Washington and Lee University Chemistry Department

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Michael A. Pleva, Ph. D. Chemistry from the University of New Hampshire Telephone Number: (540) 458 - 8822 E-mail: plevam@wlu.edu Office Number: A313

Courses Taught :

• Chem 112 Aqueous Inorganic Chemistry
• Chem 311 Analytical Chemistry
• Chem 106 Nonlinear Dynamics (Chaos)
• Chem 296 Hazardous Materials

Education:

• 1969 Ph. D. in Chemistry, University of New Hampshire
• 1965 M.S. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
• 1963 B.S. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
  

Professional Organizations:

American Chemical Society

Grants:

NSF, Lech, Toxotx. (applied for)

Selected Publications List:

• "An Expert-Database System for Sample Preparation by Microwave Dissolution. 1. Selection of Analytical Descriptors", J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci. 1989, 29, 11-17.
• "The expert system: A tool for the analytical chemist", American Laboratory, October 1988, pp 64-79.
• "An information system for selecting methods of Chemical Analysis", American Laboratory, March 1987, pp 17.
• "Instrumentation and the Total Analytical Process", J. Chem. Ed., Feb 1985
• "Keeping up with the Instrument Explosion", Chem Tech, July 1982, pp 444
• "A Computer-based Compendium for Selected Instrumental Network", Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol 1, No. 11, July 1982, pp 242
• "Instrumentation, Information, and Education", American Laboratory, Dec. 1980, pp 6
• "Atomic Spectroscopy as a Tool in Artifact Analysis in Historic Site Archaeology", Va. Journal of Science, 29, pp 81
• "The Analytical Problems of Pottery Analysis", Va. Journal of Science, 30, pp 65
• "A Computer Information Network for Users of Chemical Instrumentation", J. Chem. Ed., Vol. 57, No. 9, pp A255, Sept. 1980
• "Instrumentation Information Network Project", American Laboratory, May 1980, 95-97

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