DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

SEVENTH ANNUAL DEPARTMENTAL SYMPOSIUM

AT THE

PETERSHEIM ACADEMIC EXPOSITION

Tuesday April 8

Poster set-up: 4:30 PM, Chancellor's Suite

PhD Student Seminar – Final Presentation of Doctoral Research - 5:30 PM, Science Amphitheater

Rational Design of Molecular Imprinted Polymers
William P. Fish

 Poster session: 7:00-9:00 PM, Chancellor's Suite.

Original research posters presented by graduate and undergraduate students in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and by research associates in the Center for Applied Catalysis

1.        Protein-DNA Interactions: Structural Relationship Between DNA and the Protein Integration Host Factor, Michael Arent and Richard D. Sheardy

2.        Investigating Synthetic Routes to Metal Tetraaza Phthalocyanines and Tetraaza Phthalocyanines, Carlos Ramirez and Richard D. Sheardy

3.        Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Fatty Acid Langmuir Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Roger McMullen and Stephen P. Kelty

4.        Metal Catalyzed C-N Cross Soupling Reactions: Novel Synthesis of N-Heteroaryl Substituted Isatins, Jamie Talisman and John R. Sowa, Jr.

5.        Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Allylic Alcohols: A Novel Reaction with Chiral Homogeneous Ruthenium Catalysts, Marie G. Beauchamps, Joseph Laquidara and John R. Sowa, Jr.

6.        Nonlinear Effects in the Reduction of Acetophenone Using Borane Reagents Based on a-Pinene, Robert Hartman, Charles W. Moeder and John R. Sowa, Jr.

7.        Analysis of Chiral Alcohols by Esterification with (s)-Naproxen, Li Li and John R. Sowa, Jr.

8.        Selective Deacetylation of ad-Glucopyranose Pentacetate, Cosimo Antonacci, Richard D. Sheardy and Cecilia Marzabadi

9.        Effect of Thiols on the Thiostrepton-Induced Multiple Drug Resistance in Streptomyces lividans, Marissa Healy, Mark Chiu and Richard Sheardy

10.     Synthesis of a Cyclic Tetrasaccharide Dialdehyde using Dess Martin Periodinane, Edwin Vega and Cecilia Marzabadi

11.     Self-Assembly and Characterization of Molecular Squares, Matthew T. Mongelli and W. Rorer Murphy Jr.

12.     High-resolution Liquid Chromatography (HRLC) Coupled On-line with High-resolution Gas Chromatography (HRGC) for Complex Mixtures of Pharmaceutical Compounds, Subhash Patel and Nicholas H. Snow

13.     Self Assembly of Organosilicon Hydrides on Various Metal Hydrides, Roy Helmy and Alexander Y. Fadeev

14.     Investigating the Heat of Formation of the B to Z Transition By Calorimetric Methods, Jaime M. Ferreira and Richard D. Sheardy

15.     Investigation of Model Sell Membrane Disruption by Biocides and Surfactants by Fluorescence Methods, Imara Charles and W. Rorer Murphy Jr.

16.     Synthesis of Sugar Based Oxazolines, Aziridines Oxazolidinines, b-lactams and Oxazoles, Michael DeCastro and Cecilia H. Marzabadi

17.     Investigation of Orthogonal Donor Types in a Glycosolation Reaction on a Polystyrene Resin, Jack Ferguson and Cecilia H. Marzabadi

18.     Solid Phase Approaches to Cyclic Oligonucleosides, Irene Negrete and Cecilia H. Marzabadi

19.     Surface Modification of CaHAP Using Organophosphonic Acids: A Route to Control Adsorption Properties, Susan D’Andrea and Alexander Y. Fadeev  

20.     Covalent Surface Modification of Inorganic Phosphates, Jeffrey J. McElwee and Alexander Y. Fadeev

21.     Evaluation of Retention, Peak Shape, and Resolution for Gradient Elution Reverse Phase HPLC using Finite Difference Simulation, Christopher C. Rinaldi and Joseph T. Maloy

22.     Hydrolytic Stability of Self-Assembled Monolayers Supported on Metal Oxides, Stephen Marcinko and Alexander Y. Fadeev

23.     The Edge Structures of Real Nano-sized MoS2, Changki Kim and Stephen P. Kelty

24.     One and Two-Dimensional Inorganic Polymers: Synthesis and Characterization of Rhenium Complex, Adela Loguidice and W. Rorer Murphy, Jr.

25.     Solid Phase micro-extraction of Drugs in Biological Matrices, Guida Reis and Nicholas H. Snow

26.     Relationship between acid volatile sulfides, redox potential and dissolved oxygen in a polluted wetland, Joy E. Alfano and Carolyn Bentivegna

27.     Kinetics and Function of Organophosphonic Acid Monolayers on Metal Oxide Surfaces, Stephen P. DiBona and Alexander Y. Fadeev

28.     Rational Design Of Imprinted Polymers:  Optimization Of Functional Monomer By Microcalorimetry, Paul Barany, William P. Fish and Nicholas H. Snow

29.     Adsorption of Proteins on Surfaces of Different Energies, Tom Comey and Alexander Y. Fadeev

30.     The Effect of Counteranion Concentration on the Retention of Organic Quaternary Amines, Angela De Leonibus, Yuri V. Kazakevich, Rosario Lobrutto and Alan Jones

31.     Investigating the Heat of Formation of the B to Z Transition By Circular Dichroism, Emily Satkiewicz, Jaime M. Ferreira and Richard D. Sheardy

32.     Poly(methacrolein Oxime) and Poly(methacrolein Oxime Acetate), Frank St.Amand and James E. Hanson

33.     Microwave Synthesis in Suzuki-Cross Coupling Reaction, Joanna Manansala, Nicole Heuschkel and John R. Sowa, Jr.

34.     Studies of Hyperbranched Poly(phenylene sulfide), Julie Griepenburg and James E. Hanson

35.     A Comparison of Conformational Effects of Tertiary Alkyl and Silyl Ethers on Vicinal Diols, Kandace Jones, Michael DeCastro and Cecilia Marzabadi

36.     Investigating the B to Z Transition in DNA, Robert Murphy, Jaime M. Ferreira and Richard D. Sheardy

37.     Adsorption of Proteins on Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces, Thomas Comey and Alexander Y. Fadeev

38.     Oxidation of Primary Alcohols with tert- butylhydroperoxide in the presence of ruthenium complexes, Nagendranath Mahata, Setrak Tanielyan and Robert Augustine

39.     Anchored Homogeneous Catalysts:  Some studies into the nature of the catalytically active species, Pradeep Goel, Stephen Anderson, Jayesh Nair, Clementine Reyes, Yujing Gao, Setrak Tanielyan and Robert Augustine

40.     The Fate of the Diolefin Species During Homogeneous Rhodium Complex Catalyzed Hydrogenations, W. Monillas, R.L. Augustine, P. Goel and J. Nair

41.     Anchored Homogeneous Catalysts: Multi-use and Continuous Applications, C. Reyes, R.L. Augustine, S.K. Tanielyan, S. Anderson, J. Nair, N. Mahata, P. Goel

42.     Solvent effects in the use of anchored homogeneous catalysts for hydrogenation reactions, Clementine Reyes, Yujing Gao, Agnes Zsigmond, Pradeep Goel, Nagen Mahata, Setrak Tanielyan and Robert Augustine  

43.   Synthesis of γ – Nonalactone “Coconut Aldehyde”, The Chemistry 2314 class (Sponsor: John R. Sowa, Jr)

Posted : 3/30/2003 8:30 AM

Last Edited : 02/25/2005 05:24 PM