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2003 I.S. Titles

Chemistry Majors | Biochemistry Majors

 

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Yan Min Aung

(W. V. Glassey)

A Theoretical Investigation of the Site Preference of Atomic Oxygen Chemisorption on fcc (111) and hcp (0001) Surfaces of Selected Transition Metals

Carson Bennett

(D. E. Linn)

Catalytic Reduction of Ketones Using [FeH6][Mg(t-BuO)]4

Christie Boost

(W. V. Glassey)

Computational Modeling of Oxygen Chemisorption on Cu(110)

Jaime Bryk

(E. E. Burns)

Attempted Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography Separation with Acetonitrile for the Minor Product in the N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-methylaziridinium Triflate Formation Reaction and Characterization of the Eluted Compounds

Meredith Dreshar

(D. E. Linn)

The Synthesis of Hexahydridoruthenate (4-)

Matthew Dreyfus

(P. L. Gaus)

Synthesis and Characterization of the Hydridosilsesquioxanes

Seth Kerechanin

(P. L. Gaus)

Synthesis and Characterization of 2-Nitrobenzylidenes

Julie Lloyd

(P. L. Edmiston)

Development of a Chemical Sensor for TNT Based on a Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Material

Derek Nevar

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

Synthesis and Evaluation of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Compounds as Potential Phospholipid Analogs

John Paul Peterson

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Synthesis of Cyclohexanediol Bisphosphate and cis-1,2-Cyclohexyl (Bis)diphenylphosphate for the Process of Developing a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylerine

William Schumacher

(P. L. Edmiston)

Planar Integrated Optical Waveguides as a Platform for Chemical Sensors Utilizing Solvatochromic Dyes

Jonathan Spragg

(D. E. Linn)

The Chiral Reduction of Acetohenone Methylimine Using [FeH6][Mg2(BINO)]2

 

Jeffrey Spraggins

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Development of the Ion Selective Electode Methodology for the Analysis of Cyclohexhl Phosphoserine Small Molecule Analogs

 

Kurt Sudeall

(E. E. Burns)

The Synthesis of Novel ß-Amino Nitriles via the Aziridinium Cyanide Reaction

 

Lucas Thompson

(W. V. Glassey)

The Computational Modeling of the Coadsorption and Reconstruction of Oxygen, Sulfur, and Selenium by CO

Anne Marie Zimmerman

(W. V. Glassey)

Theoretical Comparison of Reaction Pathways for the Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Pt(111)

 

 

BIOCHEMISTRY MAJORS

Amanda Bain

(E. E. Burns)

A Computational Study into Nitrogen-Inversion of N-Benzyl-2-methylaziridine

Jennifer Bayuk

(M. L. Snider)

Temperature Effects on Substrate Binding and Activation by Creatine Kinase

Dorottya Blaho

(E. E. Burns)

The Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Nucleophilic Ring Opening of an Aziridinium Ion at the Monosubstituted Center

Sherrie Divito

(W. Morgan)

Preliminary Evidence for RNA Interference in the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora infestans

Jennifer Dlwgosh

(D. Fraga)

Screening for Active Creatine Kinase

Katie Hyland

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters & Dr. LeJune, OARDC)

The Antimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Originating from Culled Dairy Cattle in Northeast, Ohio

Michael Jourden

(P. L. Edmiston)

The Evolution of Phosphagen Kinases: Changing the Substrate Specificity of Creatine Kinase to Glycocyamine Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis

Virginia Miraldi

(M. J. Snider)

Development of a Quantitative Protocol Using 31 P NMR Spectroscopy to Study the Reaction of the Spontaneous Phosphoryl Transfer from MgATP to Creatine

Tabetha Shelly

(M. J. Snider)

The Expression and Purification of a Caenorhabditis elegans Arginine Kinase

Kacey Tullis

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Siloxymethylation of Glucuronide: Progress Towards the Synthesis of C-linked Retinoyl- ß-Glucuronide

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