About Us

Charles F. Jackels

Charles Jackels
Professor

B.Chem. [Chemistry, 1968, U of Minn]
Ph.D., [Physical Chemistry, 1975, U of Wash]

Phone: 425.352.5368
Email: jackels@u.washington.edu
Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/jackels/
Mailing: Box 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246

Teaching

I teach science courses for both non-science and environmental science majors within the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program and computational science courses within the Computer and Software Systems Program. The common theme throughout these courses is the application of the scientific method to interesting environmental, societal, and philosophical questions.

Recent Courses Taught

BIS 300 Interdisciplinary Inquiry
BIS 358 Issues in Environmental Science
BIS 388 Philosophy and Science of Quantum Mechanics
BES 311 Environmental Chemistry
BES 439 Computer Modeling and Visualization in Environmental Science
BIS 458 Energy, the Environment, and Society

Selected Publications

"Experimental and ab initio investigation of the O-H overtone vibration in ethanol.", Jason D. Weibel, Charles F. Jackels, and Robert L. Swofford, J. Chem. Phys. 117, 4245 (2002)

"Reaction Path Dynamics in Curvilinear Internal Coordinates Including Torsions", with Kiet A. Nguyen and Donald G. Truhlar, J. Chem. Phys. 104, 6491 (1996).

"Reaction-Path Potential and Vibrational Frequencies in Terms of Curvilinear Internal Coordinates", with Z. Gu and D. G. Truhlar, J. Chem. Phys. 102, 3188 (1995).