Research Projects 2008-2009

The ENTIRE BOOKLET of the 2008-2009 Projects can be viewed and downloaded here.

Project Supervisor-Student matches (see below)

Saturday April 4, 2009: Chemistry 4490E Research Presentation Day
 (please reserved the entire day)

The following are the supervisor-student matches for 2008-2009. Good Luck!

Project  Supervisor Co-Supervisor Student Project Title
2 Baines   Christopher Allan Probing The mechanism of the addition of aldehydes to germenes
3 Corrigan   Kelly Motolko Preparation of Magnetic Semiconductor Nanoparticles: Lyothermal Synthesis from A Single Source Precursor
4 Corrigan Konermann Ashlee Howarth An Investigation of Ternary Zn-Cd-E (E = Se, Te) Nanoclusters via Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
5 Corrigan Workentin Justine Forbes Developing the Solution Chemistry of the Fully Ferrocenated Nanocluster Ag48S6(SCH2Fc)36
6 Gillies   Eric Keske Alternating Vinyl Copolymers Via Non-Covalent Interactions
7 Gillies   Annelise Beaton Cascade Biodegradable Polymers
8 Guthrie   John-Paul McCool Ester aminolysis studied using No Barrier Theory
12 Hudson   Christopher Engbers Nucleobase-Modified PNA via the Huisgen 2+3 Dipolar Cycloaddition
13 Corrigan   Tobias Niebel New Metal-Chalcogen Complexes
15 Jones   Jonathan Lee Water-soluble cadmium sulfide nanocrystals
16 Kerr   Kirsten Tomlin Diastereoselectivity in the homo 3+2 dipolar cycloaddition 
17 Kerr   Michael Emmett Boronic acid catalyzed activation of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes 
18 Konermann   Daniel Pearlstein Mapping the Structure of Proteins by Hydroxyl Radical Labelling and Mass Spectrometry
19 Kraatz   Craig Colquhoun Ferrocene-Peptide Conjugates: Towards Extended β-Helical Structures
21 Lagugné-Labarthet Griffiths Jacky Yim Development of Linear and Circular Dichroism in the Mid-infrared range by Polarization modulation Spectroscopy
22 Lagugné-Labarthet   Ian Rupar Fabrication of holographic gratings and localization of field enhancement around gold structures.
23 Lipson   Zixi Wang New Materials for Direct Fabrication of Photonic Crystals
25 Luyt   Emily Simpson Control of Isomer Formation for Histidine-Re(CO)3 Complexes
26 Martin Norton Brian Hu The role of Zn in Human cementum
27 Pagenkopf   Mark McFarland Water Soluble Cobalt Catalyst for Mukaiyama Oxidation
28 Pagenkopf   Cory Palmer Regio- and Stereo-Selective Reductive Epoxide Opening 
30 Pagenkopf   David Marklevitz Dissymmetric Siloles as Potential Fluorophores for Analytical Biomedical Applications
32 Ragogna   Taylor Battista “Bottleable” SeX2 –Delivery of a Highly Reactive Molecule
33 Semenikhin   Albert Smith Interfacial processes in organic solar cells 
35 Sham   Mawusi Sosoo The influence of capping ligands on the optical and electronic properties of Au nanoparticles
37 Song   Shahab Dabiran Exploration and characterization of hydrogen storage materials
1 Baines   Adam Ruddy

Kinetic Investigation of the Reaction of a Base‐Stabilized Germylene with 2,3‐Dimethylbutadiene
41 Stillman   M. Brent Windsor Experimental proof of a new theoretical result – overturning 50 years’ of interpretation. 
44 Wisner   Jessica Avery Derivatization of a Self-complementary Molecule for Attachment to a Monomer/Polymer Backbone
45 Wisner   Melissa MacDonald Synthesis of 1,4-Thiazine-1,1-Dioxide Derivatives for Transition Metal Coupling Reactions
47 Workentin   Kirsten Snell Photointiated Radical Reactions on Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles
48 Wren Shoesmith Siyon Chung Electrochemistry of Steel corrosion
50 Wren   Shawna Gao Effect of Radiation on interfacial stability and transfer of ionic liquids  
51 Yeung   Jose Mejia Nanoliter-volume protein sample purification with capillary electrophoresis
52 Yeung   Paige Harden Analysis of Bio-char for pesticidal activity
53 Lau   Lok Ma Chemistry with a tiny hammer: cross-linking polymer precursors for the fabrication of novel ultrathin membrane with specific functional applications 
54 Lau   Long Vu Oxidation of steam generator tubing under primary side water chemistry
55 Shoesmith   Maceijc Podlesky The Electrochemical Kinetics of Sulphide Film Formation on Copper
56 Shoesmith   Michael Daly Electrochemical Kinetics of Reactions between Uranium Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide
57 Constas   Benjamin Lee Molecular simulations of charged droplets containing macroions
60 Ding   Brian Foster Electrogenerated chemiluminescence of polymers

 

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