Research Interests Based on Seminars and Presentations
March 6, 2008 Pittcon, Detection of Peroxide Based (Kitchen Sink) Explosives, with Derek Laine and Chris Roske
November 6, 2007 Kenichi Shimizu's Ph.D. Research Seminar on Fuel Cell Catalysts.
October 23, 2007 Rubha Ponraj's M.S. Research Seminar on the Lead-Acid Battery
October 16, 2007 Derek Laine's Ph.D. Research Seminar on the ZEA Reaction and TATP Analysis
September 11, 2007 "The many Wonders of FeEDTA: Room Temperature Incineration of Pollutants, and Detection of TATP" given at University of Idaho, Department of Physics
September 10, 2007 "The many Wonders of FeEDTA: Room Temperature Incineration of Pollutants, and Detection of TATP" given at Washington State University, Department of Chemical Engineering
June 20, 2007 "Kinetic study of formic acid oxidation on multi-wall carbon nanotube supported Pt, PtRu and PtBi electrocatalyst" Kenichi Shimizu 62nd Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, Idaho
June 18, 2007 “Application of O2 Activation Toward Pollutant Degradation” Derek F. Laine, 62nd Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, Idaho
June 17, 2007 “Increase of positive active material utilization in lead-acid batteries” Rubha Ponraj, Simon McAllister 62nd Northwest Regional Meeting, Boise, Idaho
November 2006 "The many Wonders of FeEDTA: Room Temperature Incineration of Pollutants, and A Model for Biological Oxidations." Seminar given at Boise State University.
March 2005 “Kinetics of EDTA degradation induced by dioxygen activation in the Fe(0)/air/water system” Christina E. Noradoun, INOR 0482, 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego CA, March 2005.
March 2004 by Ryan Hutcheson at the ACS National Meeting in Anaheim CA on the pH dependence of the FeII/IIIEDTA voltammetry
November, 2003 Graduate student recruiting seminar given at Evergreen State College and Gonzaga University. Good for a more general discussion of the flavonoid work.
September, 2003 Presentation of oxygen work given at ACS National Meeting in NYC Symposium Title "Targeting Chemical and Biological Agents"
September, 2003 Flavonoid Metal Binding Properties poster presentation given at ACS National Meeting.
September, 2003 Ca2+/Zn2+ Pro-oxidant/antioxidant poster given at the ACS National Meeting Bioinorganic Symposium.
February 3, 2003 Seminar given at Washington State University, Department of Chemical Engineering describing the environmental remediation work.
January 2003 A 20 minute seminar regarding destruction of pollutants by a RTP dioxygen activation scheme. Given to a CTO of a large microelectronics company
October 2002 Mark Engelmann's seminar regarding flavonoids.
October 2001 A 20 min presentation given to incoming graduate students explaining the entire scope of my research program.
July 2000 A seminar given to NASA regarding a UI team's progress at a method for the detection of life on Mars
June 1999 A seminar given at an AOAC meeting regarding the detection of PCB and DDT by dechlorination.
March 1998 A seminar given at PittCon describing the detection of PCB by dechlorination
Spring 1997 A seminar on the hypothesized antioxidant action of aspirin.