David Coleman Title Associate Professor & Director Central Instrument Facility Division Analytical Education B.A. In Chemistry, Southern Illinois University, 1970 Ph.D. In Analytical Chemistry, 1976 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1967/77 Office Chem 123 Phone (313)577-2586 E-Mail

Dr. Coleman's research is in atomic spectroscopy, especially involving the techniques of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) and also Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). In particular research has focused on the development of new instrumentation that separate the acts of "sampling" and "excitation" both temporally and spatially to analytical advantage. Collaborative work with the Ford Motor Company resulted in new methods to analyze difficult refractory materials for ultra trace elemental analysis using spark-sampling/ICP-MS. Collaborative research with Perkin-Elmer led to the development of a new, electronically-quiet, positionally-stable spark source. He continues to serve as a consultant to corporations and to colleagues in all areas of atomic spectroscopy.

Dr. Coleman is no longer acting as a research advisor for graduate students. Instead he has re-directed his involvement in the research enterprise having recently served as an Associate Chairman of the WSU Chemistry Department which included major responsibility for the recent $25M building renovation. In addition he serves as Director of the University Central Instrument Facility. He is directly responsible for the management of the acquisition and operation of new, state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation for research and training. In the last 5 years many new instruments have been added to the core facility (NMR, Mass Spec, X-ray Crystallography, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, etc.). One of his goals is to make as many instruments 'hands on' accessible to trained users as possible. He also strives to specifically integrate a number of major instruments into upper-level teaching and research for undergraduates.

Dr. Coleman is currently authoring a new textbook dealing with contemporary instrumental analysis. Through current technology part of the concept will be based on relevant contemporary scientific literature. The underlying concept has been tested over many semesters in CHM 5160 (Instrumental Methods of Analysis) and has been well-received by junior- and senior-level students.

Pfeiffer, D., Ximba, B. J., Liable-Sands, L. M., Rheingold, A. L., Heeg, M. J., Coleman, D. M., Schlegel, H. B., Kuech, T. F., and Winter, C. H., Synthesis, Structure, and Molecular Orbital Studies of Yttrium, Erbium, and Lutetium Complexes Bearing 2-Pyrazolato Lingands: Development of a New Class of Precursors for Doping Semiconductors, Inorg. Chem., 1999, Vol. 38, 4539.

Borisov, O. V., Coleman, D. M., and Carter, R. O., Determination of V, Rh, and Pt in Automotive Catalytic Converters Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Spark Nebulization, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 1997, 12 (231-237).

Borisov, O. V., Coleman, D. M., Oudsema, K. A., and Carter, R. O., Determination of Pt, Pd, Rh, and Ti in Automotive Catalytic Converters Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Liquid Nebulization, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 1997, 12(239-246).