Presentations and Talks

2018 PittCon, Orlando, FL (Feb 25 – March 1)

• Wednesday Poster Session 10am-12noon: Fuel Property Model Transfer for Fielded Near-infrared Spectrometers, Wayne Smith, Carl Brouillette, Stuart Farquharson | Real-Time Analyzers, Inc.; Vincent Colantuoni, and Raj Shah | Koehler Instruments

2017 PittCon, Chicago, IL (March 5 – 9)

2016 PittCon, Atlanta, GA (March 6 – 10)

• Wednesday Rm B402
  9:10 (1620-3) Analysis of Drugs in Saliva During Treatment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Patients KATHRYN DANA, Real-Time Analyzers, Inc, Chetan Shende, Stuart Farquharson, Albert J Arias
• Wednesday Rm B402
  4:05 (1940-8) On-site Fuel Analysis Using a Portable Near-infrared Spectrometer, WAYNE SMITH, Real-Time Analyzers, Inc, Carl Brouillette, Chetan Shende, Stuart Farquharson
• Wednesday Rm B408
  4:05 (2000-8) Degradation Analysis of International Space Station Medications by Raman Spectroscopy STUART FARQUHARSON, Real-Time Analyzers, Inc, Chetan Shende, Alexander May, Carl Brouillette, Joseph Cosgrove

2015 PittCon, New Orleans (March 8 – 12)

• Tues 1:30 Room 275 Drug Degradation Analyzer – Stuart Farquharson
• Wed 1:30 Room 275: Analysis of drugs in saliva during treatment of military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder – Stuart Farquharson
• Wed 2:10 Rm 275: Discriminate detection of 100 B. anthracis Ames spores in 20 minutes at US Army facilities using a portable SERS assay – Stuart Farquharson
• Thurs 1:30 Rm 271: Detection of 10 to 100 pathogen cells per gram of food in 4 hours by SERS – Chetan Shende

2014 PittCon, Chicago, IL (March 2 – 6)

• Tuesday: 9:10 AM Rm s501a:Measurements of bioagents at military facilities by using a field portable SERS assay 

•  Tuesday: 1:30 PM Rm s501a: Illicit drug detection in the saliva of impaired drivers

• Thursday: 10:05 AM Rm s501a:

  Fuel quality verification in 30 seconds at the point of receipt using a military grade Raman spectrometer
  

• Thursday: 2:30 AM Rm s405a:Detection of foodborne pathogens at 100 cfu/g in 4 hours using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

2013 PittCon, Philadelphia, PA (March 17 – 21)

• Detection of Pathogens in Food Using a SERS-Based Assay
  ATANU SENGUPTA, Chetan Shende, Hermes C Huang, Stuart Farquharson, Frank E Inscore
  Session 420-4, Monday 9:00 AM
• B. Anthracis Spores, Y. Pestis Bacteria and C. Botulinum A Toxin Detection by Field Usable SERS Assay
  FRANK E INSCORE, Chetan Shende, Atanu Sengupta, Hermes C Huang, Stuart Farquharson
  Session 430-7, Monday 10:15 AM
• Evaluation of SERS Substrates and Enhancement Factors Used to Characterize Them
  HERMES C HUANG, Stuart Farquharson, Chetan Shende, Atanu Sengupta, Frank E Inscore
  Session 1160-2, Tuesday: 8:20 AM
• A Military Grade Hand-Held Raman Analyzer
  STUART FARQUHARSON, Carl Brouillette, Wayne Smith
  Session 1470-1, Tuesday 3:35 PM
• Monitoring Biodiesel Production: From Lab to Plant
  STUART FARQUHARSON, Wayne Smith
  Session 1760-8, Wednesday 10:35 AM

2013 IFPAC (Process Analytical Technology)

• Rapid Identification of Overdose Drugs in Saliva by Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  Chetan Shende, Hermes, Huang, Stuart farquharson, and Frank Inscore
• Monitoring Biofuel Production: From Lab to Plant
  Wayne Smith, Michael Patient, and Stuart farquharson
• Military Grade Hand-held Raman Spectrometer
  Carl Brouillette, Stuart farquharson, and Wayne Smith
• Detection of Pathogens in Food using a SERS-based Assay
  Atanu Sengupta, Chetan Shende, Stuart farquharson and Frank Iscore

2012 PittCon, Orlando, FL

• Detection of Single-Digit Bacillus Anthracis Spores in 15 Minutes by SERS
  Frank Inscore, Monday, 9:35 AM, Room 308A
• Rapid Detection and Identification of Overdose Drugs in Saliva by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  Chetan Shende, Monday, 9:55 AM, Room 308B
• Raman Spectroscopy Using Retina-Safe (1550 nm) Laser Excitation
  Hermes Huang,  Monday, 3:35 PM, Room 309B
• Rapid Analysis of Foodborne Pathogens
  Atanu Sengupta, Thursday, 9:35 AM, Room 209B

IFPAC 2012 (Process Analytical Technology)

• Monday PM-Raman
  Retina Safe (1550 nm) Portable Raman Spectroscopy
  Hermes Huang, Mike Donahue, Stuart Farquharson, Wayne Smith and Carl Brouilette
• Tuesday PM-Chemometrics II
  18 Fuel Properties Determined in 3 Minutes by Raman Spectroscopy
  Carl Bruoillette, Frank Inscore, Mike Donahue, Stuart Farquharson and Wayne Smith
• Tuesday PM-Food Safety
  Foodborne Pathogen Analysis by SERS
  Atanu Sengupta, Chetan Shende, Hermes Huang, Stuart Farquharson and Frank Inscore
• Detection of DEHP, Melamine, and Pesticides in Liquid and Solid Food Samples by SERS
  Chetan Shende, Frank Inscore, Atanu Sengupta, Hermes Huang and Stuart Farquharson
• Wednesday AM-BioProcessing
  Monitoring Biodiesel Production: From Lab to Plant
  Mike Donahue, Stuart Farquharson and Wayne Smith
• Wednesday AM-Surveillance & Screening
  Detection of Illicit Drugs in Impaired Driver Saliva by Handheld SERS
  Chetan Shende, Frank Inscore, Atanu Sengupta, Hermes Huang and Stuart Farquharson

2011 Pittcon, Atlanta, GA

• Field Analysis by SERS: Drugs, Explosives, Poisons and More
  Stu Farquharson

2011 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Somerset, NJ

• Drugs in Saliva
  Frank Inscore
• Monitoring Cure of Compression Molded Composites using Raman Spectroscopy
  Michael Donahue, Stuart Farquharson, Wayne Smith, Real-Time Analyzers, Montgomery Shaw, Chitra Subramanian, University of Connecticut
• Cure of Compression Molded Composites using Raman Spectroscopy
  Michael Donahue, Stuart Farquharson, Wayne Smith, Real-Time Analyzers, Montgomery Shaw, Chitra Subramanian, University of Connecticut
• Calibrating Batch Process Biodiesel Production with Raman Spectroscopy
  Michael J. Donahue, Stuart Farquharson, Wayne Smith, Real-Time Analyzers, James Stuart, Richard Parnas, University of Connecticut
• Pharmaceutical Drug Synthesis and Process Monitoring by Raman Spectroscopy
  Stuart Farquharson, Michael J. Donahue, Real-Time Analyzers
• A Raman-Based Portable Fuel Analyzer
  Stuart Farquharson, Michael Patient, Real-Time Analyzers
• Eye Safe Raman at 1550 nm
  Wayne Smith, Carl Brouillette, Hermes Huang, Stuart Farquharson, Real-Time Analyzers

2010 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Somerset, NJ

• Pharmaceutical Analysis from Start to Finish by Raman Spectroscopy
  Monday, Nov 15, 2010, 10:35 AM
• High-Throughput Trace Analysis using SERS-Active Microplates
  Monday, Nov 15, 2010, 11:35 AM
• Forensic Analysis by SERS: Drugs, Poisons, Explosives, and More.
  Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010, 11:30 AM
• Fuel Analysis: 18 Chemical and Physical Properties in less than 5 Minutes, Anywhere
  Thursday, Nov 18, 2010, 11:40 AM

2010 Pittcon, Orlando, FL

• Accurate Identification of Powders: the Power of x-axis Stability
  Monday, March 1st, 2010, 02:20 PM
• A Portable Fuel Analyzer
  Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, 09:35 AM
• Biodiesel Reactors: Raw Material Analysis, Process Control, and Product Quality
  Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010, 03:35 PM
• Rapid Analysis of Drugs in Saliva using a Disposable Lab-on-a-Chip
  Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 08:20 AM
• Water Security: Detecting Chemical Agents by SERS
  Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 08:00 AM
• Highly Sensitive SER-active Sol-gel Substrates
  Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010, 04:35 PM

 IFPAC 2010 (Process Analytical Technology)

• Biodiesel Reactors: Raw Material Analysis, Process Control, and Product Quality
  (Tue, PM-II)
• Accurate Identification of Powders: The Power of X-Axis Stability
  (Tue, PM-V)
• A Portable Fuel Analyzer
  (Wed, AM-VI)
• Water Security: Detecting Chemical Agents by SERS using NeSSI
  (Wed, PM-III)