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My courses for Spring 2010 semester:
 •  Chem 3411 Physical Chemistry I: Syllabus
 •  Chem 1151 General Chemistry I: Syllabus
 

My Daily Schedule for Spring 2010
(I can be available - by appointment - whenever I am not in class. Ask me!)

How to reach me:

E-mail Address:  oliver.ludwig@villanova.edu

The formal me

Other links of (possible) interest

Uncertainty calculator (see how good a result your numbers give.)

What happens when alkali metals hit water: Spectacular!

"The Elements" by Tom Lehrer: Here

Chemistry of How Things Work: Gasoline, alcohol, refrigerants Here

Shortcuts and bugaboo alerting in MS Word. Here

Bad Science! Get the facts: here

Some History of Chemistry via David Katz, M.S. Chem. Villanova 1974

Great resource for students in General Chem

Neat stuff about science Here

Periodic Tables of various kinds  Here

Chemical data Here

All you ever wanted to know about plastics   

The American Chemical Society portal,: http://chemistry.org

Calculate the species actually present before & after an acid/base reaction:

Lots of tutorials and resources for Chem, Math, etc. http://web.umr.edu/~gbert/links.html.

Great General Chem site at F&M, "The Wired Chemist":  http://wulfenite.fandm.edu/

Funny names for molecules: here

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Academic Biography:

B.S.Chem (Villanova University)
MS, PhD (Carnegie-Mellon University)
Post-Doctoral studies (Cambridge University,  Mathematical Laboratory & Department of Theoretical Chemistry)

Philadelphia Section American Chemical Society Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Chemical Science 2007
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Interests:

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Computers, the English Language, Road Running, Villanova Faculty Club (vide infra), Sigma Nu Fraternity (vide infra).

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Avocations:

  Hortator, Villanova Faculty Club 
(Accessible only from villanova.edu domain, requires usual VU userid/password.)

Chapter Advisor, Sigma Nu Fraternity

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