Since the 1940s our nation recognized the strategic need for research and training in nuclear science, nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry for our national security, energy independence, and modern health care. Over time, however, funding to universities and National Laboratories declined in these areas and a manpower shortage resulted. For three decades, the American Chemical Society Summer Schools in Nuclear and Radiochemistry has helped bridge the gap by exposing outstanding undergraduate science and engineering majors to this critical area. As the primary instructor for one of the two summer school sites for many years, Dr. Kinard had a significant impact on the nation's current nuclear workforce. This talk will highlight some of Frank's innovations in the classroom and instructional laboratory and how those innovations are being employed in the radiochemistry courses at the University of Missouri.

Bridging the gap in nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry education

248th National Meeting (2014)

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