Independent Study

1997 I.S. Titles

Paul R. Amato
Adviser: L. W. Haynes
Title: The Attempted Synthesis of Reticuloendothelial System Avoidance Molecules for Use in Drug Delivery

Joanna L. Bohl
Adviser: C. L. Borders
Title: Arginine Mutants of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase: Sequence Confirmation of R291K, R319K, and R340Q and the Subcloning of R129K, R131K, R134Q, R150Y, and R214Q

Karen L. Buchmueller
Adviser: L. W. Haynes
Title: Identification of a Sex Pheromone from the Female Lampshade Spider Hypochilus thorelli Marx (Araneae, Hypochilidae)

David M. Carrig
Adviser: T. R. Williams
Title: Analysis of Phenolic Cigarette Smoke Contaminants Absorbed by Soft Contact Lenses Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

Aaron J. Chokan
Adviser: J. C. Amburgey
Title: Protein-Membrane Interactions: The Design and Solution Phase Synthesis of the Peptide Component of the Ternary Complex

Luminita I. Gherman
Advisers: C. L. Borders and L. B. Willett, OARDC
Title: Mechanisms of Transport and Clearance of Immunoglobulin G and Lactoferrin in the Newborn Calf

Jeremy J. Harris
Adviser: T. R. Williams
Title: The Use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Determine the Health of Human Corneal Tissues

Eric J. Haschke
Adviser: D. L. Powell
Title: The Conformational Study of 4-Substituted Cyclopentene Using Infrared Spectrocopy and Ab Initio Calculations

Brian L. Hodous
Adviser: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Synthesis of Starting Materials and Their Reduction to Give Quinoline Derivatives Using the Selective Reducing Agent Hydridotetracarbonylferrate(0) Monoanion

Lara A. Keefer
Adviser: D. L. Powell
Title: The Infrared Spectroscopic Study of 1,1,2-Tribromopentafluorocyclobutane

Rachel E. Kosa
Advisers: C. L. Borders and L. B. Willett, OARDC
Title: The Effect of Cimetidine on the Absorption of Immunoglobulin G in Neonatal Calves

Bjorn A. Lake
Adviser: C. L. Borders
Title: The Kinetic Characterization of the R319K Mutant of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase

Christopher P. Ley
Adviser: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Attempted Synthesis of the cis-Tetraamminebis(pyridine)-cobalt(III) Cation

Eric A. Lingenfelter
Advisers: L. W. Haynes and R. N. Williams, OARDC
Title: The Correlation Between the Individual Evaporation Rates and the Strength of Attractancy of a Five-Component Rose Chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus (F.), Attractant

Katherine M. MacGregor
Advisers: C. L. Borders
Title: Kinetic Studies of the C282S Mutant of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase: Evidence for a Ping Pong Bi Bi Mechanism

Sara L. Mark
Adviser: T. R. Williams
Title: The Examination of Erythromycin in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Media

Michael P. Martinelli
Adviser: T. R. Williams
Title: The Characterization of Water Content in Corneal Tissue Using Near-infrared Spectroscopy

Sara A. Mickelson
Adviser: J. C. Amburgey
Title: Development of a Chromatographic System to Detect a Ternary Complex Composed of a Peptide, Phospholipid Model, and Metal Ion

Jennie E. Nichols
Adviser: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Determination of Equilibrium Constants for the Formation of Substituted Pentacyanoferrate(II) Complexes

Shannon A. O'Kane
Adviser: D. L. Powell
Title: Calculation of the Vibrational Frequencies of Five Cyclopentane Derivatives

Kerry J. Riley
Adviser: T. R. Williams
Title: An Investigation into the Compositional Changes of the Cornea after Radial Keratotomy Surgery

Amy M. Schmitt
Advisers: C. L. Borders
Title: The Expression and Purification of Arginine 254 Mutants of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II

Daniel W. Severs
Advisers: L. W. Haynes and P. L. Phelan, OARDC
Title: A Natural Chemical Control for Two-spotted Spider Mites in Greenhouse Roses

Ronald G. Tebbe
Adviser: C. L. Borders
Title: Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Structural Arginine-313 in Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from Rhodospirillum rubrum

Carolyn E. Toth
Advisers: L. W. Haynes and L. B. Willett, OARDC
Title: Biomonitoring of Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussels) from Lake Erie for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Organochlorine Pesticides in Soft Tissues and Shell Material

Stephan K. Turnbull
Adviser: P. L. Gaus
Title: Determination of Rate Constants of Substitution of N-Heterocyclic Ligands in Pentacyanoferrate(II) Complexes

Philip A. Verhoef
Advisers: C. L. Borders and D. Fraga, Biology
Title: Attempted Site-Directed Mutagenesis of the Calmodulin Gene from Paramecium tetraurelia

Marna C. Whisler
Adviser: J. C. Amburgey
Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Compounds as Small Molecule Analog Components of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion-protein Ternary Complex