Schedule

9:00-10:45am Poster Session featuring posters from SCC Students' Undergraduate Research Projects

Poster session is open to the public

Poster session sponsored by the American Chemical Society, Sacramento Section

Opening Remarks by SCC President Albert Garcia and SCC Dean of Natural Sciences Devin Horton

11am-11:45am Keynote Presentation: Nobel Prizes – Medals and Mistakes by Ruth Lewin Sime

Brief biography: Ruth Lewin Sime taught chemistry at Sacramento City College for over 30 years.  She is the author of an award-winning biography of Lise Meitner, the physicist who was a co-discoverer of nuclear fission.  Currently Ruth is writing about Meitner’s partner in the discovery, the chemist Otto Hahn.

Opening Remarks by SCC Vice President of Instruction Devoun Stewart

Keynote presentation is open to the public.

12-1:30pm Awards Ceremony and Luncheon Honoring our Outstanding Chemistry Students and Our 30-year Teachers Steve Imai, Melekeh Nasiri, and Ferry Niyati

Attendance at the luncheon is by invitation only

Registration for Poster Session

Are you a student or faculty researcher? Would you like to present your poster at the SCC URC? If so, please register here. Registrations are due by April 12 at 11:59pm.

For a poster general poster template: Powerpoint format, as a PDF, or as a PNG. 

For examples of past posters, please click here.

For more examples of poster templates/designs, please see this site from the University of Texas. 

Registered Poster Authors and Titles:

1. Sparrevohn, Remy;  Alan, Sharon; Christofori-Munir,Yasmene;  Nguyen, Aaron; Mui, Nicholas. Survey Measured Content Comprehension

2. Khang, Tony; Jew, Joey; D’Cruz, Brandon; Atkins, Tonya M. Determining Trace Amounts of Contaminants in Sacramento City College’s Potable Water System using the Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometer

3. Dennison, Jake;  Atkins, Tonya M. Solventless Cannabinoid Extraction from Cannabis Second Place Award Winner: Organic Chemistry

4. Khang, Tony; Atkins, Tonya M. Development of a Cost-Efficient and Robust Way to Quickly Analyze and Identify Residual Pesticides in Dry Cannabis Flower Using Gas Chromatography Coupled with Mass Spectroscopy

5. Horak, Michal; Atkins, Tonya M. Extraction of Cannabinoids and Pesticide Residues
   in Common Oils and Validation Using GC-MS

6. Soriano, Abegail; Bartolomei, Rowan; Bumpus, Julian; Ngassam, Viviane; Johnson, Dustin; Odipo, Crystal; Oliver, Ann. Sampling for Potential Bacterial Harboring in Various Water Types and Sources

7. Rios, Jacqueline; Atkins, Tonya M. Extracting Non-Psychoactive Compounds from Cannabis

8. Buckler, Cain; Ong, M.J.; Thao, Sheng; Kimmel, Benjamin; Williams, Chelsie; Dang, Jennifer; De Laguna, Jessica; Vanvelzen, Victoria. Using Preparative HPLC to Purify Amphiphilic Peptides

9. Freed, Chace; Miller, William, W. J. Social Media Posts that Teach Safety

10. Berkstresser, Natalie; Lieu, Candice; Lopez, Ella; Miller, William, W. J. Social Media Posts From Scratch: Original Content that Informs and Amuses

11. Wang, Evelynn; Miller, William, W. J. Cats and Chemistry: A Winning Combination

12. Cha, Madi; Nguyen, Aaron; Miller, William, W. J. Partial Molar Volumes of Nonideal Binary Solutions: Positive and Negative Deviations from Nonideality First Place Award Winner: General Chemistry

13. Castex, Reginald; Sohrabi Rad; Pooya; Miller, William, W. J. Progress Towards Making Undergraduate Research Accessible

14.  Gonzalez; Stephanie; Mansoor Ahmad, Nasir Ahmad; Oboh, Lucia O.; Steffy, Elinor P.; Miller, William, W. J. Comparison of Handheld and Digital Refractometers Second Place Award Winner: General Chemistry

15. Altahan, Abdullah; LaBolle, Andrew; Dang, Jennifer; De Laguna, Jessica; Arvizu, Joseph. The "One-Stop Shop" Model and Voluntary Student Attendance of STEM PAL Sessions

16. Yee, Verene; Atkins, Tonya M. Quantitative Analysis of Cannabinoids in Cannabis Oil Using Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry in Synthesizing CBD Gummies

17. Kimmel, Benjamin; Buckler, Cain; Williams, Chelsie; Dang, Jennifer; De Laguna, Jessica; Ong, MJ; Thao, Sheng; Vanvelzen, Victoria. Heterochiral Amphipathic Dipeptide Synthesis First Place Award Winner: Organic Chemistry

Sponsored by:

American Chemical Society, Sacramento

The Chemistry Department at Sacramento City College

The Sacramento Chemical Education Foundation

Organizing Committee:

Marisa Alviar-Agnew, Professor of Chemistry, SCC

Tonya Atkins, Professor of Chemistry, SCC

Bill Miller, Professor of Chemistry, SCC

Joel Hwang, Department Chair of Chemistry and Professor of Chemistry, SCC