Research Experience for Undergraduates

Research Experiences for Undergraduates Summer Seminar
Friday, August 9, 2002
Brian Bent Memorial Lecture Hall, 209 Havemeyer Hall

EMSI students are in bold.

SESSION I
9:00 - 9:20.	Rachel Hoftyzer (University of Iowa) "Investigation Into the Metal Binding Properties of ROP." Sponsor: Prof. Brian Gibney
9:20 - 9:40.	Adam Garske (University of St. Thomas) "Perylene Chemistry in Molecular Electronics." Sponsor: Prof. David Adams
9:40 - 10:00.	Matthew Hill (Ohio University) "Spectroscopic Determination of Changes in Vesicle Permeability Due to A2E." Sponsor: Prof. Koji Nakanishi
10:00 - 10:20.	Eric McArthur (University of Pittsburgh) "Design and Construction of a Surface Second Harmonic Spectrometer and its Application in Investigating Biological Systems." Sponsor: Prof. Kenneth Eisenthal
Eric McArthur presents his research.
10:20.	Morning Break
SESSION II
10:40 - 11:00.	Aaron Aylor (Hampden-Sydney College) "New Separation Method for Ginkgolides A, B, C, and J." Sponsor: Prof. Koji Nakanishi
11:00 - 11:20.	Jessica Chapman (Scripps College) "An Investigation of the Induction Capabilities of Oxazolidinones in the Enantioselective Formation of Methyldeoxybenzoin." Sponsor: Prof. Nicholas Turro
Jessica Chapman presents her research.
11:20 - 11:40.	Michael Olson (Carleton College) "Determining the Reduction Potential of B(C6F5)3." Sponsor: Prof. Jack Norton
11:40 - 12:00.	Andrew Cavanagh (Fort Lewis College) "Influence of Lauric Acid on the Adsorption of 12-Bromododecanoic Acid at the Liquid Solid Interface as Studied by STM." Sponsor: Prof. George Flynn
Andrew Cavanagh presents his research.
12:00 - 1:00.	Lunch (by invitation only)
SESSION III
1:00 - 1:20.	Matthew Myers (California Institute of Technology) "Oxidation of Magnetite Nanoparticles." Sponsor: Prof. Louis Brus
Matt Myers presents his research.
1:20 - 1:40.	Jessica Raushel (Texas A&M University) "An Enzyme Complementation Three-Hybrid System." Sponsor: Prof. Virginia Cornish
1:40 - 2:00.	Juliette Provenzano (Columbia University) "The Convergent Synthesis of the Dexamethasone-C8-Cephem-Methotrexate Substrate." Sponsor: Prof. Virginia Cornish
2:00 - 2:20.	Jeffrey Carlson (University of Wyoming) "Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfur Ligated Molybdenum and Tungsten Compounds: Progress Towards Homogeneous HDS Mimics." Sponsor: Prof. Gerard Parkin
Jeff Carlson presents his research.
2:20 - 2:40.	Mary Froemming (Carroll College) "Design and Synthesis of Tunable Fluorogenic Substrates." Sponsor: Prof. Dalibor Sames
2:40 - 3:00.	Noah Burns (Columbia University) "A Novel Silacycle Reagent for the Asymmetric Allenylation of Aldehydes." Sponsor: Prof. Jim Leighton