UWin Week Oct. 13-16

UWin week is almost here!
For more information, visit:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/uwinweek

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has a full slate of events scheduled for UWin Week (see below).

CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY EVENTS UWIN WEEK – October 2009
Academic counselling (Departmental counsellors)
Departmental Counsellors in Chemistry and Biochemistry will be available throughout the week. Connections with counsellors can be made through the Departmental Office by appointment or drop in basis. Please contact chembio@uwindsor.ca, phone extension 3521 or come in person to Essex Hall 273.

Course-related assistance (Instructors during office hours)

First Year Chemistry: Assistance will be provided during regular office hours. Additional assistance will be available to all first year students 12:30-1:20 on Wednesday and Friday in ER 1120.

All other courses: Assistance will be provided during regularly scheduled office hours.
Note that Monday the University is closed and there will be no scheduled activities during that day.

Assistance with specific course-related problems (Resource Centres)
The Chemistry Resource Centre will be available for UWin week during the following hours:
Tuesday 9:00am to 2:30pm
Wednesday 11:30am to 1pm, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Thursday 9:00am to 1pm, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Fridays from 9:00am to 4:30pm

NMR Workshop

On October 14th and 15th from 9:00 am until 12:00 p.m., the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry NMR Facility at the University of Windsor is offering a workshop entitled "An Introduction to Practical Aspects of NMR Data Acquisition and Processing".

This introductory workshop is geared toward undergraduate students and/or graduate students with limited (or no) NMR experience, but who are expected to make use of the NMR spectrometers as part of their research projects. The workshop is meant as a supplement to the "one on one" training that new students receive and will allow an opportunity to go into greater depth on many topics. The schedule will consist of a lecture to start each day followed by hands-on learning sessions where participants will get the opportunity to make NMR samples as well as to collect and process NMR data. The topics covered include:

How an NMR spectrometer works
NMR Magnet Safety
Preparation of NMR Samples
Set up of 1D 1H and 13C NMR Experiments
Processing and Presentation of NMR Data

Go the Chemistry NMR Facility site (http://www.uwindsor.ca/nmr) for the workshop schedule and registration. The workshop is free of charge to members of the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry; however, enrollment is limited, so please register soon!

Computational Chemistry Workshop
This field of computational chemistry can be defined as the use of computers to study chemical problems. This alternative, yet often complementary approach to traditional experimental techniques allows us to 'see' things that may be too difficult or impossible to measure experimentally. Furthermore, it can be used to investigate highly reactive or toxic chemicals. In fact, computational chemistry is now commonly used by, for example, pharmaceutical companies to help design more effective therapeutic drugs, automotive companies for the design of new engine oils, and NASA for the study of rocket fuels and interstellar gas and dust clouds.

The workshop will run on Wednesday October 14 and Thursday October 15 from 1:00 to 2:00 in the Science Resource Centre (Essex Hall, room 182-1)

In this approximately one hour session we will learn about various chemistry related software that is available on the Science Resource Centre computers. Then, we will learn how we can apply such software to investigate the properties of chemical species.

Preregistration is required to insure that facilities are available. Space is limited to 20 students per workshop, so please register soon! Register by emailing Dr. James Gauld at

gauld@uwindsor.ca