{"id":494,"date":"2024-09-27T18:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T18:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/?p=494"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:08:53","slug":"jean-dreyfus-lectureship-for-undergraduate-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/2024\/09\/27\/jean-dreyfus-lectureship-for-undergraduate-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-09-27T18:10:54-05:00\">September 27, 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Visiting professor Dan M. Neumark, the Chancellor&#8217;s Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkely&#8217;s College of Chemistry, presented two lectures as a part of the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions that TN Tech received last year. There was also an accompanying mini symposium for chemistry students to present current research. We were all thrilled to have met him and to discuss research with another physical chemist!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreyfus.org\/2023-jean-dreyfus-lectureship-for-undergraduate-institutions-recipients\/#\">2023 Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions Recipients &#8211; Dreyfus Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9649a0d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8629-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/image000000-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/image000000-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/image000000-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/image000000-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/image000000-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/IMG_8625-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-5f80b302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-1536x962.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/grulab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/09\/239949b0-fbf6-4b47-8c4e-19fddb427b61-2048x1283.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gru Lab Posters Present at Mini Symposium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Exploring Near-Free Rotor Limit Quantum Tunneling and Molecular Geometries of 3-Methylstyrene Conformations. Thusitha S Jayasekara, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Cadence Miller<\/span>, Dinesh Marasinghe, Mitchell Swann, Michael Carrillo<sup>1<\/sup>, Michael Tubergen<sup>1<\/sup>, Isabelle Kleiner<sup>2<\/sup>, and Ranil Gurusinghe.<br><br>Conformational Analysis of 1,5-pentanediol by Microwave Spectroscopy. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mitchell Swann<\/span>, Michael J. Tubergen<sup>1<\/sup>, Dinesh Marasinghe<sup>1<\/sup>, and Michael J. Carrillo<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A Python-Based Automation and Data Acquisition Solution for Cavity-Based Microwave<br>Spectroscopy. Varga Marton, Cadence Miller, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Rusiru PH Rajapaksha<\/span> and Ranil M. Gurusinghe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Upgrades to the Cavity-based Microwave Setup in Tennessee Tech\u2019s L-Shaped Spectrometer. Rusiru PH Rajapaksha, Cadence Miller, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Thusitha S. 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