News and Events:

Thesis Defense:

Dennis Lennaerts,
"Effect of sample history on dissolution rates of gypsum {010} surfaces,"
Monday, April 15, 2013, 2:00 pm, 499 Millett Hall

Michael J. Krol,
"The Synthesis and Anion Exchange Reactions of N–Methyl–N–Alkylpiperidinium Salts"
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 2:30 pm 449 Oelman Hall

Mark R. Duffy,
"The Synthesis and Characterization of 1,3–Bisphenylsulfonylacetone, 2.5–Dicarboethoxy–3,4–di(4–
methylphenyl)cyclopenta–dienone Dimer, and DP–PPV Polymers and Oligomers"
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 2:30 pm 449 Oelman Hall



Jacqueline Bracco – Awarded a GSA Professional Development Grant for travel to attend the 245th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition in New Orleans. The value of the travel award is $400. Advisor – Dr. Steven R. Higgins

Recent Presentations
ACS Local Division, Annual Poster Session and Patterson College Chemistry Awards were held March 12.
Chemistry Awards
Poster Presenters

Recent Chemistry Publications:

Ryan Selhorst and Eric Fossum, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA, Utilization of N,N-diethyl-3,5-difluorobenzene sulfonamide to prepare functionalized poly(arylene ether)s, Polymer, 54 (2013) pp. 530–535.

Man Xu^a, Katie Sullivan^a, Garrett VanNess^a, Kevin G. Knauss^b, and Steven R. Higgins^a, ^aDepartment of Chemistry, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435, United States,
^bEarth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, Dissolution Kinetics and Mechanisms at Dolomite–Water Interfaces: Effects of Electrolyte Specific Ionic Strength, Environ. Sci. Technol., 2013, 47 (1), pp 110–118.

C.B. Anders, J. D. Baker, A. C. Stahler, A. Williams, J. N. Sisco, J. C. Trefry, D. P. Wooley, and I. E. Pavel Sizemore, Tangential Flow Ultrafiltration: A “Green” Method for the Size Selection and Concentration of Colloidal Silver Nanoparticles, Journal of Visualized Experiment, e4167, 2012, 1-9.

Most Recent Master's Graduates:
Thesis are now available for viewing online:
Chemistry Graduate Thesis Page

Jessica Davis
Adam Stahler
Jared Duncan
Joshua Baker
Courtney Sutherland