2010 PINDU SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Saturday, October 30 ^th, 2010

8:30-9:15 am

Welcome reception (WTHR 201) & poster set-up (BRWN 2^nd floor)

9:15-9:30 am

Opening Remarks (WTHR 104)

9:30-9:50 am

Talk 1: Anchoring Semiconductor and Metal Nanoparticles on a 2-Dimensional Catalyst Mat. Storing and Shuttling Electrons with Reduced Graphene Oxide

Ian V. Lightcap

University of Notre Dame

9:50-10:10 am

Talk 2: Alkane Dehydrogenation: α,β-Double C-H Bond Activation of Ethane and Higher Alkanes by a Transient Titanium Alkylidyne

Vincent N. Cavaliere

Indiana University

10:10-10:30 am

Talk 3: Fc-Fc Equatorial Electronic Communication Through Diruthenium Paddlewheel Complexes

Darryl Boyd

Purdue University

10:30-11:30 am

Poster Session 1: Odd-numbered posters (BRWN 2^nd floor)

11:30-12:50 pm

Lunch

12:50-1:10 pm

Talk 4: Synthesis of Shape-controlled Bi2WO6 Particles using Unconventional Precursors with Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis

Amanda K. Peterson

Indiana University

1:10–1:30 pm

Talk 5: Kinetics and Mechanism of O2-activation using Zr(IV) with Redox-active Ancillary Ligand

Mary Jones

Purdue University

1:40-2:00 pm

Talk 6: Bond Cleavage Accelerated by Ligand Oxidation: Synthesis, Characterization and Redox Properties of Titanium (IV) Diolates of Noninnocent Ligands

Mauricio Quiroz-Guzman

University of Notre Dame

2:00-3:00 pm

Poster Session 2: Even-numbered posters (BRWN 2^nd floor)

Oral Presentations Session 3 (WTHR 104)

3:00-3:20 pm

Talk 7: Synthesis and Reactivity of Uranium Compounds Containing Redox-Active α-Diimine Ligands

Steven Kraft

Purdue University

3:20-3:40pm

Talk 8: Template-Directed Synthesis: Differential Ion Exchange in Elliptical Uranyl Diphosphonate Nanotubules

Pius O. Adelani

University of Notre Dame

3:40-4:00 pm

Talk 9: Redox Non-Innocent Ligands and Water Oxidation

Soumya Ghosh

Indiana University

4:00-4:15pm

Closing Remarks/Awards