Session: General Papers (36th Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM))

Friday, October 9, 2009: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Wadsworth (Hilton Third Floor)

Presider:

Ellen G. Anderson, Ph.D.

Organizer:

Tyson A. Miller

8:00 AM

Welcoming Remarks

8:05 AM

158

Biochemistry Goes to the Movies
Ellen G. Anderson, Ph.D., Saint Joseph College

8:25 AM

159

Chemistry That Changed History, An Honors Course for Non-Science Majors
David S. Heroux, UMaine at Farmington

8:45 AM

160

How Can We Draw Reasonable Conclusions From Our Measurements?
William Green, Ph.D., E. O. Smith High School

9:05 AM

161

How Chemistry Has Avoided the Follies Present in Physics and Biology
Pal Asija, Our Pal LLC

9:25 AM

162

The Relation of Bond Energies to Bond Orders and Atomic Orbital Populations
George A. Petersson, Fisk Professor of Natural Science, Wesleyan University; Sonia Tulyani, United Technologies Research Center

9:45 AM

Break

10:05 AM

163

Is Biodiesel a Reasonable Alternate Energy Fuel for Connecticut?
James D. Stuart, Emeritus Professor, University of Connecticut; Anthony Provatas, University of Connecticut; Stephanie Clark, University of Connecticut; Lu Han, University of Connecticut

10:25 AM

164

Waste Plastic Converting Into High Energy Content Liquid Fuel
Moinuddin Sarker, PhD, MCIC, Natural State Research, Inc.

10:45 AM

165

Hydrophilic, Conjugatable Hydroporphyrins as Far-Red and near-IR Absorbers
Jayeeta Bhaumik, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Jason R. McCarthy, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Nabyl Merbouh, Simon Fraser University; Ralph Weissleder, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

11:05 AM

166

Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Self-Assembled Clays Nanocomposites for Organic Photovoltaics
Peter N. Kariuki, State University of New york at Binghamton; Jessica Gendron, State University of New york at Binghamton; Christopher M. Madl, State University of New york at Binghamton; Michael R. Topka, Union College; Wayne E. Jones Jr, State University of New york at Binghamton; Michael E. Hagerman, Union College

11:25 AM

Concluding Remarks

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