Fall 2009
Literature Seminars
"Functionalization of Self-Assembled DNA Origami"
--Darius Brown
"Dihydrogen Activation with 'Frustrated' Lewis Acid-Base Pairs"
--Luke Davis
"Monoalkoxidepyrrolide Catalysts for Olefin Metathesis"
--Patrick Hanley
"Advances in Nanoporous Gold Synthesis"
--John Overcash
"Rational Design of Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks"
--Hang Xing
Final Defenses
Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Organometallic Complexes
--Charity Flener
Programming Matter Through Strain
--Michael Motala
Spring 2010
Final Defenses
Synthesis and Reactivity of Volatile Compounds for Materials Applications
--Brian Bellott
Aminodiboranates: Syntheses, Structures, and Applications for Chemical Vapor Deposition
--Scott Daly
Chemomechanics with a Molecular Force Probe
---Zhen Huang
Development of Functional DNA-Based Sensors and Investigations in Their Mechanism
--Nandini Nagraj
Toward Engineering Oxygenase Activity into the Electron Transfer Protein Azurin
--Nathan Sieracki