2nd Annual Marian College Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemistry

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Marian Hall Room 355

• Morning Session - 9.00 a.m.
  
  • Andrew Johnson - Spectroscopic and Computational Studies of Polyiodide Ions and Their Guest/Host Interactions (prefaced by an introduction to Computational Chemistry at Marian College by Dr. Rod Macrae)
  • Ryan Bernhardt - DNA Sequencing: The Process and Troubleshooting
  • Jeanie Prosser - Adventures in Green Chemistry : The Development of a Tandem Grignard Addition-Oppenauer Oxidation
  • Camra Faulkner - A DFT Study of Hydrogen-Bonding Between Adenine and Thymine

• Afternoon Session - 2.30 p.m.
  
  • Robert Jones - Study of Flame Emission Spectra using Low-Cost Modular Fiber-Optic-Based Apparatus
  • Maggie Hoyt - The Tandem Grignard Addition-Oppenauer Oxidation: A Greener Synthesis of alpha-Trimethylsilyl Phenyl Vinyl Ketone
  • Ryan Bernhardt - Research in Green Organic Chemistry: The Design of Greener Undergraduate Labs

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Symposium presenters and chemistry faculty members. Dr. Roderick Macrae (left) and Dr. Carl Lecher (right), with (back row, from left) Robert Jones, Drew Johnson, and Ryan Bernhardt and (front row, from left) Jeanie Prosser, Camra Faulkner, and Maggie Hoyt.