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8/06 – Present |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
Hickory, NC |
| Experience |
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2012 – present) |
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2006 – 2012) |
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Taught several section of general chemistry, both lecture and lab. |
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Taught physical chemistry lecture and lab. |
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Taught inorganic chemistry lecture and lab. |
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Taught computational chemistry lecture and lab. |
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Taught calculus-based general physics lecture and lab. |
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Repaired physical chemistry laboratory equipment. |
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Implemented new physical chemistry and inorganic chemistry laboratory experiments. |
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Implemented new computational chemistry experiments. |
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Implemented new general physics laboratory experiments. |
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Acted as chemical safety officer for science building. |
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1/04 – 5/06 |
Capital University |
Columbus, OH |
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Adjunct Instructor of Physics |
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Taught several sections of general physics labs. |
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Designed, implemented, and set up the labs. |
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6/02 – 6/06 |
The Ohio State University |
Columbus, OH |
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Graduate Research Assistant |
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Designed and manufactured experimental apparatuses for use in the lab. |
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Wrote various computer programs in both C and Fortran. |
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Trained new research group members. |
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Served as laboratory safety officer for the research group. |
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Managed group members on large projects. |
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9/00 – 6/02 |
The Ohio State University |
Columbus, OH |
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Graduate Teaching Assistant |
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Teaching assistant for general chemistry, general chemistry lab, physical chemistry, and physical chemistry lab. |
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Teaching assistant for a graduate level introductory quantum mechanics course. |
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6/99 – 8/99 |
Capital University |
Columbus, OH |
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Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Summer Science Institute |
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Aided in setting up and cleaning physics lab. |
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Aided the professor in designing and implementing new experiments. |
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| Education |
6/06 |
The Ohio State University |
Columbus, OH |
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Chemical Physics |
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Doctor of Philosophy |
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5/00 |
Capital University |
Columbus, OH |
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Chemistry |
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Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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Magna Cum Laude |
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| Publications |
Shaun Williams, The Infrared Enhanced Transmission of Metallic Subwavelength Arrays: Characteristics and Applications. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG; Saarbrücken, Germany. 2009. |
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James V. Coe, Shaun M. Williams, and Kit H. Bowen, “Photoelectron Spectra of Hydrated Electron Clusters vs. Cluster Size: Connecting to Bulk,” International Reviews in Physical Chemistry 27(1) (2008) 27–51. |
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James V. Coe, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, Katherine Cilwa, Joseph Heer, Hong Tian, and Shaun M. Williams, “Metal Films with Arrays of Tiny Holes: Spectroscopy with Infrared Plasmonic Scaffolding,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(47) (2007) 17459–17472. |
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Shannon M. Teeters-Kennedy, Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Katherine Cilwa, Dan Meleason, Alexandra Sudnitsyn, Frank Hrovat, and James V. Coe, “Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of a Stack of Two Metal Micromeshes,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 111(1) (2007) 124-130. |
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Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shaun M. Williams, Matthew A. Young, Shannon Teeters- Kennedy, Joseph M. Heer, and James V. Coe, “Carbon Chains and the (5,5) Single- Walled Nanotube: Structure and Energetics Versus Length,” Journal of Chemical Physics 125 (2006) 194716. |
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Shannon M. Teeters-Kennedy, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Trisha M. Rogers, Keith A. Zomchek, Shaun M. Williams, Alexandra Sudnitsyn, Lauren Carter, Vadim Cherezov, Martin Caffrey and James V. Coe, “Controlling the Passage of Light through Metal Microchannels by Nanocoatings of Phospholipids,” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110(43) (2006) 21719-21727. |
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James V. Coe, Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, Alexandra Sudnitsyn, and Frank Hrovat, “Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of Metallic Arrays of Subwavelength Holes,” Analytical Chemistry, A-Pages 78 (2006) 1384. |
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Shaun M. Williams and James V. Coe, “Dispersion Study of the Infrared Transmission Resonances of Freestanding Ni Microarrays,” Photonics 1 (2006) 87-93. |
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Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Summit Shah, Shaun M. Williams, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, and James V. Coe, “Enhanced Infrared Absorption of Self-Assembled Alkanethiol Monolayers Using the Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of Metallic Arrays of Subwavelength Apertures,” Journal of Chemical Physics 121 (2004) 8671-8675. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, Summit Shah, Trisha M. Rogers, Amanda D. Stafford, and James V. Coe, “Scaffolding for Nanotechnology Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of Metal Microarrays for Stacked Sensors and Surface Spectroscopy,” Nanotechnology 15 (2004) S495-S503. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Amanda D. Stafford, Trisha M. Rogers, Sarah R. Bishop, and James V. Coe, “Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of Cu-Coated Arrays with Subwavelength Apertures: Hole Size and the Transition from Surface Plasmon to Waveguide Transmission,” Applied Physics Letters 85 (2004) 1472-1474. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, Amanda D. Stafford, Sarah R. Bishop, Ushani K. Lincoln, and James V. Coe, “Use of the Extraordinary Transmission of Metallic Subwavelength Arrays To Study the Catalyzed Reaction of Methanol to Formaldehyde on Copper Oxide,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (2004) 11833-11837. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Amanda D. Stafford, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Trisha M. Rogers, and James V. Coe, “Accessing Surface Plasmons with Ni Microarrays for Enhanced IR Absorption by Monolayers,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 107 (2003) 11871- 11879. |
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| Patents |
J.V. Coe, S.M. Williams and K.R. Rodriguez, “Coated Biperiodic Metallic Mesh Arrays with Molecular Monolayers and Lipid Bilayers Thereon,” U.S. Patent #6,863,991 B1, March. 8, 2005. |
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J.V. Coe and S.M. Williams, “Method for Uniform Reduction of Apertures to Micron and Submicron Dimensions Using Commercial Biperiodic Metallic Mesh Arrays and Devices Derived Therefrom,” U.S. Patent #6,797,405 B1, Sept. 28, 2004. |
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| Presentations |
Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Shannon Teeters-Kennedy, Amanda D. Stafford and James V. Coe. “Using the Extraordinary Infrared Transmission of Metallic Subwavelength Arrays to Study the Catalyzed Reaction of Methanol to Formaldehyde on Copper Oxide” at the 59th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 22, 2004. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Kenneth R. Rodriguez, Amanda D. Stafford, Sarah R. Bishop, Ushani K. Lincoln and James V. Coe. “Accessing Surface Plasmons in the Infrared with Metal Microarrays” at the 58th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 16, 2003. |
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Shaun M. Williams, Amanda D. Stafford and James V. Coe. “Using the Unusual Optical Properties of Biperiodic Metallic Meshes to Follow the Chemistry of Methoxy Radical Adsorbed on the Metal Surface” at the 57th International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy, June 20, 2002. |
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| Additional Information |
Elected Vice-President of the North Carolina Academy of Science (2013). |
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Elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Academy of Science (2010-2012). |
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Member of the American North Carolina Academy of Science. |
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Tutored students in general physics, various chemistry courses and calculus during junior and senior years at Capital University. |
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