Wright State University - Dayton, Ohio
Student Activities / Presentations
2012 Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, June 5-9, 2012, Dearborn, Michigan
Oral Presentations
Adam C. Stahler – "Improving the SERS-based sensing capabilities of silver nanorod thin films: A SERS study on the effects of fabrication temperature," with Piyush Shah, Dr. Andrew Sarangan, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
Catherine B. Anders – "A SERS and SEM-EDX study of the antiviral mechanism of Creighton silver nanoparticles against vaccinia virus," with Adam C. Stahler, Joshua D. Baker, Tai Lam, Tazeen Ahmed, Virgil C. Solomon, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
Joshua Baker – "Spectroscopic investigations of the bone development in chick embryos exposed to sublethal doses of platinum group metals," with Mr. Tai Lam, Adam Stahler, Jennifer Monahan, Marjorie Markopoulos, Jessica Dagher, Dr. Zofia Gagnon, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
Joshua D Baker – “Green” size-selection and concentration of unfunctionalized silver nanoparticles for SERS-based sensing applications," with Catherine B Anders, Adam C Stahler, Austin Williams, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
Adam C. Stahler – "Investigating the abnormal ossification of tibiotarsi of chick embryos exposed to sublethal doses of platinum group metals through micro-Raman spectroscopy," with Jennifer Monahan, Marjorie Markopoulos, Jessica Dagher, Joshua Baker, Tai Lam, Dr. Zofia Gagnon, Advisor – Dr. Ioana E. P. Sizemore
Poster Presentations
Tahiru Sulley Addo – "Effect of Crystal orientation on the Dissolution kinetics of Calcite using a combined Atomic Emission Spectroscopic (AES) and Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) Approach, " with Dr. Mathieu Martin, Dr. Elliot R. Brown, Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
Dennis S.R. Lennaerts – "Dissolution kinetics of gypsum (010) surfaces," with Dr. Matthieu Martin, Dr. Elliott R. Brown, Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
The University of Kentucky, Regional Poster Competition, Undergraduate Research in Chemistry, April 13, 2012, Lexington, Kentucky
Daniel Greene* – “Crown Ether Lithium Phthalocyanine Complexes,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Jeremy Lear* – “Main Chain Alkoxy Substituted PPV,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Ryan Selhorst*, "Utilization of N,N-diethyl 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide for the synthesis of functionalized poly(arylene ether)'s," Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Kristy Wickman* – “Bis(1-Adamantyl)Imidazolium Lithium Phthalocyanine,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Celebration of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities, Wright State University, April 13, 2012
Oral Presentations
Joshua Baker** – "Green" size–selection and concentration of unfunctionalized silver nanoparticles for SERSbased sensing applications," Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Jessica Dagher** – "Transport of Engineered Silver Nano Particles through Saturated Porous Media ," Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Miyong Hughes*–“Nanoscale Modification and Functionalization of Carbon Electrodesfor the Detection of Harmful Organic Chemicals in Water”, Participant in UROP Summer Program 2011 Advisor –Dr. Suzanne Lunsford
Nora Hunter** –“Modeling Second–Order Chemical Reactions using Cellular Automata,” Advisor– Dr.Paul Seybold
Adam Stahler** – "Effects of Substrate Temperature on the SERS–based Sensing Performance of Silver Nanorod Thin Films Fabricated Through Oblique Angle Deposition ," Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Poster Presentations
Daniel Brown** – “Halogenations of Aryl Substituted Sydnones,” Advisor – Dr. Kenneth Turnbull
Mark Duffy** – “Cyclopentadienone Dimers,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Kelsi Eberst* – “Synthesis of Molybdenum Trinuclear Clusters,” Participant in UROP Summer Program 2011, Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic
Andria Fortney* – “Tailoring the Solubility and Thermal Characteristics of Poly(ether etherrketone)s," Advisor— Dr. Eric Fossum
Michael Krol* – “Alkoxyammonium Lithium Phthalocyanines,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Allie Meyerhoefer* – “A Study of the Transport of Different Size Silver Nanoparticles in Saturated Porous Media,” Participant in UROP Summer Program 2011, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Ryan Oostendorp* – “Bis(alkoxyphenyl)cyclopentadienones,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Mehmet Tatli** – “Facile Synthesis of Functionalized poly (arylene ether sulfone)s,” Advisor –Dr. Eric Fossum
Courtney Sutherland** – “Poly(arylene ether)s prepared from functionalized 3,5–difluorotriphenylphosphine oxide,” Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Triet Truong** – “Identifying new haplotypes and potential cryptic species for marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from Hawaiian and Florida sea turtles based on molecular data,” Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
Triet Truong** – “Monitoring the health of Glen Helen Nature Preserve: Can I drink the water?” Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowinAustin Williams* – “Synthesis, characterization and “green” manipulation of unfunctionalized silver nanoparticles for SERS–based sensing applications,” Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
ACS Poster Session, Sponsored by the Dayton Section of the American Chemical Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Ohio Valley Section, April 3, 2012, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio
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Andria Fortney* – “Tailoring the Solubility and Thermal Characteristics of Poly(ether ether ketone)s,” Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Jeremy Lear* – “Main Chain Alkoxy Substituted PPV,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Ryan Selhorst* – “Utilization of N,N-diethyl 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide for the Synthesis of Poly)Arylene Ether)s,” Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Tashiru Sulley Addo** – “Effect of Crystal Orientation on the Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite, Using a Combined Atomic Emission Spectoscopic (ICP-AES) and Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) Approach,” Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
Catherine B. Anders**– “A SERS and SEM-EDX Study of the Antiviral Mechanism of Creighton Silver Nanoparticles against Vaccinia Virus,” with Adam C. Stahler, Joshua D. Baker, Tam Lai, Tazeen Ahmed, Virgil Solomon, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Joshua Baker** – "Synthesis, characteization and “green” manipulation size of
unfunctionalized silver nanoparticles for SERSbased sensing applications,” with Catherine B. Anders, Adam C. Stahler, Austin Williams, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Jessica Dagher** – “A Study of the Transport of Different Size Silver Nanoparticles in Saturated Pourous Media,” with Allie Meyerhoefer, Sushil R. Kanel, and Mark N. Goltz, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Mark R. Duffy**– “Cyclopentadienone Dimers,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Lynn Frock** – "Electrochemical Investigation of Trinuclear Molybdenum Clusters in the Ionic Liquid EMBIF4,” with Linda Ubadigbo, Jessica Davis, Advisor – Dr. Vladimir Katovic
Michael Krol** – “Alkoxyammonium Lithium Phthalocyanines,” with Andrew M. Beauchamp, Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Dennis Lennaerts** – "Dissolution kinetics of gypsum (010) surfaces,” with Matthieu Martin, Elliott R. Brown, Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins
Ryan Oostendorp** – “Bis(alkoxyphenyl)cyclopentadienones,” Advisor – Dr. William Feld
Adam Stahler– "Improving the SERS-based sensing capabilities of silver nanorod thin films: A SERS study on the effects of fabrication temperature",, Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel Sizemore
Courtney Sutherland** – “Poly(arylene ether)s prepared from functionalized 3,5‐difluorotriphenylphosphine oxide,” Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Mehmet Tatli** – “Facile Synthesis of Functionalized poly (arylene ether sulfone)s,” Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum
Triet Truong** – “Identifying new haplotypes and potential cryptic species for marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from Hawaiian and Florida sea turtles based on molecular data,” with Phillip Lavretsky, Advisor – Dr. Audrey McGowin
Triet Truong** – "Monitoring the health of Glen Helen Nature Preserve: Can I drink the water?" Advisor –Dr. Audrey McGowin
American Chemical Society
243rd ACS National Conference–March 25-29, 2012, San Diego, CA.
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Ryan Selhorst*, Poster Presentation, "Utilization of N,N-diethyl 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide for the synthesis of functionalized poly(arylene ether)'s". Advisor—Dr. Eric Fossum
Andria R Fortney*, Poster Presentation, "Tailoring the solubility and thermal characteristics of poly(ether ether ketone)s". Advisor—Dr. Eric Fossum
Courtney Sutherland**, Poster Presentation, "Poly(arylene) ethers prepared from functionalized 3,5-difluorotriphenylphosphine oxide[p]". Advisor—Dr. Eric Fossum
Mehmet Tatli**, Poster Presentation, "Facile synthesis of functionalized poly (arylene ether sulfone)s". Advisor—Dr. Eric Fossum
Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference.University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH, March 24, 2012
Triet Truong** – “Identifying new haplotypes and potential cryptic species for marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from Hawaiian and Florida sea turtles based on molecular data.” with Audrey E McGowin, Philip Lavretsky, Jeffrey L Peters. Advisor –Dr. Audrey McGowin
Bridging Research Communities," Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh, PA., October 22, 2011.
Fadwa Constandinidis** – Poster Presentation, "Poly(arylene ether)s derived from 3,5 difluorobenzotrifluoride".
Andria Fortney* – Poster Presentation, "Tailoring the Solubility and Thermal Characteristics of Poly(ether ether ketone)s". Advisor— Dr. Eric Fossum
Huong Hoang** – Poster Presentation, "Determination of the kinetic parameters of BB'B'' monomers utilized to prepare hyperbranched poly(arylene ether)s," Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum.
Ryan Selhorst* – Poster Presentation, "Utilization of 3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide for the synthesis of poly(arylene ether)s," Advisor – Dr. Eric Fossum.
Catherine Anders** – Poster Presentation, "Comparative cytotoxicity studies of silver nanoparticles and ionic silver in MLO-Y4 and VERO 76 cells," Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel
Joshua Baker** – Poster Presentation, "Estimating the analytical and surface enhancement factors in SERS: A novel physical chemistry and nanotechnology laboratory experiment," Advisor – Dr. Ioana Pavel.
Jessica Dagher** – Poster Presentation, "Spectroscopic investigations of the bone development in chick embryos exposed to sublethal doses of platinum group metals," Advisor –Dr. Ioana Pavel
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*Undergraduate, ** Graduate Student








