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This term describes the process of adjusting a molecule to find its most stable form.
What is a geometry optimization?
The university is named after this historical figure.
Who is James Edward Oglethorpe?
Dr. Roessler earned their Ph.D. at this university where the maize and blue weren't just for fashion.
What is the University of Michigan?
This is the type of force described as "pulling" or "stretching"
What is tensile force?
In this hit show, Walter White is a chemist who began manufacturing chemically pure methamphetamine.
What is Breaking Bad?
This quantum chemical method's name means "from the beginning"
What is ab initio?
What beloved Oglethorpe Day tradition is based on a 1981 movie?
What is the Petrels of Fire?
Dr. R made a splash in this sport as a Division III student-athlete when she was in college.
What is swimming?
These molecules change properties when stretched or compressed.
What are mechanophores?
In "The Martian," Mark Watney uses chemistry to produce this vital resource.
What is water?
This point on a potential energy surface is a maximum in one direction and a minimum in another and is often associated with a reaction's transition state.
What is a saddle point?
This vault of history is so ahead of its time, it was sealed to preserve the past for future archaeologists - talk about a cryptic way to make history last!
What is the Crypt of Civilization?
Dr. Roessler's drink of choice is a fitting preference for someone teaching just a few miles away from HQ.
What is Coke Zero?
This class of force-sensitive molecules change color when force is applied.
What are mechanochromes?
This marvel superhero uses chemistry to create a synthetic substance with high tensile strength.
Who is Spiderman?
This term refers to the set of mathematical functions used to describe orbitals.
What is a basis set?
Before it became the Cousins Center, this building was named after a science professor who was previously involved in the Manhattan Project.
What is Goslin Hall?
This student has taken more classes with Dr. Roessler than anyone else in this course.
Who is Jose?
This is the stretchy class of polymers in which mechanophores are often embedded.
What are elastomers?
Popular procedural dramas like Bones or CSI often characterize samples using this analytical technique, abbreviated GC-MS.
What is Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry?
The imaginary line a system follows from reactants to products on a potential energy surface.
What is the reaction coordinate?
It's not just a phase, Mom - this architectural style makes Oglethorpe look like it should come with a fog machine and thunder soundtrack.
What is Gothic Revival?
This is one of the mountainous locations featured on a travel poster in Dr. R's office. (Will accept name of place or country its located in)
What is Lake Bled (Slovenia), Cliffs of Moher (Ireland), or The Pitons (St. Lucia)?
Polymers with this architecture can redistribute stress across multiple connected chains.
What are crosslinked networks?
This 2022 novel turned 2023 Apple TV miniseries tells the story of Elizabeth Zott as she navigates being a woman in Chemistry in the 1960s.
What is Lessons in Chemistry?