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For those who have visited before, no your memory hasn't failed you - I have revamped the Newsletter into a new format (May 2004). The previous format was simply too ambitious, and thus turned out to look a bit silly. Time will tell how this new version works out.
In the development of this newsletter I am once again (hopefully for the last time) changing the calendar. Thus this year's newsletter will be based on the academic calendar, ending with Graduation 2003. As a result of this change, the current newsletter focuses mostly on the Spring 2002. Next year's newsletter will thus cover June 2003-May 2004.
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Three of our students attended the Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR, Spring 2002) with their advisors at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater and presentated posters: Ian Clark (Joshua R. Smith, advisor) "1,2-Dehydro-benzene,-cyclopentadienyl, and -cyclobutadiene Metal Complexes"; "A computational investigation of the structures and properties of Möbius-twisted molecules: Coronene and the kekulenes revisited"; L. A. Duckworth (Robert W. Zoellner, advisor); "A computational investigation of the structures and properties of derivatives of methylphenidate and cocaine with comparisons to experimental activity data"; M. D. Higdon (Robert W. Zoellner, advisor); "The computational determination of the relative anti-oxidant capabilities of selected phenolic compounds." Josh Smith took two of his research students to present posters at the Northern California ACS Organic Symposium, San Francisco State University: John Giraldes (Joshua R. Smith, advisor) "A synthetic methodology into the study of É6- benzynemetal complexes" and Matthew Lincoln (Joshua R. Smith, advisor) "Alternate pathways to (cyclobutadiene)tricarbonyliron(0)." |
| A number of our students also presented at the CNRS Fourth Annual New & Used Poster Session, including: Erin Brown, Ian Clark, John Giraldes, Matthew Lincoln, Jessica Nielson, and Yumiko Nakatsuka |
 The Humboldt Women in Chemistry Scholarship was not given this year.
The events of September 11 resulted in the donor being called to active reserve duty, resulting in a temporary loss of funding for this scholarship. The founding donor is interested in continuing this scholarship, dependent on future income. If you are interested in helping to reactivate this scholarship contact Rich Paselk. |
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 Jessica Momb is our first Robert Wallace Scholar.
Her proposal involves the regulation of protein expression in
Escherichia coli by Autoinducer-1 under the direction of
Jeff Schineller. Jessica recieved her award certificate from Jeff
following our last seminar of the spring semester, April 29, 2003. |
 Erin Brown is our Mervin Hanson Scholar for
a second year. He is continuing his study of fluorocarbons on
surfaces under Bill Golden. Bill presented the award certificate
to Erin following our last seminar of the spring semester, April
29, 2003.0 |
Each year the publishers of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics sponsor an award of a free Handbook to the "top" student in Chem 109/110 at HSU. This year Amy Furniss and Kristine Baker were selected as HSU's winners.
Each year the American Chemical Society (ACS) sponsors an award for the top analytical chemistry student in our department. The award consists of an honorary membership in the Analytical Division of the ACS and an eight month subscription to Analytical Chemistry, one of the world's leading journals of analytical chemistry.
| Molecular Modeling Lab: In the final phase of the NSF-ILI Molecular Modeling grant written by Bob Zoellner and Rich Paselk, a Beowulf cluster computer from PSSC Labs, Inc. has been installed. The dual Athlon PowerWulf cluster computer has one head node and five slave nodes. Each node contains two AMD Athlon 2400XP+ MP processors (2.4 GHz). The nodes are interconnected through a Gbit ethernet switch, and all nodes run RedHat Linux. The processors can operate independently, allowing ten (or eleven) jobs to run simultaneously, or the processors can operate in parallel so that a single job can be run in parallel on from two to ten (or eleven) processors. Currently, Jaguar is running on the cluster; we hope to have Gaussian 03 for Linux and AIMPRO running on them by the end of the summer. |
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Erin M. Brown, Robert W. Zoellner, and William G. Golden, "A Computational Investigation of Conformer Distribution for a Series of Perfluorinated Alkanes" HSU New and Used Poster Session, April 28, 2003 (poster) Ian T. Clark, Yumiko Nakatsuka, and William G. Golden, "A Thermal Desorption Spectrometer for Use in Undergraduate Research and Laboratory Curriculum." HSU New and Used Poster Session, April 28, 2003 (poster) Robert W. Zoellner, C. D. Latham, J. P. Goss, W. G. Golden, R. Jones, and P. R. Briddon; "The structures and properties of tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane using the AIMPRO density functional program"; Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2003, in press. |
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Precambrian case, HSU Natural History Museum. The culmination of over two years research and effort. Curated, designed, fabricated, installed, etc. the display. Precambrian web pages for HSU Natural History Museum. Researched, designed, wrote, photographed, coded, and put web site on-line:
"The Precambrian." (Public talk presented at opening of Precambrian display, F 2003) Humboldt State University Natural History Museum, Arcata CA. Presenter/Workshop leader, Rough Science Activity Day, HSU NHM "Research Revolution: Science and Shaping of Modern Life." (Scholar/Discussion Facilitator for a six-part video and discussion series that encourages the public to examine and to discuss the effects of science and technology on their daily lives. Hosted by Humboldt State University Library and Humboldt County Library. http://www.nvr.org/research_content.php?pro=research&sec=session&subsec=0) Humboldt County Library, Eureka, CA. (Sp 2003) Paselk, Richard A. and Robert W. Zoellner. Molecular modeling and computational chemistry at Humboldt State University. J. Chem. Ed. 79, 1192 (2002) |
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A. Parks*, M. Stapels, D. Barofsky, J. Schineller. "Regulation of Protein Expression in Escherichia coli by Autoinducer-2." CSUPERB Biotechnology Symposium, Pomona, January 9-11, 2003; HSU New and Used Poster Session, April 28, 2003; Experimental Biology Meeting, San Diego, April 11-15, 2003 (poster) Jeffrey Schineller. (2003) CSU Faculty Seed Grant Program for Student Research $15000 |
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Ian Clark, Joshua R. Smith. (2002) "1,2-Dehydro-benzene,-cyclopentadienyl, and -cyclobutadiene Metal Complexes." Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2002. University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. (Poster) John Giraldes, Joshua R. Smith (2003) "A synthetic methodology into the study of É6- benzynemetal complexes" Northern California ACS Organic Symposium, San Francisco State University. (Poster) Matthew Lincoln, Joshua R. Smith (2003) "Alternate pathways to (cyclobutadiene)tricarbonyliron(0)." Northern California ACS Organic Symposium, San Francisco State University. (Poster) |
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'The scent of the reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)," William F. Wood and Paul J. Weldon, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, in press (Dec 2002). "Volatile components in defensive spray of the hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura." William F. Wood, Brian G. Sollers,* Gwen A. Dragoo and Jerry W. Dragoo, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 28, 1853-1858 (2002). "Mass Spectrometry-Finding the Molecular Ion and What It Can Tell You: An Undergraduate Organic Laboratory Experiment," William F. Wood and Darin Price. The Chemical Educator 7, 226-232 (2002). "A comparison of volatiles in mandibular glands from three Crematogaster ant symbionts of the whistling thorn acacia," William F. Wood, Todd M. Palmer and Maureen L. Stanton, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 30, 217-222 (2002). "2-Pyrrolidinone, a putative alerting pheromone from rump glands of pronghorn, Antilocapra americana," William F. Wood, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 30, 361-363 (2002). |
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Robert Zoellner T. A. Keller and Robert W. Zoellner; "A computational investigation of the structures and properties of Möbius-twisted molecules: Coronene and the kekulenes revisited"; Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2002); Whitewater, Wisconsin; April 2002, PS3-8-1 (poster). L. A. Duckworth; G. W. van Horn; Robert W. Zoellner; "A computational investigation of the structures and properties of derivatives of methylphenidate and cocaine with comparisons to experimental activity data"; Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2002); Whitewater, Wisconsin; April 2002, PS3-7-2 (poster). M. D. Higdon; Robert W. Zoellner; "The computational determination of the relative anti-oxidant capabilities of selected phenolic compounds"; Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2002); Whitewater, Wisconsin; April 2002, PS2-11-3 (poster). L. A. Duckworth, G. W. van Horn, and Robert W. Zoellner; " A computational investigation of the structures and properties of derivatives of methylphenidate and cocaine with comparisons to experimental activity data"; Proceedings of the Sixteenth National Conference on Undergraduate Research--NCUR 2002 2002, CD file reference <file:///E|/html/CS/CSJ05.pdf>. Paselk, Richard A. and Robert W. Zoellner. Molecular modeling and computational chemistry at Humboldt State University. J. Chem. Ed. 79, 1192 (2002) Robert W. Zoellner, C. D. Latham, J. P. Goss, W. G. Golden, R. Jones, and P. R. Briddon; "The structures and properties of tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, and octafluoropropane using the AIMPRO density functional program"; Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 2003, in press. Robert W. Zoellner; Commentary on and review of "Bismuthine BiH3: Fact or fiction? High-resolution infrared, millimeter-wave, and ab initio studies"; research by W. Jerzembeck, H. Bürger, L. Constantin, L. Margulès, J. Demaison, J. Breidung, and W. Thiel; Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 2002, 41, 2550; ChemTracts--Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 15(12), 637-641. Robert W. Zoellner; Commentary on and review of "Dissociation barriers for odd-numbered acyclic nitrogen molecules N9 and N11"; research by M. D. Thompson, T. M. Bledson, and D. L. Strout; J. Phys. Chem A 2002, 106, 6880, and "Theoretical study of potential energy surfaces for N12 clusters"; research by Q. S. Li and J. F. Zhao; J. Phys. Chem A 2002, 106, 5367, and "On the stability of N5+N5-"; research by S. Fau, K. J. Wilson, and R. J. Bartlett; J. Phys. Chem A 2002, 106, 4639; ChemTracts--Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 15(12), 642-646. Robert W. Zoellner; "The adsorption of fluorocarbons on Pt(111): A computational investigation using AIMPRO"; School of Physics; University of Exeter; Exeter, Devon; United Kingdom; December 2002. Robert W. Zoellner; "Fluorocarbon conformations and the adsorption of fluorocarbons on Pt(111): A computational investigation using the AIMPRO ab initio density functional program"; Department of Chemistry; California State UniversityChico; Chico, California; April 2003. |
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Seven students
graduated 2002-2003 and all attended the Spring 2003 ceremony. Pictured
from left to right: Nathan A. Mitchell received the Bachelor of Arts
in Chemistry (second degree, B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology),
while Lance M. Molinaro (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with an option
in Environmental Toxicology), John W. Giraldes (Bachelor of Science
in Chemistry), Jessica A. Nielson (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry),
Ian Clark (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry), Yumiko Nakatsuka (Bachelor
of Science in Chemistry with an option in Environmental Toxicology),
and Domenika E. Pcion (Bachelor of Science in Chemistry). Graduation
was preceeded by a reception in the Chemistry Department, with food
and drink provided by the faculty. Graduates, families and friends showed
up for conversation, refreshments, and congratualtions.
