Rate My Professor Charles Waring

At the University of Connecticut, Waring significantly expanded the Chemistry Department, growing the faculty from nine to twenty-two members, establishing one of the university's first doctoral programs, and advising twenty-four PhD students and nine MS students. His research focused on chemical kinetics, including studies on reaction rates, thermal decompositions, and surface tensions under pressure. Notable publications include 'Kinetics of the Thermal Decomposition of 1,1,1-Trifluoroacetone' (Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1970, with A.J. Fekete), 'The Effect of Pressure on the Surface Tensions of Liquids' (Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1957, with E.J. Slowinski and E.E. Gates), and 'Revisions for a Precision High Temperature Control Unit' (Review of Scientific Instruments, 1948, with S. Steingiser and G.J. Rosenblit). In the 1960s, he led innovative research on liquid rocket fuels through the UConn Rocket Institute's Project 25, served as technical director at the US Naval Ordnance Test Station in China Lake, California, and was a member of the US Army Scientific Advisory Panel. Waring's enduring impact is honored by the naming of the Waring Research Wing, containing 64 laboratories, in UConn's Chemistry Building in 1998.