SIUE: Chemistry Department: Susan D. Wiediger's homepage

To improve all dimensions^* of the learning experience for students, particularly in chemistry, not only in the courses I teach and through research projects, but also, where possible, through participation in broader initiatives.
    ^*(dimensions include but are not limited to efficiency, effectiveness, and enjoyment, and apply to instructors as much as students)

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “Laboratory Manual of Experiments for CHEM 135: Engineering Chemistry Lab” Eric J. Voss and Susan D. Wiediger, submitted January 2009, $10,840, funded $12,500 30 April 2009.

NSF DUE CCLI Phase 1: Exploratory. “Regional Partnership to Improve Science Content Courses for Pre-service Elementary Teachers”, Thomas Foster, P.I., George Banziger (Lewis and Clark Comm. Coll.) and Amanda Starkey (Southwestern Ill. Coll.), co-P.I.s (Susan D. Wiediger is evaluator on grant), submitted May 2008, $199,554, funded.

Strategic Advancement of Graduate Education Phase II grant through SIUE Graduate School. “Opening Lines of Communication Connecting the Chemistry Department and Science Teachers”, submitted October 2007, $3,190, funded.

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “Development of Technical Design Component of SCI 241a to Meet State and National Science Teaching Standards” Susan D. Wiediger and Tom Foster, submitted January 2007, $10,840, funded $10,420 11 April 2007.

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “A Scanning Tunneling Microscope for Undergraduate Chemistry Courses” Eric J. Voss, Leah C. O’Brien, and Susan D. Wiediger, submitted January 2007, $15,490, funded $11,865 11 April 2007.

NSF DUE CCLI Phase 1: Exploratory. “Collaborative Project Gemini SPM: Scanning Probe Microscopy in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses”, Eric J. Voss, P.I.; Leah C. O’Brien, and Susan D. Wiediger, Co-P.I.s, submitted 17 May 2006, $74,975, funded.

Strategic Advancement of Graduate Education grant through SIUE Graduate School. “Building Bridges: A New Master of Arts of In-service Teachers”, submitted September 2006, $12,217, funded.

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “SIUE Presentation of ‘Manya: A Living History of Marie Curie’,” Leah C. O’Brien, Nahid Shabestary, Cristina De Meo, and Susan D. Wiediger, submitted February 2006, $3,500, funded $3,500 10 April 2006.

NSF DUE CCLI Phase 2: Expansion. “Using Cognitive Load Theory to Design and Assess Questions and Problem Solving Strategies”, Norbert J. Pienta (Univ. Iowa), P.I.; Melanie M. Cooper (Clemson Univ.), Thomas A. Holme (Univ. Wisc. Milwaukee), and Susan D. Wiediger, Co-P.I.s, submitted January 2006, $61,476 SIUE subcontract ($481,686 total grant amount)

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “Solid State Model Kits for Hands-on Chemistry Activities,” Eric J. Voss, Susan D. Wiediger, Eric G. Malina, submitted February 2005, $6,965, funded $3,715, 8 April 2005.

SIUE Research Equipment and Tools Grant. “Digital Recording Equipment,” Rebecca Lindell, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger, submitted March 2004, $10,180, funded $10,180, 8 April 2004.

NSF DUE CCLI Adaptation and Implementation Grant. “Collaborative Project Gemini XRD: Powder X-ray Diffraction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses”, Eric J. Voss, P.I.; Eric G. Malina, Masangu Shabangi, Michael J. Shaw, and Susan D. Wiediger, Co-P.I.s, submitted 4 December 2003, $106,347, funded 6/14/2004, start date 7/01/04, duration 24 months.

SIUE Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant. “Exploring the Concept of Pressure with Barometers,” Susan D. Wiediger, submitted February 2004, $4,394, funded $2,894, 13 April 2004.

Super Computing 2004 Education Program. “SIUE SC2004,” Rebecca Lindell, leader; Joseph Beuckman (SIUE student), James Eilers, Christopher Glosser, Nicholas Guehlstorf, Lenore Horner, Yun Lu, William Retzlaff, Susan Wiediger, submitted June 2004, funded July 2004.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Capturing Students’ Work with Periodic System Data Sets," Journal of Chemical Education, 2009, 86, pp 1212-1215.
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Susan D. Wiediger. "Patterns for Chemical Education: A New Way to Connect Research to Practice," The Chemical Educator, 2007, 12(5), pp 370-373.

Susan D. Wiediger, and John S. Hutchinson. "The Significance of Accurate Student Self-Assessment in Understanding of Chemical Concepts," Journal of Chemical Education, 2002, 79, pp 120-124.

Sean A. Harris, Susan D. Wiediger, and Philip R. Brooks. "Electron Transfer to SF₆ and Oriented CH₃Br," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1999, 103(49), pp10035-10041.

Susan D. Wiediger, Peter W. Harland, Judson R. Holt, and Philip R. Brooks. "Characterization of Oriented Molecule Beams by Radio Frequency Spectroscopy," Journal of Physical Chemistry A 1998, 102(7), pp1112-1118.

Brian Samorisky, S. Wiediger, M. Villarica, and J. Chaiken. "Metal vapor gain media based on multiphoton dissociation of organometallics," SPIE Vol. 1412 Gas and Metal Vapor Lasers and Applications (1991).

Susan D. Wiediger and Samantha Jesse. "Student processes and success regarding predicting missing data in a complex data set." Poster, Gordon Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Waterville, ME, June 2009.

Joel D. Thomas, Rachel A. Harris, Derek T. Rensing, Leah C. O’Brien, Susan D. Wiediger, and Eric J. Voss. “Scanning probe microscopy in undergraduate chemistry courses at SIUE,” 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.

Susan D. Wiediger and Samantha Jesse. “Student success with integration and correlation of variables in complex data,” 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 2009.

Susan D. Wiediger. “Are they seeing what I think they're seeing and thinking what I see them thinking? Analysis of students’ work with complex data sets,” General Papers, 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

Andrew Ribbing and Susan D. Wiediger. “Baseline study of glassware breakage in nursing chemistry laboratories,” Poster Session, 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

Eric J. Voss, Leah C. O’Brien, Susan D. Wiediger, Keenan E. Dungey, Gary L. Trammell, and Marc Klingshirn. “Hands-on scanning probe microscopy in an undergraduate engineering chemistry lab,” Evolving Nature of Nanoscience in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum, 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

Susan D. Wiediger and Tom Foster. “Integrating design projects in chemistry and physics into a science course for preservice elementary teachers,” Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Learning, 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, July 2008.

Susan D. Wiediger “Periodic trends: ‘Watching’ students work with complex data sets,” 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

Dawn Powell, Mariellen T. Sydow, Lindsay N. Hamilton, Crystal Hise, Dylan Downs, Megan Muehlenfeld, Cristina De Meo, and Susan D. Wiediger. “SIUE Chemistry Club on campus and in the community,” 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

Tom Foster and Susan D. Wiediger. “Simple Design Problems for Physical Science,” Illinois State Association of Physics Teachers, Champaign-Urbana, IL, April 2008.

Susan D. Wiediger and Tom Foster. “Integrating design projects in chemistry and physics into a science course for preservice elementary teachers,” 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

Eric G. Malina and Susan D. Wiediger. “Dual appointments and the death of junior faculty: Possible solutions to a typical problem,” 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008.

Andrew Ribbing and Susan D. Wiediger. “Baseline study of glassware breakage in nursing chemistry laboratories,” Research Poster Session, Probst Lectures, SIUE, Edwardsville, IL, March 2008.

Susan D. Wiediger. Invited talk. “Patterns for Chemical Education: Connecting Research to Practice,” 59th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Greenville, SC, 25 October 2007.

Susan D. Wiediger. “Chemistry Learning In Progress: ‘Watching’ students work with complex data sets.” Poster, Gordon Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, ME, June 2007.

Susan D. Wiediger. “Pattern in safety programs: Vertical integration and blame game,” 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, 25 March 2007.

Lindsay Hamilton, Rosalinda Harnack, David Herrmann, Crystal Hise, Dawn Powell, Jennifer Redding, Mariellen T. Sydow, and Susan D. Wiediger. “Chemistry Club on campus and in the community: Activities of the 2006-2007 SIUE Student Affiliates Chapter,” 233rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, IL, 26 March 2007.

Susan D. Wiediger, Neil Alfredson, Richard Carney, Nathan Mikeska, and Brian Navarro. “Chemistry Learning in Progress: A Computer Based Periodic Table Development Activity,” 2006 CSUI Research Conference (held in conjunction with17th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics), Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, November 2006.

Susan D. Wiediger, Neil Alfredson, Richard Carney, Nathan Mikeska, and Brian Navarro. “Chemistry Learning in Progress: Teaching the Development of the Periodic Table with a Computer Based Activity,” Web-Based Applications for Chemical Education, 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 2006.

Keenan E. Dungey, Harshavardan Bapat, Gary L. Trammell, Wayne Gade, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger. “Applications of Diamond Structure Visualization Software in the Chemistry Laboratory,” 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 2006.

Gary L. Trammell, Harshavardan Bapat, Keenan E. Dungey, Wayne Gade, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger, J. Edwards, and R. Gairani. “Applications of Powder X-Ray Diffractometry in Sophomore Organic Chemistry Laboratory: Host-Guest Chemistry of Urea Inclusion Compounds,” 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, August 2006.

Susan D. Wiediger. “Pattern languages for chemical education,” 19th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, July 2006.

Isaac R. Corn, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger, Keenan E. Dungey, Gary L. Trammell, Harshavardan Bapat, and Wayne Gade. “Powder X-ray diffraction in the inorganic chemistry laboratory: YBa2Cu2O7-x” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.

Nellie Shaul, Nathan Motl, Mariellen T. Sydow, Jennifer Redding, William E. Kuester, Susan D. Wiediger, and Yun Lu. “Chemistry Club on campus and in the community: Activities of the 2005-2006 SIUE Student Affiliate Chapter,” 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 27 March 2006.

Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger, Keenan E. Dungey, Gary L. Trammell, Harshavardan Bapat, and Wayne Gade. “Collaborative project Gemini XRD: Powder X-ray Diffraction in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses” 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 2005.

Keenan E. Dungey, Harshavardan Bapat, Gary L. Trammell, Wayne Gade, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, Susan D. Wiediger, Doug Eder, and Jeffrey Cornelius. “Powder X-ray Diffraction Throughout The Undergraduate Curriculum” Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Newport, RI, July 2005.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Constructing a Topic Map for the Concept of Bonding." Poster, Gordon Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, New London, CT, June 2005.

Harshavardan Bapat, Keenan E. Dungey, Gary L. Trammell, Wayne Gade, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, and Susan D. Wiediger. “Collaborative project Gemini XRD: What should undergraduate students know about powder X-ray diffraction?” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

Brandon C. Hatfield, Christopher Korves, Nathan Motl, Mariellen Sydow, Yun Lu, Eric G. Malina, and Susan D. Wiediger. "Chemistry Club on campus and in the community." Poster, 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Using an ethylene glycol barometer in peer-led team learning (PLTL) workshops." Poster, 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

Gary L. Trammell, Harshavardan Bapat, Keenan E. Dungey, Wayne Gade, Eric J. Voss, Michael J. Shaw, Masangu Shabangi, Eric G. Malina, and Susan D. Wiediger. “Collaborative project Gemini XRD: What should undergraduate students know about powder X-ray diffraction?” 229th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Developing a Topic Map for Chemistry." Poster, Gordon Conference on Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Ventura, CA, January 2004.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. University of Northern Colorado Chemistry Department, Greeley, CO, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chemistry Department, Edwardsville, IL, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. South Dakota State University Chemistry Department, Brookings, SD, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. Grand Valley State Chemistry Department, Grand Valley, MI, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. Lamar University Chemistry Department, Beaumont, TX, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. University of Central Florida Chemistry Department, Orlando, FL, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "Building Pattern Languages and Topic Maps for Chemistry." Talk. University of Redlands Chemistry Department, Redlands, CA, 2003.

Susan D. Wiediger. "A Pattern Language for Pedagogy." Talk, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, New London, CT, June 2002.

Susan D. Wiediger. "A Pattern Language for Pedagogy." Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, New London, CT, June 2002.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "A Comparison of Experiences at Two Universities with the Concept Development Case Study Approach to General Chemistry." Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, New London, CT, June 2002.

Susan D. Wiediger and John S. Hutchinson. "The significance of student self-assessment skills to the student and the instructor." Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, Ventura, CA, January 2001.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Teaching Inductive Reasoning in Chemistry: Pre-test Post-test Analysis of Effectiveness." Poster, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, Ventura, CA, January 2001.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Teaching Inductive Reasoning using Case Studies in Chemical Concepts." Talk, Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, November 2000.

Philip R. Brooks, Sean A. Harris and Susan D. Wiediger. "Electron Transfer to Oriented Molecules," Seminar, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, October 2000.

Susan D. Wiediger and John S. Hutchinson. "Thinking about Learning in General Chemistry at Rice: A Research Overview." Invited talk for the Cain Project in Engineering and Professional Communication, Rice University, Houston, TX, September 2000.

Susan D. Wiediger and John S. Hutchinson. "Thinking and Speaking Chemistry." Talk, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, TX, August 2000.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Teaching Inductive Reasoning using Case Studies in Chemical Concepts." Talk, Symposium on General Chemistry in the 21st Century, American Chemical Society Conference, San Francisco, CA, March 2000.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Interactive Teaching via Case Studies in Chemical Concepts: Assessment of Effectiveness." Poster (SDW, presenter), Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, New London, CT, June 1999.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Interactive Teaching via Case Studies in Chemical Concepts." Invited talk, Gordon Research Conference on Innovations in College Chemistry Teaching, New London, CT, June 1999.

Tracy M. Volz, Susan D. Wiediger, and Linda Driskill. "Writing: A Question of Visibility In and Across Disciplines." Panel Presentation, The Fourth National Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Ithaca, NY, June 1999.

Philip R. Brooks, Sean A. Harris and Susan D. Wiediger. "Electron Transfer to Oriented Molecules," Seminar, Gothenburg University & Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 19 May 1999.

Philip R. Brooks, Sean A. Harris and Susan D. Wiediger. "Electron Transfer to Oriented Molecules," Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 16 May 1999.

Mary Tobin, Tracy M. Volz, Susan D. Wiediger, and Linda Driskill. "Composing Process Research Applied to Writing in Chemistry: Writing Made Visible on the Web, in the Classroom, across the Campus." Panel Presentation, Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA, March 1999.

Sean A. Harris, Susan D. Wiediger, and Philip R. Brooks. "Ion Production by Electron Transfer Collisions of Oriented Molecules in Crossed Beams." Poster, Gordon Conference on Gaseous Ions, Ventura, CA, March 1999.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Case Studies and the Socratic Method," Workshop of the Center for the Study of Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, TX, November 1998.

Sean A. Harris, Susan D. Wiediger, Jiping Zhan, Lawrence L. Lewis, and Philip R. Brooks. "Formation and identification of molecular negative ions in electron-transfer collisions with oriented molecules." Talk, ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, November 1998.

John S. Hutchinson and Susan D. Wiediger. "Studying the Teaching of Chemistry: What we Teach and What They Learn." Rice University Families Weekend, Rice University, Houston, TX, October 1998.

Susan D. Wiediger, Peter Harland, and Philip R. Brooks. "Characterization of Oriented Molecule Beams by Radio Frequency Spectroscopy." Talk, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, TX, August 1997.

Susan D. Wiediger and Philip R. Brooks. "Coincidence Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Electron Transfer to Oriented Molecules." Poster, ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Adams Mark Hotel, Houston, TX, October 1996.

Susan D. Wiediger and Philip R. Brooks. "Product Identification for Oriented Molecule Reactions Using Coincidence Time of Flight Methods." Poster, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, TX, August 1995.

Susan D. Wiediger and Philip R. Brooks. "Product Identification for Oriented Molecule Reactions Using Coincidence Time of Flight Methods." Poster, Conference on Dynamics of Molecular Collisions, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA, July 1995.

Susan D. Wiediger and Philip R. Brooks. "Using Coincidence Detection for Product Identification in Oriented Molecule Reactions." Poster, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Rice University, August 1994.

Lawrence L. Lewis, Susan D. Wiediger, Philip R. Brooks, and R.F. Curl. "Keystone Kops or Not: Evidence for No Scrambling of Fine-Structure during Reactive Collisions in the Na* + KBr System." Poster, Rice Quantum Institute Summer Research Colloquium, Rice University, August 1993.