Danton Nygaard

Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry

Phone (207) 721-5670
Title Visiting Associate Professor
Department CHEMISTRY
Work Location 258 Cleaveland Hall
E-Mail dnygaard@bowdoin.edu
Danton Nygaard: Bowdoin College Chemistry Department

Education:

BA, University of Wisconsin, 1968
PhD, MIT, 1972

Teaching Experience:

Montana State University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Bates College - (18 year break) - U.Mass Boston, Northeastern, Maine Maritime Academy, and now Bowdoin.

Industrial Experience:

Product line management in the analytical instrument industry (Instrumentation Laboratory, Allied Analytical Systems, Thermo Jarrell Ash, and Baird).

Research Expertise:

Atomic spectroscopy (specifically inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy)

Publications:

"Correlation Between Inductively Coupled Plasma and Rotating Disk Electrode Spark Emission Spectrometry for Used Diesel Engine Oils" D. D. Nygaard, F. D. Bulman, and T. J. Alavosus, pp. 77-82, Standard Technical Publication 1109, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1991.

"Analysis of Water for Arsenic, Lead, Selenium, and Thallium by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry at Contract Laboratory Program Levels" D. D. Nygaard and F. D. Bulman, Spectroscopy, 5(1), 39-43 (1990).

"New Developments in Polychromator Plasma Emission Spectrometers" D. D. Nygaard and J. J. Sotera, American Laboratory, July 1988.

"Design of a Sequential Plasma Emission Spectrometer" D. D. Nygaard and J. J. Sotera, American Laboratory, April 1988.

"Determinations Near the Detection Limit: A Comparison of Sequential and Simultaneous Plasma Emission Spectrometers" D. D. Nygaard and J. J. Sotera, Spectroscopy, 3(4), 22-24 (1988).

"Sequential Determinations on a Polychromator Plasma Spectrometer Using Spectrum Offset Software" D. D. Nygaard, A. Grindle, and J. J. Sotera, ICP Newsletter, 14(4), 187-194 (1988).