Recent Student Undergraduate Presentations
Virginia Brown*, Gayle Armentrout*, Leanna Giancarlo, and Ben Odhiambo Kisila, "Sediment Chronology to Aid in Historical Analysis of Sedimentation Rates, PCB and Trace Metal Infloxes in Lake Anna Sediments, Virginia" 57th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April 11, 2008. Also presented at UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 18, 2008.
Erika Kamptner*, Alexandra Mueller*, Michael Ford*, Michelle Norton*, Leanna Giancarlo, Abbie Tomba, Charles Whipkey, and Grant Woodwell, "Stream Water Quality, Sediment Chemistry and Macroinvertebrate Population of a Stream Draining Abandoned Pyrite and Gold Mines in Louisa County, Virginia. 57th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April 11, 2008. Also presented at UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 18, 2008.
Jenae Pinney*, Rebecca Shapiro, Charles Sharpless, and Ben Odhiambo Kisila, "The effect of land use on the nutrients and organic contaminants in the water and sediment of the Rappahannock River," 57th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April 11, 2008.
Juliana Brown* and Leanna Giancarlo, "STM Studies of Coadsorption of Liquid Crystals on Graphite", Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society, April 18, 2008. Also presentated at UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 18, 2008.
Amy Carfagno* and Charles Sharpless, "Investigating the basis of natural organic material photochemistry." Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society, April 18, 2008. Also presentated at UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 18, 2008.
Samantha Davis*, Roy Gratz, and Leanna Giancarlo, "Liquid Crystal Synthesis and Characterization", Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society, April 18, 2008. Also presentated at UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 18, 2008.
Rebecca Funkhouser*, Jennifer Yox*, and Janet Asper, "Progress in the development of protecting group strategies for alkylguanidines", the 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, CHED 315, August 2007.
Renee Dalrymple*, Amy Carfagno*, and Charles Sharpless, "Spectroscopic correlations involving humic substance photochemical reaction rates" the 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, 234:ENVR-164, August 2007.
Amy Hruska*, Paul L. Walsh* and Raymond Scott, "The study and characterization of electrogenerated chemiluminescence, the 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2007.
Janet Asper, Asako Kubota*, Rebecca Funkhouser*, Jennifer Yox*, "Progress in the Development of New Synthetic Methods for Alkylguanidines. 40th National Organic Chemistry Symposium, Durham, NC, June 3, 2007.
Samantha L. Davis* and Roy F. Gratz, "Liquid Crystal Preparation" Poster Presentation at the ACS Virginia Section Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, April 2007. Also presented at the UMW Student Research and Creativity Day, April 20, 2007.
Rebecca Funkhouser* and Janet A. Asper, "Solid Phase Deprotection of N,N'-di-Boc-N"-benzylguanidine", 58th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, Augusta, GA, November 4, 2006.
Asako Kubota* and Janet A. Asper, "Solvent Free Deprotection of Boc Protected Allkylguanidines" 58th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, Augusta, GA, November 4, 2006.
Paul L. Walsh* and Raymond Scott, "The study and characterization of electrogenerated chemiluminescence" 58th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, Augusta, GA, November 4, 2006. Awarded one of best poster awards.
Kirsten E. Studer* and Charles M. Sharpless, "Direct UV Photolysis and Advanced Oxidation of Estrone with Byproduct Formation", Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, May 2006.
Renee M. Dalrymple* and Charles M. Sharpless, "Predicting the Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield of Humic Substances from Spectroscopic Properties", Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, May 2006.
Jennifer McKay* and Charles M. Sharpless, "Synthesis and Characterization of Peroxynitrate Preparations for Photochemical Studies", Poster presentation at Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, May 2006.
Paul Walsh* and Charles M. Sharpless, "Photochemistry of Humic Substances: Singlet Oxygen Quantum Yield", Posterr presentation at ACS Virginia Section Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, April 21, 2005.
Lauren MacAfee* and Leanna C. Giancarlo, "DNA Topology Studies Using Atomic Force Microscopy", Poster Presentation at the 56th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Research Triangle Park, NC, November 13, 2004.
Elizabeth M. Griffiths* and Leanna C. Giancarlo, "Infrared Reflectance-Absorbance Spectroscopy of the Temperature Dependence of Liquid-Crystal Adsorption on Graphite, Virginia Academy of Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA, May 27, 2004. Awarded Best Paper in Chemistry. Also presented at ACS Virgina Section Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, April 15, 2004.
T. Nguyen* and L.C. Giancarlo, "Competitive Self-Assembly of Mixed Carboxylic Acids on Graphite Investigated by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy." Poster Presentation at ACS Virgina Section Meeting, Charlottesville, VA, April 15, 2004.