Ferrum
students Luke Dye and Robert Major presented posters at the Virginia
Blue Ridge Section of the American Chemical Society's High School and
Undergraduate Poster Session at Radford University on April 14.
Luke Dye, a freshman, presented his research
about an ancient chemical weapon in his poster entitled "An Experimental
Analysis of Greek Fire." Luke performed his research as a Practicum
course with Dr. Jason Powell.
Jason Powell, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
and Physics said of Dye, “He came in his first semester very excited
about chemistry and applying what he has learned to all of his courses.
Dr. Richard Smith [Professor of History at Ferrum] talked about Greek
Fire in his Western Civilization class and Luke wanted to know how it
worked, so we designed experiments to find out. It turns out that most
recent descriptions are incorrect about how Greek Fire really works.”
Robert Major, a sophomore, presented his poster,
"Atomistic Simulation of Hysteresis Behavior in Ni-Ti Shape-Memory
Alloy." Robert won a Virginia Academy of Science Student Research
Grant last fall and will present the results of his research at the
May meeting of that organization. His work was also supervised by Dr.
Jason Powell and with the guidance of Dr. Steve Galinaitis.
“Robert has worked independently to learn a
great deal about a very complicated process. The insights we gained
through his work have brought us closer to an atomic-level understanding
of the behavior of the shape-memory wires Dr. Galinaitis has been studying,”
said Powell.
Ferrum College is a four-year, private, co-educational,
liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Ferrum
offers a choice of nationally recognized bachelor’s degree programs
at a cost well below the national average for private colleges. For
more information on Ferrum, visit www.ferrum.edu.
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