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2005 I.S. Titles

Chemistry Majors | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Majors

 

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Peace-Love Aryeetey

(R. H. Bromund)

Analysis of Sildenafil Citrate Tablets from Different Manufacturers by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography

Donald Cameron

(W. V. Glassey)

Theoretical Examination of a Possible Dihydrogen Complex in Homoleptic Iron (II) and Ruthenium (II) Penta-hydride

Gregory Dallinger

(W. V. Glassey)

Hamilton Population Analysis of CO Chemisorption on Pd(111) and Rh(111)

Sarah Davis

(R. H. Bromund)

Proposed Method of Tagging Hair Samples for Identification with Straight Chain Alkane Thiols

Stacey Dean

(P. L. Edmiston)

Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Films as a Molecular Recognition Element for a Chemical Sensor to Detect Gas Phase Trinitrotoluene

James Faulkner

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

The Synthesis and NMR Analysis of Cyclohexylphospho-L-serine: Continuing Research in the Development of a Small-Molecule Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine

Melinda Horst

(P. L. Gaus)

The Synthesis of 2-Nitrobenzylidene Derivatives

Colleen Janczak

(V. B. Pett)

Oligomerization of Several Mutant Small Heat Shock Proteins from Zea mays

Ryan Jayne

(R. H. Bromund)

The Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene and 1,1,1-Trichloroethane by Zero-Valent Iron

Matthew Linman

(P. L. Edmiston)

Designing a Chemical Sensor for TNT Using Planar Integrated Optical Waveguide Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectrometry

Christine McEvoy

(P. L. Edmiston)

Aging Gracefully?: An Investigation into the Aging Process of Sol-Gels Through Flourescence Resonance Energy Transfer

Divya Mehra

(P. L. Gaus)

Synthesis of 2-Methyl-3-carbomethoxyquinoline by the Reduction of Methyl α-(2-Nitrobenzylidene)-acetoacetate using [HFe(CO)4]-

Sarah Mickley

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters and L. Willett, OARDC)

Fuel for the Future: Purification of Methane Gas Produced via Anaerobic Digestion of Biomass Materials

Adam Milligan

(P. A. Bonvallet)

Investigating the Complexation of Benzyl Viologen and Dibenzo-30-Crown-10 Ether as a Basis for the Color Tuning of a Conducting Polymer

Emily Morse

(V. B. Pett)

Oligomerization and Chaperone Activity of Two Small Heat Shock Proteins from Zea mays

Daniel Skully

(P. A. Bonvallet)

Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Model Electroluminescent Polymer

Jason Tout

(M. J. Snider)

Thermodynamic Changes Accompanying the Binding of MgADP in a Composite, Quaternary Transition-state Analogue Complex by Creatine Kinase

Allyson Wright

(R. H. Bromund)

The Fabrication of Microfluidic Systems for Capillary Electrophoresis on Glass Slides

 

 

BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MAJORS

Jala Daniel

(D. Fraga, Biology and J. Cardina, OARDC)

Determining Variations in Glyphosate Susceptibility Among Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) Accessions

Krystal Davis

(P. L. Edmiston)

Investigating the Role of the N-termini in the Dimerization and Active Site Communication of Creatine Kinase

Elise Demitrack

(W. Morgan, Biology)

The Development of Simple and Effective RNA Interference in Phytophthora infestans

Morgan DeSantis

(W. V. Glassey)

Computational Investigation of the Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide on Platinum and Ruthenium

Ijeoma Eccles-James

(M. J. Snider)

Investigating a Catalytic Role of Dimerization for Creatine Kinase

Robyn Hale

(D. Fraga, Biology)

Altering Substrate Specificity in CK to Glycocyamine Through an Insert Mutation

Peter Kobalka

(D. Fraga, Biology)

Inducible Antibiotic Resistance in Escherischia coli: The Role of the Chemotaxis Protein CheA

Melisa Kundracik

(V. B. Pett)

Expression and Purification of the Small Heat Shock Protein ZmHsp17.8-CII

Adam Osborne

(D. Fraga, Biology and B. McSpadden Gardener, OARDC)

Assessing the Diversity of A-Genotype Strains of 2,4-Diascetylphoraglucinol-Producing Pseudomonas fluorescens using Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization

Tyler Scott

(T. Johnson, Biology)

The Use of Conventional and Alternative Treatments for Disinfecting Dental Unit Waterlines

Jennifer Shrock

(M. J. Snider)

Exploring the Amino Acid Determinants of Cooperative Transition State Binding by Creatine Kinase

Maria Streng

(J. C. Amburgey-Peters)

Investigating the Siloxymethylation Reaction and Mechanism: Progress Towards the Synthesis of C-linked Retinoyl-β-Glucuronide

Lauren Wagner

(M. J. Snider)

Exploring the Cellular Localization of a Novel Arginine Kinase in Caenorhabditis elegans by Fluorescence Microscopy

Jason Williams

(W. Morgan, Biology)

Exploration of Zoospore Electroporation and Zoospore Soaking as Viable Procedures for RNA Interference in Phytophthora infestans

Updated: August 8, 2005