Each year Widener University sets aside a Friday in the Spring semester when all classes are canceled so that students can participate in Student Projects Day. All students who have been involved in research give presentations.
Students in chemistry are giving the following presentations for Student Projects Day 2007.
8:30 – 9:50 am ORAL SESSION I (Biochemistry, Chemistry) Moderator - Dr. Loyd Bastin
“Crystal Growth Inhibition of Calcium Sulfate Using Tetraphosphonic” Hollis Warren (Dr. Loyd Bastin)
“The Isolation and Characterization of Proteins Involved in the Biomineralization of the Aragonite Layer of Haliotis Fulgens Shells” Justus Guerrieri (Dr. Loyd Bastin)
“Differential Cation Binding by Parvalbumin Isoforms in Sheepshead and Rainbow Trout: Insights into the Biochemistry of Muscle Relaxation” Mohit Sirohi (Dr. Loyd Bastin)
“Biomineralization and the Interaction of Proteins with Crystal Surfaces: A Look at the Genus Haliotis” Robert Hickey (Dr. Loyd Bastin)
8:30 am – 3:30pm SCIENCE POSTER SESSION University Center, Lower Level, Former Exercise Room
(Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Physics & Astronomy)
“Analysis of Zebra Mussell” Elyce Link (Dr. Loyd Bastin)
“Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese (II) Thioether Complexes” Raymond Clifford (Dr. Louise Liable-Sands)
“Service Learning in Chemistry for Widener Students” Jillian Filewicz, Carly Graffeo and Jennifer Pinel (Drs. Louise Liable-Sands and Mark Bradley)
2:30 – 3:50 pm ORAL SESSION V (Chemistry) Moderator - Dr. Shirley Fischer-Drowos
“Characterization of Fluorinated Carboxylic” Kelley O’Hara (Dr. Shirley Fischer-Drowos)
“Photocatalytic Oxidation of Ethylene Gas from Fresh-Cuts Using Titanium Dioxide” Robert Rodgers, Tom Ostroski and JoAnn Miles (Dr. Shirley Fischer-Drowos, Chemistry; Drs. David Chen and Gerry Maffia, Chemical Engineering)
“Ion Chromatography – A Novel Method for Analysis of Sulfites in Wine” Melissa McDonald and Kelley O’Hara (Drs. Shirley Fischer-Drowos and Andrea Martin)
“Flammability Studies of Isomeric Structures of Ethane Derivatives and Percolation Theory” Robert Rogers and Andrew Miller (Dr. Ismail Kul)