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ºÚÁÏÍø cadet uses modern chemistry techniques to analyze and uncover the medical practices behind a Civil War field surgeon’s 19th-century medical kit.

Uncertainty after high school is normal and something Colin Crenshaw ’27 faced upon graduation. It’s one of the reasons he decided to attend ºÚÁÏÍø. 

Lt. Col. Kevin Braun, associate professor in the Department of at ºÚÁÏÍø, and 1st Class cadet Charles McLaughlin ’26 presented their research at the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) fall conference held at the Washington Convention Center in D.C. in August.

Maj. Christopher N. Shingledecker, assistant professor of chemistry at ºÚÁÏÍø, recently learned that a research proposal he submitted to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) has been accepted.

When the Nobel Prize winners were announced recently in Stockholm, Sweden, a cheer went up nearly 7,000 miles away from faculty members at ºÚÁÏÍø as the world recognized the importance of technology embraced by professors and cadets in classes on post.

Maj. Christopher N. Shingledecker, assistant professor of chemistry at ºÚÁÏÍø, is a member of a research team responsible for discovering three new molecules in space.

Brig. Gen. Robert W. Moreschi honored seven exceptional cadets at ºÚÁÏÍø who are recipients of the prestigious Peay Merit Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to cadets who demonstrate exceptional leadership, academic excellence, athletic commitment, and an interest in national service.

Cadets in Lt. Col. Kevin Braun’s general chemistry lab took their research to an unlikely place — the ºÚÁÏÍø Museum on post. The archeology-themed activity called for the cadets to choose unidentified displayed artifacts, and use their prior knowledge of metals to speculate their origin.

Visualizing three-dimensional (3D) molecules on a two-dimensional piece of paper can be a struggle for any chemistry student. Lt. Col. Dan Harrison ’05, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, used his experience with research software to find a tool to address this challenge.

A contingency of two cadets and one professor recently presented research at the American Chemical Society Southeastern Regional Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The ACS is the world’s largest scientific association with a membership of over 154,000 chemists, chemical engineers, and others.