Ronald P. D'Amelia B.S. City College of New York Ph.D., Adelphi University Adjunct Professor Chemistry Department 210 CHPB (New Chemistry Building) Telephone: (516) 463-6278 Fax: (516) 463-6394 email: chmrpd@hofstra.edu

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Links to Courses Taught

• Chem 3A General & Inorganic Chemistry
• Chem 4A, General & Inorganic Chemistry
• Chem 3B, General & Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
• Chem 4B, General & Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
• Chem 131B, Organic Laboratory
• Chem 132B, Organic Laboratory
• Chem 152, Undergraduate Research
• Honors Seminar HUHC 020F – “The Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things: “Polymers and Plastics”

Research Interests

• Using the principles of polymer chemistry and materials science our research focuses on the synthesis and physical characterization of Polyvinyl alkyl esters (PVAe). Specific Research entails the synthesis and characterization of the bulk and dilute solution properties of polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) and Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). The overall goal is the understanding of the structure-property relationships of the polymers and to develop practical industrial applications. Our research experimental laboratory work using various analytical instrumentation to characterize the polymeric properties

Representative Patents and Publications

• D’Amelia, R.P., Nirode, W.F., Stracuzzi, V. article entitled ”Introduction of Differential Scanning Calorimetry in a General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Determination of Specific Heat and Demonstration of the Law of Dulong and Petit, published in the J of Chemical Education, Vol. 85, #1, January 2008
• D’Amelia, R.P., Nirode, W.F., Franks, T. article entitled ”Introduction of Differential Scanning Calorimetry in a General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Determination of the Thermal Properties of Organic Hydrocarbons” published in the J of Chemical Education, Vol. 84, #3, March 2007
• D’Amelia, R.P., Nirode, W.F., Franks, T. article entitled” Introduction of Differential Scanning Calorimetry in a General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Determination of the Molar Mass by Freezing Point Depression” published in the J of Chemical Education, Vol. 83, #10, October 2006
• Scheibach, S., Wei, G., Wu, CD., Aji, K. D'Amelia, R.P., Poster presentation at the 30th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research , Mar 8, 2001 entitled " Effects of Zinc Salts on Oral Pathogens and Oral Malodor"
• D'Amelia, R.P., Scheinbach, S. et.al. Patent # 6,280,769 issued Aug 28,2001 - Breath Freshening Comestible Product and Method of Controlling Breath Malodor-CIP of US patent. Assignee Hershey Foods. Inulin patent
• D'Amelia, R.P., Homcy, J., Deputla, R., Panhorst, D., Bell, J., Hopkins, W., Patent # 6,030,605 issued Feb 29, 2000 - Breath Freshening Compositions and Methods using Them - Commercialized and Trade Marked as Neutrazin
• D'Amelia, R.P., Kumiega, S., article entitled " Polymer Analysis to Improve Chewing Gum", published in Food Product Design, Aug 2000.
• D'Amelia, R.P., Kumiega ,article entitled "More Accurate Analysis of Polymer Properties Helps Improve Chewing Gum" published in Scientific Computing and Instrumentation, Sept 99, pages 23-25

Curriculum Vitae

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