Grants Awarded

National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, CCLI, Phase II, Arlington, VA. Title: Implementing the Science Writing Heuristic: An Advance POGIL Workshop. Duration: 3 years, August, 2006 - August, 2009. Funding: $499,817.

National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, CCLI, Phase II, Arlington, VA. PI: William Gallus, Co-PI T. Greenbowe. Title: "Developing Virtual Reality Application for Classroom Instruction". Duration: 3 years, August, 2006 - August, 2009. Funding: $478, 244.

National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Arlington, VA. Title: Collaborative Research: Research on the Learning and Teaching of Thermal Physics. Co-PI: Dr. David Meltzer. Duration: 2 years, June, 2005 - June, 2007. Funding: $197,003.

National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Arlington, VA. Title: Active-Learning Curricular Materials for Fully Interactive Lectures. Co-PI: Dr. David Meltzer. Duration: 2 years, January, 2005 - January, 2007. Funding: $59,926.

National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, Arlington, VA. Title: Formative Assessment Materials for Large-Enrollment Chemistry Lectures. Co-PI: Dr. David Meltzer. Duration: 3 years, February, 2003 - February, 2006. Funding: $104,914.

National Science Foundation, Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement – Educational Materials Development, Arlington, VA. Title: Development of a Technology-Enhanced Guided Inquiry Workbook. Co-PIs: Dr. Brian Hand and Thomas Andre. Duration: 3 years, January, 2001 - January, 2004. Funding: $480,000.

National Science Foundation, Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement – Educational materials Development, Arlington, VA. Title: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the dissemination of systemic reform curricular initiatives in chemistry. Duration: 3 years, July, 2000 - July, 2003. Funding: $78,000.

National Science Foundation, Course Curriculum Laboratory Improvement – Educational Materials Development, Arlington, VA. Title: Development of Active-Learning Curricular materials in Thermodynamics. Co-PI: Dr. David Meltzer. Active-learning curricular materials for the study of thermodynamics in chemistry and physics. Duration: 2 years, June, 2000 - June, 2002. Funding: $149,000

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Miller Faculty Fellowship, Iowa State University. Title: Development of Active-Learning Curricular Materials in Thermodynamics for Physics and Chemistry. Duration: one year, July, 1999 - June, 2000. Funding: $25,000.

National Science Foundation, Course Curriculum & Development, Arlington, VA. Title: Adapt and Adopt. Co-PI: Dr. K. Woo. A collaborative project among Iowa's universities, community colleges, and private colleges to enhance the general chemistry curriculum by adopting three of the major NSF chemistry initiatives. Duration: 2 years 2. March, 1998 - August, 2000. Funding: $155,000.

Star Schools Project, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funds, U.S. Department of Education, Iowa Department of Education, and IPTV. Title: Iowa Chemistry Education Alliance. The use of distance education (Iowa Communications Network and the Internet) for teaching high school chemistry. Co-PI: Dr. G. Downs. Duration: one year, August, 1998 - August, 1999. Funding: $97,000.

U.S. West Foundation, Denver, Colorado. Title: Determination of the % of Copper in a U.S. Penny: Using the WWW for Collaborative Distance Education. A collaborative distance education project involving Iowa's high school chemistry teachers and students. The development of a WWW tool and chemistry experiment that allows chemistry classes to contribute to a large data base. Duration: 10 months July, 1998 – April, 1999. Funding: $10,000.

Star Schools Project, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funds, U.S. Department of Education, Iowa Department of Education, and IPTV. Title: Iowa Chemistry Education Alliance. The use of distance education (Iowa Communications Network and the Internet) for teaching high school chemistry. Co-PIs: Drs. G. Downs, M.J. Simonson. Duration: one year, October, 1997 - October, 1998. Funding: $87,000.

National Science Foundation, Instrument Laboratory Improvement, Arlington, VA. Title: Statewide use of the Internet and Simulation Software for Accessing Modern Instrumentation. Co-PI: Dr. K. Woo. A collaborative project among Iowa's universities, community colleges, and private colleges to enhance the general chemistry laboratory. Using multisync projectors and computer simulations of modern instrumentation: UV-VIS, FT-IR, FT-NMR. Duration: 1 year, June, 1997 - June, 1998. Funding: $100,000.

Iowa State University Computer University Level User's Fee Grant. Title: Computers and a Computer Network for the Chemistry Help Center/Resource Room. Power Mac 7600s microcomputers for the chemistry computer resource room in Gilman Hall. Co-PIs: Drs. Jencks. Gordon, and Mr. Heideman. Duration: 1 year, June, 1997 - May, 1998. Funding: $30,371.

Iowa State University LAS Computer User's Fee Grant. Title: Computers and Software for the Chemistry Help Center/Resource Room. Power Mac 7600s microcomputers for the chemistry computer resource room in Gilman Hall, a file server, and instructional software. Co-PIs: Drs. Jencks. Gordon, and Mr. Heideman. Duration: 1 year, June, 1997 - May, 1998. Funding: $30,371.

Star Schools Project, Dwight D. Eisenhower Funds, U.S. Department of Education and Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, Iowa. Title: Use of distance education (Iowa Communications Network and the Internet) for teaching high school chemistry. Co-PIs: Drs. G. Downs, M.J. Simonson. Duration: one year, May, 1996 - July, 1997. Funding: $185,000.

Miller Faculty Fellowship, Iowa State University. Title: Improving Opportunities for a Successful Experience in General Chemistry. Duration: one year, August, 1996 - August, 1997. Funding: $27,000.
Iowa Science Foundation, Muscatine, Iowa. Title: Undergraduate Equipment and Supplies for Teaching Introductory Chemistry in Community Colleges and Private Colleges in Iowa: A Collaborative Approach. Duration: one year, July, 1996 - July, 1997. Co-PI: K.A. Burke. Funding: $5,000.

Carver Trust Foundation, Muscatine, Iowa. Title: Improving the undergraduate experience at Iowa State University. Renovation of undergraduate chemistry laboratories and the use modern instrumentation in the undergraduate curriculum. Co-PIs: Drs. G. Kraus, L.K. Woo. Duration: three years, November, 1995 - March, 1997. Funding: $375,000.

U.S. West Foundation, Denver, Colorado. Title: The DaVinci Project: Chemistry and Art. Co-PIs: Drs. M. Simonson, D. Dake, G. Downs, S. Hernstadt. A collaborative project involving Iowa's high school chemistry and art teachers to develop a multimedia tool that will connect aspects of chemistry and art. The project makes connections among the three levels of science representation: microscopic. macroscopic, and symbolic with four levels of art representation: visual logic, metaphoric thinking, visual thinking, and visualization.Duration: two years, July 1, 1995 - July 1, 1997. Funding: $300,000.

National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Title: Introduction to Modern Instrumentation in the First Two Years of Chemistry: The Chemistry Curriculum Network (IACCN). Co-PI: Dr. K. Woo. A collaborative project among Iowa's three regents universities and Iowa's community colleges using the Iowa Fiber Optics Network to share information and develop a new general chemistry curriculum for science and engineering students incorporating modern instrumentation and computer simulations of modern instrumentation: UV-VIS, FT-IR, FT-NMR. Duration: 3 years, April, 1995- April, 1998. Funding: $260,000.

Iowa State University LAS Computer User's Fee Grant. Title: Computers and Software for the Chemistry Help Center/Resource Room. Power Mac 6100s microcomputers for the second computer resource room in Gilman Hall. Instructional software: Logal Explorer, Hyperchem, IR Tutor, Organic Nomenclature, Syntree, MacStereo/MacQual, Introduction to Spectroscopy.
Duration: 1 year, January, 1995 - December, 1995. Funding: $42,252.

Prentice-Hall/Simon & Schuster, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Multimedia chemistry projects and funds to support activities associated with ISU's chemistry NSF and FIPSE grants. Duration: 3 years, February, 1995 - 1998. Funding: $45,000.

SOCCED, Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. Title: A new ACS Conceptual Examination. Co-PI: Dr. Dianne Bunce, the Catholic University, Department of Chemistry, Washington, D.C. Funds to hold two planning meetings for 12 chemists and chemical educators to develop new conceptual test problems for the American Chemical Society Examinations Institute. Duration: 1 year, September, 1994 - August, 1995. Funding: $5,000.

Funds for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. Title: The Iowa General Chemistry Network Project. Co-PIs: K. Woo, G. Miller, M. Russell. A general chemistry curriculum improvement project involving Iowa's community college, five private colleges, University of Iowa, and University of Northern Iowa. Duration: 3 years, September, 1994 - September, 1997. Funding: $267,713.

Iowa State University Curriculum Improvement. Title: FT-IR Spectrometers for Undergraduate Instruction. Co-PI: Steve Heideman. Three FT-IR Nicolet spectrometers and a single bounce horizontal attenuated total reflectance (HATR) accessory. February 3, 1994. Funding: $50,000.

Iowa State University LAS Computer User's Fee Grant. Title: Computers for the Chemistry Help Center/Resource Room. March, 1993. Funding: $42,000.

National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C. Title: Interactive Multimedia Modules for General Chemistry. Duration: 1 year, April, 1992- April, 1993. Extension: February, 1995. Funding: $89,000.

This page was up-dated on July 22, 2006 by Tom Greenbowe, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3111 (tgreenbo@iastate.edu)