| Friday, October 20, 2006: 5:00 PM-8:00 PM | |||
| Ground Foyer ( Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel) | |||
| All Undergraduate Poster Session | |||
| Presentation of undergraduate research posters. | |||
| Organizer: | Steven Baldelli | ||
| 278 | Synthesis and Study of a Bimetallic Homogenous Catalyst Christina J. Sweeney | ||
| 279 | “Synthesis and Study of a Bimetallic Homogeneous Catalyst” Christina J. Sweeney | ||
| 280 | THE Effects of pH and Ion-Interaction Reagent on the HPLC Separation of Benzoic Acid, 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid, and Ethyl Paraben Martina Ayad, Isabelle Kusters, Danielle Schwartzenburg, John A. Palasota | ||
| 281 | A greener more industrially friendly synthesis of bis-urea organogelators Kelly M. Wiggins, Andrew J. Carr | ||
| 282 | Analysis and separation of flavonoids in Arabidopsis and cucumber James R. Furr, M. Claire Edwards, James R., Shinkle, Michelle M. Bushey | ||
| 283 | Development of an efficent synthetic route to multi-functional group containing bis-urea organogelators Lloyd M. Jones, Andrew J. Carr | ||
| 284 | Synthesis of Quinoxalines | ||
| 285 | Determination of copper, iron, and zinc in crayfish[procambrus clarkii] by inductively coupled plasma optical emission specrometry Joseph Sneddon, Jason P. Hagen | ||
| 286 | Determination of heavy metals in seafood, soil and sediments in southwest louisiana Michael A. Hamilton, Paul W. Rode, Joseph Sneddon, Mark M. Merchant | ||
| 287 | Synthesis of Chalcone Polymers Wheeler C. Crawford, Louis M. Gillette, Jocelyn John, Tommie C. Simon | ||
| 288 | Fundamental investigations into human hair for drug analyses Danielle Ramirez, Charles A Smith | ||
| 289 | Investigations into alternatives to SPME for purposes of pheromone detection Andrew Martinez, Charles A Smith | ||
| 290 | Development of a fiber optic based hydrogen sensing system Felipe Alvarez, Charles A Smith | ||
| 291 | Method development of a sensitive and inexpensive lead sensing wipe Elizabeth Walther, Charles A Smith | ||
| 292 | Construction and experimentation of a Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube Lizette Gutierrez, Charles A Smith | ||
| 293 | Photocatalytic degradation of nitrate with titanium dioxide Philip J. Carlson, Lori A. Pretzer, Joel E. Boyd | ||
| 294 | A kinetics experiment for NMR: Consecutive reactions with the same rate constant Giancarlo Toledanes, Thomas B. Malloy | ||
| 295 | Photocatalytic degradation of ammonia over platinized titanium (IV) oxide Lori A. Pretzer, Philip J. Carlson, Joel E. Boyd | ||
| 296 | A new proposed photochemical pathway for the indene oxide-isochromene rearrangement Benny E. Arney Jr., Rick C. White, Irisa Danielle Arney, Paula Klima | ||
| 297 | Computational studies of sulfur-selenium heterocycles: preliminary results William M. Davis, Luis Marquez | ||
| 298 | GC-MS and adult mosquito repellency bioassay analysis of volatile components of Monarda species in Oklahoma Joshua D. McCann, Jeff B. Hill, Ricardo Lemus, Abaid Ur Bhatti, J. Tim Smith, Nancy L. Paiva | ||
| 299 | Exploring nanoshell plasmonic behavior beyond the quasi-static limit Allen L. Chen, Felicia Tam, Janardan Kundu, Hui Wang, Naomi J. Halas | ||
| 300 | Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Sanguinaria candensis, Zingiber officinali, and Serenoa repens on the H295R adrenal cortical tumor cell line Marcia K. Peck, Vanessa M. Carey, Adam J. Reinhart | ||
| 301 | Syntheses and characterization of novel µ-benzenedithiol bis(triimineplatinum(II)) complexes Rami J. Batrice, Jessica L. Menke, Wei-Hsuan Chen, Mohammad A. Omary, Bradley W. Smucker | ||
| 302 | Synthesis of sulfonic ester derivatives of Diphenyl ether Michael H. Silveira, Cathrine M. Gros, Raymond L. McDaniels | ||
| 303 | Production of Superoxide Ions by Leukocytes of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Stetson Williams, Ross Hardy, Mark M. Merchant, Mark Merchant | ||
| 304 | Ambient SPM investigations of porphyrin assembly on HOPG Jayne Garno, Mary Loftus V | ||
| 305 | Fabrication of protein nanostructures via latex particle lithography Jayne Garno, Clint Bize | ||
| 306 | Hydro-thermal synthesis and crystal structure of zinc substituted cobalt phosphate open framework Charity Jones, Remi Oki, Xiangdong Qiu | ||
| 307 | Enantiomeric Separations Utilizing Tailored Smectite Clay Katie Clark, LaTisha West, Alyx S. Frantzen, Michele R. Harris | ||
| 308 | Nucleophilic substitution of N-methoxyimidoyl fluorides by enolate-type ions and the imine-enamine equilibrium of the products Derek Linder, Debra D. Dolliver, James E. Johnson, Frank R. Fronczek | ||
| 309 | Synthesis of O-alkylarylhydroximoyl azides Richard Rucker, Debra D. Dolliver, Artie S. McKim | ||
| 310 | Synthesis of asymmetric hydroxamates Tiffany E. Thomas, Debra D. Dolliver | ||
| 311 | Examining the Effect of tail length on bisurea organogel structure using FT-IR Cara M. Barnes, Josh L. Gray, Andrew J. Carr, Karla S. McCain | ||
| 312 | Palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions involving N-alkoxyimidoyl halides and boronic acids Caroline Poche, Debra D. Dolliver | ||
| 313 | Systematic study of hydrogen bonding in model urea compounds using FT-IR Josh L. Gray, Cara M. Barnes, Andrew J. Carr, Karla S. McCain | ||
| 314 | Examining gelation kinetics in a C22-tailed bisurea organogelator by FT-IR Jason M. Cohen, Aaron M. Pierce, Tatjana D. Talamantes, Jimmy Tai, Andrew J. Carr, Karla S. McCain | ||
| 315 | Apoptotic effects of Sanguinari candensis (Blood root) extract in MA-10 Leydig tumor cells Vanessa M. Carey, Marcia K. Peck, Adam J. Reinhart | ||
| 316 | DFT study of the reaction mechanism of Furfural bromination La Toya Williams, Joseph Ifokwe, Huajun Fan | ||
| 317 | The Determination of the CEC of the Special Clay SCa-3 Alyx S. Frantzen, Jason H. Cole, Crystal L. Chang | ||
| 318 | Amino acid analysis on peanuts using a HPLC Kymbra S. Petty, Dr. Julie Marshall | ||
| 319 | The role of catalytic agents in the thermal transformation of disordered carbonaceous materials Danielle M. Buckley, Danny R. Wilks, Candace M. Coyle, Craig P. Marshall | ||
| 320 | Synthetic Studies and X-Ray Crystal Structure of trans-[Ni(N,N-dmen)2(H2O)2]Cl2•2H2O Daniela Ide, Richard E. Norman | ||
| 321 | Interactions of Carbon Nanotubes with a Histidine Containing Designed Peptide Virginia Isabel Buhl, Gregg R. Dieckmann | ||
| 322 | Product profile characterization of a Malus oxidosqualene cyclase Carl S. Onak, McKenzie Smith, Yulia Ivanova, Seiichi P.T. Matsuda | ||
| 323 | Iron Sequestration as an Innate Immune Mechanism in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) Paige Sanders, Jessica Dronette, Jennifer Berken, Mark Merchant | ||
| 324 | Cloning and Characterization of an Arabidopsis Oxidosqualene Cyclase Allie C. Obermeyer, David A. Lynch, Mariya D. Kolesnikova, Quanbo Xiong, William K. Wilson, Seiichi P.T. Matsuda | ||
| 325 | Synthesis and Structural Analyses of Halomethyltirmethylammonium Salts Roosevelt J. Payne III, Michelle O. Fletcher Claville, Frank R. Fronczek | ||
| 326 | Analysis of nutritional components in edible parts of eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis L.) Laura J. Hunter, Michael C. Pilkington, Vanessa M. Andrews, Shelena M. Thomas, Rebekah D. Molina, Nancy L. Paiva | ||
| 327 | Characterization of Helio Oiticica's studio materials as part of a restoration project at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) Nam Nguyen, Cristina Hofmann, Trinanjana Mandal, Thomas B. Malloy, Kenton H. Whitmire | ||
| 328 | Preliminary analysis of metals in the tissues of Mediterranean geckos from southwestern Louisiana Clint Kinney, Terry Sylvester, Andrea DeStories, Kyra Savoy, Anita Morris, Mark Paulissen, Mark Merchant, Gerald Ramelow | ||
| 329 | Chelation of Lead in Coral Calcium Supplements by Green Tea Extract Chester Edlund, Celia Flores-Feist | ||
| 330 | Spectroscopic investigation of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(ethylene glycol) with dissolved borohydride and tetrafluoroborate salts Brett D. Fillmore, Morgan Brown, Charles Collins, Keith Keesee, Shawna S. York | ||
| 331 | The Heat of Combustion of Tetraalkylammonium Exchanged Clays Using Bomb Calorimetry Crystal L. Chang, Alyx S. Frantzen | ||
| 332 | Spectral effects of surface perturbations of green fluorescent protein (GFP) Jennifer Gajan, William Russ, Rama Ranganathan | ||
| 333 | Solution Structure of Pin1-WW Domain Complexed with Phosphorylated Tissue Factor Cytoplasmic Domain Mark A. Herzik, Mehmet Sen, Glen B. Legge | ||
| 334 | Plants, Pollution and the Carbon Dioxide Dilemma Caroline Wallace, Herman Keith, Edward C.M. Chen | ||
| 335 | Gas phase and solution acidities: amino acids Edward C.M. Chen, Mark Sabbagh, Herman Keith | ||
| 336 | Monitoring metabolism of Escherichia coli using capillary electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry J. Westley McHargue, A. J. Fabich, T. Conway, J. Tim Smith | ||
| 337 | Comparative Study of Thermally and Microwave Induced Growth of Saccharomyces in Aqueous Media Stella Von Meer, Karen George, Konrad G. Kabza, Armin A. Kargol | ||
| 338 | Aromatic stabilization energy calculations for carbenes, silylenes, and germylenes of the imidazol-2-ylidene type William C. Herndon, Marco Olguin | ||
| 339 | Evaluating the capacity of creatine to deactivate the reactive chlorine atom in hypochlorous acid Karin J. Brumback, John C. DiCesare, Gordon H. Purser | ||
| 340 | Kinetics of the remediation of chromium(VI)- contaminated groundwater using iron nanoparticles Aaron R. Isley, Parameswar Hari, Gordon H. Purser | ||
| 341 | Aromatic stabilization energy calculations for carbenes, silylenes, and germylenes of the imidazol-2-ylidene type William C. Herndon, Marco Olguin | ||
| 342 | A Comparison of Volatile Organic Compounds in New Homes, Older Homes and Their Outside Environment Alicia Newman | ||
| 343 | Regulation of Stress Genes in Analog Microgravity Elise Nguyen | ||
| 344 | The Effects of Radiation & Cultivar on Soy-Foods Apollonia McMillan | ||
| 345 | Prediction of Myocardial Infarction Based on the Comparisons of Fusion Imaging with Intravascular Ultrasound Edidiong Obot | ||
| 346 | A Study of the Impact of Environmental Estrogens on Algae Cells from a Natural Water Source George Njuguna | ||
| 347 | Regulation of Adaptation Genes in Analog Microgravity Jamail Plumber | ||
| 348 | The synthesis and anion recognition properties of meso-urea functionalized metalloporphyrins Shiloh Free, Josmalen M. Ramos, Kellen Carroll, MariJo Wienkers, Maribel Farrow, Rebecca Roach, Alfreda Nelson, Marius Vulcan, Dmitry M. Rudkevich, Stephen D. Starnes | ||
| 349 | The synthesis of 3,4-dimethyl-2-pentanone Nicole Hawbaker, Debra W. Johnson, William N. Tinnerman II | ||
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