Research Practica
All students must complete a thesis Master’s degree as part of their doctoral candidacy preparation, unless this requirement has been satisfied at the time of admission. A student may apply for either of the two subsequent research tracks, the intramural research track or the extramural/intramural research track, and on achievement of doctoral candidacy, may pursue a track for which they have been accepted. Students in the intramural research track begin their intramural research immediately after achieving doctoral candidacy. Students in the extramural/intramural track begin their 9-12 month Industrial Practicum immediately after achieving doctoral candidacy, and after successful defense of their Industrial Practicum report, complete their doctoral research after returning to campus. In either case, the standard for the doctoral defense is the same: the student must present and defend a dissertation which describes new knowledge, the substance of which is ready for submission to a quality scientific journal. The Industrial Practicum provides a student research experience in innovation and/or problem solving in an industrial or governmental R&D facility. Students who apply for an Industrial Practicum but who do not achieve placement will proceed to the intramural track.
The doctoral research, either intramural or extramural/intramural, may be taken in the same laboratory as the Master’s degree research or, in order to gain a broader research experience, in another laboratory.
Research
Within the Chemistry program, opportunities exist for course work and/or research.
Please see the faculty page for a description of the research each member is involved in.
Our excellent facilities include laboratories that feature current instrumentation, such as excimer lasers, atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes and protein synthesizers.
- Updated: April 8, 2011
