| Sunday, 4 June 2006: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM | |||
| Red Room, Great Hall (Hershey Lodge and Convention Center) | |||
| Sunday Education Day (SED) | |||
| Undergraduate Research - Posters | |||
| Undergraduate Research Poster Session (Sunday, Evening, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm). Undergraduate students will have the opportunity to present the results of their research, see the research being done at other institutions, and interact with both their peers and professional chemists. The best undergraduate posters will be selected for awards. | |||
| Sponsor: | BASF, Pfizer, Southeastern Pennsylvania ACS Section,Gaylen Bradley, Wilkes University(student award sponsor), ACS Student Affiliate Program, ACS Society Committee on Educaion, ACS Local Sections Activities Committee and Division of Chemical Eduation | ||
| Organizer: | Lyman Rickard | ||
| Presider: | Lyman Rickard | ||
| 30 | Isolation of parvalbumin isoforms from Sheepshead Mohit Sirohi, Loyd D. Bastin, David Coughlin | ||
| 31 | Photochemistry on the Cheap: Convenient, Multi-sample U.V. Irradiation Chamber and Apparatus Rebecca Swett, Gary P. Hiel | ||
| 32 | Statistical Evaluation of Acid-Base Indicators: An Analytical Laboratory Experiment Julie A. Echaluce, Zenab T. Eldreny, Dr. Carolyn Supplee | ||
| 33 | Interaction of fluorenones with indoles: a computational and spectroscopic study Adam J. Poncheri, Swarna Basu | ||
| 34 | Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Phase Transitions in a Mg-Cu Alloy Lorena Tribe, Sadia A. Rogers | ||
| 35 | Visualization of Molecular Dynamics of Copper Kristin J. Adolfsen, Lorena Tribe | ||
| 36 | Determining the solvation characteristics of various dual-solvent systems Ronald H. Strine II, William Steel | ||
| 37 | Anodization and Nanowire Assembly Shoumik Chatterjee, Lyman Rickard | ||
| 38 | Theoretical Calculations of Glyphosate-Montmorillonite Interactions Using Molecular Mechanics George A. Khoury, Lorena Tribe | ||
| 39 | Visualizations of Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Cu-Mg Alloys Balvinder Bharj, Lorena Tribe | ||
| 40 | Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Cu-Mg Andrew J. Modzelewski, Lorena Tribe | ||
| 41 | Determination of Refractive Index Using Laser Pointer: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis Sabrina M. Song, Karina Bairamyan, Alana Doonachar, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 42 | Determination of pKa of Carboxylic Acids Using 13C NMR Spectroscopy Karina Bairamyan, Sabrina M. Song, Alana Doonachar, Jun H. Shin | ||
| 43 | Usage of 13C NMR Spectroscopy to Determine the Isoelectric Points of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solutions Alana Doonachar, Sabrina M. Song, Karina Bairamyan, Jun H. Shin, Gopal Subramaniam | ||
| 44 | Interaction of Chlorambucil analogs with DNA Pagorn Chunmuang, Gopal Subramaniam, Sasan Karimi | ||
| 45 | Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilylphosphite) TMSP: reaction with haloformate Enyinne Liquori, Luis Vargas | ||
| 46 | The isolation, purification, and characterization of an antifreeze protein from the Sea Smelt (Hypomesus japonicus) Ayanah Duhaney, Mohit Sirohi, Loyd D. Bastin | ||
| 47 | Inhibition of calcium sulfate (gypsum) crystals using tetraphosphonic acids Hollis T. Warren, Loyd D. Bastin | ||
| 48 | Preparation and reactions of chiral 2-oxazolinyloxy and 2-imidazolinyloxy-substituted carbanions Shazim Mobin, Sasan Karimi | ||
| 49 | Investigations in Designing a Flavohemoglobin Mimic Karen R. Hatwell, Joanna P. Duckworth | ||
| 50 | Exploring the complexation of aqueous metal ions relevant to biological applications Allison Haigney, Sabrina G. Sobel | ||
| 51 | Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite: TMSP . Synthesis of nitrooxy- donnor bisphosphonates Diego Montenegro, Jorge Ubillus, Luis Vargas, Ralph Stephani | ||
| 52 | Functionalization of nanowire arrays for the development of a biosensor Clare M. Flynn, Rebecca L. Butt, Lyman H. Rickard, Youssef M. Habib | ||
| 53 | Investigation of the characteristics of achiral and chiral ionic liquids Jasmine Hatcher, Leah Rothman, Pooja S. Agarkar, Marie Thomas, Robert Engel, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 54 | Polarity characteristics of ionic liquids Katherine Urena, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 55 | Synthesis, characterization and applications of ether and hydroxyl containing ionic liquids II Hughton Walker, Kijana Kerr, Sofya Penkhasova, Robert Engel, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine | ||
| 56 | Pulsed and Phase-Modulated Measurement of Excited State Lifetimes with a Light-Emitting Diode Daniel G. Ostermayer, David A. Rusak | ||
| 57 | A Nitrogen Analog of 1,1'-Binaphthyl, 8,8'-Biquinolinyl Godwin Kanu, Dale E. Vitale | ||
| 58 | Distribution of Periodontal Pathogens Among Asian Indians with Periodontal Disease Katya Eger, Martine Pericles, Dr. Raji Subramaniam, Dr. Patricia Schneider | ||
| 59 | Distribution of Periodontal Pathogens in Families Cinthia Paul, Dianna Quinteros, Dr. Raji Subramaniam, Dr. Patricia Schneider | ||
| 60 | Probing the interaction between the enzyme dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR), cofactor and inhibitors using spectroscopy techniques Rosa Patricia Rosales, Saida Bibi, Ruel Desamero | ||
| 61 | Respones in stressed bacteria Douglas Cusato, Peter Palenchar | ||
| 62 | Nanoscale morphologies of ring-substituted polyanilines Steve DaSilva, David M. Sarno | ||
| 63 | Selectivity of polyaniline nanofiber morphology via acid concentration Vito Stabile, David M. Sarno | ||
| 64 | Anesthesia sorption in protein films using a quartz crystal microbalance Desiree Eltringham, Ong Vue, S. Rose Mulligan | ||
| 65 | Using a quartz crystal microbalance to measure protein films absorbing anesthesia Tracey Uphoff, Alexandra Turner, Sister Rose Mulligan | ||
| 66 | Murine melanoma cells overexpressing a kinase-defective PKC alpha have disorganized actin structure and reduced phosphorylation of MARCKS Rafael Perez, Regina Sullivan, Susan A. Rotenberg | ||
| 67 | Processing Techniques of Salmon and the Effect on Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Mercury Concentration Michelle Battista, Janet Kaydos Berthel, Kimberley J. Grant | ||
| 68 | Environmental Analysis of New York City Lake Water by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Tiffany L. Cotier, John J. Gilligan | ||
| 69 | Comparison of Caffeine Concentration of Different Type of Teas Utilizing HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) Dmitriy Rybitskiy, Pedro Irigoyen, Dr. Paris Svoronos | ||
| 70 | A simplified preparation of 2-bromoindoles Carl Z. Grunwald, Hernando A. Trujillo | ||
| 71 | Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of a Src Kinsae Inhibitor Justina Chinwong, Thulashie Sivarajah, Sarasi Paramananda, Ruel Z. B. Desamero, Adam A. Profit | ||
| 72 | Understanding the Mechanism Involved in DHPR catalysis Erin Robinson, Tharenie Sivarajah, Vanessa Crevecoeur, Ruel Z. B. Desamero | ||
| 73 | Comparison of proteins isolated from the Haliotis Family of Mollusks Robert Hickey, Justus J. Guerrieri, Ray Clifford, Loyd D. Bastin | ||
| 74 | Determination of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether in Water by Headspace-Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Chrystel Dol, John J. Gilligan | ||
| 75 | A ketogenic diet as a potential novel therapeutic intervention in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Nelson Humala, Zhong Zhao, Donal MacGrogan, Lap Ho, Jason Suh, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, Giulio M. Pasinetti, Jun Wang, Andrei Voustianiouk, Dale J. Lange, Nelson Humala, Dr. Paris Svoronos | ||
| 76 | The binding free energy of amino acids and water Asef Anwarzai, John Gilligan, Daqing Gao | ||
| 77 | The Acidity Constant of N-protonated Proline Methyl Ester Isoken Igbinoghene, Paris Svoronos, Daqing Gao, Patricia Schneider | ||
| 78 | Structure of Acetamide Bryant Pascal, Daqing Gao | ||
| 79 | Tautomerization of Heterocyclic Organic Molecules Vivian Ling, Sasan Karimi, Gopal Subramaniam, Daqing Gao, Paris Svoronos | ||
| 80 | The Calculation of the pKa Value of Acetonitrile in Aqueous Solution Lorena Gomez, Paris Svoronos, Daqing Gao | ||
| 81 | Strain Energy Veronica Ayala, Patricia Schneida, Paris Svoronos, Daqing Gao | ||
| 82 | Heat of Formation Iram Sulten, Daqing Gao | ||
| 83 | Structure of Glycine in the Gas Phase and in Solution Ji Song, Oiwan Chan, Daqing Gao | ||
| 84 | Quantitative Analysis of Hydrocarbons by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Rashida Begum, John J. Gilligan | ||
| 85 | Production of Double Mutant Strains in the Inositol Pathway of Yeast Jodi Meyers, Sylvia L. Johnson, Susan R. Wente, Aimee L. Miller | ||
| 86 | Continuing Investigation of the Composition of a Prescription Brand Drug vs. Its Generic using HPLC-MS Kathryn A. Lysko, Elizabeth P. Crowe, Sarah Crowe | ||
| 87 | Development of a three-experiment lab sequence in beginning organic chemistry John A. Aziz, Meho Jasarevic, Ray A. Gross, Jr. | ||
| 88 | Structural and Solution Characterization of Metal Complexes of Tetra(2,6-dimethoxyphenyl)porphyrins Diane M. Conrad, Jennifer DeCoskey, Jesse Williamson, Matthias Zeller, Edward P. Zovinka | ||
| 89 | Effects of changing self-assembled monolayer composition on cytochrome c electrochemistry Kimberly Schrock, Rose A. Clark | ||
| 90 | Determination of Physical and Chemical Properties of Fluorinated Carboxylic Acids Kelley A. O'Hara, Raymond J. Clifford, Nisreen M. Madhoun, Justin A. Miscavige, Shirley G. Fischer-Drowos, Linda R. Betz | ||
| 91 | Ferrocene based 1,2-disubstituted Lewis acids Andrey Yusupov, Krishnan Venkatasubbaiah, Roger A. Lalancette, Frieder Jäkle | ||
| 92 | Structural and nonstructural characteristics of drugs Veronica Kvarta | ||
| 93 | The choice of an adequate HIV-1 integrase protein for drug development Mike Devine | ||
| 94 | Temperature effects on the diffuse reflectance spectra of nontronite clays R. Brittany Merola, Molly M. McGuire | ||
| 95 | Mechanistic studies in organocatalysis: additions to aldehydes catalyzed by 2-substituted pyrrolidines Daniel J. Smith, Timothy J. Peelen | ||
| 96 | Development of novel C-C bond-forming reactions for the efficient synthesis of Fmoc-protected amines Alison E. Hartman, Cheryl L. Brophy, Timothy J. Peelen | ||
| 97 | A colorimetric assay for monitoring the kinetics of proline-catalyzed additions of azodicarboxylates to aldehydes Eric Nkurunziza, Timothy J. Peelen | ||
| 98 | Efficient conversion of carbohydrate-based lactols to N-amidoglycosides Chriss E. McDonald, Timothy J. Hartingh, Kelly A. Howerter | ||
| 99 | Conventional heating vs microwave irradiation in the dehydration of sodium sulfate decahydrate: a comparative study Daniel Rhoades, Matthew R. Luderer | ||
| 100 | Conventional heating vs microwave irradiation in the dehydration of iron (II) sulfate heptahydrate: a comparative study Lauren Relovsky, Matthew R. Luderer | ||
| 101 | Conventional heating vs microwave irradiation in the dehydration of cobalt sulfate heptahydrate: a comparative study Kathryn Saxman, Matthew R. Luderer | ||
| 102 | Conventional heating vs microwave irradiation in the dehydration of calcium sulfate dihydrate: a comparative study Jennifer Long, Matthew R. Luderer | ||
| 103 | Conventional heating vs microwave irradiation in the dehydration of barium chloride dihydrate: a comparative study David Todd, Matthew R. Luderer | ||
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