Everyone is Welcome to Attend the Symposium

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Chemistry
NSF-REU Symposium
Thursday August 5, 2004
12:50 - 6:00 PM, CSC-12B
(click on a presenter's name to see their abstract          Back to the University of Pittsburgh's REU Home Page)

12:50 - 1:00 Introductory Remarks
1:00 - 1:20

Studies of the Hydrosilation Reactions of Diallyltrifluoroacetamide with Alkyl and Fluoroalkyl Silanes
Sandra Kim, College of New Jersey (Prof. Dennis P. Curran and Dr. Christopher S. Callam)

1:20 - 1:40 Coordination and Photophysical Properties of Luminescent Flavanoid-Lanthanide Complexes
Jeanette Cessarich, William Jewell College (Prof. Stephan Petoud and Demetra Chengelis)
1:40 - 2:00 Synthetic Studies Toward the Generation of Deoxystreptazolin Derivatives
Mary Martucci, Allegheny College (Prof. Kay Brummond)
2:00 - 2:20 Organometallics in Highly Regioselective SN2' Reactions of Allyl Chlorides
Adam Robb, Bethel College (Prof. Theodore Cohen and Roman Ivanov)
2:20 - 2:40 Development of Assay for Cell Specific Splicing: Analysis of Expression from Neuron and Glial Specific Promoters
Theodora Bennett, Taylor-Allderdice High School (Prof. Paula J. Grabowski)
2:40 - 3:00 Sensing Bimolecules With Conjugated Polymers
Laura Anzaldi, Duke University  (Prof. David Waldeck, Palwinder Kaur, and Min Liu)
3:00 - 3:20

Towards the Total Synthesis of Motuporin
Edward Perry, Wake Forest University (Prof. Scott Nelson)

3:20 - 3:40 New Free-Amine Polymers and Uses in Tissue Engineering
Carl Yamnitz, Bethany College (Prof. Toby Chapman)
3:40 - 4:00 Development of Chemical Crosslinking and Mass Spectrometry Methods for Large Protein Structure Determination
Jean Schneider, Swarthmore College (Prof. Billy Day, Guangyu Zhu, and Brianne S. Raccor)
4:00 - 4:20

Effects of Single Dose Methylphenidate Treatment on Striatial Dopamine and Metabolite Levels
Meghan Andes, King's College, Pennsylvania (Prof. Amy Wagner)

4:20 - 4:40 Optimization of the Recognition Reaction for a Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal Array Ammonia Sensor
Julie Smyder, Saint Vincent College (Prof. Sandy Asher, Kyle Kimble, and Jeremy Walker)
4:40 - 5:00 The Synthesis of Repeating Sequence Copolymers
Jeanita Pritchett, Tennessee State University (Prof. Tara Meyer and Jim Copenhafer)
5:00 - 5:20 Analysis of the NSF REU Chemistry Applicant Pool: What is the Demand for Undergraduate Research?
Devin Coon  University of Pittsburgh (Prof. Joseph J. Grabowski)
5:20 - 5:40 Ab-Initio Studies of the Geometries and IR Spectra of NH4+(H2O)4-6 Clusters
Glen Jenness Northland College (Prof. Kenneth D. Jordan)
5:40

Concluding Remarks

6:30

Picnic, Schenley Park

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Everyone is Welcome to Attend the Symposium