Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio
Student Activities / Presentations
The 41nd Meeting of the ACS Central Region, June 16 - 18 of 2010, Dayton, Ohio
Oral Presentations
Undergraduate
Kelsey C. Miles – “Microwave-Assisted Michael Additions of N-(arylsulfonyl)pyrroles and – Indoles,” with Benjamin K. Southerland and Daniel M. Ketcha.
Arnoud M. van Duijn – “Synthesis of Haplomyrtin Analogs,” with William A. Feld.
Graduate
Jeffrey D. Fogle – “Restricted Rotation in Ortho-Fluorine Substituted Terephthalates,” with William A. Feld.
Jennifer Monahan – “Toxicity of Platinum Group Metals in Chick Embryo Tibiotarsi,” with Jessica Dagher, Tai Lam, Marjorie Markopoulos, Allie Meyerhoefer, Kent Weaver, Britney NeJame, Jacob Cowley, Robert Slaughter, Larry Burggraf, Zofia Gagnon, and Ioana Pavel.
Rachel Sayers – “Synthesis of Phenylated Alkoxyterephthalates,” with William A. Feld.
Poster Presentations
Undergraduate
Jessica Dagher and Tai Lam – “Toxicity of Platinum Group Metals in Chick Embryo Tibiotarsi,” with Jennifer Monahan, Kent Weaver, Allie Meyerhoefer, Marjorie Markopoulos, Britney NeJame, Jacob Cowley, Robert Slaughter, Larry Burggraf, Zofia Gagnon, and Ioana Pavel.
Rory Korzan – “Quantum Chemical Study of the Energetics and Directionality of Acid-Catalyzed Aromatic Epoxide Ring Openings,” with Brian Upton, Kenneth Turnbull, and Paul G. Seybold.
Disraeli Kusmus –“Poly(arylene Ether)s Bearing Pendant Benzoxazoles,” with Eric Fossum.
Allie Meyerhoefer and Zachary Arnold – “Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles for SERS-Based Biosensing,” with Kent Weaver, Jennifer Monahan, Marjorie Markopoulos, and Ioana Pavel.
Phuong Khanh Quoc Nguyen – “Cyclic Voltammetry Detection of Lead at Crown Ether Modified Electrodes,” with Suzanne Lunsford.
Triet M. Truong – “Identification of Sea Turtle Leeches Using DNA Barcoding,” with Audrey E. McGowin and Adrian M. Corbett.
Graduate
Edur Basha Boyini Palli – “Cellular Automata Model of the Distribution of Gases in the Earth’s Atmosphere,” with Paul G. Seybold.
Daniel Brown – “Formation of a Sydno[3,4-a]indolone and Reactions Thereof,” with Ryan Vikan and Kenneth Turnbull.
Charles M. Clay – “Microwave-Assisted N-Alkylations of Isatins.”
Erik Dihrkop – “Manipulations with Fused-Ring Sydnones,” with Kenneth Turnbull
Jared M. Duncan – “Computational Investigations of Hydrogen Interaction in Carbon Nanopores,” with Rachel S. Aga
Nora E. Hunter – “Towards the Total Synthesis of Haplomyrtin,” with William A. Feld.
Kimberly Kern – “Copoly(arylene Ether)s Carrying Pendant (3-Sulfonated) Phenyl Sulfonyl Groups,” with Fadwa Constandinidis and Eric Fossum.
Raghavendhar Reddy Kotha – “Functionalized, Semicrystalline Poly(ether Ketone)s Via In Situ Modification Chemistry,” with Eric Fossum.
Michael Mante – “Using a Flow-Through Reactor (FTR) To Investigate near Equilibrium Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite and Effects of Sample History,” with Steven R. Higgins and Kevin G. Knauss.
Amber Rumple – “A Two Method Comparison of Acylation Techniques for Sydnones, Using Montmorillonite K-10 Clay or Bismuth Triflate/Lithium Perchlorate under Thermal or Microwave Conditions,” with Kenneth Turnbull and Jennifer Fischer.
S. Chad Skidmore – “Temperature and pH Responsive Polyethyleneimine Systems as Potential Nonviral Gene Vectors,” with Eric Fossum.
Timothy A. Tomashuk – “A Comparison of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Profiles from Pine Needles and High-Volume Samplers To Determine Pine Needles’s Useability as a Sampler,” with Audrey E. McGowin.
