...It's also helpful to recall that 3d orbitals fill in the 4th row's ten transition elements between the 4s and 4p 'bookend' slots. It was enjoyable to make the "final four" of the 21 high-school teams competing at the Corning, NY chapter of the American Chemical Society's May 1981 "Chem Bowl". Virginia Tech favored me with a full 1st-year of advanced-placement (AP) chemistry credits. (read more)
...I believe in fostering open communication with my students to understand their preferences and adapt my methods accordingly. During my undergraduate academic journey I was awarded the Ballard-McConnell-Willis Mathematics Scholarship, the most esteemed scholarship on campus. Utilizing this schol... (read more)