Craig McLauchlan of the Illinois State University Chemistry
department is the most recent University recipient of a CAREER (Faculty
Early Career Development) award from the National Science Foundation.
We are extremely delighted that a third faculty member in the Department of Chemistry has received the prestigious CAREER award, said Clifford Dykstra, Chemistry chair. These are very special and select grants, and having one recipient in a department is noteworthy. To have three faculty members holding these 5-year awards at the same time is amazing.
The award provides approximately half a million dollars over a five-year period to each recipient for research and the development of educational programs. Previously, Chemistry faculty members Lisa Szczepura and Gregory Ferrence received CAREER awards as well as Biological Science s faculty member Craig Gatto.
The NSF CAREER award is one of the most prestigious awards in support of early career-development activities of teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization.
McLauchlan s grant will provide for research of vanadium coordination complexes and create educational programs to present the research. The educational program will include use of smart room technologies and student response systems.
Illinois State welcomes many transfer students so McLauchlan devised a plan to incorporate community colleges in his educational programs. His Clicker System in a Bag contains 30 student clickers, a laptop computer, receiver and software and will be loaned to community colleges to help persuade them to invest in smart room technologies.
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