Titles:
Assistant Professor
Director, Summer Institute for Young Women
Summary of Expertise:
- Sol-gel metal oxide synthesis
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy and Xray Diffraction analysis of materials
- Electrical behavior of materials in response to gas molecules
Current or Recent Research:
Savage is developing composites of semiconducting metal oxides and conducting polymers, investigating their behavior as chemical sensors for future application in an electronic nose.
Books or Significant Articles Published:
- Nancy Ortins Savage, Sonya Roberson, Greg Gillen, Michael J. Tarlov, Steve Semancik, "Thermolithographic Patterning of Sol-Gel Metal Oxides on Microhotplate Sensing Arrays Using Organosilanes", Analytical Chemistry, 75 (2003) 4360-4367.
- N. Savage, B. Chwieroth, A. Ginwalla, B.R. Patton, S.A. Akbar, P.K. Dutta "Composite n-p Semiconducting Titanium Oxides as Gas Sensors" Sensors and Actuators B, 79 (2001) 17-27.
N.O. Savage, S. A. Akbar, P.K. Dutta "Titanium Dioxide Based High Temperature Carbon Monoxide Sensors", Sensors and Actuators B, 72 (2001) 239-248. - N.J.Ortins, T. Kruger, P.K. Dutta, "Recent Advances in Raman Spectroscopy of Heterogeneous Catalysts" in Analytical Applications of Raman Spectroscopy, M. Pelletier, Editor, Blackwell Science Limited, 1999.
- M.Vitale, N.B. Castagnola, N.J. Ortins, J.A. Brooke, A. Vaidyalingam, P.K. Dutta, "Intrazeolitic Photochemical Charge Separation for Ru(bpy)32+ Bipyridinium Systems: Role of the Zeolitic Structure", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 1999, 103, 2408-2416.
Current or Recent Professional Memberships, Activities or Awards:
- American Chemical Society
- Connecticut Chemistry Collaborative
- National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-2002)
Specific Subjects or Issues Faculty Expert Can Knowledgeably Discuss:
- Solid state gas sensors
- Undergraduate research in chemistry
- Use of technology (such as Tegrity) in the classroom
- Increasing interest of young women in science and engineering fields
Courses Faculty Expert Teaches:
General Chemistry, I and II
Quantitative Methods of Chemical Analysis and Laboratory
Instrumental Methods of Analysis and Laboratory
Physical Chemistry Laboratory, I and II
Materials in Engineering Systems
E-Mail:
nsavage@newhaven.edu
