Recent News
April, 2025: Olivia Raab presented her research on showing how a Lab Realistic Virtual Teaching Experiment can enhance student learning in the laboratory.
Old News (2024):
October, 2024: New simulation investigating the dehydration/rehydration of copper (II) chloride dihydrate in use in CHM 11530!
April 2024: Valerie Minnick’s research highlighted in a video featured in the Purdue Undergraduate Research Blog.
January, 2024: Dr. Rienstra-Kiracofe now serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate STEM Education at Purdue’s Indianapolis Location.
Old News (2023):
August, 2023: Dr. Rienstra-Kiracofe led a team to upgrade 800 iPads used for Chemistry Labs in the new Chaney-Hale Teaching Laboratories. Read about it here.
May, 2023: Dr. Rienstra-Kiracofe was awarded the 2023 Department of Chemistry Arthur Kelly Undergraduate Teaching Award!
April, 2023: Mackenzie Crum presented her research on using Gas Chromatography to teach General Chemistry Students about mixture separation at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
April, 2023: Valerie Minnick presented her research how students read volumetric glassware at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
Update: Valerie’s poster won First Place among College of Science research posters!
Old News (2022):
September, 2022: See here how we are transforming how General Chemistry Exams are administered for large classes!
Old News (2021):
November, 2021: Carolyn Hu presented her research on Riboflavin Fluorescence at the Fall Purdue Undergraduate Research Expo.
September, 2021: Anjali Pursai created an saftey instructional video for the Nederman Bench Top Extraction Arm which students to use in the new chemistry labs in Chaney Hale Hall of Sciences.
August, 2021: Read about our Apple Pencil Charger project here.
June, 2021: Read how our simulations are changing the future STEM instruction at Purdue here.
Old News (2020):
December, 2020: Read about our Calorimetry Simulation here.
November, 2020: Ted Tobais presented his research on reading burets at the Fall Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium.
September, 2020: Read about the next generation digital learning environment for chemistry here.
February 2020: Dr. Rienstra-Kiracofe received the College of Science Team Award.
April, 2020: Sally Feng presented her research on an improved metal ion sensor experiment at the Spring Purdue Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Old News (2019):
November, 2019: Nur Rosli presented her research on carbon dioxide and leaf decomposition at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
October 21, 2019: Dr. R-K talks about using newer technologies to teach labs and help students learn in the Superheroes of Science podcast.
June 19, 2019: Dr. R-K presented the NGDLEC work at the 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice in Lewiston Maine.
May 4, 2019: Dr. R-K presented the NGDLEC in a talk at the Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the ACS.
April 9, 2019: Nur Rosli presented her research on solubility at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference.
March 1, 2019: Dr. R-K led a Purdue "Tech Today" talk on March 1 on using OneNote Class Notebook. Contact Dr. R-K for further details.
Old News (2018):
November 13, 2018: Matt and Jian presented their work at Purdue’s Fall Undergraduate Research Exposition!
Matt and Jian presenting their work at URE.