From freshman year to graduation, students can be trained to use their knowledge from chemistry courses to achieve success in the research laboratory.  Students at Cedar Crest College have been recruited as early as freshman year to embark on research projects in renewable energy from biomass.  Research in this group is focused around liquid phase catalysis for the upgrading of biomass intermediates.  By implementing simple concepts of acid/base chemistry and solution concentrations at the freshman level, and more advanced topics in subsequent years, students have persisted in their intended majors and progressed to be independent researchers with plans for further education in graduate studies.  This presentation will display a successful model of teaching through research to recruit and retain majors, while developing a pipeline of trained, independently-thinking students to feed regional and national graduate programs. <br/>

Development of an undergraduate research program in renewable energy:  A recruitment and retention tool

254th National Meeting (2017)

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