Summer Student Projects 2011

INVESTIGATING THE ACTIVATION OF HISTIDINE KINASE CHEA IN BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS

Student
Turquoise Alexander
Biology
Jackson State University

Mentor(s)
Xiqing Wang
Anh Vu

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Frederick Dahlquist

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF LIPID DOMAINS IN MODEL MYELIN SHEATH MEMBRANES

Student
Nicholas Cadirov
Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mentor(s)
Dr. Xavier Banquy

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Jacob Israelachvili

Department(s)
Chemical Engineering
CONTROLLING THE PHASE BEHAVIOR OF NEURAL IMPULSES

Student
Ramzi Deek
Mechanical Engineering
University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Mentor(s)
Ali Nabi

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Jeff Moehlis

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS AND OPTICAL TUNING OF INORGANIC PHOSPHOR COMPOUNDS FOR SOLID-STATE LIGHTING

Student
Courtney Doll
Chemistry
Ithica College

Mentor(s)
Nathan George
Kristin Denault

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Ram Seshadri

Department(s)
Materials
PROBING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SINGLE COPOLYMERS OF DNA

Student
Gina Duggan
Physics
University of California Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Dustin McIntosh

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professory Omar Saleh

Department(s)
Materials
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH-VALENT TRANSITION METAL PHOSPHORANEIMINATO COMPLEXES

Student
Zachery Glenn
Chemistry
Jackson State University

Mentor(s)
Jessie Brown-McDonald

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Trevor Hayton

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
ENZYME-MIMICKING POLYMERS

Student
Michael Gotrik
Chemical Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mentor(s)
Dr, Luke Connal

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Craig Hawker

Department(s)
Materials
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR FLEXURAL RIGIDITY MEASUREMENTS OF MICROTUBULES

Student
Steve Kuei
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Princeton University

Mentor(s)
Dezhi Yu

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Megan Valentine

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
PLASMA-ASSISTED MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY OF HIGH QUALITY In2O3 (111) THIN FILMS ON Y-STABILIZED ZrO2 (111)

Student
Mauricio Lastres
Mechanical Engineering
Florida International University

Mentor(s)
Eric Rind

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor James Speck

Department(s)
Materials
FIELD AMPLIFIED SAMPLE STACKING (FASS) IN NANOCHANNELS

Student
Adam Lucio
Mechanical Engineering

Mentor(s)
Jackson Travis Del-Bonis O'Donnell

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Sumita Pennathur

Department(s)
Mechanical Engineering
CO2 AND SYNTHESIS INFLUENCES ON SURFACTANT-COATED ZINC SELENIDE NANOPARTICLE STRUCTURES, MORPHOLOGIES AND OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES

Student
Noah Malik
Physics
University of California Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Benjamin Smith

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Bradley Chmelka

Department(s)
Chemical Engineering
STRUCURE-PROPERY RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN Co AND Cu DOPED SAMPLES OF FRUSTRATED ZnCr2O4

Student
Stephanie Moffitt
Chemistry
University of California Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Moureen Kemei

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Ram Seshadri

Department(s)
Materials
ORGANOCATALYTIC RECYCLING OF POLYLACTIDE: DETERMINING THE KINETICS AND SCOPE OF DEPOLYMERIZATION

Student
Nicholas Moreno
Chemistry
Haverford College

Mentor(s)
Frank Leibfarth

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Craig Hawker

Department(s)
Materials
THE EFFECT OF SALT ON BINARY MIXTURES OF POLY(GLYCIDYL)ETHERS

Student
Saemi Oh
Chemistry
California State University, Northridge

Mentor(s)
Dr. Martin WOlffs

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Craig Hawker

Department(s)
Materials
DEVELOPMENT OF AN AZA-PIANCATELLI REARRANGEMENT

Student
Carl Peterson
Chemistry
Fort Lewis College

Mentor(s)
Donal Wenz

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Javier Read de Alaniz

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
DESIGNING A LIPOSOME NANOPARTICLE DRUG CARRIER

Student
Christine Tchounwou
Biology
Pre-Med Xavier University of Lousiana

Mentor(s)
Tallie Forbes

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Joe Zasadzinski

Department(s)
Chemical Engineering
SYNTHESIS OF ZINC SELENIDE QUANTUM DOTS

Student
Jason Tillman
Chemistry
University of California Santa Barbara

Mentor(s)
Peter Burks

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Peter Ford

Department(s)
Chemistry and Biochemistry
FATIGUE COMPARISON OF LIQUID-METAL COOLING AND GAS-COOLING CASTING RENÉ N5 SINGLE CRYSTAL NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS

Student
Rachel Traylor
Ceramics and Materials Engineering
Clemson University

Mentor(s)
Dr. John Porter

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Tresa Pollock

Department(s)
Materials
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE AND CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF OXYNITRIDE PHOSPHORS

Student
Takia Wheat
Analytical Chemistry
Jackson Srtate University

Mentor(s)
Kristin Denault

Faculty Sponsor(s)
Professor Ram Seshadri

Department(s)
Materials

Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB: an NSF MRSEC

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