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News, Events and the Past

December 2025



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May 2025

The Crew participates in Science Rendevous! We promoted science to the general public by doing demonstrations and hands on activities. We even showed how our research work through the use of LEGO! Super fun event! Josh especially had a lot of fun!!! 🎵He believes the children are our future.🎵

Justin Science Rendezvous

Josh Science Rendezvous   

 Group at Science Rendezvous     Group as Science Rendezvous


April 2025

Giang preparing for some training at SSW!

Giang is ready!!

The Ragogna Group gets another ALD tool (G-Tool)!

                   Jessica making a snowflake

Justin wins the Dr. Peter R. Norton Memorial Award and presents his work to the chemistry department!

snowflake group 2022                   

The Ragogna Group get together to do an Escape Room! There were winners: Justin, Garima, & Golnoosh, and losers: Jeanette, Jordan, Kodee!!

Escape Room 2025   

 JLo, GG, GH

Escape 2025 Group

Josh and Kodee present and defend their 4491 thesis projects.

4491 Kodee

Josh 4491

Kodee and Josh 4491



March 2025

Kodee shows us how much he LOVES the glovebox and his project!!!!

Kodee and the Glovebox!

Josh presents an oral presentation and Kodee presents a poster (not shown here) at SOUSCC. Kodee took home a poster prize! 

Josh SOUSCC 

 Josh at SOUSCC

Ragogna Group Photo (Winter 2025)

Group Photo Winter 2025 

Paul joins group meeting via Zoom, Wizard of Oz style!!!

The Wizard of Oz

The Crew were forced to leave the lab because of another gas leak evacuation. We decided to chill at The Wave while waiting to be let back into BGS.

The Crew at The Wave

Ellie presents her 9658 seminar to the chemistry department!

Ellie 9658


February 2025

The long awaited ALD tool!! After many months, we get to see this beautiful tool in this tiny box!!!!

ALD tool in tiny box LOL

Paul teaching MO Theory to the group while not letting Jeanette and Ellie in via Zoom!!! Jeanette will never get a chance to learn MO theory from Paul ever again!!! Tragic!!

Paul Teaching MO Theory Without Ellie and Jeanette!!!

A gas leak forced the Crew out the lab.

Gas leak


January 2025

New TGA tool installed in BGS 2006 Glovebox 1!!!TGA in the Glovebox!!!!!

Jordan celebrates getting old with the group!!!! Also, Jeanette spills water all over the table later on that night!

Jordan is OLD!!!!