Ladislav H. Berka, Ph.D.
Graduate Student M.S. & Ph.D. Thesis Advising
- A. Nergararian, "Coordination Compounds of Lead, Iridium, and Cobalt", Ph.D. Dissertation, October 1975, 188 pp.
- C.E. Wheeler, "Coordination Compounds of Iridium", Ph.D. Dissertation, April 1972, 73 pp.
- G.E. Philippon, "The Synthesis, Characterization, and Photoaquation of Phenanthroline Compounds of Iridium(III)", M.S. Thesis, January 1970, 118 pp.
MQP & IQP Project Advising
Senior Research (prior to the WPI Plan; equivalent to present MQP Projects) and MQP Projects - Subjects of these projects and numbers of students completing these projects:
Senior Research
- Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals - 14
- Using Computers to Correct Calculation Errors in the General Chemistry Laboratories; Polywater; and Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals - 1
MQPs
- Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals - 1
- Designing High School Chemistry Lab Experiments - 1
- Acid Fog - 2
- Forensic Science - 10
IQPs
- WPI Resource Aide Program ("Practice Teaching") - Science, including Bilingual Science - 35, Math - 7, Computers - 2, Music - 7, and Phys Ed - 1.
- Science (SAPA II) Inventory - 1
- Effects of SAPA II on Kindergarten Reading Readiness - 2
- Designing and Teaching Metric Workshops - 7
- Metric Surveys - 5
- Chemistry and Magic - 6
- Designing and Building Science Exhibits - 6
- Science and Society (Designing an Omnisphere Program) - 1
- Consumer Product Testing - 3
- Forensic Science - 6
Total number of students: Pre-WPI Plan research projects - 15, MQP Projects - 14, IQP Projects - 89, Grand Total = 118 students. This total does not include students whose projects were incomplete (at least three just requiring a final project report), at least four pre-WPI Plan non-qualifying project students, and several Pre-Qualifying Project (PQP) students.
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