The 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Boston, MA, August 22-24, 2010.
Parsa Sharifi; Paris Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Gopal Subramaniam “Determination of the Ionization Constant of Carboxylic Acids Using Freezing Point Depression Measurements” (Oral Presentation)
Christine Casas; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Quantitative Determination of Gallic Acid in Tea Beverages and Juices Using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Spectrophotometric Determination of the Total Phenol Content in Commercial Beverages via the Folin-Ciocalteau Micro Method”
Esther Yang; Ernest Choi; Jun Shin “Refractive Index of Organic Liquids Measured at Various Temperature Using a Laser Pointer”
Rebecca Cho; Jun Shin “Determination of Acid and Base Concentrations Using A Laser Pointer: Refractive Index vs. Concentration”
Verona Young; A. Ruck; P. Melendez “Cellular Focus of the C. Elegan bec-1 Autophagy Gene”
Xiaomei Ye; Tian Chun Xu; Pedro Irigoyen “Determination of Caffeine Content in Energy Drinks by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography”
Noor Sardar; Jordan Verdis “DNA Isolation and Characterization Experiments for the First-Year Organic Chemistry Laboratory”
Gerasimos Kouloumbes; Panayiotis Meleties; Faye Jacques; Peter Caroll; Paris Svoronos “Analysis of Commercial Dischargesof Various Pollutants: A DEP Industrial Pre-Treatment Program Internship”
Grace Song; Faye Jacques; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the Chlorine Residual in Water by the DPD Method”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Panayiotis Meleties; Faye; Jacques; Paris Svoronos “Summer Internship at New York State’s Division of Environmental Protection: An Application of What I Iearned in Class to the real World”
Timothy Fitzgerald; Lerae Graham; Michael Fazio “Detection of Nitrofuran Metabolites in Imported Shrimp: An Internship Experience at the Food and Drug Administration”
Parsha Sharifi; William Woener; Lars Ehm “High Pressure Synthesis of Water Splitting Oxynitrides”
Christine Casas; John Heiser “Effect of Outdoor Smoking on an Indoor Environment: A Brookhaven National Laboratory Experience”
Shiran Zhavian; Gopal Subramaniam; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the Molecular Weight of a Solute Using Microscale Freezing Point Measurements”
Anibal Davalos-Morinigo; Luis Vargas “Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite: Synthesis of the Bisphosphonate Derivatives of β-Alanine”
Sahar Refua; Jordan Verdis “Computational Studies of the Arsenate Ester formation and Hydrolysis in Water and in Aprotic Solvents”
Byung-Min Shin; Luis Vargas; Jordan Verdis “Computational and Experimental Studies of the Reaction of Chloroformates and Chlorothioformates with Tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite”
Julet Baltonado; Sasan Karimi “Ring Contraction of Benzazepine to Quinoline”
Mauricio Murillo; David Sarno “Porous Spheres of Poly(o-toluidine) Obtained by Post-Synthetic Exposure to Base”
Bhawanie Persaud; David Sarno “Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Nanofibers of Polyaniline and Sulfonic Acid-Substituted Analogs”
Esther Ahn; Tirandai Hemraj-Benny “Systematic Study on the Acid Purification and Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Waddah Guneid; Bruce Montalbano; Joseph Iorio; Pedro Irigoyen “Analysis of Milk for Fat, Protein and Lactose”
Andre Smithson; Irina Rutenburg “Analysis of Holistic Fish-Based Dry Dog Food for Heavy Metals Using x-ray Fluorescence”
M. Chauhan; M. Tawde, E. Kim; C. D. Echeverri “Antimicrobial Activity of Nano-silver in Tris[3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl )Isocyanourate (TTPI) Gels”
Firmause Payen; Samanta Boursiquot; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine; Marie Thomas; James Wishart “Synthesis of Immidazolium and Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Dissolution”
M. Jalees; A. Castano; Firmause Payen; Samanta Boursiquot; T. Imtiaz; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine; Marie Thomas; James Wishart “Synthesis and Characterization of Dialkylphosphate Ionic Liquids”
S. Ramati; K. Kerr; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine; James Wishart “Effect of Branched alkyl Chains on the Dynamical Properties of Ionic Liquids”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Bojin “Linear and Cyclic Molecular Models of Siloxanes: A DFT Study of the Si-H Bond Activation”
Ahmed Esa; Mihaela Bojin “Arginine’s Conformers in Variable pH: A QM Investigation”
The 58th Undergraduate Research Symposium of the American Chemical Society-NY Section, Adelphi Univeristy, May 8, 2010.
Christine Casas; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of Gallic Acid in Commercial Tea Beverages and Juices by HPLC”
strong>Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the Total Phenol Content in Commercial Bottled Beverages via the Folin-Ciocalteau Micromethod”
Ruth Lee; Eunchul Kim; Moni Chauhan; Mangala Tawde “Antimicrobial Activity of Nano Silver Versus Silver Salts”
Rebecca Cho; Esther Yang; Jun H.Shin “Determination of Acid and Base Concentrations Using a Laser Pointer: Refractive Index vs. Concentration”
Esther Yang; Ernest Choi; Jun H. Shin “Temperature Effect on Refractive Index Measured By a Laser Pointer: Hydrocarbon Compounds”
Parsa Sharifi; William Woerner; Lars Ehm “High Pressure Synthesis of Water Splitting Oxynitrides”
Firmause Payen; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine; Marie Thomas; James Wishart “Synthesis of Pyrrolidinium Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Dissolution”
Samanta Boursiquot; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine; Marie Thomas; James Wishart “Synthesis of Imidazolium Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Dissolution”
Mauricio Murillo; David M. Sarno “A Method to Produce Porous Micron-Scale Spheres of Poly(o-Toluidine)”
Bhawanie Persaud; Mathew M. Maye; David M. Sarno “Probing the Interaction of Gold Nanoparticles with Polyaniline Nanofibers by UV-Vis and SEM”
Esther Ahn; Chi Kwan Wong; Eunchul Kim; Moni Chauhan; Tirandai Hemraj-Benny “The Formation of Tris(Trimethoxysilylpropyl) Isocynurate (TTPI) Capped Palladium Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Byung-Min Shin; Luis Vargas; Jordan Verdis “Computational and Experimental Studies of the Reaction of Aryl Chlorothionoformates with Tris(Trimethylsilyl)Phosphite”
Anibal Davalos-Morinigo; Luis Vargas “Reactivity of Tris(Trimethylsilyl): Synthesis of the Bisphosphonate Derivatives of b-Alanine”
Prakash Prasad; Sasan Karimi “Ring-Contraction of Benzazepine to Quinoline”
Ahmad Esa; Mihaela Bojin “A QM Investigation of Arginine’s Conformers in Variable pH”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Bojin “A DFT Study of the Si-H Bond Activation in Models of Siloxanes”
Timothy Fitzgerald; Lerae Graham; Paris Svoronos; Michael Fazio “Detection of Nitrofuran Metabolites in Imported Shrimp: An Internship Experience at the Food and Drug Administration” (poster)
Noor Sardar; Jordan Verdis “DNA Isolation and Phosphate Detection: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment” (poster)
Ernest Choi; Esther Yang; Jun H. Shin “Temperature Effect on Refractive Index Measured by a Laser Pointer: Alcohol Compounds” (poster)
Xiaomei Ye; Pedro Irigoyen; Tianchun Xu “Determination of Caffeine Content in Energy Drinks by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography” (poster)
Andre Smithson; Pete Irigoyen; Irina Rutenburg; Tian Xu “Analysis of Holistic Fish-Based Dry Dog Food for Heavy Metals Using X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy” (poster)
Waddah Guneid; Joseph Iorio; Pedro Irigoyen; Bruce Montalbano; Irina Rutenburg; Tian Xu “Analysis of Milk for Fat, Protein, and Lactose” (poster)
Shiran Zhavian; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the Molecular Weight of Solutes Using Microscale Freezing Point Depression Measurements” (poster)
Grace Song; Faye Jacques; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Determination of Chlorine Residual in Water by the DPD Method” (poster)
Sahar Refua; Jordan Verdis “ab-Initio Study of the Bergman Cyclization in Bicyclic Systems” (poster)
Ngai Hin Lo; Gopal Subramaniam “Fluxional Behavior of 3H-1-Benzazepines” (poster)
The 6th Annual QCC Honors Conference, QCC, NY, April 23, 2010.
Christine Casas; John Heiser “The Effect of Outdoor Smoking on an Indoor Environment: A Brookhaven National Laboratory Experience”
Gerasimos Kouloumbes; Faye Jacques; Peter Caroll; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Analyzing Commercial Discharges for Various Pollutants: A DEP Industrial pre-Treatment Program Internship”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Faye Jacques Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “A Summer DEP Internship”
Grace Song; Faye Jacques; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Determination of Chlorine Residual in Water by the DPD Method”
Parsha Sharifi; William Woener; Lars Ehm “High Pressure Synthesis of water Splitting Oxynitrides”
Christine Casas; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of Gallic Acid in Commercial Tea Beverages and Juices by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the Total Phenol Content in Commercial Bottled Beverages via the Folin-Ciocalteau Micromethod”
Parsa Sharifi; Paris Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Gopal Subramaniam “Determination of the Ionization Constant of Weak Carboxylic Acids Using Freezing Point Depression Measurements”
Shiran Zhavian; Paris Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Gopal Subramaniam “Determination of the Molecular Weight of a Solute Using Microscale Freezing Point Measurements”
Rebecca Cho; Jun Shin “Determination of Acid and Base Concentrations Using A Laser Pointer: Refractive Index vs. Concentration”
Esther Yang; Jun Shin “Temperature Effect on Refractive Index Measured by a Laser Pointer: Hydrocarbon Compounds”
Esther Ahn; Tirandai Hemraj-Benny; Moni Chauhan “the Formation of tris(trimethoxysilylpropyl)isocynurate (TTPI) Capped Palladium nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Julet Baltonado; Sasan Karimi “Ring Contraction of Benzazepine to Quinoline”
Samanta Boursiquot; Firmause Payen “Synthesis of Ionic Liquids”
Ngai Hin Lo; Sasan Karimi “Fluxional Behavior of 3H-1 benzazepines”
Mauricio Murillo; David Sarno “A method to produce porous Micron-Scale Spheres of poly(o-Toluidine)”
Bhawanie Persaud; David Sarno “Gold Nanoparticles”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Bojin “A DFT Study of the Si-H Bond Activation in Models of Siloxanes”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Bojin “Siloxanes”
Ahmed Esa; Mihaela Bojin “A QM Investigation of Arginine’s Conformers in Variable pH”
Anibal Davalos-Morinigo; Luis Vargas “Reactivity of Tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphite: Synthesis of the Bisphosphonate Derivatives of β-Alanine”
Waddah Guneid; Bruce Montalbano; Joseph Iorio; Pedro Irigoyen “Analysis of Milk for Fat, Protein and Lactose”
Sahar Refua; Jordan Verdis “Computational Studies of the Bergman Reaction in Substituted Oxabicyclo Dodecaenediynes”
Andre Smithson; Irina Rutenburg “Analysis of Holistic Fish-Based Dry Dog Food for Heavy Metals Using x-ray Fluorescence”
Xiaomei Ye; Tian Chun Xu; Pedro Irigoyen “Determination of Caffeine Content in Energy Drinks by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography”
Geraimos Kouloumbes; Jordan Verdis “Computational studies of methylcobalamin binding to aminoacids in solution”
Larisa Abrakhaimova; Jun Shin “Smoking”
Sharona Akilova; Jun Shin “Faulty Ion Channels”
Krystal Allen; Jun Shin “Caffeine: What Is It and How Does Affect the Body?”
Momena Ashrafi; Jun Shin “Trisomy 21 and Down Syndrome”
Maria Theresa Baguyo; Jun Shin “Chemical Change (Oxidation) by Acid Rain”
Roland Burgija; Jun Shin “Instant Cold Packs: A Very Useful First Aid Supply”
Jacqueline Casquero; Jun H. Shin “Issues With Bones And The Solution”
Kavita Fray; Jun Shin “Alzheimer’s Disease: The 6th Leading Cause of Death”
Marilou Gatla; Jun Shin “Ethanol: Medicine Generating, Catastrophe in”
Anyi Guan; Jun Shin “Do People Have Conductivity?”
Thomas Nagel; Jun Shin “How Fireworks Are made and Used”
M. Gemma Njeze; Jun Shin “Archaeology and Radiocarbon Dating”
Mary O’Neill; Jun Shin “Potassium in Our Boodies”
Elisabeth Sanderson; Jun Shin “Phthirus”
Susan Seemangal; Jun Shin “The Battery: Energy Storing System”
Lauren Smith; Jun Shin “The Effects of Tanning on Our Skin”
Zubin Sultan; Jun Shin “Quantum Mechanics: Physics Governing Microscopic Systems”
Anna Wilga; Jun Shin “Neurotransmitters”
Sutanya Absolom; Moni Chauhan “Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay”
Esther Ahn; Moni Chauhan “Application of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube”
Julet Baltonado; Moni Chauhan “Snowflakes: Formation, Structure and Possible Role in ozone Depletion”
Christine Casas; Moni Chauhan “Chemistry and Art Restoration”
Rebecca Cho; Moni Chauhan “Iron Gall Ink Corrosion on Paper: Current Conservation”
Carlo Echeverri; Moni Chauhan “Green with E85”
Michael Favara; Moni Chauhan “Silicon Metal”
Yunhao Huang; Moni Chauhan “Acid Rain: the Current Environmental Challenge of Air Pollution”
Jonghyun Kim; Moni Chauhan “Nuclear Reaction”
Noor Sardar; Moni Chauhan “DNA Isolation and Characterization”
Andre Smithson; Moni Chauhan “The Potential of Everyday Energy”
Reo Tahara; Moni Chauhan “Plastic Recycling”
Michael Tuffour; Moni Chauhan “Chemistry of Cemen”
Esther Yang; Moni Chauhan “BanLec in Bananas”
BeiBei Ye; Moni Chauhan “Determining the Age by 14C”
Noor Sardar; Moni Chauhan “Exposure to Toxic Substances”
The 41st American Chemical Society Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting (MARM), Hotel du Pont and Wilmington, DE, April 10-13, 2010.
Christine Casas; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Quantitative determination of gallic acid in commercial tea and juice beverages using HPLC”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the total phenol content in commercial bottled beverages via the Folin-Ciocalteau Micromethod”
Ernest Choi; Esther Yang; Jun H Shin “Temperature effect of alcohols on refractive index measured by a laser pointer”
Esther Yang; Ernest Choi; Jun H Shin “Refractive index of hydrocarbons at various temperatures measured by a laser pointer”
Sasan Karimi; Prakash Prasad “Ring-contraction of 3 H -1-benzazepine to 1,2-diarylquinoline”
Timothy Fitzgerald; LeRae Graham; Paris Svoronos; Michael Fazio “Detection of nitrofuran metabolites in imported shrimp: An internship experience at the Food and Drug Administration”
Parsa Sharifi; Gopal Subramaniam; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of the ionization constant of weak carboxylic acids using microscale freezing point depression measurements”
Jerry Kouloumbes; Jordan Verdis “Computational studies of methylcobalamin binding to aminoacids in solution”
Mauricio MuRillo; David M. Sarno “Preparation of poly(o-toluidine) as porous micron-scale spheres”
Bhawanie Persaud; M.M. Maye; D.M. Sarno “Probing the interaction of gold nanoparticles with nanofibers of polyaniline and its analogs”
Shiran Zhavian; Pedro Irigoyen, Paris Svoronos “Determination of a solute’s molecular weight using microscale freezing point depression measurements”
Rebecca Cho; Esther Yang; Jun H Shin “Determination of acid and base concentrations using a laser pointer: Refractive index vs. Concentration”
Grace Song; Sophia Mezina; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Determination of chlorine residual in water by the DPD method”
Christine Casas; John Heiser ‘The effect of outdoor smoking on an indoor environment: A Brookhaven National Laboratories experience”
Waddah Guneid; Bruce Montalbano; Joe Iorio; Irina Rutenberg; Pedro Irigoyen; Tian Chun Xu “Analysis of milk for fat, protein, and lactose”
Kyu-Ree (Katie) Lee; Panayiotis Meleties; Sophia Mezina; Paris Svoronos “A summer internship at the DEP: An application of what I learned in class to the real world”
Noor Sardar; Jordan Verdis “DNA Isolation and phosphate detection: An undergraduate chemistry experiment”
Sahar Refua; Jordan Verdis “Computational studies of the Bergman reaction in substituted oxabicyclo[7.2.1] dodecaenediynes”
Anibal Davalos-Morinigo; Luis Vargas “Reactivity of tris (trimethyl silyl) phosphate(TMSP): Synthesis of the bisphosphonate derivatives of b-alanine”
Byung-Min Shin; Tresa Ambooken; Luis Vargas; Jordan Verdis “Computational and experimental studies of the reaction of aryl chlorothionoformates with tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphate”
Esther Ahn; Chi Kwan Wong;Eunchul Kim; Moni Chauhan; Tirandai Hemraj-Benny “Formation of [Tris(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) Isocynurate] (TTPI) capped Palladium Nanoparticles onto Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Ruth Lee; Eunchul Kim; Moni Chauhan; Mangala Tawde “Antimicrobial activity of Nano Silver versus Silver Salts”
Xiaomei Ye; TianChun Xu; Pedro Irigoyen “Determination of Caffeine Content in Energy Drinks by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography”
Gerasimos Kouloumbes; Faye Jacques; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Analyzing commercial discharges for various pollutants: A DEP industrial pre-treatment program internship”
Andre Smithson; Pedro Irigoyen; Irina Rutenburg; TianChun Xu “Analysis of Holistic Fish Based Dry Dog Food for Heavy Metals using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrophotometry”
Parsa Sharifi; William Woerner; Lars Ehm “High pressure synthesis of water splitting oxynitrides”
Firmause Payen; Samanta Boursiquot; Sharon I Lall-Ramnarine; Marie Thomas; James F. Wishart “Bacterial metabolism of ionic liquid-pretreated lignocellulose: production of biofuels”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Diana Bojin “Si-H Bond Activation in Models of Siloxanes – A DFT Study”
The 13th CUNY Pipeline Honors Conference, CUNY Graduate Center, February 19th, 2010.
Esther Ahn; Moni Chauhan “Application of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT) Technology in medical Research for Cancer”
Kenny Bae; Jun Shin “Synthesis of N-4-Hydroxyphenyltrichloroacetamide: A Possible Precursor to Polycarbamate”
Samanta Boursiquot; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine “Bacterial Metabolism of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Lignocellulose: Production of Biofuels”
Christine Casas; Moni Chauhan “Chemistry and Art Restoration”
Tiya Chang; Jordan Verdis “Electrocyclic Reactions: Ab Initio Studies of the Bergmann Cycllization”
Ernest Choi; Jun Shin “Temperature Effect of Alcohols on Refractive Index Measured by a Laser Pointer”
Gerasimos Kouloumbes; Faye Jacques; Peter Caroll; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Analyzing Commercial Discharges for Various Pollutants: A DEP Industrial Pre-treatment Program Internship”
Timothy Fitzgerald; LeRae Graham; Paris Svoronos; Michael Fazio “Detection of Nitrofuran Metabolites in Imported Shrimp: An Internship Experience at the Food and Drug Administration”
Waddah Guneid; Bruce Montalbano; Irina Rutenburg “Analysis of Milk Components”
Eunchul Kim; Moni Chauhan “Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Nanowires in the TTPI Gels”
Kyu-Ree Lee;Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “A summer Internship at the DEP: An Application of what I Learned in Class to the Real World.”
Kyu-Ree Lee;Moni Chauhan “Enantiomers”
Ngai Hin Lo;Gopal Subramaniam; Sasan Karimi “1H and 13C NMR Assignments and Conformational Studies on 3H-1 Benzazepines”
Malamatenia Mavrou; Jordan Verdis “Isolation and Qualitative Characterization of DNA: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment”
Toor Noori; Tirandai Hemraj-Benny “Silylation of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes”
Firmause Payen; Sharon Lall-Ramnarine “Synthesis of Imidazole and Pyrrolidine Containing Ionic Liquidsacterial Metabolism of Ionic Liquid-Pretreated Lignocellulose: Production of Biofuels”
Prakash Prasad; Sasan Karimi “Synthesis and Ring Contraction of 1-Benzazepines”
Sahar Refua; Jordan Verdis “Computational Studies of the Bergman Cyclization in Bicyclic Systems”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Mihaela Bojin “Conformers Asparagine and Aspartic Acid: A theoretical Investigation”
Rana Said; Soraya Svoronos; Pedro Irigoyen; Paris Svoronos “Determination of Gallic Acid in Tea Beverages by HPLC”
Daniel Sangobanwo; Seogjoo Jang “Pulse Radiolysis Transient Absorption Spectroscopy of Triplet Excition States in End Capped Polyfluorenes”
Noor Sardar; Jordan Verdis “Isolation and Qualitative Characterization of DNA: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment”
Parsa Sharifi; William Woerner; Lars Ehm “High pressure synthesis of water splitting oxynitrides”
Andre Smithson; Irina Rutenburg; Pedro Irigoyen; Tian Xu ”Analysis of Holistic Based Dry Dog Foodfor Heavy meatls by x-Ray Fluorescence”
Grace Song; Faye Jacques; Panayiotis Meleties; Paris Svoronos “Determination of chlorine residual in water by the DPD method”.
Eva Santos Tejada; David Sarno “Preparation of Highly Porous Poly (o-Toluidine)”
Chi Kwan Wong; Tirandai Hemraj Benny; Moni Chauhan “Investigating the Attachment and the Formation of Silver Nanoparticles onto Single-walled Caron Nanotubes”
Esther Yang; Jun Shin “Refractive Index of Hydrocarbons at Various Temperatures Measured by a Laser Pointer”