Seminars will be held at 4:30 p.m. each Thursday. The specific meeting room for each seminar is listed along with the speaker information for each date. Be on time! Changes in topic, location or date will be announced at the previous seminar and posted at the Chemistry Department office in Science & Tech I, Room 343.
All graduate students are expected to attend all seminars, whether registered or not.
CHEM 690 is an "attendance based course". To receive credit for CHEM 690 you must attend at least 3/4 of all seminars in order to pass the course and will receive a "B" if you miss more than 2 seminars during a semester and a "C" if more than 3 seminars are missed. It is your responsibility to sign the attendance sheet. Students who need to present a seminar, as required before graduation, should schedule a date.
August 31
Dr. Gregory D. Foster
Department Chair
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, GMU
Welcome and Brief Overview of Departmental Research
Johnson Center, Room D
September 7
Dave Farris & Julie Zobel
"Office of Lab Safety"
George Mason University
Johnson Center, Room C
September 21
Dr. Ramesh Pant
“Substitution of Quinolines”
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Johnson Center, Room A
September 28
Dr. Jennifer Radkiewicz-Poutsma
"The Use of Cation-π Interactions to Determine Stereoselectivity in Modified Schmidt Reactions: An ab initio study"
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA
http://www.odu.edu/~jradkiew/
Johnson Center, Room E
October 3-Tuesday
Dr. Catherine Hunt
President-Elect
American Chemical Society
Washington, DC
"Reigniting our commitment to Science and Technology: Education, Collaboration, and Innovation!"
Bio
Innovation Hall Room 105
October 5
Dr. George W. Mushrush
"Biofuels in the Future"
George Mason University
Faifrax, VA
http://osf1.gmu.edu/%7Egmushrus/
Johnson Center, Meeting Room D
October 12
Mr. Xiao "Mike" Huang
Ph.D. candidate
"A Microencapsulation Approach to Controlling Pyrite Oxidation: Origin and Future of the Technology "
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Johnson Center, Room E
October 19
Dr. Edward E. Foos
"Synthesis of CdSe nanoclusters using primary, seconday, and tertiary amines."
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Johnson Center, Room A
October 26
Dr. Gabriel Veith
“Investigation of Supported Gold Catalysts Prepared by Magnetron Sputtering”
Oak Ridge National Laboraotry
Knoxville, TN
Abstract
Johnson Center, Room D
November 2
CPT Tiffany Heady
CPT Don Huddler
CPT Mara Kreishman-Deitrick
CPT Bill McCalmont
“Drug Discovery at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research”
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Washington,, DC
Innovation Hall Room 105
November 9
Dr. Matt Laskoski
"Advanced Materials for Future Applications"
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Abstract
Johnson Center, Room D
November 16
Dr. Holly L. Ricks-Laskoski
"Synthesis and Electrowetting Actuation of an Ionic Liquid and Polymer System"
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC
Abstract
Johnson Center, Room D
November 23
THANKSGIVING RECESS
November 30
Dr. Tarek M. Abdel-Fattah
"Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation"
Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences
Christopher Newport University
Newport, VA
http://bces.cnu.edu/fattahhome.html
Johnson Center, Room D
December 7
Muzaffar Yuzupov
M.S. Candidate, GMU
Mr. Robert W. Gillette
M.S. Candidate, GMU
Johnson Center, Room E
