HMC
Senior Research Theses
| 2011 Senior | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Hufsa Ahmad | Global Clinic |
A Solar Thermal Energy Storage System for Rural India |
| Athena Anderson | K. Haushalter | Sequence Optimization for the Processing of tRNA-shRNA Chimeras |
| Heather Audesirk | Global Clinic | Novel Technologies for Protein Separations |
| Thomas Avila | R. Cave & A. Johnson | Theoretical Investigation of Tantalum Hydroamination Catalysis |
| Patrick Chaffey | G. Daub | Selectivity of Cyclic Amide-Acetal Claisen Rearrangements |
| Laura Collins | H. Van Ryswyk | Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Zinc Porphyrin Dyes for use with Zinc Oxide DSSCs |
| Anna Cunningham | N. Hamlett | Characterization of Broad-spectrum Mercury Resistance in Leeuwenhoekiella Blandensis MED217 |
| John Cvitkovic | H. Van Ryswyk | Electronic Coupling in Carbonyl-Capped Osmium Porphyrin Dimers |
| Bonnie Davidson | M. Poon | Regulation of Nnat Translation by miRNA-138 |
| Kristine Fong | A. Johnson | Amino-Alcohol and Phenol Ligands for Asymmetric Hydroamination Catalysis |
| Millie Fung | K. Maloney | Isolation and Characterization of Secondary Metabolites Produced by Endophytic Fungi from R. Viburnifolium |
| Cassandra George | L. Bassman | Three Dimensional Reconstruction of Microband Boundaries in FCC Metals |
| Ha Seong Kim | H. Van Ryswyk | Effects of ZnO Morphology and Acid Etching on Electron Transport and Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| Heidi Linder | G. Van Hecke | Determining the Binary Phase Diagram of n-octyl-ß-D-thioglucoside and Water using Polarizing Microscopy and Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| Edmund Mills | A. Hightower | Oxygen Reduction Kinetics at the Barium Potassium Hydroxy Phosphate/Platinum Interface |
| Daniel O'Neil |
H. Van Ryswyk | Measurement of Electron Transports in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| Daniel Pak |
D. Vosburg |
Phylogenetic Analyses of the mer Operon |
| Laura Poindexter |
D. Vosburg |
Towards a Biomimetic Synthesis of Endiandric Acid H |
| Brigid Poling |
M. Poon |
The Role of Immune Molecules in Rat Hippo-Campal Synaptic Plasticity |
| Jessie Roy |
K. Maloney |
Trade-offs in Physical and Chemical Defenses in the Soft Coral Genus Sinularia |
| Alicia Schep |
D. Stoebel | Creation of a System to Manipulate Expression Levels of RpoS in Escherichia coli |
| Zara Seibel |
D. Vosburg | Towards a Biomimetic Formal Synthesis of Endiandric Acids A and B |
| Andrey Shur |
N. Hamlett |
Functional Testing of the Bacillus aquimaris 6A3 Mercury Resistance Operon |
| Arthur Vasek |
G. Van Hecke | Multi-Angle Light Scattering Study of the Binary Liquid Mixture of Tetrahydrofuran and Water |
| Kanny Wan |
D. Vosburg | Syntheses of Natural and Unnatural Davanoids for Antifungal Screens |
| 2010 Senior | Advisor | Thesis Title |
| Andrew Chung | Prof. Vosburg | Towards a Biomimetic Synthesis of the Endiandric Acids |
| Mark Cyffka | Prof. Van Hecke | Analyte Detection via Surface-anchored Liquid Crystals |
| Chiara Ciammanco | Prof. Van Ryswyk | Improving dye-sensitized Solar Cells: Imcreasing Voc and JSC for ZNO Based Cells |
| Mark Hendricks | Prof. Van Ryswyk | A Modular Synthesis of a Homologous Series of Zinc Porphyrin Dyes for Use with Zinc Oxide Dye-sensitized Solar Cells |
| Christine Kim | Profs. Karukstis & Van Hecke | Aggregation Behavior of N-Octyl-β-D-Glucoside in 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate |
| Russell Klare | Prof. Van Ryswyk | Metal-Matel Electronic Coupling in Carbonyl-Capped Osmium Porphyrin Dimers |
| Eric Nacsa | Prof. Vosburg | Progress Towards a Revised Biomimetic Synthesis of Enantiopure (+)- Davanone |
| Tarun Narayan | Prof. Johnson | New Ligands for Tantalum Hydroamination Catalysis |
| Katherine Near | Prof. Maloney | Isolation of Induced Secondary Metabolites From Co-Cultures of Endophytic Fungi |
| Caitlin Olmsted | Prof. Maloney | Elucidation of Small Molecule Interactions Between Endophytic Fungi |
| Vikram Shivaji | Prof. Drewell | Determining the Functional Role of Paired CTCF-Binding Sites at the hTERT Gene |
| Ethan Sokol | Prof. Drewell | Investigation of Putative CTCF Binding Sites in the Transcriptional Regulation of Telomerase |
| Camille Sultana | Prof. Maloney | Methodologies to Produce Natural Product Profiles of Sarcophyton and a Comparison of Two Samples Using Chemical Signatures |
| Claire Walker | Prof. dePillis | Wastewater Treatment in Rural China |
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