Summer 2011

Emily Benton with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) fluoride.

Alan Connor and Mark Hutchinson (Alumnus of Biology '09 with Chemistry Minor) with Dr. Lauren O'Neil
Using computational chemistry to calculate the energy of various forms of Malachite Green Leucohdroxide to determine the wavelength.

Paul Rubeo with Lynn O'Brien, Ph.D.
Assessing the effectiveness of Peer Led Team Learning (PLTL) in chemistry

Molly Kingsley with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Investigation of the kinetic parameters of tetrachioro [(ethylenebis diphenylphosphine)] tungsten (IV) as a Lewis acid catalyst in the esterification of oleic acid.

James Chambers with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) chloride.

Sarah Wazenkewitz with Kelly Hutchinson-Anderson, Ph.D.
Development of New General Chemistry Lab Curriculum

Kristin Nichols with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) iodide.

Briana Laubacker with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) bromide.

2010-2011

Michelle Scotland with Alicia Carroll, Ph.D.
Identification of Dipicolinic Acid as an Extracellular Food Source for Bacillus licheniformis

Courtney Sakolish with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic behavior of a phosphine-tungsten complex immobilized on a peptide synthesis resin.

Jeremy Wood with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic behavior of a resin immobilized tungsten based Lewis acid.

Phuong Nguyen with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) chloride: Determination of the rate law, activation energy, and potential mechanisms.

Nepherteria Wright with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) iodide.

Iffat Shafiq with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Methylation of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) bromide.

Molly Kingsley with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Investigation of the kinetic parameters of tetrachloro [(ethylenebis diphenylphosphine)] tungsten(IV) as a Lewis acid catalyst in the esterification of oleic acid.

Jenna Howard with Richard Hartman, Ph.D.
Synthesis and determination of the catalytic role of tungsten bound resins for biodiesel production.

NOTE: All of the research from 10-11 was presented at the 240th ACS National Meeting and Exposition March 2011 in Anaheim, California.

Summer 2010

Molly Kingsley and Phuong Nguyen
Synthesizing novel Lewis acid catalysts and then assessing their ability to act as catalysts for the esterification of free fatty acids.

2009-2010

Brittany Krupp, Amber Streicher, Timm Knoerzer PhD, Lynn O'Brien PhD, Brian Witz PhD
Ambystoma maculatum;granular gland secretion isolation, purification, and characterization

Michelle K Scotland, Alicia M Carroll PhD
Fate of dipicolinic acid released from Bacillus subtilis during spore germination

Jamie L. Doyle, Veronica Chiu, Dr. James O. Schenk
Effect of Wellbutrin on dopamine reuptake transporters in rodent striatal tissue

Christina E. Brule, Dr. Timm A. Knoerzer PhD, José Luis Mascareñas
Toward the construction of tetrapodal artificial transcription factors

Kevin J Golembiewski, Dr. Richard W. Hartmann
Methyl esterification of oleic acid catalyzed by tin (II) chloride

Victoria A Assimon, Dr. Richard W Hartmann, Dr. Timm A Knoerzer
Synthesis of a resin bound iron Lewis acid catalyst for fatty acid esterification

Brian Hauck, Christina Crawford, Dr. Herbert H. Hill Jr.
Ion mobility mass spectrometry of isomeric peptides

NOTE: All of the research from 09-10 was presented at the 239th ACS National Meeting and Exposition March 21-25, 2010 in San Francisco, California

Summer 2009

Christina Brule, Jennifer Pier
Design and Synthesis of Peptidomimetic Transcription Factors View Abstract

Jenna Howard, Brittany Krupp, Amber Streicher
Characterization of Skin Alkaloids from Secretions in Ambystoma maculatum

2008 - 2009

Michelle Scotland
Fate of Dipicolinic Acid Released from Bacillus subtilis During Spore Germination View Abstract

Lynn Atwater, Valentina Bianco, Brian Hauck, Nick Hopkins, Mark Hutchinson, Lindsey Michaels, Lindsey Zullo
Design and Synthesis of Peptidomimetic Transcription Factors

Jamie Doyle, Brittany Forcione
The Phenol-Amine Hydrogen Bond as a Director of Molecular Structure View Abstract

Lauren Wright
Isolation of lipolytic soil microbes and quantification of lipase-mediated lipid degradation View Abstract

Victoria Assimon
Resin bound iron as a lewis acid catalyst for fatty acid esterification View Abstract

Brittany Krupp, Jenna Howard
Novel method for determining biodiesel gel point View Abstract

Jenna Howard, Brittany Krupp
Novel method for studying transesterification employing capacitance measurement View Abstract