Summer 2010
Chemistry Summer Research Institute (CSRI) 2010
Seminar Schedule
All seminars held on Friday at 9:00am in Selvester's (SELV) 104 or Physical Sciences (PHSC) 301 as indicated
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| June 4 PHSC 301 |
Dr. Randy Miller | "Summer Research Orientation" and "Computational Chemistry using WebMO/Gaussian" Students please bring laptops |
| June 11 PHSC 301 |
No Meeting | |
| June 18 PHSC 301 |
Dr. Erik Wasinger | “Electronic characterization of sulfur-containing molecules” |
| June 25 PHSC 301 |
Dr. David Ball | “Enantioselective Direct Addition of Alkyne Nucleophiles to Prochiral Carbonyl Groups” |
| Tues, June 29 11:00-1:00pm PHSC 109 |
Karl Voigtritter (BS in Chemistry, 2009) now in the Ph.D. program at UCSB |
“The Trials and Tribulations of Grad School" |
| July 2 PHSC 301 |
Dr. Chris Nichols | “World Cup 2010 Update and a Nanoputian Soccer Team: A creative application of synthetic organic chemistry ” |
| July 9 PHSC 301 |
Wade Killingsworth Devin McBain (Nichols) |
"Flow Charts in General Chemistry: Nomenclature, Reaction Prediction, Equation Writing and Significant Figures" |
| July 16 PHSC 301 |
Brandon Tautges (Ball) Ryan Barnes (Ball) |
“Pathways to Gallicynoic Acid" |
| July 23 PHSC 109 |
Frank Eberle (Zhang) Xiao Chang (Zhang) |
"Hetero-Diels-Alder reaction in preparation of 1,4-benzodioxane" "Regioselective Bromination of Phenol Annelated to an Aliphatic Ring" |
| July 30 HOLT 266 |
Tim Shelton (Wasinger) Bruce Johnson (Wasinger) |
"The Electronic Structure of Sulfur-Bearing Metallosalens: A multiple XAS Edge Approach" |
| August 6 HOLT 266 |
Dr. Larry Kirk Myles Fisher and Danielle Gray (Kirk/Hanne/Greene) Kristen Siders (Kirk/Hanne/Greene) Kyle Almlie and Dylan Shelters (Kirk/Hanne/Greene) Dr. Larry Hanne |
"Synthesis & Degradation of the Biodegradable Plastic PLA from Rice Hulls" "Conversion of Rice Hulls to Lactic Acid by Pretreatment & Bacterial Fermentation" "Purification of Lactic Acid Produced by Bacterial Fermentation" "Synthesis of PLA from Lactic Acid" "Microbial Degradation of PLA" |
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