Washington College
Signing Date
6/19/2013
Location
Chestertown, MD, USA
Main Website
Description
The Washington College Department of Chemistry is one of only a few departments in the country that has an established faculty chair in Green Chemistry. The department integrates green chemistry into undergraduate courses and also highlights green chemistry as a topic for undergraduate research.
Faculty Size
8
Primary Contact
Dr. Anne Marteel-Parrish, amarteel2@washcoll.edu
Chemistry Degrees Offered
BS
Implementation of Green Chemistry
Honors General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Green and Sustainable Chemistry Course
Student Groups
Goals
- Develop lab manual with green chemistry experiments with the help of students
- Outreach in the community (Elementary, Middle, and High School)
- Work with the art department to develop a course on Art and Chemistry: Through the Lens of Greener Chemistry
- Connect Green Chemistry Concepts to Research
- Gain more knowledge in mechanisms and toxicology to incorporate into courses
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