{"id":7543,"date":"2021-10-25T14:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:40:45","slug":"chemistry-professor-goes-under-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/chemistry-professor-goes-under-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemistry professor goes under the hood to bring science to life"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”] [image_with_animation image_url=”7546″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Associate Professor of Chemistry Joe Larkin (far right) watches Alexis Turillo ’22 charge the bomb calorimeter with oxygen. Photo: Angelique Herring ’19<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

It makes perfect sense, Joe Larkin, Ph.D.<\/a>, associate professor of chemistry at Eckerd College says with a grin.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Most people know at least something about how a car works. And many of the basic principles of chemistry and physics are on full display underneath the hood.<\/p>\n

So use a car engine to help explain how chemicals react or how heat is transferred. And then go a step further and bring some engine parts into the classroom. Or even an entire engine. And what about that 1990 Ford F-250 pickup truck that was donated to Eckerd? Use that too.<\/p>\n

These are some of the learning tools Larkin relies on to help his students navigate the world of chemistry and physics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to demystify what we\u2019re talking about,\u201d says Larkin, who teaches General Chemistry I and II as well as Physical Chemistry I and II. \u201cA car is something most people can understand. Well, thermodynamic principles are used in making internal combustion engines more efficient. A real working example is a car engine. It takes in air, there\u2019s a spark and [there\u2019s] a chemical reaction that drives the piston down.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]To underscore his message, he keeps a couple of used pistons in his classroom and his office. \u201cIt\u2019s better when the students actually see a piston, touch it and see all the soot left from the combustion process,\u201d he says. \u201cThen they start getting engaged.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]To keep up with the technology, and just because he likes to solve puzzles, Larkin is never far from an engine. In addition to teaching class, spending time with his wife and two children, and his responsibilities as the chair of the Natural Sciences Collegium, he works several hours a week at Ferman Ford in Clearwater<\/a>. As a certified technician, he does everything from tune-ups to complicated diagnostics.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a passion,\u201d Larkin says. \u201cAnd I learn something new every time I go there. The people I work with are some of the smartest, most clever people I\u2019ve ever met.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joseph Wheeler, a former senior master technician who is now parts and service director at Ferman, says not only does Larkin\u2019s knowledge \u201cgo a long way to help other techs, [but] utilizing pistons or other engine parts to explain how chemistry and physics work is one of the best ways to teach. It brings the principles to life and turns teaching into a demonstration that students can relate to.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s very cool to have Joe as a tech,\u201d Wheeler adds. \u201cHe\u2019ll go the extra mile for anyone.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7563″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Professor Larkin working under the hood, literally.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”7545″ animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Professor Larkin reads the thermometer for the bomb calorimeter. Photo: Angelique Herring ’19<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]There is another, more personal, reason Larkin makes the 45-minute drive to Clearwater. \u201cI grew up poor,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s always been hard for me to pay someone to fix something when I can do it myself. So I learned how to repair cars, and working at Ferman is an extension of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larkin grew up in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, a working class suburb of Philadelphia, and knew at a young age he wanted to study science. \u201cSo I took a chemistry class and liked it,\u201c he says.<\/p>\n

Indeed. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Jefferson University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Georgia with a concentration in quantum chemistry. His postdoctoral training was at the National Institutes of Health<\/a> (NIH), where he worked on methods for studying biochemical systems over different time and length scales.<\/p>\n

His research interests include computational modeling of boron-containing small molecules as saccharide sensors and cancer treatments.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” el_class=”lg_text” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]In 2014, the NIH awarded a $747,000 grant to Larkin and Eckerd College to fund computational modeling of how certain cancer-fighting drugs interact in the human body. It was the first NIH grant ever awarded to Eckerd.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]But there is still general chemistry to teach<\/a>. Luca Montore, a senior biochemistry<\/a> major from Calais, Vermont, took Larkin\u2019s general chemistry class as a first-year student and is in his physical chemistry class this fall. Luca also is a chemistry tutor.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr. Larkin brought in a functioning piston to help us learn about the concepts of thermodynamics\u2014like how pressure, volume and temperature relate to each other,\u201d Luca says. \u201cAnd it was extremely helpful because learning about thermodynamics when you\u2019re looking at a blackboard, it\u2019s just a theoretical concept. But when you see it actually applied in real-world examples like a car engine, it makes it much easier to wrap your head around these sometimes harder to grasp concepts.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yes, he knows about Larkin\u2019s second job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realize how much background information and knowledge of chemistry [are] required in those types of jobs,\u201d Luca says. \u201cAnd it\u2019s cool that Dr. Larkin still makes time for doing something he clearly likes so much.<\/p>\n

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