Jim Barr, M.S.

Office:
Associates Science Center, Room 128
Phone:
(731) 989-6348
Email:
jbarr@fhu.edu

About

Servant of Christ, loving husband and dad, and a geek's geek who enjoys delving into the physical laws of God through chemistry, physics and mathematics with the aid of computers to try and understand the universe around us more completely.

Education

M.S., Chemsitry, University of Nevada, Reno
B.S., Chemistry, Freed-Hardeman University

Office Hours

Monday - 8:00-9:20 AM; 2:00-5:00 PM
Tuesday - 2:00-5:00 PM
Wednesday - None
Thursday - None
Friday - 8:00-9:20 AM; 2:00-5:00 PM

Class Schedule

General Chemistry - MWF - 9:30-10:20
General Chemistry Lab - T - 7:30-10:20
Physical Chemisty - MWF - 11:30-12:20
Physical Chemistry Lab - W - 2:30-5:20
Physical Chemistry Lab - R - 11:30-2:20

Publications

Journals

"Synthesis, structures, and photoisomerization of (E)- and (Z)-2-tert-butyl-9-(2,2,2-triphenylethylidene)fluorene", J.W. Barr, T.W. Bell, V.J. Catalano, J.I. Cline, D.J. Phillips, and R. Procupez, J. Phys. Chem. A. 109, 11650-11654 (2005).

"Ion imaging studies of product rotational alignment in collisions of NO (X²&Pi_1/2, j=0.5) with Ar", E.A. Wade, K.T. Lorenz, D.W. Chandler, J.W. Barr, G.L. Barnes, and J.I. Cline, Chem. Phys. 301, 261-272 (2004).

"Ion imaging measurement of collision-induced rotational alignment in Ar-NO scattering", J.I. Cline, K.T. Lorenz, E.A. Wade, J.W. Barr, and D.W. Chandler, J. Chem. Phys. 115, 6277-6280 (2001).

"Direct measurement of the preferred sense of NO rotation after collision with argon", K.T. Lorenz, D.W. Chandler, J.W. Barr, W. Chen, G.L. Barnes, and J.I. Cline, Science 293, 2063-2066 (2001).

For commentary on this work, also see:
"Close encounters", F.F. Crim, Science 293, 2014-2015 (2001).
"News of the Week: Which way do they spin?", E. Wilson, Chemical and Engineering News 79(38), 9 (17 Sep 2001).
"Search and Discovery: Experiment and Theory Combine to Probe the Quantum Chemistry of Molecular Beams", C. Day, Physics Today 55(1), 13-15 (Jan 2002).