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Howard Mettee

Dr. Howard Mettee

Professor
Physical Chemistry
330-941-3669
e-mail: hdmettee@ysu.edu
WBSH 5015

B.S.: Middlebury College, VT, 1961

Ph.D.: University of Calgary, 1964

Postdoctoral: National Research Council, Ottawa, 1964-1966, University of Texas, Austin, 1966-1968
    

Research Interests:
Computational chemistry and modeling of active site energetics in enzyme catalysis. Physical and chemical modification of hardwoods and charcoal to enhance water filtration characteristics. And synthesis and evaluation of dimethyacrylate based resins as articular cartilage materials for degraded, weight bearing joints.


Recent Publications:    

“Mechanical and Chemical Modification of Wood Materials – Compressed Wood and Oxidized Charcoal",Patyakin, V.I., Sugaipov, U.U., Birman, A.R., Bazarov, S.M., Pilshikov, Y.N., Spitsyn. A.A., Mettee, H.D., BioResources,, 2008, 3(3), 731-744.

"A Guided Inquiry Experiment for the Measurement of Activation Energies in the Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory," Hutchison, K.M., Bretz, S.L., Mettee, H.D., Smiley, J.A, Biochem. and Mol. Biol. Ed. 2005, 33,123-127.

"AM1 and PM3 Semiempirical Study of the Diels-Alder Reaction Between N-, P-, O-, and S-Substituted Aromatic Heterocyclic Five-Membered Rings With Acrolein," Musslimani, T.H. and Mettee, H.D., J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 2003, 672 ,35-43.

"Purification of Carbohydrate-Containing Substrates from Plant Biomass," Kholkin, Y.I., Viglazov, V., Kind, V., Mettee, H.D., App. Biomass Biotech. 1999, 82, 135-140.

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Department of Chemistry
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Youngstown, OH 44555-3663
Tel: (330) 941-3663
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e-mail: chem@cc.ysu.edu