Stories

In the fall of 2019, Steve Weis, professor and chair of the engineering department, recognized the need for a new chemistry course and started developing it.

Many scientists may hope to have the rare opportunity to work alongside a Nobel Laureate. Alan Enciso ’16 is living the dreams of many in a postdoctoral research position at Northwestern University under Sir Fraser Stoddart, a 2016 Nobel Laureate in chemistry.

Jeff Coffer, professor of chemistry, saw the need and opportunity to enhance technologies for student research at the inter-disciplinary level. In the chemistry department, Coffer and his research group work almost exclusively at the nano-level; therefore an improved microscope significantly improves data collection abilities.