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Stanford University Professor Richard N. Zare delivered the two lectures of Clarkson University's Shipley Distinguished Lectureship on April 18 and 19, 2013.
In his first talk, he spoke about "The Chemistry of Drink" in a lecture filled with demonstrations illustrating the world of bubbles, answering questions like "Why do bubbles in a carbonated beverage grow in size when they rise?" and "Do all bubbles in a carbonated beverage rise upward?" He also explained the important place that bubbles occupy in contemporary technology, such as in the recovery of oil from tired oil wells into which bubbles are injected to help lift heavier crude to the surface, much like a raisin can be made to rise in a glass of champagne.
In his second lecture, he presented "Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: A New Way to Make Ultra Sensitive Absorption Measurements. In this talk, he reviewed the physical basis of a cavity-enhanced absorption technique called cavity ring-down spectroscopy and present some striking applications, including the measurement of stable isotope ratios without the use of mass spectrometers.
Zare is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford. He is renowned for his research in laser chemistry, resulting in a greater understanding of chemical reactions at the molecular level. By experimental and theoretical studies Zare has made seminal contributions to our knowledge of molecular collision processes and contributed very significantly to solving a variety of problems in chemical analysis. His development of laser induced fluorescence as a method for studying reaction dynamics has been widely adopted in other laboratories.
The Shipley Lectures are sponsored by the Shipley Family Foundation, with support from Clarkson's Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP).
The Shipley Distinguished Lecture Series was initiated in 1994 through a generous gift from the late Lucia and Charles Shipley through the Shipley Family Foundation. Over that period distinguished speakers from around the world, including eight Nobel Laureates, have presented talks.
The purpose of the lectures is to promote scholarly achievements at Clarkson by providing the opportunity for idea exchange and active learning, as well as allowing undergraduate and graduate students to meet the most prestigious speakers from all over the world.
