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Undergraduate Poster Session
Presentation Type	Poster
Summary Statement
Set-up 8:30-9:00 Authors at their posters 11:00 - 1:00 Saliva of Humans and Animals as an Alternative Biofluid for NMR-Based Metabonomic Investigations and Diagnostics Teresa A. Soroka1, István Pelczer1, Sarah Ralston2 and Elissa Lappostato2, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, (2)Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Determining the Preferential Interaction Parameter: A Study of Salt Effects on DNA Oligonucleotides Erica R. Bush and A. P. Williams, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ DNA Oligonucleotide Functionalized γ-Fe2O3 Core/Au Shell Nanoparticles as a Means of Selective Magnetic Separations of Mixtures of DNA Rebecca A. Grimme1, John N. Richardson1 and Mary Elizabeth Williams2, (1)Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Shippensburg, PA, (2)The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Interaction of N-methylmesoporphyrin IX NMM with Quadruplex DNA formed from S.cerevisae Telomeric Sequences Erum Azeez and Mahrukh Azam, West Chester University, west chester, PA Liposomes within Giant Vesicles: Methods of Preparation and Characterization Laura Elbakry, Shaila Zaman, Dwight Campbell and Sergey V. Kazakov, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY Time Resolved Exchange of Protons in Polymer Networks Korki M. Miller and Sergey V. Kazakov, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY Probing the Interactions of a Guanidinium Ion with Water John Landers and Margaret Mandziuk, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY Mycotoxin: An FDA Concern Jian Yang1, Paris Svoronos1, Kathryn Emanuele2 and Vincent DiProssimo2, (1)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, (2)Food and Drug Administration, Jamaica, NY Exploring Protein Structure in a Biochemistry Laboratory Experiment Lisa Christadore1, Dean Del Geurcio2 and Amber Flynn Charlebois2, (1)Loyola College, Baltimore, MD, (2)William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ Synthesis of Amino Acid Derivatives of Flavins Karen R. Hatwell, Anthony A. Debraccio, Jeanette M. Krug and Kimberly L. Still, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD Amination of a Flavin Compound Karen R. Hatwell, Tamara C. Ford, Nicole A. Hammerbacher and Justin W. Young, Villa Julie College, Stevenson, MD Computational Prediction of Spontaneous Thermal Resolution in Racemic Biaryl Atropisomers Japeth Demetria, King Tse and Dale E. Vitale, Kean University, Union, NJ Electronic and Geometric Effects of the Cyclopropyl Group in Liquid Crystal Formation Gretchen E. Repaal and George Lorenzo, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA Reductive Isopropylation of Ethanolamine Followed by Condensation with Aldehydes: Observation of Enantiotopic and Diastereotopic Nuclei in the 1H and 13C NMR Spectra of Achiral and Chiral Oxazolidines Shahrokh Saba, Jennifer Espinal, James A. Ciaccio and Courtney E. Aman, Fordham University, Bronx, NY Synthesis and Solution Property Study of Amphiphilic Star-shaped Macromolecules Anthony A. Argenti, Kelly Chang, Jinzhong Wang and Kathryn E. Uhrich, Rutgers University, piscataway, NJ Alternate Method for the Synthesis of Salicylate-Based Poly(Anhydride-Ester) Precursors Kelly Chang and Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Reactivity of Tri(trimethylsilyl)phosphite: Reaction with alpha-lactam Jian Yang1, Ralph Stephani2 and Luis Vargas1, (1)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, (2)St. John's University, Jamaica, NY The Reaction of Triethylamine with Hexachloroacetone: Synthesis, Structure, Characterization and Mechanistic Study of trans-1,1,1-Trichloro-4-N,N-Dimethylamino-3-Buten-2-One Ji In Kang and Jun H. Shin, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY Selectfluor Mediated Rearrangements of Azabicyclic Halides: Ring Size, Halide, and Positional Effects on Neighboring group Participation Ryan A. Centafont, Grant Krow and Deepa Rapolu, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Neighboring Group Carbamate Participation in the Synthesis and Reactions of Dibromo- and Bromo-hydroxy-2-azanorbornanes Kevin C. Cannon1, Asha Mathews1, Nini L. Garcia1, Chirdeep K. Patel1, Ryan A. Centafont2 and Grant R. Krow2, (1)Penn State Abington, Abington, PA, (2)Temple University, Philadelphia, PA Solvent-Free Malonic Ester Synthesis by Mechanochemical Methods Tristan E. Colestock and Joel M. Ressner, West Chester University, West Chester, PA Using NMR Spectroscopy to "Discover" Organic Chemistry Megan James, Holly Haley and Susan Ensel, Hood College, Frederick, MD Determination of the Isoelectric Point of Various Amino Acids in Aqueous Solutions Using 13C NMR Spectroscopy Sabrina M. Song1, Jun H. Shin1 and Gopal Subramaniam2, (1)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, Flushing, NY Computation of Organic Carbon Acids Daqing Gao, Paris Svoronos, Tianchu Xu and Debbie Maddelena, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY Investigation of the Composition of a Prescription Brand Drug vs. Its Generic Using HPLC Elizabeth P. Crowe, Sarah Crowe and Kathryn A. Lysko, Immaculata University, Immaculata, PA Comparison of the Degree of Hotness of Various Hot Peppers using HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography) Tolulope Falope, Paris Svoronos and Pedro Irigoyen, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY Free Radical Chlorination of Benzylic Hydrogens Hector Mavromatis1, Sasan Karimi1, Pedro Irigoyen1, Paris Svoronos1 and David Locke2, (1)Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, Flushing, NY Synthesis of New Types of Quaternary Ammonium Ionic Liquids Heidi Martinez1, Hughton Walker2, Vanessa Hernandez1, Robert Engel2 and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine1, (1)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY Synthesis of ionic liquids containing ether and hydroxyl substituted cations Kijana Kerr1, Hughton Walker2, Vanessa Hernandez1, Robert Engel2 and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine1, (1)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY Synthesis and characterization of chiral ionic liquids Marie Thomas1, Jasmine Hatcher2, Leah Rothman1, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine2 and Robert Engel1, (1)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, (2)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY Investigation of the Structure/Property Relationship of New Ionic Liquids Hughton R. Walker1, Marie Thomas1, Vanessa Hernandez2, Sofiya Penkhasova2, Heidi Martinez2, Kijana Kerr2, Jasmine Hatcher2, Robert Engel1 and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine2, (1)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, (2)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY Investigation of the effect of anion variation on physical properties of new ionic liquids Vanessa Hernandez1, Hughton R. Walker2, Sofiya Penkhasova1, Robert Engel2 and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine1, (1)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY Characterization of the physical properties of new ionic liquids Sofiya Penkhasova1, Hughton R. Walker2, Heidi Martinez1, Jasmine Hatcher1, Vanessa Hernandez1, Robert Engel2 and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine1, (1)Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, NY, (2)Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY Synthesis of G3 PPI Dendrimer Encapsulated Ag Nanocomposites and Their Potential Applications in the Condensation of DNA Jowairia Chaudhry Jr., Alex Chen and Prof. Huixin He, Rutgers University, Newark Campus, Newark, NJ Thermal and Infrared Analysis of Cyanogels Kristin Lammers1, S. A. Gould2, A. B. Bocarsly2 and G. A. Arbuckle-Keil1, (1)Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden, NJ, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Origin of Fine-structure in Absorption Spectra of Cyanine Dyes Anna Zarow and Yeung-gyo Shin, Kean University, Union, NJ Detecting Phase Transitions in Triblock Copolymers Using Solvatochromic Dyes David J. Sierra Jr., Edward W. Castner, Jr., Christian D. Grant and Hideaki Shirota, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ Ultra-sensitive Detection of a Neurotransmitter (Dopamine) Shah R. Ali, Yufeng Ma and Huixin He, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Studies of Molecules Adsorbed on Gold, Silver and Copper Nanoparticles Boon Loo1, Steve Tse1, Wendy Mays1, Nicole Loo2 and Nordulf Debye1, (1)Towson University, Towson, MD, (2)Rice University, Houston, TX Reaction pH and the Evolution of Polyaniline Nanofibers Erika Feldeshi and David M. Sarno, Queensborough Community College / CUNY, Bayside, NY Effect of Dopant Cycling on Polyaniline Nanofiber Morphology Adina Hodes and David M. Sarno, Queensborough Community College / CUNY, Bayside, NY Degradation Media Composition Analysis of Salicylic Acid-Based Poly(Anhydride-Esters) Vivian Ng, Almudena Prudencio and Kathryn Uhrich, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ The PolymIR Library: Development of a Web-Based Resource Anita J. Brandolini, Noelle DeStefano, Betsy Huerta and Kevin Lemire, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ An Indirect Determination of Sulfate by Back-Titration of Barium with EDTA Gregory S. Kowalczyk and Christopher P. Simpson, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT SPE and HPLC Method for the Determination of Aspirin, Acetaminophen, and Caffeine in Aqueous Environmental Samples Scott LeFevre and Stephen C. Waller, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) in a General Chemistry Laboratory Course Ronald P. D'Amelia, Thomas Franks and William F. Nirode, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Correlation of the van’t Hoff Factor with the Concentration of Inorganic Solutes Using Computer Interface Freezing Point Depression Measurements Jorge Ubillus, Pedro Irigoyen and Paris Svoronos, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY A Computational Chemistry Research Program at Community College Level Daqing Gao, Sanwal Mushtaq, Hilda Dan-Archibong and Pochou Chen, Queensborough Community College, Bayside, NY Philadelphia CSI vs. CBS CSI Stacy A. Gibbs, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Why College Freshman Believe Biology Is Easier Then Chemistry and How to Debunk the Myth Stacy A. Gibbs, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Student Affiliate Chapters at Community Colleges Stacy A. Gibbs, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA Reviving an Ailing Student Affiliate Chapter: Community College of Philadelphia Stacy A. Gibbs and Christa Nolsoe, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

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