Spring 2008 Chemistry/Physics Seminars
Augustana College (SD)


All talks are in GSC 241 unless otherwise noted
All seminars start at 3 P.M. on Friday unless otherwise noted.
Names/Titles listed in brackets are tentative.


Date
Seminar

Feb. 8

Dr. Eric Wells, Augustana Physics Department
"Molecular Physics at Augustana:  The First Five Years."

Feb. 15
Frank Hughes, Augustana Director of Facilities
"What an Engineer Does"


Feb. 22

Barrett Eichler, NW Missouri State University
"Diarylacetylenes and Siloles:  What is the Connection?"


Feb. 29

Shannon Comisky, Neil Patel and Brian Westerhuis
"Production of a Novel Nitro Ether from Acetaldehyde By Means of Michael Addition"

Mar. 7
Alex Johnson
Internship at POET

Mar. 14
No seminar

Mar. 28
[open]

Apr. 4
[open]
(SD Academy of Science weekend)
(ACS New Orleans is April 6-10)

Apr. 11
"Organometallic Chemistry Involving Late Transition Metal-Heteroatom Bonds: Structures, Mechanisms and Catalysis"   abstract
Dr. Pinjing Zhao, Dept. of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
NDSU

Apr. 18
Biology has a seminar on this Friday, in GSC 101, 3:00 P.M.
“Nasal Washes and Respiratory Viruses:  From RSV to SARS”
Angela Peck Campbell, M.D.  (Alum)
Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Washington
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Apr. 25
Biology has a seminar on this Friday, in GSC 101, 3:00 P.M.
“Bleaching and Recovery of Coral Reefs in Hawaii”
Tamara Pease, Ph.D.  (Alum)
Marine Science Institute
The University of Texas at Austin
Port Aransas, TX

May 2
[Advanced Inorganic Students]

May 9
[Advanced Inorganic Students]

May 16

(last day of Spring semester)