Carmen J. Giunta

Education

• Ph.D., Harvard University, Chemical Physics (1989).
• M.A., Harvard University, Physics (1984).
• B.S., University of Scranton, Chemistry, summa cum laude with honors (1982).

Research and Teaching Experience

• Le Moyne College, Department of Chemistry, Syracuse, NY (1990-)
  • Professor (2004-)
  • Associate Professor (1996-2004) and Department Chair (1998-2003)
  • Assistant Professor (1990-1996)
  • Courses: physical chemistry lecture and laboratory; "Energy and Environment: a Chemical Perspective" and "Scientific Thought" for non-science majors; general chemistry lecture and lab. Research interests: kinetic modeling of chemical vapor deposition; history of chemistry.
• Harvard University, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, MA
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Roy G. Gordon (1989-1990)
  • Kinetic modeling studies of the chemical vapor deposition of undoped and fluorine-doped tin oxide films from organotin compounds and O₂. Methodology is applicable to other chemical vapor deposition systems as well as to atmospheric and combustion chemistry.
  • Graduate Research Assistant to Prof. Roy G. Gordon (1985-1989)
  • Dissertation title: Detailed kinetic modeling of the chemical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide and tin oxide films. Computer modeling of two-dimensional reaction-diffusion with critical evaluation of available thermochemical and kinetic parameters, addressing fundamental questions of chemical mechanism as well as practical relationships of deposition rates to process control parameters.
• University of Scranton, Department of Chemistry, Scranton, PA (1981-1982)
  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis Research; mentor: Prof. Robert A. Sallavanti
  • Undergraduate thesis title: Computer programs for equilibrium calculations on polybasic acids and mixtures of acids. Project involved numerical computation of concentrations of all species participating in acid-base solution equilibrium with an arbitrary number of components.

Awards

• Norman Hackerman Young Authors' Award by the Electrochemical Society for the best paper published by a young author in Solid-State Science and Technology in the society's Journal in 1990.
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1982-1985). Grant of tuition and stipend funds for graduate studies, awarded on the basis of academic merit.
• Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences "Quantitative exercises based on classic chemistry papers," 2002.

Professional and honorary Societies

• American Chemical Society, Syracuse Section (education committee, 1993-96, committee chair 1995-96; section treasurer 1997-2001)
• Sigma Xi (scientific research society, 1982-)
• Alpha Sigma Nu (national Jesuit honor society, 1981-)
• Phi Lambda Upsilon (national chemistry honor society, 1981-)

Publications and presentations

• L. J. Andrews, A. Lempicki, B. C. McCollum, C. J. Giunta, R. H. Bartram, and J. F. Dolan, "Thermal quenching of chromium photoluminescence in ordered perovskites. I. Temperature dependence of spectra and lifetimes", Phys. Rev. B 34, 2735 (1986).
• Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Carmen J. Giunta, and Roy G. Gordon, "Kinetics of silicon oxide thin film deposition from silane and disilane with nitrous oxide", Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 105, 127 (1988).
• Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, Carmen J. Giunta, and Roy G. Gordon, "A kinetics study of the atmospheric pressure CVD reaction of silane and nitrous oxide", J. Electrochem. Soc. 136, 2993 (1989).
• Carmen J. Giunta, Richard J. McCurdy, Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, and Roy G. Gordon, "Gas phase kinetics in the atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition of silicon from silane and disilane", J. Appl. Phys. 67, 1062 (1990).
• ---, Jonathan D. Chapple-Sokol, and Roy G. Gordon, "Kinetic modeling of the chemical vapor deposition of silicon dioxide from silane or disilane and nitrous oxide", J. Electrochem. Soc. 137, 3237 (1990).
• ---, "Role of species containing at least one silicon-silicon bond in the thermal APCVD of silicon from silane: a kinetics modeling study." Presented at the 201st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Atlanta, GA, April 17, 1991.
• Anthony G. Zawadzki, Carmen J. Giunta, and Roy G. Gordon, "Kinetic modeling of the chemical vapor deposition of tin oxide from tetramethyltin and oxygen," J. Phys. Chem. 96, 5369 (1992). (Also presented at the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., August 29, 1990.)
• Carmen J. Giunta, "On the spatial distribution of gas-phase intermediates in chemical vapor deposition." Presented at the 22nd Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Syracuse, NY, June 22, 1992.
• ---, David A. Strickler, and Roy G. Gordon, "Kinetic modeling of the chemical vapor deposition of tin oxide from dimethyltin dichloride and oxygen." J. Phys. Chem. 97, 2275 (1993).
• ---, "Kinetics Modeling of the Atmospheric-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon Dioxide from Silane and Oxygen." Presented at the 208th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 24, 1994.
• ---, "The Discovery of Argon: a Case Study in Scientific Method." Presented at the 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 24, 1996. Later published as "Using History to Teach Scientific Method: the Case of Argon", Journal of Chemical Education 75, 1322-5 (1998).
• ---, "'Scientific Thought' at Le Moyne College: an Historical Approach to Teaching Scientific Method". Presented at the 214th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 7-11, 1997.
• ---, "Discovery of the Electron: a Centennial Case Study in Scientific Method". Presented at the 214th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, NV, Sept. 7-11, 1997.
• C. J. Giunta and C. A. Trapp, "Homework Problems from the Literature." Presented at the 216th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 24, 1998.
• C. J. Giunta, "J. A. R. Newlands' Classification of the Elements: Periodicity, but no System." Presented at the 216th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 26, 1998. Published in Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 24, 24-31 (1999). A Philosophical Commentary on this article was published in this journal by Eric R. Scerri [26, 124-129 (2001)] along with my response [26, 130-132 (2001)].
• ---, "Bumps on the Road to Chemical Knowledge". Presented at the 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, March 27, 2000. Published as "Using History to Teach Scientific Method: the Role of Errors," Journal of Chemical Education 78, 623-627 (2001).
• ---, "Dulong and Petit: a case of scientific misconduct?" Presented at the 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, April 3, 2001. Published in Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 27, 62-71 (2002).
• ---, "Argon and the Periodic System: the Piece that Would not Fit," Foundations of Chemistry 3, 105-128 (2001).
• ---, "Realism and models in chemical pedagogy" presented at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, August 29, 2001.
• ---, "Integrating History into the Curriculum: Quantitative Exercises" presented at the 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, April 7, 2002.
• ---, "Classic Chemistry: a history resource for chemistry educators," presented at the 224th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 18, 2002.
• ---, "Early atmospheric chemistry: what was up in the air in the 19th century?" presented at the 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.
• ---, "Classic calculations: Quantitative exercises based on historical data," presented at the 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September 2003 and at the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ames, IA, July 2004.
• ---, "Nobel Prizes of 1904," presented at the 228th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2004.
• ---, "Beauty in the Details: The Discovery of Argon," presented at the 2004 Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 28, 2004
• ---, "Ernest Rutherford, Elegant Experiments, and 'Stamp Collecting'," presented at the 2004 Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 28, 2004
• Carmen Giunta and Mary Virginia Orna, "Beautiful chemistry in education: Elegant chemical experiments and their application in formal and informal chemical education," presented at the 2004 Western Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, October 28, 2004
• Carmen J. Giunta, "Beyond refrigeration: the spread of CFCs," presented at 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2005; I organized the symposium, "The Rise and Fall of Chlorofluorocarbons."
• ---, "Linus Pauling, The Nature of the Chemical Bond," presented at 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2005.
• ---, "World Year of Physics 2005: Lessons for chemistry educators?" presented at 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.
• ---, "Thomas Midgley, Jr., and the Invention of Chlorofluorocarbon Refrigerants: It Ain't Necessarily So," Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 31, 66-74 (2006).
• P. W. Atkins, C. A. Trapp, M. P. Cady, C. J. Giunta, Instructor's Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry and Student Solutions Manual for Physical Chemistry, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Sixth Edition, 1998; Seventh edition, 2002; Eighth Edition 2006.
• Carmen J. Giunta, "Thomas Midgley, Jr.: a life in chemical invention," presented at 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 2006.
• Carmen J. Giunta, "Looking ahead: Keeping history of chemistry relevant to the future of chemistry," presented at 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2007; to be published in Bulletin for the History of Chemistry 32, (in press, 2007)
• Seth C. Rasmussen, Carmen J. Giunta, and Misty R. Tomchuk, "History and Nature of Science Content Standards," in Chemistry in the National Science Education Standards, Second Edition, Stacey Lowery Bretz, Ed. Washington: American Chemical Society Education Division, in press 2007.
• ---, "History of chemistry resources on the internet," presented at 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, August 2007; see references