Florida Institute of Technology
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Chemistry
Fall 2011 Seminar Schedule
Seminars are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m. in Room 140 in the FW Olin PhysicalSciences Building
except when noted otherwise. Faculty, students and the general public are welcome and all chemistry students are strongly
encouraged to attend. We hope to see you there.
Seminar dates will be updated throughout the semester.
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January 12 |
Prof. Brian Benicewicz, University of South Carolina Functionalization of silica nanoparticles by surface-initiated RAFT polymerization |
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January 17 Room TBA |
Mr. Mohamed Erhayem Research Proposal |
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February 16 |
Ms. Hui Xie Research Proposal |
| February 21 |
Profs. Joel Olson Safety in the Chemistry Research Laboratory |
| February 23 |
Prof. Susan Latturner, Florida State University Synthesis of complex carbides in metal fluxes |
| March 1 |
Prof. John York, Stetson University Tuning the properties of metal complexes through ligand electronic effects: Insight gained from synthetic and computational investigations |
| March 15 |
Prof. Sylwia Ptasinska, University of Notre Dame Atmospheric Pressure Studies in Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory |
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March 16, noon Room 230 Crawford |
Professor Goestar Klingelhoefer, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat, Mainz, Germany Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Mars Exploration Rover Missions |
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March 19 Room 327 Harris |
Mr. Brian Fogg Polyurethane: 65 years of progress |
| March 22 |
Prof. Karolina Siskova, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy on noble metal nanoparticles prepared by green syntheses |
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April 5 |
Ms. Meagan Strouse MS Thesis Seminar |
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April 10 Room 327 Harris |
Mr. Yannick Ouedraogo Ph. D. Dissertation Seminar, Synthesis and Computational Studies of Photoreactive Caged Molecules |
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April 12 |
Mr. Manish Khandelwal PhD Dissertation Seminar |
| April 19 |
Mr. Erik Casbeer PhD Dissertation Seminar |
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April 24 |
Mr. Mohamed Erhayem Original Proposal, Synthesis, characterization, biodistribution and stability of Ultra-small Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-Poly(glutamic acid) |
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April 25 Room 327 Harris |
Ms. Christa Simmers MS Thesis Seminar |