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Welcome
Faculty Students Chemistry
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Go to the New Westmont Chemistry HomePage Professor
Nishimura is Westmont's First Endowed Science Chair
 Mako Masuno, Niva Tro, Mandy Miller, Stan Anderson, David Marten (chair), Allan Nishimura Follow the links to the left to find out more about us.
Chemistry is often referred to as the Central Science. It is hard to imagine how one could do physics, biology, geology or engineering without a solid foundation in chemistry. The chemistry program at Westmont prepares the students to think like a scientist by exposing them to modern instrumentation and methods. We also go beyond this by tackling the bigger issues of relating vocation and Christian Mission in the world. A degree in chemistry can lead to many interesting and challenging careers, including: biochemist, chemical engineer, industrial or clinical chemist, college instructor, dentist, dietician, high school teacher, marine scientist, pharmacologist, physician, radiologic technician, nuclear medicine technician, forensic serologist, toxicologist, technical writer, patent lawyer, industrial hygienist, and industrial management. Westmont chemistry majors have received advanced degrees recently from graduate and professional programs at UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Riverside, Stanford, Iowa State, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Harvard, Princeton, Loma Linda, and Oregon Health Sciences.
Chemistry students at Westmont have many opportunities to use state-of-the-art instrumentation such as atomic absorption spectrometers, Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers, FT infrared and ultraviolet-visible spectrometers, gas and high performance liquid chromatographs and mass spectrometers. They learn glassblowing, analytical chemical techniques (including microcomputer applications), and advanced organic synthesis techniques. Chemistry at Westmont involves computer programming, interfacing computers to instruments, and computerized literature searches on current research problems. Each student in the B.S. program is required to do independent research with a faculty member and to complete a written thesis or publishable journal article.. |
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