Saturday, October 27, 2007: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Ballroom Posters (Greenville Hyatt Regency Hotel)
Undergraduate Program (10)
Meeting in Miniature Posters
Saturday morning will feature the traditional SERMACS Undergraduate "Meeting in Miniature". There will be two large undergraduate poster sessions as well as other activities. Submit abstracts for all undergraduate posters here.
Organizer:John G. Kaup
Spectroscopic Characterization of Lead Complexes of 1-2-pyridylazo-2-Naphthol
Sarah A. Easparam, Gretchen E. Potts
Lanthanide Ion Complexes as Lewis Acid Catalysts
Daren J. Timmons, Albert C. Young
Templating of Nanowire Networks by Triton X-100
Catherine Cook, Jason Manning, Martin Bakker
Cisplatin and Transplatin: Understanding the Trans Effect
Janet L. Shaw, Christopher R. Dockery, Lindsay Harris
The Occurrence of False Positive Tests for Gunshot Residue Based on the Suspect's Occupation
Christopher R. Dockery, Matthew B. Rosenberg, Kimberly Kammerdiener, Lauren E. McAdams, Natalie A. Brutto
Metal Ions Interactions with Meso-Tetrakis(3-Fluoro-2-MethylphenylPorphyrin
Samuel Williams, Victoria Bailey, Adegboye O Adeyemo, Jannie Baker
Metal Complexes of Meso-Tetrakis3-Fluoro-2-Methyl-5-SulfonatophenylPorphyrin
Elliot Going, Adegboye O. Adeyemo, Jannie Baker
Adsorption of Ligand or Iron-Ligand Complex on the Surface of a Carbon Powder
Amirtha Dileepan, Thomas R. Rybolt
Applications of Two-Dimensional NMR to the Study of Cobalt(III) Complexes Containing Tris(2-Aminoethyl) Amine and 1,10-Phenanthroline
Stephanie Baker, Mark McClure
The Effects of Cold Flow Additives on Soy-Based Biodiesel as Determined by NMR Spectroscopy
Marshall B. Bowden III, Adam J. Rieth, Marc Ter Horst
Surface Modification of Gold Nanoparticles Via Self Assembly, Intercalation, and Photopolymerization of Diacetylenes
Jennifer S. Myers, Richard Leach, Timothy Hanks, Laura Wright
Intercalation and Photopolymerization Studies of a Ruthenium Complex with Diacetylene Coated Iron and Flat Gold Nanoparticles
Myra E. Dennis, Beth Wetmore, Robert Benedict, Jennifer S. Myers, Laura Wright, Timothy Hanks
Imidazole Cr(III) Complexes as Model Systems for Cr(III) – DNA Adduct Formation
Sarah K. Goforth, Thomas W. Gill, Christopher J. Priedemann, Jay G. Forsythe, John F. Wheeler, Noel A.P. Kane-Maguire
Dispersion of Cationionic Polydiacetylene Liposomes in Alginate Fibers
Danielle Word, Jennifer S. Kauffman, William T. Pennington, Timothy W. Hanks
Characterization and Surface Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles Coated Long-Chain Diacetylenes
Robert Benedict, Myra E. Dennis, Laura Wright, Timothy Hanks
Effect of UV Irradiation on Polydiacetylene-Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Richard Leach, William M. Pryor, William Gillespie, Laura Wright, Timothy W. Hanks
Automation of Spectrophotometric Titrations and Extraction of Equilibrium Constants
William M. McGee
Theoretical Studies of Multiply Halogen Bonded Systems
Rebecca Gieseking, C. Tony Arrington, Timothy Hanks
New Indole-Based Tridentate and Tetradentate Ligands and Their Metal Complexes
Amna Ali, Katelyn G. Perkins, Addie M. Summitt, Megumi Fujita
The Kinetic of Silver Nanoparticle Formation
Hossein Nanaie, Alicia C. Cooper
Performance of Nanocrystalline Solar Cells Using Various Dyes and Electrolytes
Jennifer Megan Alexander, Ashley Michelle Blasiole, Sharmistha Basu-Dutt
Characterization of Metal-Doped Silica Sol-Gels
Lisa C. Davis, Carole E. Brown
Determining a Cost Effective Coagulant Mixture of Aluminum Sulfate and Polymeric Aluminum Used in Water Treatment
Dayne D. Fraser, Marina Koether
Platinum Thiacrown Complexes with Substituted Diimine Ligands
Marko Bajic, Gregory J. Grant
Palladium Catalyzed N-Arylation of 2-Amino-1-Benzyl-4,5-Dimethyl-3-R-Pyrroles
Carlos P. Griswold, Nisaraporn Suthiwangcharoen, Steven M. Pochini, Chad E. Stephens
Electrocatalysis of Cobalt and Nickel Embedded Nafion Films
Bryce E. Kidd, Brett K. Simpson
Regulation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis in Recombinant E. Coli
Lisa Zhang, Cory Li
Continued Research on the Removal of Trichloroethylene from Contaminated Water Using Ambersorb and Dowex Adsorbents
Jasmine M. Olander, Shogo Mori, Alfred C. Nichols, David A. Steffy
Spectrocopic Studies of Ferrocene Bimetallic Complexes
Crystal L. Mewborn, Dale E. Wheeler
Comparison of Platinum and Palladium Heteroleptic Complexes with 1,4,7-Trithiacyclononane and Group 15 Donor Ligands
Desiree A. Biggers, Gregory Grant
Improving the Anticoagulant Activity of Heparin through Sulfation Using Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfotransferase Isoform 1
Eric C. Li
Diphenylacetylenes as Precursors for Polyelectrolytes
Amanda Sylvester, Michael Ramey
Rare-Earth Doped Polymethylmethacrylate PMMA Bulk Material for Optical Applications
Courtney J. Kucera, Baris Kokuoz, John Ballato
Nondestructive Measurements of Museum Artifacts
Erika L. Sesti, Scott W. Huffman
Sedimentation Behavior of Organic-Inorganic Composites of Titania Nanoparticles and Polymeric Microgels
Reshma Harrinauth, Cecil Coutinho, Vinay K. Gupta
Cloning and Purifying High Fidelity Polymerase from Thermococcus Zilligii
Yutong Chen
Coordination Chemistry of Phosphonite Ligands
Karen Mai, Jason Freeman, Gary Gray
Monitoring Electroosmotic Flow to Improve Capillary Electrophoresis Reproducibility
Katie M. Blumsack, Funda Kizilkaya, Douglass A. Gilman
Development of a Thiolated Polystyrene-Polymethylmethacrylate Random Copolymer
Seth Garett, Martin Bakker, Vincent Franco, Timothy S. Snowden
Detection of Oligomeric Polyphenols in Crude Berry Samples Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry
Nicole Chumbler, Nancy Carter Dopke
Radford University Stormwater Wetland Project
Brooke Francis, Sara Charlton, Joseph Wirgau
Computational Modeling of the H/D Exchange Behavior of Asparagine and Its O-Methyl Ester
Elise Dennis, Brooklynd Saar, Brittany Perkins, John C. Poutsma, Vicki H. Wysocki
Developing a Chemistry Textbook with Havana University InSTEC
Landon Lasseter, Peter Vu, Jeff Felton, Cj Mock, Sofia Ullah Sucar, Vineet Kumar, Thomas Manning, Aurora Perez Gramatges, Geyser Fernández Catá
A Comparison of Trace Organic Vapor Analysis - Static SPME, Dynamic SPME, and Thermal Desorption Methods
Maria Meliza S. De Leon, Robert Boggess, Harold McNair
A Nanoparticle Based Combustion Engine: Theory and Experiment
Jason Lackey, Thomas Manning
Chemistry in a Nanodrop
Caley Allen, Thomas J. Manning
243 Isomers of An Aza-Bucky Bowl
Travis Ireland, Thomas J. Manning, Dennis Phillips, Alan G. Marshall, Jerry Purcell, Carol Nilsson
The Three Nanometer Test Tube. Enkephalins and Ramachandran Plots
C. Bryan, R. Cummings, RE. Cummings, J. Felton, B. Gardner, M. Gathers, T. Ireland, K. Jones, R.D. Jones, G. Kean, KM Owens, T. Peters, SN Robinson, A. Smith, KM Thomas, RN Villait, TA Waldrep, R. Marcus Ware, JR Wyatt, M. Corbitt, RS Epps, I. Gwanfogbe, WL Hoover, J. Jarrard, TM Nguyen, P Lockhart, P. Patterson, K Smith, J. Steed, M. Tang, R. Mo Turner, Thomas J. Manning, James Baxter, Ike Barton, Joseph Newton
Annealing Processes to Flatten Sputtered Gold on Mica – An AFM Study
Johnathan N. Brantley, Stuart C. Burris
Can Video's Be Used in Place of Lab Reports? Biological and Chemical Analysis of the Springs of North Florida
Brandi Gardner, William Wilbanks, Alison Harrell, Travis Waldrep, Travis Ireland, Peter Vu, Chandria Mitchell, Kim Parrish, Michael Corbitt, Chris Beem, Travis Long, James Baxter, Thomas Manning, Walter Rollenhagen, Mike Savoie
AFM Studies of Corona Treated Biaxially Drawn PET Films
Cody R. Morelock, Yamin Htet, Laura L. Wright, Ed Culbertson
Novel Gallium OxalatoPhosphonate Layered Materials
Barry J. Davis Jr., Yue Zhao, Cynthia S. Day, Abdessadek Lachgar
Analysis of Shortened Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes DUE to Oxidation and Subsequent Ultrasonication in An Acidic Medium
Jay Shah, Jordan C. Poler
Zwitterionic Co-Crystals
Lissette D. Marshall, David Weyna, Michael J. Zaworotko
Ions at the Air/water Interface: Inhibition or Enhancement of Neutral Solute Adsorption?
Erin A. Hinson, Katie M. Blumsack, Kelly A. Lawrence, Carmen L. Huffman
MultiAngle Laser Light Scattering: DNA and Nanotubols
Michael Corbitt, Thomas Manning
The Role of Electrospinning to Facilitate Diacetylene Alignment for Polymerization
Lauren Holder, Jennifer S. Kauffman, William T. Pennington
Detection of Oxygenates in Racing Fuel by Gas Chromatography
Amanda Neighbors, Cindy A. Burkhardt
Gas-Solid Chromatography of Branched and Cyclic Hydrocarbons on Carbopack B
Howard E. Thomas, Craig M. Goodwin, Thomas R. Rybolt, Christina E. Wells
Nitrates and Nitrites in Meat
Safiyyah Rashae Hassan
C-13 NMR Chemical Shift Correlations in Mono-Substituted Triphenylarsines
Austin Toman, Eugene Grimley
Resistivity Studies of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films
Laura E. Roberts, Jordan C. Poler
Matrix Infrared Characterization and Photoreactivity of Cis-Hex-3-Ene-1,5-Diyne
Ryon L. Hamilton, Caleb A. Arrington
Effect of Nanocomposite Fire Retardants on CO2 Emissions
Deepak Ravindranathan
NMR Analysis of Titanium Salicylate and Related Compounds
Brenton D. Smith, Rosemary A. Huntley, James W. Hall, Christopher E. Dahm, John R. Wasson
NMR Analysis of Zirconium Salicylate and Related Compounds
Stacy N. Knight, Van Mai, James W. Hall, Christopher E. Dahm, John R. Wasson
Comparative Analysis of Clostridium Perfringens Bacteriophage
Dorea Lintina Pleasant, Robin Kuntz, Greg Siragusa, Bruce Seal
Assembly of Neutral Layered Material with Tantalum Cyanochlorides Clusters and Manganese Terpyridine Complexes as Building Blocks
Mallory Hackbarth, Yue Zhao, Cynthia S. Day, Abdessadek Lachgar
Ligand Substituent Influence on the Spin State of Fe2+ and on the Metal 3+/2+ Redox Behavior of Iron, Ruthenium, and Osmium
Daniel Black, Christina Mayberry, Spencer J. Slattery*
Development of a Quantitative Analytical Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Mixtures of N-Alkanethiols by Mass Spectrometry
Rachel Roberts, Leila Joy Roberson, Brian W. Gregory
Heat of Formation: Traditional Energy Sources Vs. Alternative Energy Sources
Maia Call
Comparison of Theoretical Methods Using Atomization Energies of Hydrocarbons
J. Austin Ellis
Quenching of Excited-State Ruthenium by Various Gases and Iodine
Jack Padley, Lane Schlitz, Clyde Stanton
Calculated pKa of Zn2+ Bound Water in CA Model
Miranda E. Simmons, Robert W. Zurales
Investigation of Five- and Six-Coordinate ManganeseIII Porphyrin Imidazole Complexes by NMR and Absorption Spectroscopy
Gregory Kottkamp, Melissa J. Cannon, David G. Bello, Gigi B. Ray
Preparation of Chemically Etched Tips for Ambient Instructional Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Margot J. Zaccardi, Kurt Winkelmann, Joel A. Olson

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