Contact Information
Office Phone: (717) 948-6129
Fax: (717) 948-6580
Email: the1@psu.edu
Professional Background
Associate Professor of Chemistry, and Program Chair of Environmental Programs
Co-Director
Education
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B. S., Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University
Publications
Eberlein, T. H.; Kampmeier, J.; Minderhout, V.; Platt, T.; Varma-Nelson, P.; White, H. B.
(Corresponding Author) "Pedagogies of Engagement in Science: A Comparison of PBL,
POGIL, and PLTL," accepted for publication in Biochem. Mol. Biol. Educ. 2008, 36(4),
262-273.
Barrows, S. E.; Eberlein, T. H. "Understanding Rotation about a C=C Double Bond," J. Chem. Educ.
2005, 82(9), 1329-1333.
Barrows, S. E.; Eberlein, T. H. "Cis and Trans Isomers of Cycloalkenes," J. Chem. Educ. 2005,
82(9), 1334-1339.
Eberlein, T. H.; Barrows, S. E. "Cis and Trans Isomerization in Cyclic Alkenes: A Topic for Discovery
via Molecula Modeling," J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81(10), 1529-1532.
West, F. G.; Eberlein, T. H.; Tester, R. W. "O-Bridged Medium Sized Rings via Bicyclic Oxonium
Ylides." J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. I 1993, 2857-2859.
Eberlein, T. H.; West, F. G.; Tester, R. W. "The Stevens [1,2]-Shift of Oxonium Ylides:
A Route to Substituted Tetrahydrofuranones." J. Org. Chem. 1992, 57, 3479-3482.
Eberlein, T. H. "The Toppling Box: A Macroscopic Analogy to Single-Step Exothermic Reactions." J.
Chem. Educ. 1990, 67, 26-27.
Invention
Eberlein, T. H. 1996. "Aqueous Dispersions Stabilized from Freeze/Thaw Cycles."
US Patent #5,482,640.