Adedamola Opalade, a Missouri State alumnus, recently won the Golden Torch Award from the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). He received the award March 30 in Detroit, Michigan. “I was more encouraged and motivated after the award ceremony,” Opalade said. “The ceremony gave me an insight into how society values excellence, positive impact and … [Read more...] about MSU alumnus wins Graduate Student of the Year
Gerasimchuk presented at the 35th International Conference on Solution Chemistry Aug. 26-30 in Szeged, Hungary. An old friend and collaborator asked him to share his work. Gerasimchuk agreed to show his recent newly patented research on a series of compounds that have potential to fight cancer. The platinum compounds Gerasimchuk found emit light that penetrates tissue … [Read more...] about Chemistry and world travels
Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk presented the keynote at the 19th World Congress of Materials Science and Engineering June 11-13 in Barcelona, Spain. He originally wanted to do an oral presentation but was offered in addition to be the keynote speaker in the chemistry and physics of new materials section. Gerasimchuk spoke first on non-traditional, smart materials that originated … [Read more...] about Chemistry professor gives keynote address
Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk, professor of chemistry, works on ways to treat cancer. He recently was awarded a patent for his research with compounds that have more than one application. In a multistep interdisciplinary project, Gerasimchuk looked at solids that emit near-infrared light. This led him to discovering a series of new dark green platinum compounds with unusual … [Read more...] about Chemistry professor patents work
The annual Inorganic Chemistry Day was held April 21 at the University of Missouri Science and Technology. Several Missouri State University faculty and students attended and presented on a variety of topics. About the presentations Dr. Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Lauri Kivijarvi and Kevin Pinks presented at the conference. MSU affiliates are bolded as authors. New class … [Read more...] about Inorganic Chemistry Day an opportunity to learn