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Glenn
Lewandos (Professor)
Ph.D., University of
Texas, 1972
Office:
Dow 361
Phone:
(989) 774 - 3863
Fax:
(989) 774 - 3883
E-mail:
lewan1gs@mail.cmich.edu
Research Program and
Goals:
Research projects involving students center in
two areas.
1. This laboratory research project was begun during a sabbatical at the
University of Bristol and explores the chemistry of unsymmetrical dimetal
complexes. My research students have synthesized iron and ruthenium
complexes with cyclopentadienyl ligands of differing steric and electronic
character. These complexes are fluxional on the nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopy timescale, and we have mapped their rearrangement pathways and
thermodynamics of the fluxional process. A future
direction of this research is to study the regioselectivity of subsequent
substitution reactions of these complexes. The laboratory work provides students
with experience in working with air and moisture sensitive compounds using
airlessware and vacuum line techniques.
2. For graduate and undergraduate students who
are entering the teaching profession, research projects are available in the
area of chemistry education. These are designed to correspond to the area
of teaching interest of each student. Recent projects have involved the
development of advanced organizers and study guides, keyed to topics covered at
the secondary school and general chemistry levels. A recent MA thesis
project was a study of the dynamics of student study teams. The goal is
for the future teacher to develop experience in formalizing what their students
are to learn, what resources they will use, and how the resulting learning can
be assessed.
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