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2006-7 Academic Year

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Student–Faculty Publication: Roberts, R. T.* (’05); Pfennig, B. W. A Kinetics Demonstration Involving a Green–Red–Green Color Change Resulting from a Large-Amplitude pH Oscillation. Journal of Chemical Education 2006, 83, 1804.

Boschi, V.* (’08); Ellison, M.; Pfennig, B. Cyanoferrate Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, May 16, 2007.

Buckley, L.* (’08); Ellison, M. Reactions of Inorganic and Organic Acids with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, May 16, 2007.

Gasda, P.* (’08); Ellison, M. Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with DNA (Poster). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, May 16, 2007.

Malarchik, J.* (’08); Ellison, M. Addition of Boron to Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, May 16, 2007.

Siedlecka, E.* (’08); Ellison, M. Reactions of Boranes with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA, May 16, 2007.

Darmon, J.* (’07); Hess, R. Isolation and Characterization of Meta and Di-ortho Arylaldoketene Trimers and Their Cyclobutadiene Dication Derivatives” (Oral presentation). Presented at the 71st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemist’s Convention, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, April 14, 2007.

Frey, A.* (’07); Williamsen, E. A Thermodynamic Study of Trends in Retention on a Fluoro-octyl HPLC Stationary Phase (Oral presentation). Presented at the 71st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemist’s Convention, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, April 14, 2007.

Gasda, P.* (’07); Ellison, M. Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with DNA (Oral presentation). Presented at the 71st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemist’s Convention, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, April 14, 2007.

Norris, M.* (’08); Pfennig, B. Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of Pentanuclear RuFePtFeRu Mixed Valence Coordination Compounds (Oral presentation). Presented at the 71st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemist’s Convention, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, April 14, 2007.

Wittenberg, J.* (’07); Hess, R. Synthesis and Characterization of Two Aldoketenes and Their Derivatives: 1-Naphthylketene and t-Butylketene (Oral presentation). Presented at the 71st Annual Intercollegiate Student Chemist’s Convention, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, April 14, 2007.

Silverman, J.* (’07); Williamsen, E. GC/MS Measurements of Alkyl Alcohol Uptake in Weakly-Electric Fish and Goldfish (Poster). Presented at the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, Philadelphia, PA. March 30, 2007.

Frey, A.* (’07); Williamsen, E. A Thermodynamic Comparison of Methanol and Acetonitrile as Mobile Phases in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Poster). Presented at the 58th Annual Pittsburgh Conference; Chicago, IL, February 27, 2007.

Silverman, J.* (’07); Williamsen, E. GC/MS Measurements of Alkyl Alcohol Uptake in Weakly-Electric Fish and Goldfish (Poster). Presented at the 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, February 17, 2007.

Gasda, P.* (‘07); Ellison, M. Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with DNA (Poster). Presented at the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society 2nd Annual Undergraduate Student Poster Session, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, January 18, 2007.

Siedlecka, E.* (’08); Ellison, M. The Reactions of Boranes with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the Philadelphia Section of the American Chemical Society 2nd Annual Undergraduate Student Poster Session, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA, January 18, 2007.

Silverman, J.* (’07); Williamsen, E. GC/MS Measurements of Alkyl Alcohol Uptake in Weakly-Electric Fish and Goldfish (Oral presentation). Presented at the 42nd Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 16, 2006.

Frey, A.* (’07); Williamsen, E. A Thermodynamic Comparison of Methanol and Acetonitrile as Mobile Phases in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (Poster). Presented at the 42nd Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 14, 2006.

Monk, J.* (’07); Williamsen, E. GC/MS Analysis of Blood Alcohol Concentrations in Anesthetized Goldfish Given Variable Time for Recovery (Poster). Presented at the 42nd Eastern Analytical Symposium. Somerset, NJ, November 13, 2006.

Gasda, P.* (’07); Ellison, M. Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with DNA (Poster). Presented at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, October 14, 2006.

Siedlecka, E.* (’08); Ellison, M. The Reactions of Boranes with Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (Poster). Presented at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, October 14, 2006.

Silverman, J.* (’07); Williamsen, E. GC/MS Measurements of Alkyl Alcohol Uptake in Weakly-Electric Fish and Goldfish (Poster). Presented at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, October 14, 2006.

2005-6 Academic Year

Barbara Hale (’06), Comparison of the Retention of Aromatic Compounds on Fluoro Octyl and Octyl HPLC Stationary Phases, Presented at the 2005 Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset NJ, November 15, 2005.

David Thomas (’06), The Thermodynamics of Aromatic Compound Retention on Fluorophenyl HPLC Stationary Phases, Presented at the 2005 Eastern Analytical Symposium, November 14, 2005.

David Thomas (’06), A Mobile Phase Study for Phenyl and Fluorophenyl Stationary Phases in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Presented at the 8th Annual University of Maryland-Baltimore County Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2005.

Alexander Frey (’07), A Thermodynamic Comparison of Methanol and Acetonitrile as Mobile Phases on Fluoro-Octyl and Octyl Stationary Phases in High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, Presented at the 8th Annual University of Maryland-Baltimore County Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2005.

2004-5 Academic Year

Yan Liang (’05), Thermodynamic Study of Octyl and Analogous Fluorinated Octyl Stationary Phases, Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Elliott Hulley (’05), Synthesis and Characterization of ortho-Substituted Phenylketene Trimers and Their Derivatives, Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Kevin Sylvester (’05), The Chemistry of para-Alkoxyphenylketenes, Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Daniel Iwaniuk, An Attempted Synthesis of Dihydrosorgoleone (SXSg), Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Raymond DeHont (’05), Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Hydrogenase Model Complexes, Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Kelsey McNeely (’05), Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Model Complexes for the Fe-hydrogenase Active Site, Intercollegiate Student Chemists’ Convention, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, April 16, 2005.

Lori Kandrick (’06), Comparison of Fluorinated and Traditional Reverse-Phase HPLC Stationary Phases, Presented at the 2004 Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 15, 2004.

Barbara Hale (’06), GC/MS Measurements of Alcohol Concentration in Fish Blood as a Function of Time of Application, Presented at the 2004 Eastern Analytical Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 17, 2004. 

Lori Kandrick (’06), Comparison Of Retention On Fluorophenyl And Phenyl Hplc Stationary Phases As A Function Of Mobile-Phase Composition, Presented at the 7^th Annual University of Maryland-Baltimore County Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 16, 2004.

Sara Kessler (’05), Recovery of Goldfish and Eigenmannia virescens After 1-Alkanol Exposure As a Function of Time and Alkanol Chain Length, Presented at the Middle Atlantic Pharmacology Society Meeting, Wyeth, Collegeville, PA, October 15, 2004.

Barbara Hale (’06), Time-Resolved Measurements of 1-Alkanol Uptake as a Function of Chain Length in Eigenmannia virescens and Goldfish, Presented at the Middle Atlantic Pharmacolgy Society Meeting, Wyeth, Collegeville, PA, October 15, 2004.