Daniel W. Rowlands
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- School: Anne Arundel Community College
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- Department: Chemistry
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Arnold, MD - 21012 - Dates at Anne Arundel Community College (all campuses): April 2016 - April 2016
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Biography
Anne Arundel Community College ALL - Chemistry
Research Intern at Brookings Metro and
Master's Student in Human Geography at
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
D.W.
Rowlands
I am a graduate student in human geography at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, studying US metropolitan areas and working on a thesis on using publicly available data to identify and classify activity centers and walkable urban places. I regularly write articles for Greater Greater Washington and the D.C. Policy Center on history, transportation, demographics, and urban planning in the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas. I also have a MS in physical chemistry from MIT and experience as a adjunct professor and college lecturer in chemistry.
Experience
Education
California Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Physical Chemistry with Minor in History
Undergraduate research under Prof. Jackie Barton (DNA charge transport) and Prof. Dan Weitekamp (NMR hyperpolarization of biomolecules)Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Master of Science (M.S.)
Physical Chemistry
2009-2010 MIT Presidential Fellow
2010-2011 MIT Energy Fellow
The Catholic University of America
High School Concurrent Enrollment
Calculus III and Differential Equations
I took a concurrent enrollment class on multivariable calculus and differential equations while in high school.University of Maryland Baltimore County
Master's degree
Geography
I am currently working toward a Master's degree in Human Geography at UMBC, focusing on US metropolitan areas and the identification and classification of activity centers and walkable urban places.University of Maryland Baltimore County
Visiting Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry
I had three consecutive one-year appointments as a visiting lecturer in the chemistry department at UMBC, teaching lab and lecture classes in general, analytic, and physical chemistry. During the summers, I also helped run and mentor undergraduates in the SCIART summer research program for undergraduates interested in both chemistry and art preservation.
Publications
Making F_2 Heavy: Activated Etching of Si by van der Waals Molecules
Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces Poster
A study of the mechanism of the neutral gas-phase etching of silicon crystals with fluorine gas and xenon difluoride, with particular emphasis on activation by kinetic energy transfer.
Making F_2 Heavy: Activated Etching of Si by van der Waals Molecules
Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces Poster
A study of the mechanism of the neutral gas-phase etching of silicon crystals with fluorine gas and xenon difluoride, with particular emphasis on activation by kinetic energy transfer.
Producing Safe Spin-Polarized Metabolites for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Caltech Chemistry Department Senior Thesis
An attempt to develop a new method of producing spin-polarized small metabolites (our test case was pyruvate) without toxic contaminants by polarization transfer from Xe-129 for use in magnetic resonance imaging of human subjects.
Making F_2 Heavy: Activated Etching of Si by van der Waals Molecules
Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces Poster
A study of the mechanism of the neutral gas-phase etching of silicon crystals with fluorine gas and xenon difluoride, with particular emphasis on activation by kinetic energy transfer.
Producing Safe Spin-Polarized Metabolites for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Caltech Chemistry Department Senior Thesis
An attempt to develop a new method of producing spin-polarized small metabolites (our test case was pyruvate) without toxic contaminants by polarization transfer from Xe-129 for use in magnetic resonance imaging of human subjects.
Xenon Difluoride Etching and Molecular Oxygen Oxidation of Silicon by Reactive Scattering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Thesis
In my Master's thesis, I discuss past experimental work on the mechanisms by which molecular fluorine and xenon difluoride react with silicon surfaces, and by which xenon difluoride etches these surfaces. I then propose a model of the interaction between incident gas molecules and the surface and discuss results from a numerical simulation I wrote in Python to evaluate this model. I then propose a series of experiments to determine the mechanism by which triplet oxygen molecules are able to dissociatively chemisorb across singlet silicon-silicon dimer bonds to produce singlet products.
Making F_2 Heavy: Activated Etching of Si by van der Waals Molecules
Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces Poster
A study of the mechanism of the neutral gas-phase etching of silicon crystals with fluorine gas and xenon difluoride, with particular emphasis on activation by kinetic energy transfer.
Producing Safe Spin-Polarized Metabolites for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Caltech Chemistry Department Senior Thesis
An attempt to develop a new method of producing spin-polarized small metabolites (our test case was pyruvate) without toxic contaminants by polarization transfer from Xe-129 for use in magnetic resonance imaging of human subjects.
Xenon Difluoride Etching and Molecular Oxygen Oxidation of Silicon by Reactive Scattering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. Thesis
In my Master's thesis, I discuss past experimental work on the mechanisms by which molecular fluorine and xenon difluoride react with silicon surfaces, and by which xenon difluoride etches these surfaces. I then propose a model of the interaction between incident gas molecules and the surface and discuss results from a numerical simulation I wrote in Python to evaluate this model. I then propose a series of experiments to determine the mechanism by which triplet oxygen molecules are able to dissociatively chemisorb across singlet silicon-silicon dimer bonds to produce singlet products.
Silicon Surface Chemistry with Supersonic Molecular Beams
MIT Chemistry Student Seminar
A study of the mechanism of the neutral gas-phase etching of silicon crystals with fluorine gas and xenon difluoride, with particular emphasis on activation by kinetic energy transfer. Also, an introduction to proposed future work on the oxidation of silicon by molecular oxygen.
