Patrick E. Fleming Faculty Profile

Patrick E. Fleming

Professor and Chair

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

E-mail: patrick.fleming@csueastbay.edu
Phone: (510) 885-3492
Office: Science N431
Office Hours: MT 1:00-2:00

My research primarily focuses on the areas of Molecular Modeling, and Curriculum Development. In the area of Molecular Modeling, I focus on determining thermodynamic values for systems in which it may be difficult to isolate a specific species, such as chemical intermediates. In the area of Curriculum Development, I am interested in developing computer-aided resources in support of chemistry curricula. I am particularly interested in web-delivery of such resources.

I am also continually working on my OER textbooks for physical chemistry, which I make available free of charge through the Libre Text Project.

Education

Courses

Spring Semester 2025
Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	From	To	Location	Campus
CHEM 352	01	Physical Chem II	TTH	2:45PM	4:00PM	SC-S302	Hayward Campus
CHEM 480	05	Undergrad Research	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus
CHEM 490	05	Independent Study	ARR			ARR	Hayward Campus

Publications

On Simplifying the AIIR Method for Determining the H-R Bond Enthalpy Based on Computational Results. A. Awad and P. E. Fleming, Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research, 18(1), 1-4 (2019)

On Calculating H-R Bond Enthalpies Using Computational Data. R. Khorasani and P. E. Fleming, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1096, 89-93 (2016), DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2016.09.033

The Dissociation of the Ethyl Radical: An Exercise in Computational Chemistry. N. Nassabeh, M. Tran, and P. E. Fleming, J. Chem Ed., 91(8), 1248-1253 (2014), DOI: 10.1021/ed4007748

The Ionization Energies and Simulated Photoelectron Spectra of HPCN and HNCP. S. A. Betterton, A. S. Berka, and P. E. Fleming, Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, 9(1), 189-200 (2010)

Applying Electron Exchange Symmetry Properties to Better Understand Hund’s Rule. P. E. Fleming, Chem. Educator 13(3), 141-147 (2008)

Transition Metal Catalyzed H₂/D₂O Exchange: Distinguishing Between the Single and Double Exchange Pathways. J. L. Carriker, P. S. Wagenknecht, M. A. Hosseini and P. E. Fleming, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 267, 218–223 (2007)

A Quantum Mechanical Game of Craps: Teaching the Superposition Principle Using a Familiar Classical Analog to a Quantum Mechanical System. P. E. Fleming, J. Chem. Ed., 78, 57-60 (2001)

The Ionization Energies of the Isomers of CN₂. J. Armstrong, L. Degoricija, A. Hilderand, J. Koehne and P. E. Fleming, Chem. Phys. Lett., 332(5-6), 591-596 (2000)

The Ionization Energy and DH_f (O K) of CP, PCP and PCCP. P. E. Fleming, E. P. F. Lee and T. G. Wright, Chem. Phys. Lett., 332(1-2), 199-207 (2000)

The Ionization Energy of the Diazomethyl Radical (HCNN). P. E. Fleming, Chem. Phys. Lett., 321(1-2), 129-134 (2000)

Toward Understanding the Role of Stark Effects When Probing the Nuclear Hyperfine States of Atomic Hydrogen, K. T. Lorenz, K. A. Cowen, P. E. Fleming, M. G. Matthews, M. F. Herman and B. Koplitz. Chem. Phys. Lett. 261, 145-154 (1996)

A Reanalysis of the A ¹ P - X ¹S⁺ Transition of AlBr, P. E. Fleming and C. W. Mathews, J. Molec. Spectrosc. 175, 31-36 (1996).

The n₁₁ Band of Cyanuric Fluoride, P. E. Fleming and C. W. Mathews, J. Molec. Spectrosc., 152, 317-327 (1992).

Experimental Evidence for the Role of H₅⁺ in the Formation of Rydberg Levels of H₃ in a Hollow Cathode Discharge, G. I. Gellene, C. E. Krill, P. E. Fleming, and J. L. Hardwick, in Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Symposium on Free Radicals, edited by K. M. Evenson (NBS/SP-716).

Patrick E. Fleming Faculty Profile