2005
ANNUAL REPORT
GRADUATE STUDENT POSTERS COMMITTEE
An event for Graduate Students to present
their research was held as part of MARM 2005 at Rutgers University, Piscataway
Campus, on May 24,
2005 as part of MARM 2005, May 23
to 25.
MARM 2005 was Sponsored by North Jersey Section of the ACS and The Department of Chenmistry at Rutgers University. The Graduate Student Poster Session was co-sponsored by the New York Section of the ACS and the North Jersey Section of the ACS. The NY Section contributed $ 2,000 in matching funds to the general funds for MARM 2005.
Fifteen graduate students participated in the 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM Poster Session. There were several other poster sessions simultaneously and at least seven other graduate students participated in other poster sessions but were unknown to us at the time due to confusion in the registration process and as a result were not considered for the prizes. Lunch was presented and the prizes for best overall posters were presented at the end of the days activities. The prize winners received checks for $ 250.00 and will receive gratis invitations to the 2006 Nichols Symposium and Dinner in March 2006. The winners of the prizes, their Universities and the titles of their research presentations are:
Michael D. Hatton, Jr.,
"Sonication and Electrodeposition of Rhodium:
Effects on Surface Morphology and Cathode
Efficiency"
Rowan University.
Cory D. Evans
"Synthetic Studies Toward Ustiloxin Natural
Products",
University of Pennsylvania.
Deepa Rapolu
"Neighboring Group Participation in the
Syntheses and
Reactions of 4-X-exo-8-anti-iodo-6-azabicyclo{3.2.1}octanes
(X=F, Cl, OH)
Selectfluor and Mercuric Fluoride as Nucleofuges",
Temple University.
Rupa Hiremath
"Controlling the Crystal Growth of Polymorphs
with 2-
Dimensional Templates",
Georgetown University.
An afternoon session of presentations by three young industrial chemists added to the days festivities. Activities for graduate students were presented on other days, also (see attached).
Judges for the poster session were:
Dr. Alan Cooper, Schering Plough , Research
Chemist and MARM 2005 Overall Chair
Professor Yorke E. Rhodes, New York University,
Poster Session Organizer
Dr. Robert Aslanian, Schering Plough Corporation
Dr. Yeung Gno Shin, also of Schering Plough
Corporation
The NYU sponsored funding is from the Camille
and Henry Dreyfus Fund in a grant to the New York section of the ACS.
The committee organizing the posters consisted of :
Yorke E. Rhodes, NYU
James W. Canary, NYU
Alan Cooper, North Jersey Section and
Schering Plough Corporation
Anita Brandolini, North Jersey Section
and Professor at William Paterson University.
Submitted by
Yorke E. Rhodes
Chair, Graduate Student Posters Committee