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D. GIDDINGS EDUCATION: Ph. D., 1993, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Chemistry. TEACHING ACTIVITIES: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Fall 1987 - Spring 1993. Chemistry 121, 122, 123 (General Chemistry), 211 (Quantitative Analysis), 822 (Principles and Practice of Separation Processes). Guest Lecturer, Department of Industrial Hygiene, Ohio
University, Athens, Ohio. 1992. Instructional Resources Coordinator, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. September 1993 - December 1999. Physical Science 100, Chemistry 103 (Introductory Chemistry laboratory), Chemistry 105 (General Chemistry), Chemistry 107 (General Chemistry Laboratory), Religion 121. Instructional Resources Coordinator, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. September 1993 - December 1999. Short courses providing departmental faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students with instruction in the execution of various chemical demonstrations, organization and presentation of chemical demonstration programs in public schools, the fundamentals and design of HTML and web-based instructional materials, and group and individualized instruction in the use of various pieces of software. Adjunct Faculty: Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supervisor: Clifton G. Sanders, May 2001 - May 2004. Chemistry 1010, 1110, 1120, 1210, 1220, 2320. Instructor: Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supervisor: Peter Iles, May 2004 - May 2005. Chemistry 1010, 1110, 1120, 1210, 1220, 2320. Assistant Professor: Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supervisor: Peter Iles, May 2005 - present. Chemistry 1010, 1110, 1120, 1210, 1220, 2320. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Research Associate: Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Supervisor: Dr. Susan V. Olesik, September 1987 - August 1993. Dissertation work included an assessment of new stationary phases for supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), NMR studies of the behavior of surfactants and reverse micelles at high pressure in liquids (devised a new high pressure NMR sample system for these experiments), and the separation behavior of sulfur-containing polymers in supercritical fluid chromatography. Studied the diffusion of polyaromatic hydrocarbons in supercritical fluids. Established theoretical underpinnings of study. Built instrumentation for study which included using supercritical extraction, supercritical fluid chromatography, and fluorescence detection. Examined conditions for optimization of flame ionization detector performance during supercritical fluid chromatography as compared to gas chromatography. Instructional Resources Coordinator: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. September 1993 - December 1999. Directly responsible for the hiring, training, management, and technical advisement of student employees and annual budgets in excess of $25,000; extensively involved in administration of annual hardware budget . Pioneered and championed the web-based delivery of instructional material within the department. Instrumental in developing animations of chemical reactions and principles. Studied and pursued the creation and distribution of instructional materials via streaming media. Created graphics and images pertinent to General Chemistry that could be freely used on the world wide web without fear of copyright violation. Extensively involved in the establishment of the department web site. Web master from 1996 - 1999. Responsible for over-all site design and content, "Fair Use" issues, security, and also for supervising and providing for the web-based needs of nearly 40 faculty and 60 graduate students. Served as ex officio faculty liaison with departmental and university computer personnel to ensure that faculty and student computing requirements were met. Created and maintained "The Chemical Demonstration Page," a nationally and internationally recognized web-based literature review of chemical demonstrations. OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE: Industrial Hygienist: Utah Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supervisor: Robert Dreman, June 1985-April 1987; September 1981 - March 1984. Participated in over 250 detailed on-site industrial hygiene inspections of work sites to assess hazardous chemical or noise exposures, including airborne chemical sampling and noise monitoring. Assessed employer hazard communication programs. Instructed courses at employers request on hazards of various chemicals and use of personal protective equipment to employees. Technical Support Engineer: Novell, Provo, Utah. Supervisor:
Bik Lee, Contractor: Department of Special Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Supervisor: Michael L. Hardman, August 2001 - August 2004. Provide desktop support for faculty and staff as they create web sites for their classes or as they convert existing documents for viewing on the world wide web. Created Distance Learning web site for department. Created tutorial to help faculty and staff learn html. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS: "Feature Editor (Tested Demonstrations )"
for Journal of Chemical Education: Internet, Chair, Central Utah Section of the American Chemical Society, 1996. National Chemistry Week, 1993-1998; "Chemical Magic" shows for general public; involved extensively in publicity including interviews with local newspapers, radio stations, and television stations. School Visit program in conjunction with National Chemistry Week, 1993-1999. Conducted over 200 public outreach visits at schools, libraries, and public events located across Utah. Local Chair, United States National Chemistry Olympiad, 1995 -1999. Presenter, High School Science Day, Brigham Young University, 1994-8. Conference Chair for High School Science Day, Brigham Young University, 1996. Conference Coordinator for High School Science Day, Brigham Young University, 1997-8. Judge, Science Fair, College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Brigham Young University, 1995-8. Section liaison with ACS National Meeting site selection committee during Salt Lake City site visit, July 1996. Resulted in the addition of Salt Lake City to the list of approved sites for ACS National Meetings (2009). Ad-hoc reviewer for the Journal of Chemical Education, 1998 - 2001. Salt Lake Community College Foundation’s “A Teaching Excellence Award.” 2004. Salt Lake Community College TRIO Programs “Shining Star Award,” November 2004. PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Poster, "Visual aid for chemistry: demonstrating Sn1 & Sn2 reactions," R. Valcarce, L. Giddings, P. J. Iles, B. L. Roper, C. Sanders, O. Graybill, A. Schweighardt, R. Baraki, B. Clifford, N. Lawrence, K. May, V. Thipsouven, A. Millet, S. Taylor, and C. Bradford, 2005, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California. Poster, "Establishing a Chemistry Resource Center," P. J. Iles, R. Valcarce, L. Giddings, B. L. Roper, R. Severinsen, N. Lawrence, P. Murphy, 2005, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California. Invited Poster, "Chemical Demonstrations on the World Wide Web," 1998, 216th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. Invited Poster, "The American Chemical Society Central Utah Section Activities," 1997, 214th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Invited presentation, "Chemical Demonstrations and Local Schools: Recent Community Outreach Efforts," Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling (CITES) Workshop, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, December, 1996. Use of NMR Spectroscopy to Monitor Formation of AOT Reverse Micelles in Liquids at Ambient and High Pressure," L .D. Giddings and S. V. Olesik, Langmuir, 10 , 2877 (1994). S. V. Olesik and L. D. Giddings, "The Use of Porous Glassy Carbon for Wall-Coated Open Tubular Columns in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography", The Pittsburgh Conference 1993, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1993. L. D. Giddings and S. V. Olesik, "Fundamental Studies of Reverse Micelles in Pressurized Fluids," seminar, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, November 1992. L. D. Giddings and S. V. Olesik, "Fundamental Studies of Reverse Micelles in Pressurized Fluids," poster, Fourth International Symposium on Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Extraction, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1992. L. D. Giddings and S. V. Olesik, "The Effects of Pressure on the Critical Micelle Concentration of AOT", The Pittsburgh Conference 1992, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1992. L. D. Giddings, S. V. Olesik, L. A. Pekay, and E. Marti, "Retention Characteristics of High Molecular Weight Compounds in Capillary Supercritical Fluid Chromatography", Journal of Chromatography 1992, 603, 205-211. L. D. Giddings and S. V. Olesik, "The Effect of Differential Solvation on Polymer Separations in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography", Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Societies Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, October 1990. |