Faculty S. Michael Condren Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Christian Brothers University mcondren@cbu.edu

Education

• University of Missouri - Rolla, class of 1971, Ph.D. in Chemistry
  now called Missouri University of Science & Technology
  
• University of Missouri at Rolla, class of 1967, M.S. in Chemistry
  
• University of Arkansas, class of 1965, B.S. in Chemistry
  
• Van Buren High School, class of 1960, Van Buren, AR.

Employment

• The College of the Ozarks, 1971-1981
• Christian Brothers University, 1981 to 2009

Professional Interests

• Curriculum Vitae
• Physical Inorganic Chemist
• Chemistry of Materials
• Teach Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry courses
• Teach General Chemistry for Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

  Collaborate with University of Wisconsin - Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Interfaces, Education and Outreach group.   At left, LED traffic light used to teach about applications of LEDs.

• LED paper in Aug. 2001 JCE (available on the CBU intranet)
• Collaborate with Dr. David Y. Jeter of Rhodes College in Memphis and Dr. A. W. Cordes of the University of Arkansas in research on
  • Complexes of Copper (II) showing coordination number 5
  • Crystal structure determinations
• Publications

Honors:
Cooper Distinguished Professor of Science 1990-91

Personal Information
Van Buren, Arkansas is located in western Arkansas, across the river from Ft. Smith. Downtown Van Buren in recent years has appeared in numerous movie settings from Civil War TV miniseries The Blue and the Gray to WWII satire Biloxi Blues.