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Science & Engineering Department

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Department News
  • Promotions:
    • Rola Bekdash, Instructor of Biology since 2006, was promoted to Assistant Professor, effective July 1.
  • New Arrivals:
    •  Dr. Jay Kelly, Instructor of Biology/Environmental Science, as of July 1, 2007. Jay has a BA in Biology and a PhD in Ecology and Evolution, both from Rutgers University. He has extensive field research experience, both in New Jersey, and in Florida and Hawaii, in animal, plant, and land use management.
    •  Dr. Marianne Baricevic,  Instructor of Biology, as of July 1, 2008. Marianne has just completed her PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Rutgers, from which she also received a BS in Genetics. She has taught as an adjunct in the department since fall 2007. While at Rutgers, Dr. Baricevic was an NSF GK-12 Fellow (providing science instruction for middle school students), and participated in the Douglass Summer Institute and Weekend Academy, for high school girls.
    • Dr. K. Derek Weber, Instructor of Biology, as of July 1, 2008. Derek has a BS in Chemistry from Moravian College, and his PhD in Biomolecular Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has taught for the last three years at Broward Community College in Florida, after a one year appointment at John Carroll University (Cleveland, OH). In addition to this teaching duties, Dr. Weber has helped develop BCC's biotechnology curriculum, and he has been an innovator in classroom technology.
  • Biotechnology Seminars:
    • These weekly seminars, part of the Biotechnology Seminar course, are open to the public. Students who may be interested in biotechnology, as a major or as a future interest, will particularly benefit from attending these seminars. This semester's seminar schedule is available by clicking here.

~ New Biotechnology Programs! ~

Opportunities for Students
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Ongoing Events

Science Seminars: Since the Fall 1997 semester, thanks to the inspiration and hard work of Prof. Darryl Walke, the Department has sponsored a series of weekly Science Seminars. These talks, which cover a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and mathematics, are presented by faculty at Raritan Valley Community College, as well as by members of the wider academic and scientific community. They provide the substance for the Honors Science Seminar (SCIE-128), but are also open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and members of the public. For the seminar schedule for the current semester, as well as lists of previous seminars, please click here.

Biotechnology Seminars: As part of the Biotechnology Program, we are very pleased to announce an exciting Biotechnology Seminar Series at RVCC. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Please go to the following link to view the schedule of our exceptional invited guest speakers: http://www.raritanval.edu/departments/Science/full-time/Lenahan/BiotechnologySeminarSeries.htm.  We look forward to seeing you!

Department Meetings: The department meets biweekly (beginning 9 September), at 3:15 PM in room C207 unless otherwise stated. For additional information, please contact the department's Administrative Assistant, Wilma Bassista: 908.526.1200 x 8817 or wbassist@raritanval.edu)
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Full-Time Faculty

Adjunct Faculty
  • Peter Barra (Chemistry)
  • Maronda Brown (Biology)
  • Dr. David Choie (Biology)
  • Dr. Lemuel Clark (Biology)
  • Dr. Bruce Cornet (Biology;Geology) 
  • Michael D'Alessio (Biology)
  • Dr. Ronald Esser (Biology)
  • Frank Ferrara (Biology)
  • Ellen Genovesi (Biology)
  • Dr. Lara Goudsouzian (Biology)
  • Anita Haley (Physics)
  • Michael Hejazi (Forensics)
  • Dr. Craig Hoppe (Biology)
  • Dr. Constance Jankowski (Chemistry)
  • Lois Johnson (Geology)
  • Art Ketterer (Astronomy)
  • John Kowalski (Biology)
  • Jeffrey Lim (Biotechnology)
  • Gylla MacGregor (Biology)
  • Grace Martin (Biology)
  • Jenifer Martin (Biology)
  • Claire McEnroe (Biology)
  • Dr. Anthony Oleforoh (Biology)
  • Brian O'Rourke (Engineering)
  • Ben Pokrywa (Electrical Utility Technology) 
  • Diane Ratner (Biology)
  • Doris Sabin (Biology) 
  • Shyamali Samaranayake (Biology)
  • Viveca Sulich (Biology)
  • Gregory Suran (Physics)
  • Darcy Taylor (Biology)
  • Joe Thornton (Biology)
  • Anu Tilak (Physics)
  • Jerry Vinski (Astronomy)

Teaching Assistants/Staff
Teaching Assistant: Staff:
  • Wilma Bassista (Administrative Assistant)
  • Carolyn Bogda (Biology)
  • Alice Cizmar (Chemistry)
  • Donna Gero (Biology)

 

  
  • Valerie Kratunis (Biology)
  • Terry Murphy (Chemistry)
  • Martha Salas (Biology; Biotechnology)  
Laboratory Manager:
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Resources

Ozone:

  1. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  2. Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
  3. OzoneACTION
  4. U. S. Global Change Research Program
  5. Energy and Environmental News

Molecular Modeling:

  1. MathMol
  2. Other Molecular Modeling Websites

Nuclear Chemistry:

  1. INHALTSVERZEICHNIS:   The home page of the Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
  2. Table of Isotopes Home Page:  at the Lawrence-Berkeley National Laboratory
  3. The Lund/LBNL Nuclear Data Search: jointly maintained by the Lawrence-Berkeley National Laboratory and the Department of Physics at Lund University, Sweden.
  4. G.T. Seaborg Institute for Transactinium Science:  at the Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory
  5. ITU Karlsruhe:  the Institute for Transuranium Research, at Karlsruhe, Germany, with a link to a good list of further links: Exploring the Web
  6. Table of the Nuclides: from the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
  7. Actinide Research: another ITU site with links to more technical and theoretical material.

Astronomy/Cosmology:

  1. Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
  2. Hubble Space Telescope
  3. NASA

Quantum Mechanics:

  1. Quantum Mechanics at the University of California at San Diego: an excellent resource for undergraduates maintained by the Squier group at UCSD.
  2. Atomic and Molecular Orbitals:  A page which displays calculated electron density maps for most simple atomic orbitals, from Dr. Craig Counterman and Prof. Donald Sadoway at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  3. Orbital Viewer , maintained by David Manthey, has lots of images and visualizations of atomic orbitals.

Diffraction:

  1. X-Ray Diffraction: From another part of the extensive educational material presented by the Squier group at the University of California at San Diego, this presents useful information and images about X-ray diffraction, with a little electron diffraction thrown in as a bonus.  
  2. Electron Holography: An extension of electron diffraction that gives very high resolution of electron densities. This site is presented by Prof. Dr. Hannes Lichte's group at the University of Tuebingen.

Anatomy :

  1. Anatomy Learning Objects from MERLOT (www.merlot.org)
    collected by L.W.B.
     
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