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Ron Haines

 

Ronald Stanley Haines

B.Sc. (Hons 1, University Medal), Ph.D. (UNSW)
Lecturer
First Year laboratory coordinator and IT coordinator, School of Chemistry
E-mail: R.Haines@unsw.edu.au

BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

Born 1956, Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. B.J. Orr, UNSW, 1982-1983; Senior Tutor, School of Chemistry, UNSW 1983-1989; Principal Tutor, School of Chemistry, UNSW 1989-1992; Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, UNSW 1992-present. First Year Laboratory Coordinator 2008-present.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computers applications in chemical education and chemistry. Applications of computers and computer networks to chemical problems including chemical kinetics, data acquisition, and information management. Chemistry-related uses of the Internet. User interfaces for chemical instruments.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Bogaard M.P., Haines R., Raman Intensities and Cartesian Polarizability Derivatives, Mol. Phys, 41(6), 1980, 1281-1289
  • Bogaard M.P., Haines R., On the Determination of the Relative Signs of Polarizability Derivatives, J. Mol. Spectrosc., 90(1), 1981, 287-296
  • Orr B.J., Haub J.G., Haines R., Time-Resolved Infrared-Ultraviolet Double Resonance Studies of Rotational Relaxation in D2CO, Chem. Phys. Letters, 107(2), 1984, 168-172
  • Duval A.B., King D.A., Haines R., Isenor N.R., Orr B.J., Fluoresence-Detected Raman-Optical Double Resonance Spectroscopy of Glyoxal Vapour, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 2(9), 1985, 1570-1581
  • Duval A.B., King D.A., Haines R., Isenor N.R., Orr B.J., Coherent Raman Spectroscopy of Glyoxal Vapour, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 17(2), 1986, 177-182
  • Haines R., Teaching Computer Concepts to Undergraduate Chemists, J. Chem. Educ., 75(6), 1998, 785-787
  • Mori, J., Ngan, E., Haines, R., Woo, D., User-centred design meets Mac OS X: A collaborative project between Computer Science and Engineering and Chemistry. Apple University Consortium Conference, University of Adelaide, 2003.
  • Haines, R.S., Woo, D.T., Hudson, Benjamin T., Mori, J.C., Ngan, E.S.M., Pak, Wing-Yee., Interdisciplinary Educational Collaborations: Chemistry and Computer Science, J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 967.
  • Haines, R.S., Wu, A.H.F., Lamb, R., Hua Zhang, Coffey, J., Huddle, T., Lafountaine, J.S., Lim, Zhi-Jun, White, E.A. and Tuong, N.T., Self-Cleaning Surfaces: A Senior Undergraduate Research Project, J. Chem. Educ. (in press)

Contributing author and chemistry consultant for "Scientifica - The comprehensive guide to the world of science" (Millennium House, Sydney, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-921209-22-2).