The Citadel Chemistry Department

03/31/2026

Yay student presentations at the Spring ACS Meeting!

04/17/2024

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/metal-waste-catalyst-hydrogen-production

This technology aims to deliver ‘the most promising green pathways for hydrogen production’ via electrolysis of water.

04/12/2024

Congratulations to Austin Hronek (BA Chem, 2025)!

Tsuboi Agriculture is the winner of the 10th annual Baker Business Bowl and went home with a $10,000 check to start the business.

03/27/2024

Congratulations to all the presenters at the SFSSM Banquet!

01/31/2024

Wow!

Nanoclusters of krypton and xenon directly imaged at room temperature for the first time thanks to confining layers of graphene

01/31/2024

Congratulations to Blake for getting the highest yield and winning the coveted silver skull!!!!

11/01/2023

Congrats to all of the cadets that went to SERMACS this fall!

10/24/2023

https://www.space.com/asteroid-may-contain-element-beyond-periodic-table-new-study?lrh=7d4cd08a892f492701c28e3231467e92011ff8812f8a80249c6e196afc784f43

Naturally occurring superheavy elements beyond those listed in the periodic table could potentially explain why asteroid 33 Polyhymnia is so dense, new research suggests.

10/19/2023

Woot! At the last weekend workshop cadets saw stoichiometry in action. The cadets made rockets with varying ratios of fuel/oxygen and saw which ratio launched the rockets the furthest!

08/28/2023

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/plastic-upcycle-soap-surfactant

Researchers developed a process to turn plastic waste into surfactants, the key ingredients in dozens of products, including soap.

08/25/2023

Congratulations to all of the summer researchers!