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Sachin Nedungadi, Ph.D.

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Sachin Nedungadi, Ph.D.

Sachin Nedungadi, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor
email:
snedungadi@unomaha.edu
office:
  • DSC 303
office phone:
402-552-3741
area of focus:
  • Chemistry Education, Organic Chemistry

Education

Ph.D., Chemistry Education, University of Northern Colorado
M.S., Organic Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
MSc., Organic Chemistry, Bangalore University
BSc., Chemistry, Bangalore University

Teaching Interests

Organic Chemistry

Research Interests

  • Development and validation of assessment tools in organic chemistry for large-scale assessment of student understanding.
  • Utilizing eye tracking to study student understanding of organic chemistry concepts.
  • Exploring difficulties students face when transitioning from general chemistry to organic chemistry.

Publications

Comito, R.J.; Nedungadi, S. “Drag-and-Drop PowerPoint slides for digital quizzing and active learning in organic chemistry” Journal of Chemical Education, 2026, 103, 5174-5180. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6c00647.

Gamage, S.; Bui, J.; Nedungadi, S.; Mooring, S. “Development of the proton NMR concept inventory (PNCI)” Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 102, 3108-3120. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00026.

 

Michels, O.; Schreurs, D.G.; Nedungadi, S.; Pentecost, T.C.; Kreke, P.J.; Raker, J.R.; Murphy, K.L. “Identification and analysis of item environment effects on organic chemistry multiple-choice exams” Journal of Chemical Education, 2025, 102, 43-52. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c00921

 

Ward, L.; Rotich, F.; Raker, J.R.; Komperda, R.; Nedungadi, S.; Popova, M. “Design, development, and evaluation of the organic chemistry representational competence assessment (ORCA)” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025, 26, 244-258. doi.org/10.1039/D3RP00188A.

 

Tetschner, G.C.; Nedungadi, S. “Psychometric analysis of the resonance concept inventory” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2025, 26, 231-243. doi.org/10.1039/D4RP00170B.

 

Brown, C. E.; Nedungadi, S. “The impact of emotions on student’s learning in a GOB chemistry course” Journal of Chemical Education, 2024, 101(4), 1526-1533. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00891

 

Tetschner, G.C.; Nedungadi, S. “Obtaining validity evidence during the design and development of a resonance concept inventory” Journal of Chemical Education, 2023, 100, 3795-3805. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00335

 

Nedungadi, S.; Shenoy, S. “Impact of cognitive abilities on performance in organic chemistry” Chemistry Teacher International, 2023, 5(3), 263-273. doi.org/10.1515/cti-2023-0012

 

Nedungadi, S.; Brown, C.E.; Paek, S.H. “Differential item functioning analysis of the fundamental concepts for organic reaction mechanisms inventory” Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99(8), 2834-2842. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00242

 

Nedungadi, S.; Michels, O.R.; Kreke, P.J.; Raker, J.R.; Murphy, K.L. “Effect of a representative sample of internally calibrated mental effort and polytomously scored data on representing cognitive efficiency” Journal of Chemical Education, 2022, 99(3), 1326-1335. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00973

    

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