Student Projects and Presentations

* Denotes UMW Student and the presenter is underlined

E.C. Alberto*; S. Ney*; K.M. Slunt; A.M. Tomba. Analysis of Alarm Cue Composition in the Crayfish Orconectes rusticus. Poster. Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. Providence, RI, 2011.

Graninger, D.M.*; Sharpless, C.M. “The optical properties of reduced and oxidized natural organic matter,” Poster presented at the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. April, 2011.

Burruss, B.*; Sharpless, C.M. “Physical and photochemical properties of soil and aquatic natural organic matter,” Poster presented at the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. April, 2011.

Williams, J.S.* and Sharpless, C.M. “Investigating direct photolysis mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in non-polar solvents,” Poster presented at the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. April, 2011.

M. C. Thompson^*; L.C. Giancarlo, Analysis of Copper from Indian Bone Ossuary, Poster. Virginia Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Charlottesville, VA, April 8, 2011. 

S. Almahdali*; K. N. Crowder, Synthesis of Modified Copper Electrodes for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO₂. Poster. Virginia Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), April 2011.

P. Wood*; K. N. Crowder, Modification of Gold Electrode Surfaces with a Ruthenium Based Alkanethiol for the Reduction of CO₂. Poster, Virginia Section Meeting of the ACS, April 2011.

K. N. Crowder; B. Wenberg*; S. Almahdali*; M. Kipreos*, Synthetic Routes to Covalently Modified Electrodes for Electrocatalytic and Sensor Applications.  Poster, Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, June 20-25, 2010.

Dalrymple, R.M.*; Carfagno, A.K.*; Sharpless, C.M., “Correlations between dissolved organic matter optical properties and quantum yields of singlet oxygen and hydrogen peroxide,” Environ. Sci. Technol., 2010, 44, 5824-5829.  Publication.

S. Nathan*; K.N. Crowder, Surface Modification of Ti-6Al-4V: A Biomimetic Approach for Orthopedic Implant Applications. Poster, Virginia Section Meeting of the ACS, April 2010.

S. Almahdali*; K. N. Crowder, Chemical Modification of Titanium Surfaces for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to C-C Bonds. Poster, Virginia Section Meeting of the ACS, April 2010.

C. Cohen^*; L.C. Giancarlo, STM Investigations of Brominated Organics on Graphite, Poster, Virginia Section Meeting of the American Chemical Society, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 23, 2010.

Burruss, B.*; Sharpless, C.M. “Physical and photochemical properties of fractionated NOM,” Poster presented at the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. April, 2010.

Williams, J.S.* and Sharpless, C.M. “Exploring direct photolysis mechanisms of PAHs in nonpolar solvents,” Poster presented at the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. April, 2010.

Burruss, B.*; Sharpless, C.M. “Physical and photochemical properties of soil and aquatic natural organic matter,” Poster presented at the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America meeting, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. March, 2010.

S. Ney*;  K.M. Slunt; A.M. Tomba. Analysis of Alarm Chemicals in the Freshwater Crayfish Orconectes rusticus. Association of Southeastern Biologists. Asheville, NC. 2010.

K. Strong*; J.A. Asper, Synthesis of PEG Guanidinylation Reagents for Protecting Alkyguanidines.  Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, Washington , DC. November 21, 2009 (Abstract # CH-08).

N. Kelley*; J.A. Asper, Synthesis of a Guanyltriflate Reagent with Polyethylene Glycol as a New Protecting Group for Alkylguanidines. Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, Washington , DC. November 21, 2009 (Abstract #CH-09).

Williams, J.S.* and Sharpless, C.M. “Exploring direct photolysis mechanisms of PAHs in nonpolar solvents,” Poster (CHED-195), 238th Annual Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August, 2009.

V. Brown*; G. Armentrout*; L.C. Giancarlo; B.O. Kisila, Sediment Chronology to Aid in Historical Analysis of Sedimentation Rates, PCB and Trace Metal Infloxes in Lake Anna Sediments, Virginia, Poster 57th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April 11, 2008.

E. Kamptner*; A. Mueller*; M. Ford*, M. Norton*; L. Giancarlo; A. Tomba; C. Whipkey; G. Woodwell, Stream Water Quality, Sediment Chemistry and Macroinvertebrate Population of a Stream Draining Abandoned Pyrite and Gold Mines in Louisa County, Virginia. Poster. 57th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Southeastern Section, April 11, 2008.

J. Pinney*; R. Shapiro*; C. Sharpless; B.O. Kisila, The effect of land use on the nutrients and organic contaminants in the water and sediment of the Rappahannock River, Poster 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.

A. Carfagno*; C. 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.

S. Davis*; R. Gratz; and L. 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.

Carfagno, A.*; Sharpless, C.M. “Predicting NOM Photosensitized Reaction Rates Using Spectroscopic Correlations,” Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society, 236: ENVR-75.

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