, Ph.D.
Introduction ½ Courses ½ Biographical ½ Chemistry Links
	Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Wick Science Building 351 St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 madvorak@stcloudstate.edu Semester Schedule: schedule Phone: 320-308-2015 (office) Fax: 320-308-6041

Introduction

Welcome! This page serves as a reference to students for information on class activities as well as possible research endeavors. My research interests include developing spectroscopic and chromatographic applications for the analysis of environmental contaminants. There is also interest in the application of chemometric techniques to data analysis. We are also interested in the behavior of dative bonding species incorporated as elements into a self-assembled monolayer. I encourage SCSU students interested in such research opportunities to either contact me via email or personally visit my office (Wick Science Building WSB-351).

Courses

Chemistry 210 (General Chemistry)

Course Outline, Syllabus, Lab Schedule; OWL Homework Due dates,

ACS Final Exam Study Guide order form

Chem 210 Grades

Exam #1 (Key)

• CLASS LECTURE NOTES REDOX #1 Key; REDOX #2 Key

• Practice Exams: Exam #1, Exam #2, Exam 2 (Mult Choice), Exam #3, Exam #4

Note : There are a few editor’s errors in each answer key…about 1 error/test

On-Line Web Learning (OWL) Link

• Chemistry 110 GRADES

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Chemistry 350

Quantitative Chemical Analysis

· Course Outline & Homework Assignments

· Syllabus

· LAB MANUAL, Lab Schedule

· GRADES

Previous Exams: Exam_1 Exam_2

In Class Assignments !

Key to Modeling Titration Activity (KEY)

Exams: Exam #1 (KEY), Exam #2 (KEY)

Lecture Notes Chapter 6 Chapter 7

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Chem 320 Environmental Chemistry (on-line)

Course Outline and Chapter Readings

Lab Schedule

Homework Problems

GRADES

Labs

· Nitrite in Hot Dogs (week 1)

· Determination of Cation Exchange Capacity of a Soil (week 2)

· IR Spectrum of Car Exhaust

· UV-Vis spectroscopy and Sunscreens

Chemistry 423: Physical Chemistry II Laboratory

• Course Outline & Lab Schedule
• In-Lab Lecture Notes
• Conjugation related article from C&EN
• Lab Exercises

Enthalpy and Entropy of Excimer Formation, Particle in a Box Lab, Hückel Lab, HCl Ro-Vibrational Lab,

Spartan Molecular Mechanics

Grades

Chemistry 450 (Instrumental Analysis): Course Outline, Syllabus, Lab Schedule, Lab Report Guidelines,

• CLASS LECTURE NOTES , Reading/Homework Assignments
• Laboratory Exercises

Grades

Chemistry 440 (Environmental Chemistry): Course Outline, Syllabus, Lab Schedule

· Lab Manual (Chem 440)

· Emerging Pollutants Article

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Chemistry Links

· SCSU Chemistry Department Homepage

· Yahoo ! Science

· American Chemical Society (ACS)

· National Science Foundation (NSF)

· Applied Spectroscopy

· NIST Scientific & Technical Databases; NIST Chemistry WebBook

· Bill Nye the Science Guy

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Biographical

Education

· Ph.D., 1992 University of Minnesota, (Department of Chemistry ) Advisor: Kenneth Leopold (Ken’s Research!)

· B.A., 1987 Saint Olaf College (Northfield, MN)

· University of Paderborn (Germany)

· Member of SCSU Chemistry Department (SCSU) Fall 2001 - Present

· Senior Research Scientist, Dakota Technologies, Inc. (DTI), 1995-2001

· Post-doctoral Research, North Dakota State University, 1994-1995

· Post-doctoral Research, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, 1992-1994

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Other Great Links

· Snug Harbor Resort: Fishing and Camping on Bowstring Lake, MN

· Jet Propulsion laboratory (JPL)

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