Independent Study

2007 I.S. Titles

Chemistry Majors | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Majors

CHEMISTRY MAJORS

Brandi Baughman
Advisor: S. J. Schmidtke
Title: The Photophysical Behavior of Sunscreen Active Ingredients: A Combined Computational and Spectroscopic Study

Lindsey Easthon
Advisor: S. J. Schmidtke Title: Hydrogen Bonding of Cytosine and Uracil: A Combined Computational and Spectroscopic Investigation

James Edusei
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Synthesis of 2-Nitrobenzylidene Derivatives

Bianca Edwards
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: The Synthesis and Characterization of 2-Nitrobenzylidene Derivatives

Richard Giles
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Benzylic Bromination of a Key Synthetic Precursor to a Conjugated Crown Ether-Substituted Polymer

Kirsten Jaegersen
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: Ammonia Borane as a Reducing Agent for Various Organic Functional Groups

Chelsea Kirkendall
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Characterization of the Extraction Potential of Swellable Sol-Gels in the Presence of Gas and Aqueous Phase Non-Polar Organic Molecules: Progress Towards a New Type of Chemical Sensor

Nikki Nguyen
Advisor: P. L. Gaus
Title: Attempted Anhydrous Synthetic Routes to the [Co(tn)₂(L₂)]_m(S₂O₆)_n Type Complexes

Brian Ondrusek
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Synthesis of the Monomeric Components of a Polyfluorene Copolymer with Pyrene End-Caps

Eric Panzner
Advisor: M. M. Schultz
Title: Progress Towards a Solid Phase Microextraction Coupled with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Environmental Matrices

Sarah Schostarez
Advisor: M. M. Schultz
Title: Plant Uptake of Triclosan

Daniel Shai
Advisors: J. Lindner (Physics), S. J. Schmidtke, and V. B. Pett
Title: Monte Carlo Studies of the Globally-Coupled Ising Model

Lwin Mon Thant
Advisor: J. C. Amburgey-Peters and P. M. Blass
Title: The Synthesis and Purification of Cyclohexyl (CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl) Phosphodiester As a Potential Phospholipid Analog Precursor

Margaret Timmers
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Selective Ultratrace Detection of Gas-Phase TNT by Integrated Optical Waveguide Spectrometry and Interferometry

Kathryn Wieferich
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: An Investigation of the Effects of Statins on Exercise Capacity, with a Subsequent Study of the Use of Creatine as a Potential Intervention

Benjamin Williams
Advisor: P. A. Bonvallet
Title: Blinded By the Light: Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diode Fabrication Techniques in the Pursuit of Examining Device Properties

P. Senyo Agidi
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Kinetic Mechanism of Pseudomonas Putida Creatine Amidinohydrolase by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Ana Azevedo
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Changing the Substrate Specificity of Creatine Kinase to Glycocyamine Through Random Mutagenesis of Non-Conserved Residues and Philosophical Reflections on Theory Choice and Objectivity

Alicia Cattaneo
Advisors: T. Johnson (Biology) and J. LeJeune (OARDC)
Title: The Prevalence of Sodium Chlorate Resistant Escherichia coli O157:H7 and a Potential Resistance Mechanism

Chafen Clarke
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Catalytic Proficiency of Creatine Amidinohydrolase

Joshua Graber
Advisor: W. Morgan
Title: An Investigation Into a Nonlinear Cascade Model for Describing the Genetic Basis of the Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Phenotype Using a Murine Embryonic Fibroblast Model

Pritesh Karia
Advisor: P. L. Edmiston
Title: Investigating Amino Acid Residues Involved in Active Site Communication in Creatine Kinase

Amanda Kaschalk
Advisors: J. C. Amburgey-Peters and P. M. Blass
Title: Progress Towards the Synthesis and Evaluation of a 1,3-trans-Phosphatidylserine-cyclohexane Phospholipid Analog

Hannah Leahy
Advisor: C. Fenster (Biology)
Title: Investigation of the Interaction Between Neuronal Interleukin-16 and an A-Type Potassium Channel Subunit

Charles Lockhart
Advisor: D. Fraga (Biology)
Title: Characterization of a Bacterial Arginine Kinase from Desulfotalea psychrophila LSv54: The Influence of Physiological Condition on Enzyme Activity

Alaina Martinez
Advisors: J. C. Amburgey-Peters and P. M. Blass
Title: Investigating the Siloxymethylation of Acetylated Glucuronide: One Step in the Synthesis of C-linked Retinoyl-β-Glucuronide

Colin Naples
Advisor: D. Fraga (Biology)
Title: The Identification and Characterization of a Proposed Novel Arginine Kinase in Myxococcus xanthus and Its Significance in Phosphagen Kinase Evolution

Severin Pouly
Advisors: W. Morgan (Biology) and David Shewmon (The Cleveland Clinic Wooster)
Title: An Investigation of Creatine to Creatine Ratios in Fibromyalgia

Kimberlee Rankin
Advisor: W. Morgan (Biology)
Title: Determination of Oxidative DNA Damage in Iron-Overloaded HepG2 Cells and Implications for the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Stephanie Simmons
Advisor: C. Fenster (Biology)
Title: Examining the Interaction Between Neuronal Interleukin-16 and the NR2A Subunit of the NMDA Receptor

David Thomas
Advisor: M. J. Snider
Title: Investigating the Physiological Roles and Intracellular Localization of an Arginine Kinase in Caenorhabditis elegans

Alicia Cattaneo, Joshua Graber, Kirsten Jaegersen, Hannah Leahy, Charles Lockhart, Eric Panzner, Kimberlee Rankin, Lwin Mon Thant, and Kathryn Wieferich received Copeland Funds to help support their Senior Independent Study projects.