NSF-REU Program at Texas A&M University: Summer 2001


Schedule of Events

May 28-31 Arrival & Orientation
June 1 Reception & Barbecue


Weekly Faculty Presentations
Talks will be in room 2122 at 4PM

June 8 Professors Bergbreiter & Burgess
June 15 Professors Cremer & Simanek
June 29 Professors Bevan & North
July 6 Professors DeRose & Raushel
July 13 Professors Fackler & Darensbourg
July 20 Professors Romo & Singleton


NSF-REU Students Career Day
Friday, June 22, 2001

8:45 am Coffee
9:00 am Dr. Bruce Dorsey (Merck Research Laboratories)
The Design and Synthesis of Potent HIV Protease Inhibitors: From the Bench to the Clinic
10:00 am Professor Richard Crooks (Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University)
Dendrimer-Encapsulated Catalysts
11:00-11:30 am Graduate School Application Workshop
Julie Wilson, Academic Advisor II, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
11::30-12:00 nn Graduate School Experience
Discussion with Graduate students
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30-2:30 pm Career Panel Number 1: Pharmaceutical Industry
Bruce Dorsey (Merck Pharmaceutical), George Holland (Texas Biotechnology)
2:30-3:30 pm Career Panel Number 2: Teaching
Professor H. Neil Gray (University of Texas, Tyler), Professor John L. Hogg (University Professor of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University)
3:30-4:30 pm Career Panel Number 3: Nontraditional
Dr. Susan Morrissey, ( Chemical & Engineering News), Dr. Jeff Robertson
(US Patent and Trade Office)


NSF-REU Student Presentation

July 27 Research Presentations
July 30 Research Presentation