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Inducing Metallomesogenic Phases in Water-n-Octyl-β-D-glucopyranoside Mixtures
Student: Judy P. Hines
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke

Inhibition of the Shiga toxin: Synthesizing a Gb3 Receptor Analogue
Student: Sam Sobelman
Faculty: Shenda Baker

Using the Equal Gibbs method to generate re-entrant phase diagrams
Student: Trevor McQueen
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke

Synthesis of a Third Generation Tethered Ligand
Student: Andrew Stewart
Faculty: Adam Johnson

Synthesizing Ruthenium Porphyrin Dimers
Student: Hufsa Ahmad
Faculty: Robert J. Cave, Hal Van Ryswyk

Synthesis of Osmium Porphyrin Dimers for Experimental Studies of Metal Coupling
Student: Glennis Rayermann
Faculty: Robert J. Cave, Hal Van Ryswyk

Electrostatic Interactions of Azo Dyes and Micelles
Student: Jonathan P. Litz, Matthew B. Garber
Faculty: Kerry K. Karukstis

Determination of the Binary Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Phases Formed by n-Decyl-β-D-Glucoside in Water
Student: Alison Lee, Christina Snyder
Faculty: Kerry K. Karukstis, Gerald R. Van Hecke

Determination of Phase Diagrams of Biologically Relevant Liquid Crystals
Student: Kristen Chellis
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke, Kerry K. Karukstis

Comparison of Theoretical and Experimental Studies of the Claisen Rearrangement
Student: Seanna Vine
Faculty: G. William Daub, Robert Cave

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions in the Convergent Biomimetic Synthesis of the Endiandric Acids
Student: Terence Wong
Faculty: David Vosburg

Generating Polymer Nanoparticles
Student: Dustin McCarren, Ian Wright
Faculty: Shenda Baker

Progress Towards a Biomimetic, Concise Synthesis of (+)-Davanone
Student: Karen C. Brown
Faculty: David A. Vosburg

Synthesis of fluorescent chitosan using a water soluble rhodamine B derivative
Student: Rachel Nishimura
Faculty: Shenda M. Baker

A Solid Support for the Modular Synthesis of Molecular Wires
Student: Megan Pennington-Boggio
Faculty: Robert J. Cave, Hal Van Ryswyk

The Influence of Hydrophobic Dyes on the Two-Dimensional Structures of Diblock Copolymers
Student: Taylor Neiman
Faculty: Shenda M. Baker

A Biomimetic and Convergent Approach to the Endiandric Acids Cascade
Student: Ken Loh
Faculty: David Vosburg

Nanoporous Whiffleballs, Golf Balls and the Future of Microscopic Sports Equipment
Student: Sarah Moore
Faculty: Shenda Baker

Phase Diagrams of Binary Mixtures of the Homologous Series of 4’-n-alkyl-4-cyanobiphenyls
Student: Joshua Cobb
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke

Enantioselective Hydroamination with Chiral Ligands
Student: Diana McAnnally-Linz
Faculty: Adam Johnson

Asymmetric  Catalytic Hydroamination of Ligands Derived from Phenols and Primary Amines
Student: Minh Nguyen
Faculty: Adam Johnson

A Systematic Study of the Physical and Structural Properties of Smectogenic 2,7-Fluorenes
Student: Colleen Small
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke

Excess Gibbs Potentials of Hexanol or Cyclohexanol + Alkane Mixtures Using Rayleigh Light Scattering
Student: Minseok Jang
Faculty: Gerald R. Van Hecke

Titanium Ligand Catalyzed Reactions
Student: Lauren Hughs
Faculty: Adam Johnson

Trapping the hOGG1:nucleosomal DNA complex
Student: Ethan Sokol, Ken Loh, Fang-Yuan Chang
Faculty: Karl Haushalter

Comparison of Diblock Copolymer Films Prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett and Drop Deposition on a Single Wafer
Student: Timmy Wu
Faculty: Shenda Baker