Welcome to the Arsenic Project Website for Fall 2006
This site supports the activities of students at UMass Amherst and partner institutions (Forest Park and Chestnut Middle Schools in Springfield) who are engaged in research related to the biogeochemical, environmental and analytical chemistry of arsenic. The site is maintained by the project director, Professor Julian Tyson. The site is currently under construction and was last updated on 4/27/2007 at 3:32 pm.
What happened with fall 2006 program?
Groups, projects and timeline (Excel file) updated 9/20
e-mail addresses
Messages from Prof. Tyson (updated 12/27)
Background paper (updated 9/21) Word file
Measurement of arsenic (updated 12/12)
Research Proposal (Word version)
Guidelines for grading (includes guidelines for final report)
More guidelines for final report
Questionnaire (Word document) (updated 12/3)
Group Reports
Techniques for measuring arsenic (updated 1/28)
Research Proposals (updated 12/18)
Click here to see what the participants in spring 2006 achieved.
Click here to see what the participants in fall 2005 achieved.
Prof Tyson's presentation at the ACS National Conference March 2006
Background to the work: list of possible projects.
Project reports. Guidelines for writing a scientific paper.
Professor Tyson's research group.
This material is based, in part, upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No DGE-0139272 and CHE-0316181. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.