Project Title:  Software Programming:  Updating of Custom Program Used to Analyze Photoacoustic Calorimetry Data.

Description:  Photoacoustic Calorimetry (PAC) is a state-of-the-art technique for characterizing energetics and dynamics of reactive intermediates in organic chemistry.  The current software used for signal acquisition and processing was originally developed for an x86 DOS-environment and needs to be ported to be compatible with modern Windows OS, using the Visual Basic suite of applications.  The student who joins this project will work closely with a graduate student, will take over where the previous student left off and will gain knowledge of data acquisition, computer-to-laboratory instrument interfacing concerns, as well as signal processing, and waveform deconvolution algorithims. 

Department:  Chemistry

Contact:  Professor Joseph J. Grabowski (joeg@pitt.edu).  (Group web site:  http://chemed.chem.pitt.edu/joeg)

Renumeration:  Minimum effort of 5 hours per week (at mutually agreeable times) in Chevron Science Center is required although 10 hours per week is preferred.  Compensation is 1 course credit (Chem 1710) per 5 hours per week of effort for the Fall and/or Spring terms.