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Following is a list of presentations and publications by Chemistry faculty since 2000. Names with an asterisk denote students. (This list is under construction.)

Publications

Michael W. Ducey, Jr. and Benjamin D. Caldwell, “Characterization and Analysis of a Product: A Guided Inquiry Laboratory Sequence for General Chemistry”, ICUC Quarterly, March 2006.
Benjamin A. Schmid, Yevgeniy V. Kondratenko, and Shauna L. Hiley, “Soil Lead Content of Two Parallel Highways in Missouri” , Missouri Journal of Undergraduate Chemical Research, 8, (2005/2006), 7-11.
Rhoad, J. S.; Lowary, T. L.; Ferguson, M. J. ³5,6,7,9-Tetra-O-acetyl-4,8-anhydro-1,2,3-trideoxy-D-glycero-D-gulo-non-1-enitol² Acta Cryst E., 2004, E60, 1939-1941.
Rhoad, J. S.; Lowary, T. L.; Ferguson, M. J. ³4,8-anhydro-1,2,3,5-tetradeoxy-D-allo-non-1-enitol² Acta Cryst E. 2004, E60, 1942-1944.
Christopher J. Orendorff, Michael W. Ducey, Jr., Jeanne E. Pemberton, and Lane C. Sander, “Structure-Function Relationships in High-Density Octadecylsilane Stationary Phases by Raman Spectroscopy. 4. Effects of Neutral and Basic Aromatic Compounds”, Anal. Chem., 75 (2003), 3369-3375.
Christopher J. Orendorff, Michael W. Ducey, Jr., Jeanne E. Pemberton, and Lane C. Sander, “Structure-Function Relationships in High-Density Octadecylsilane Stationary Phases by Raman Spectroscopy. 3. Effects of Self-Associating Solvents”, Anal. Chem., 75 (2003), 3360-3368.
Michael W. Ducey Jr., Christopher J. Orendorff, Jeanne E. Pemberton, and Lane C. Sander. “Structure-Function Relationships in High-Density Octadecylsilane Stationary Phases by Raman Spectroscopy. 2. Effect of Common Mobile-Phase Solvents”, Anal. Chem., 74 (2002), 5584-5592.
Michael W. Ducey Jr., Christopher J. Orendorff, Jeanne E. Pemberton, and Lane C. Sander “Structure-Function Relationships in High-Density Octadecylsilane Stationary Phases by Raman Spectroscopy. 1. Effects of Temperature, Surface Coverage, and Preparation Procedure”, Anal. Chem., 74 (2002), 5576-5584.
Christopher J. Orendorff, Michael W. Ducey, Jr., and Jeanne E. Pemberton. “Quantitative Correlation of Raman Spectral Indicators in Determining Conformational Order in Alkyl Chains”, J. Phys. Chem. A, 106, (2002) 6991-6998.
Jeanne E. Pemberton, Mankit Ho, Christopher J. Orendorff, Michael W. Ducey. “Raman spectroscopy of octadecylsilane stationary phase conformational order. Effect of Solvent.” J. Chromatogr. A, 913 (2001) 243-252.
Aaron M. Smith, Michael W. Ducey, Jr. and Mark E. Meyerhoff, “Nature of immobilized antibody layers linked to thioctic acid treated gold surfaces”, Biosensors Bioelectronics, 15 (2000) 183-192.

Faculty Presentations

Two-tiered instrumental: An approach to “breadth vs. depth” Shauna L. Hiley, and Michael W. Ducey. 231st National American Chemical Society Meeting, March 2006.
Michael W. Ducey, David Meyers, and Pamela Smith, “Introducing Students to Computational Chemical Structure Modeling in First Semester General Chemistry”, presented at the First-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Education International Conference (2005).
Michael W. Ducey, Jerry Zweerink, and Leonard Archer, “Dual Credit Chemistry doesn’t have to be a dirty word. Getting the most from a dual credit general chemistry course”, presented at the First-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Education International Conference (2005).
“Chemical Instrumentation in the General Chemistry Laboratory: It CAN Be Done” S. L. Hiley, M. W. Ducey, B. D. Caldwell, and G. L. Zweerink. 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting, March 2005.
Michael W. Ducey Jr., Shauna L. Hiley, Benjamin D. Caldwell and Gerald Zweerink “Characterization and Analysis of a Product (CAP): A Semester Long Guided Inquiry Laboratory Sequence for Use in General Chemistry”, presented at the Midwestern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2004).
2004 ACS National Convention "Conformational Investigations of Arabinofuranosyl Oligosaccharides from Mycobacteria" Justin B. Houseknecht, Jonathan S. Rhoad, Peng Tao, Matthew P. DeMatteo, R. B. Sunoj, Patrick R. McCarren, Christopher S. Callam, Christopher M. Hadad, and Todd L. Lowary.
“An Old Titration with a New Twist: Reinforcing the Relationship Between Technical Skill and Precision in Quantitative Analysis” S. L. Hiley, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Manhattan, KS; October, 2004.
Michael W. Ducey, Jr., Leonard Archer, and Gerald Zweerink “Dual Credit – An Innovative Model for Teaching General Chemistry”, presented at the Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society, (2003).
2003 Gordon Conference on Carbohydrate Chemistry "Synthesis of Saccharides for the Binding of Dirhodium to DNA" Jonathan Rhoad, Todd L. Lowary, and Claudia Turro.
2003 Alberta Ingenuity Center Carbohydrate "Synthesis of Saccharides for the Binding of Dirhodium to DNA" Jonathan Rhoad, Todd L. Lowary, and Claudia Turro.
“Improved Retention and Student Performance Through the Use of Peer Mentors” S. L. Hiley, 225th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2003.
“Finding the Science in Science Fiction: An Honors Colloquium” S. L. Hiley, D. Caldwell, and R. Nulph, 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 2002.
“Peer Mentoring through the Use of Chemistry Lab Assistants/Tutors” S. L. Hiley, 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 2001.
“The Revision of CHE 111 General Chemistry I Laboratory to Include Inquiry and Instrumentation” S.L. Hiley, B. Caldwell, G. Zweerink, 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March, 2000.

Presentations with Students

2007 Missouri Western State University SRI Symposium.Computational Evaluation of Energy Surfaces for Stereocontrol of the Glycosylation Reaction. Elijah Tylski*, Emily Wertin*, Brett Cagg* and Dr. Jonathan Rhoad.
Deborah Wright*, Justin Tone-Pah-Hote*, Tara Hill*, Jonathan Morrison*, Joseph Noynaert*, andMichael W. Ducey, “Investigation of Solvent Induced Conformational Order in Alkyl Methylimidazolium Room Temperature Ionic Liquids Using FTIR and NMR.” Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, February 26, 2007, Chicago, IL.
2006 Missouri Western State University URSI Symposium. Evaluation of the Potential Energy Surface of the Tetrahydrofuranyl Oxocarbenium Ion and its Derivatives: An Approach to Stereocontrol in the Glycosylation Reaction. Brett Cagg* and Dr. Jonathan Rhoad.
Deborah Wright*, Justin Tone-Pah-Hote*, Tara Hill*, Jonathan Morrison*, Joseph Noynaert*, and Michael W. Ducey, “Effect of Solvent on the Alkyl Conformational Order in Alkyl Methylimidazolium Room Temperature Ionic Liquids.” American Chemical Society Midwest Regional Meeting, October 26, 2006, Quincy, IL.
Jacob Voelkel*, Matthew Unzicker*, Benjamin Caldwell, and Michael W. Ducey, “Clinical Analysis Project (CAP): An integrated, inquiry-centered laboratory sequence for General Chemistry.” Missouri Western State University Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Symposium, October 2006.
Matthew Unzicker*, Jacob Voelkel*, Michael W. Ducey, and Benjamin Caldwell, “Remediation of Heavy Metal Ions in Wastewater by Coffee Grounds.” Missouri Western State University Undergraduate Research Summer Institute Symposium, October 2006.
Darcie Elder*, Janessa Hovey*, Amanda DeBey*, Michael W. Ducey, and Benjamin Caldwell, “A Biochemical and Biophysical Examination of PAM-CD:P-CIP2 Binding”. Missouri Western State University, Summer Research Institute Symposium, July, 2006.
“Development of Microlab Experiments for CHE 111 General Chemistry I and CHE 120 General Chemistry II Laboratories”, Charity Witkowski, Bill Wright, and Shauna Hiley. MWSU URSI Poster Session, October 2005, and 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 2006.
Justin Tone-Pah-Hote* and Michael W. Ducey, “T1 Relaxation Times of 1-Alkylimidazolium Bromide Ionic Liquids as a Function of Solvent Properties.” 2005 Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Symposium, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO, October 18, 2005.
“Development of Inquiry Centered Activities for the Secondary Chemistry Classroom”, D. A. Durham, J. Stamback, and S. L. Hiley. Co-presented paper with undergraduate student at the 229th National American Chemical Society Meeting, March 2005. This presentation was also highlighted in the Journal of Chemical Education.
Kelly R. Gant*, Justin Tone-Pah-Hote*, and Michael W. Ducey. “Preparation and Characterization of Thioctic Acid Protected Silver Nanoclusters”, presented at the 2004 Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) Symposium, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, October 26, 2004.
“Development and Electrochemical Characterization of Mixed Alkyl Thiol/Benzoquinone Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold” A. Moore, and S. L. Hiley, 2003 MWSC URSI Symposium.
Richard L. Felts*, Benjamin D. Caldwell, and Michael W. Ducey. “Development of the Laboratory Component to a Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences Course”, presented at the Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society, (2003).
Richard L. Felts*, Eric Wombwell*, Smantha Zvolanek*, James Cera*, Benjamin D. Caldwell, and Michael W. Ducey. “Experiments in Physical Chemistry for the Biological Sciences”, presented at the Summer Research Institute Symposium, Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, MO, July 18, 2002.
"Electrochemical Characterization of Quinone-Containing Monolayers Toward Development of Redox Switches" D. M. Ash, and S. L. Hiley, 221st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 2001.
“Soil Lead Content of Two Parallel Highways in Missouri” Y. Kondratenko, B. Schmid, and S.L. Hiley, 219th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March, 2000.