Students Present Research at
Regional Inorganic Chemistry Meeting
Heather McMillen and Sarah Beetem, both students in the Walters
research group, gave oral presentations on the progress of their
research at the 4th Annual Ohio Inorganic Weekend. This meeting
was held on the University of Cincinnati campus from Nov. 21-22
and attracted chemists from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. While this
meeting attracted the majority of the active graduate inorganic
research groups in these states, Sarah and Heather did an excellent
job showing all who attended the quality of research that can be
performed at an undergraduate institution. Heather's talk was entitled
"Synthesis of a novel fullerene/transition metal bridge: Implications
of rigidity and conjugation", and focused on the research work
she has conducted for Dr. Walters since joining his group this summer.
Sarah's talk was entitled "Synthesis of a linear multimetallic
chain using tethered phenanthroline ligands", and focused both
on the initial synthetic work of Katie Cilwa (a former member of
the Walters group) followed by the work Sarah has completed on the
project since she inherited it this fall. Both considered the conference
a good place to get their feet wet presenting their research outside
of NKU and are eager to continue their research and get more exciting
results before their next presentations in the spring semester.
The Chemistry department
supports a large number of undergraduate researchers in a diverse
array of projects. For more information on undergraduate research
click here.
Other related links:
NKU Chemistry
Undergraduate Research
Student Publications, Presentations
and Awards
Dr. Walters' home page
