Paul Edmiston's Summer Research Team 2006

From Left to Right (Student; project):

Brandi Baughman '07: Integrated optical waveguide fabrication.

Jessi Baughman '09: Synthesis and characterization of novel sol-gel materials.

Margaret Timmers '07: Studying sol-gel nanoparticle cluster dynamics by fluorescnece energy transfer.

Rebecca Prada '06: Structure/functure relationships in phosphogen kinases.

Dr. Edmiston

Laura Underwood '08: Characterizing molecularly imprinted sol-gels by electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy.

Joel Keelor '08: Development of sensors for nitroaromatic explosives.

Natalie Walter '06: Development of a sensor for TNT based on integrated optical waveguide spectrometry.

Warren Swegal '08: Site-directed mutagenesis of creatine kinase to understand active-site cooperativity.

Colleen Burkett '06: Understanding how microstructure leads to swelling in novel sol-gel materials.

Funding: National Science Foundation RUI and CAREER grants.