Presentations

Talks

1. "Development of Laser-Excited Molecular Luminescence Spectrometric Methods for Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Environmental Samples", Department of Energy (D. O. E.) Contractors Workshop on Advanced Laser Technology for Pollutant Measurements, Harpers Ferry, WV, June 10-11, 1980.

2. "Two Photon Photoionization Studies of PAHs and Drugs in a Windowless Flow Cell", Talk #281A, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (F. A. C. S. S.) VIII Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, September 20-25, 1981.

3. "Laser-Excited Molecular Luminescence Spectrometric Methods for Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons", D. O. E. Contractors Workshop on Advanced Laser Technology for Chemical Measurements, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, October 6-7, 1981.

4. "Fluorescence, Photoacoustic, and Photoionization Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Drugs in both Nonpolar and Polar Solvent Systems", D. O. E. Contractors Workshop on Advanced Laser Technology for Chemical Measurements, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, June 8-9, 1983.

5. "Analytical Applications of Laser-Induced Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy", Invited talk, Society of Optical and Quantum Electronics-sponsored International Conference on Lasers "83, San Francisco, CA, December 12-16, 1983.

6. "Optimization of Simultaneous Laser-Excited Fluorescence, Photoacoustic Effect, and Photoionization Detection of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Liquids", D. O. E. Contractors Workshop on Advanced Laser Technology for Chemical Measurements, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L. I., NY, October 23-25, 1984.

7. "Development of Laser Based Molecular Spectrometric Methods for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons", D. O. E. Contractors Workshop on Advanced Laser Technology for Chemical Measurements, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Seattle, WA, April 28-May 1, 1986.

8. "Optimized Molecular Spectrometric Detection in Real World Noise: Is It Possible?", University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, January 28, 1987.

9. "Optimum Photoionization Detection in Liquids", XXV Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale, Toronto, Canada, June 21-26, 1987.

10. "Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: Will It Ever Mature?", Amherst College, Amherst, MA, April 4, 1988.

11. "Ultrasensitive Spectrometry: Pitfalls and Possibilities", University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, April 11, 1988.

12. "Photoacoustic Spectroscopy in Liquids: Will it ever mature?", Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, April 28, 1988.

13. "Photoacoustic Spectroscopy: Will It Ever Mature?", F. A. C. S. S. XV, Boston, MA, November 1, 1988.

14. "Non-Stationary Noise in Laser Spectrometry", Invited talk, Eastern Analytical Symposium (28th Annual), New York, NY, September 27, 1989.

15. "Applications of Auto-By-Cross Correlation Detection in Flowing Streams",E. Voigtman and M. Johnson, Talk #1065, Pittsburgh Conference, New York, NY, March 7, 1990.

16. "Laser-Excited Photoacoustic Detection", Departmental Seminar, Clark University, Worcester, MA, March 19, 1990.

17. "A Comparison of Detection Techniques in Pulsed Photoacoustic Detection", Invited talk, 36th Canadian Spectroscopy Conference, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, August 1, 1990.

18. "A Scientific Block Diagram Program", NEAACC-XIV (New England Academic Analytical Chemistry Conference), University of Vermont (Burlington) hosts, Bolton Valley Conference Center, Bolton Valley, VT, November 2, 1990.

19. "Realistic Computer Simulations of UV-Visible Spectrometers", Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (N. E. R. M.) XXI, Amherst, MA, June 25, 1991.

20. "Computer Simulations for Instrumental Analysis", American Chemical Society Meeting, New York, NY, August 29, 1991.

21. "Comparing State-of-the-Art Optical Polarimeters", F. A. C. S. S. XVIII, Anaheim, CA, October 8, 1991.

22. "Simulating Developments in UV-Vis Spectrometry", NEAACC-XV (New England Academic Analytical Chemistry Conference), Universities of New England and Southern Maine co-hosts, Kennebunkport, ME, October 25-26, 1991.

23. "Plasma Spectrochemical Simulation with a Graphical User Interface Program", 1992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, San Diego, CA, January 7, 1992. Invited talk.

24. "Low Frequency Noise Effects in Transient Absorbance Measurements", PittCon "92, New Orleans, LA, March 9, 1992.

25. "Computer Experimentation in and Teaching of Modern Instrumental Techniques", E. Voigtman, Invited Keynote Address, 12th International Symposium on Microchemical Techniques, Cordoba, Spain, September 7-12, 1992.

26. "A Laser-Based Optical Polarimeter Computer Simulation and Experimental Evaluation", with M. E. Johnson, Invited Talk, F. A. C. S. S. XIX, Philadelphia, PA, September 20-25, 1992.

27. "Some Simulation Examples for Instrumental Analysis", NEAACC-XVI (New England Academic Analytical Chemistry Conference), University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Fairhaven, MA, October 23-24, 1992.

28. "Simulating Developments in Spectrometry", Divisional Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, December 4, 1992.

29. "Simulations for Instrumental Analysis", E. Voigtman, Invited Talk, 76th Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Sherbrooke, Quebéc, Canada, June 2, 1993.

30. "Perfecting Spectrometric Chemical Instrumentation using Quantitative Optical Calculus Simulations", E. Voigtman, Scientific and Engineering Applications of the Macintosh (SEAM"93) conference, Woburn, MA, August 2, 1993.

31. "Simulation of Zeeman AAS Background Correction", F. A. C. S. S. XX, Detroit, MI, October 19, 1993.

32. "Modeling Stray Light and Spectral Profile Effects in Zeeman AAS", NEAACC-XVII (New England Academic Analytical Chemistry Conference), University of Rhode Island, West Greenwich, RI, November 12-13, 1993.

33. "Computer Modeling Spectrometric Instrumentation", University of Lowell, Lowell, MA, October 3, 1994.

34. "Simulating Spectral Data, Invited talk, Eastern Analytical Symposium (33rd Annual), Somerset, NJ, November 14, 1994.

35. "Applications of Spectrometric Models in Teaching and Research", E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Sixth Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, December 1, 1994.

36. "Stray Light Effects in Zeeman and Smith-Hieftje Background Correction for AAS", Invited talk, American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 22, 1995.

37. "How Biased is the Signal-to-Noise Ratio?", NEAACC-XX (New England Academic Analytical Chemistry Conference), University of New Hampshire, April 19, 1996.

38. "Optical Calculus-based Spectrometric Modeling", Brown University, Providence, RI, October 1, 1998.

39. "Optical Calculus Based Explorations in the Undergraduate Curriculum", Invited talk, Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (N. E. R. M.) '99, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, June 22, 1999.

40. "A Potential Improvement in Measurement of Transient Circular Dichroism", Invited talk, Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (N. E. R. M.) '99, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, June 23, 1999.

Posters

1. "Lock-in Amplifiers and Boxcar Averagers: How They Really Work", Poster #108, F. A. C. S. S. XII, Bala Cynwyd (near Philadelphia), PA, September 29-October 4, 1985.

2. "Laser Induced Two-Photon Photoionization as a Detection Mode for HPLC", P. Snyder and E. Voigtman, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 6, 1989.

3. "The Use of Auto-By-Cross Correlation for the Analysis of Photoacoustic Signals", M. Wong and E. Voigtman, Pittsburgh Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 6, 1989.

4. "Analytical Detection with Laser-Excited Photoionization", P. Snyder, A. Gross, M. Johnson, and E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts First Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, November 4, 1989.

5. "New Approaches to Laser-Excited Detection of Molecules in Flowing Streams", M. Johnson and E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Second Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, October 27, 1990.

6. "A Scientific Block Diagram Program", E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Second Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, October 27, 1990.

7. "Computer Modeling of Fluorescence Dip Spectroscopy", F. A. C. S. S. XVIII, Anaheim, CA, October 9, 1991. This was a "live computerized poster" in the session organized by P. W. J. M. Boumans and A. Scheeline.

8. "Fluorescence Dip Spectroscopy", E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Third Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, October 19, 1991.

9. "Noise Reduction in Polar Solvents with Water-in-oil Microemulsions for Laser-Excited Multiphoton Photoionization Spectroscopy", M. E. Johnson and E. Voigtman, PittCon "92, New Orleans, LA, March 10, 1992.

10. "Gated Integration of Transient Signals in 1/f Noise", U. Kale and E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Fourth Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, October 17, 1992.

11. "Signal Processing in Electrothermal Atomization Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy", U. Kale and E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Fifth Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, October 16, 1993.

12. "Modeling Source/Absorber Spectral Width Effects in Atomic Absorption Spectrometry", F. A. C. S. S. XX, Detroit, MI, October 19, 1993. This was a "live computerized poster" in the session organized by A. Scheeline.

13. "Stray Light Effects in Zeeman AAS", E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Sixth Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, December 1, 1994.

14. "How Biased is the Signal to Noise Ratio?", E. Voigtman, University of Massachusetts Seventh Annual Research Symposium/Posterfest, December 7, 1995.

15. "Statistical Properties of Limit of Detection Test Statistics", Daniel Montville and Edward Voigtman, Poster #327, F. A. C. S. S. 2002, Providence, RI, October 13-October 17, 2002.

Sessions Chaired

1. Session chairperson at the 1988 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, San Diego, CA, January 3-9, 1988.

2. Session chairperson and arranger at F. A. C. S. S. XV, Boston, MA, November 1, 1988.

3. Session chairperson at the 1990 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, St. Petersburg, FL, January 7-13, 1990.

4. Session chairperson at the 1992 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, San Diego, CA, January 7, 1992.

5. Session chairperson and arranger of the "Molecular Spectroscopy" sessions at F. A. C. S. S. XIX, Philadelphia, PA, September 20-25, 1992.

6. Session chairperson at the 1994 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, San Diego, CA, January 13, 1994.

7. Session chairperson of the "New Horizens in Analytical Chemistry" session at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (N. E. R. M.) '99, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, June 23, 1999.