2004 XCaliber Individual Award: Ketan Trivedi and Herve Marand

Trivedi, instructor of chemistry, and Marand, professor of chemistry, developed the Chemistry DVD, which provides a fully guided, self-paced learning environment. It provides students with three-dimensional animations and videos of chemical experiments, allowing them to experience a hands-on learning environment through technology.

The DVD also affords a student at a distance the opportunity to view chemical experiments as if they were in a classroom. Students take tests at frequent intervals throughout the lessons to determine their understanding of the material. The DVD has been used on campus and at Virginia Tech sites in Richmond, Abingdon, Northern Virginia, and Tidewater.

Marand has been a member of the American Chemical Society, American Physical Society and Materials Research Society, as well as the Society of Plastics Engineers. He received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award in 1994.

Before coming to Virginia Tech as an adjunct professor, Trivedi was chair of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Health Sciences in Roanoke. Trivedi is the originator, co-author, and publisher of a 3-CD set titled "Mathematical Operations Using a Scientific Calculator, "an interactive DVD titled "Chemistry One," and a multimedia, interactive DVD titled "General Chemistry."

Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (http://www.universityawards.vt.edu/xcaliber/2004ind.html)

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