About Erick E.
My area of expertise is Organic Chemistry. I have more than 13 years of teaching various Chemistry Courses with a vast knowledge of teaching pedagogues.
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My area of expertise is Organic Chemistry. I have more than 13 years of teaching various Chemistry Courses with a vast knowledge of teaching pedagogues.
As an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, I have taught Organic Chemistry Lectures and Labs, General Chemistry Lectures and Labs, and Introduction to Chemistry. My course loads have averaged 5 classes per semester. My classes always included direct interaction and open communication with my students. I gave countless help sessions; I maintained an open door/open communication policy. One of my research areas involve the study on the manufacture of biodiesel from Waste Vegetable Oils (WCOs) from Different Food Processing Industries with catalyst Ca(OCH3)2 by the transesterification reaction and test the efficiency of the biodiesel on a diesel engine comparable to diesel fuel. This project will be multidisciplinary involving the Chemistry and Engineering Departments. I have pursued grants from intramural sources and wrote proposals to the Department of Energy, USDA, MS-INBRE, NIH, and NSF. I have supported the Department's Chemistry Clubs as the co-advisor (ACS and NOBCChE) in its goals to foster achievement and professional development amongst its members. I initiated and coordinated a male organization on campus. I coordinated a Bridge to Doctorate Program with multiple schools (UCLA, Michigan State, University of Michigan, Washington University, Western Michigan University, Xavier University in Louisiana, Texas Southern University, and University of Alabama in Huntsville. I interacted with the public to promote, sustain, and further the departmental image and reputation.
As a Certified Molecular Magnetic Resonance Technical Manager, I taught Qualitative Analysis Lab and coordinated Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Workshops. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Workshops provided training for more than 200 people in the university on various NMR and EPR instruments usage and maintenance. From these workshops, I developed and designed instructional manuals for the NMR instruments. I performed scheduled maintenance on NMR instruments with cryogenics. Troubleshot and resolved various hardware and software problems by replacing parts, power supplies, circuit boards, and correcting error messages on the NMR and EPR instruments.
As a Chemistry Graduate Research Assistant, I taught General Chemistry Lab and assisted on the Novel Methods of Spiroisoxazolines Synthesis Research Project, designing a new method to produce alkenes and creating 8 novel spiroisoxazolines. I safely maintained HAZMAT solvent stills, and maintained chemical supplies for research teams. I assisted on various research teams, synthesizing organic molecules and using Thin Layer Chromatography, Column and Flash Chromatography. I analyzed organic molecules via Infrared Spectroscopy and NMR.
