Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Fabrication of Microfludic Capillary Electrophoresis Devices on Glass Substrates, Aaron Vannucci
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2003
A Theoretical Investigation of the Site Preference of Atomic Oxygen Chemisorption on fcc (111) and hcp (0001) Surfaces of Selected Transition Metals, Yan Min Aung
Department: Chemistry
A Computational Study into Nitrogen-Inversion of N-benzyl-2-methylaziridine, Amanda Bain
Department: Chemistry
Temperature Effects on Substrate Binding and Activation by Creatine Kinase, Jennifer Ann Bayuk
Department: Chemistry
Catalytic Reduction of Ketones Using [FeH6] [Mg(t-Bu0)]4, Carson E. Bennett
Department: Chemistry
The Elucidation of the Reaction Mechanism of the Nucleophilic Ring Opening of an Aziridium Ion at the Monosubstituted Center, Dorottya Blaho
Department: Chemistry
The Computational Modeling of Oxygen Chemisorption on Cu(110), Christie L. Boost
Department: Chemistry
Attempted Reverse Phase High Performance Liquid Chemotagrophy Separation with Acetonitrile for the Minor Product in the N-benzyl-N-methyl-2-methylaziridinium Triflate Formation Reaction and Characterization of the Eluted Compounds, Jaime Bryk
Department: Chemistry
Preliminary Evidence for RNA Interference in the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora infestans, Sherrie Divito
Department: Chemistry
Screening for Active Creatine Kinase, Jennifer Dlwgosh
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis and Characterization of the Hydridosilsesquioxanes, Matthew Dreyfus
Department: Chemistry
The Evolution of Phosphagen Kinases: Changing the Substrate Specificity of Creatine Kinase to Glycocyamine Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Michael Jourden
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization of 2-Nitrobenzylidenes, Seth Kerechanin
Department: Chemistry
Development of a Chemical Sensor for TNT Based on a Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Material, Julie Lloyd
Department: Chemistry
Development of a Quantitative Protocol Using 31P NMR Spectroscopy to Study the Reaction of the Spontaneous Phosphoryl Transfer from MgATP to Creatine, Virginia Miraldi
Department: Chemistry
Planar Integrated Optical Waveguides as a Platform for Chemical Sensors Utilizing Solvatochromic Dyes, William Schumacher
Department: Chemistry
The Expression and Purification of a Caenorhabditis elegans Arginine Kinase, Tabetha Shelly
Department: Chemistry
The Development of the Ion Selective Electrode Methodology for the Analysis of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Small Molecule Analogs, Jeffrey Spraggins II
Department: Chemistry
The Chiral Reduction of Acetophenone Methylimine Using [FeH6] [Mg2(BIMO)]2, Jonathan Spragg
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis of Novel Beta-Amino Nitriles via The Aziridinium Cyanide Reaction, Kurt Sudeall
Department: Chemistry
Theoretical Comparison of Reaction Pathways of the Catalytic Oxidation of CO on Pt(111), Anne Zimmerman
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2002
The Chaperone Activity and Oligomerization of Small Heat Shock Proteins form Zea mays, Lisa Lucas
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis of Cyclohexanediol Biphosphate and Cis-Cyclohexyl (Bis)diphenylphosphate for the Process of Developing a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, John Peterson
Department: Chemistry
Expression and Purification of SeMetHSP18-9 in Preparation for Crystallization and the Crystallization of sHSHP18-1, Emily Rainey
Department: Chemistry
The Chemisorption of Carbon Monoxide on Late Transition Metal Alloyed Surfaces, Jeb Ray
Department: Chemistry
Inducible Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli K12: The Role of Motility, Abhishek Saharia
Department: Chemistry; Biology
Synthesis of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Probe for Measurement of Sol-Gel Aging, Alvira Shah
Department: Chemistry
The Computational Analysis of the Relative Stabilities of the Oligomers and Isomers of Hydridosilsesquioxanes, Jocelyn Somers
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis of Cyclohexyl CBZ-L-Ser-Bzl Phosphodiester as a Synthetic Precursor to a Phospholipid Analog of Phosphatidylserine, Jennifer Sorrells
Department: Chemistry
A Computational Approach to the Modeling of CO Chemisorption on Pure and Alloyed Transition Metal Surfaces, Shawn Sullivan
Department: Chemistry
The Siloxymethylation of beta-D-Glucose Pentaacetate: Progress Towards the Synthesis of the C-linked Retinoyl beta-Glucuronide, Tracy Ward
Department: Chemistry
A Theoretical Study of Carbonyl Chemisorption on Platinum and Platinum Titanium Surfaces, Matthew Wellons
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
Use of Infrared Spectroscopy to Detect Disease, Jennifer Elisabeth Becker
Department: Chemistry
The Determination of Atrazine in Surface Waters of Eastern Wayne County, Ohio, Eric Scott Bodle
Department: Chemistry
Tools of the Second Chemical Revolution: Instrumental History and Design, Christopher J. Brubaker
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis of an Active Monomer of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis, Julia Cox
Department: Chemistry
St. John's Wort: Determination of Antidepressant Efficacy of Commercial Hypericum perforatum Extracts Using a Learned Helplessness Paradigm, Joseph Davis
Department: Chemistry
The Expression, Purification, and Oligomerization of Mutant sHSP 18-9 CTrl from Zea mays, Christine Marie English
Department: Chemistry
Coenzyme B12: Finding the Smoking Gun, Anne Fischer
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis of Mixed-Multidentate Cobalt (3) Complexes, Ashley Fisher
Department: Chemistry
Kinetic Analysis of Active Site-Arginine Mutants of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase and of Glycocyamine as an Alternative Substitute for the Native Enzyme, Paul Geiss
Department: Chemistry
The Characterization and Reduction of Methyl-alpha-(2-nitrobenzylidene)-acetoacetate to Synthesize 2-Methyl-3-carbomethoxyquinoline, Christopher Gulgas
Department: Chemistry
Cholesterol Conjugated Antisense Oligonucleotide Uptake in Paramecium Tetraurelia, Nizar Palestine Hallak
Department: Chemistry
The Preparation of a Catalytically Active Monomer of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase by Site-Directed Mutagenesis and Gel Filtration Chromatography, Andrea Jorjorian
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis and Characterization of a Di-Substituted Quinoline Derivative Using an Iron Hydride Reagent, Candace Lovejoy
Department: Chemistry
Bulky Molecules: A Computational Investigation of Halogenated Products, Meris Mandernach
Department: Chemistry
ATPase Activities of Recombinant Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase and its N285A, N285D and N285Q Mutants, Guy Mulligan
Department: Chemistry
Protein Determination of Maize Inbred Lines by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Jeffrey Munn
Department: Chemistry
The Use of Solid Phase Microextraction for the Determination of Organochlorine Compounds in Soil Gas from the South Water Well Field of Wooster, Ohio, Eric Resnis
Department: Chemistry
Expression and Purification of a SeMetHSP18-9, a Selenomethionine-Substituted Small Heat Shock Protein from Zea mays, Karen Robbins
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis of 1-(4-Mercaptophenyl)-1,1-di-(4-hydroxylphenyl) ethane (MDHE) Template Molecule for the Development of a Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel-Based Chemical Sensor for the Quantitation of DDT (1,1-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane), Joshua Schaeffer
Department: Chemistry
Measurement of Testosterone and pH as Biochemical Indicators of Stuttering, Heather Schieda
Department: Chemistry
Determination of Bovine and Human Corneal Hydration Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Kristin Silakoski
Department: Chemistry
Determining the Presence of Petroleum Based Hydrocarbons in the Wooster Water Pollution Control Plant "Vacuator" Effluent, Amanda Lea Smeigh
Department: Chemistry
Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Investigate a Possible Role for Arginine 214 of Rabbit Muscle creatine Kinase as a Structural Arginine, Sandra Tecklenburg
Department: Chemistry
Understanding the Role of Structural Arginines: Determination of Secondary and Tertiary Structure Changes in R134 Creatine Kinase Mutants by FT-IR Spectroscopy, Adam Wegner
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2000
Quantification and Analysis of Protein Contaminants on Contact Lenses Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Benjamin Michael Arnold
Department: Chemistry
The Quantitative Analysis of 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethene, 1,1-Dichloroethane, and cis-1,2-Dichloroethene in Wooster City Groundwater, Denise Brown
Department: Chemistry
The Oligomerization and Chaperone Activity of Small heat Shock protein 18-9 from Zea mays, Julie Buss
Department: Chemistry
Computer Modeling of Anthroquinone Terminated Core-containing Polyamide Dendrimers, Dita Dobroshi
Department: Chemistry
Determination of Nitrate Concentrations in Selected Surface Water Areas of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Seth Duerr
Department: Chemistry
The Cloning and the Transformation of the ORF Nucleotide Sequence of the 18-1 smHSP cDNA from Zea mays, Nicholas Brandon DuVall
Department: Chemistry
Progress Toward the Determination of the Mechanism Responsible for the Sn1 Product Upon the Nucleophilic Attack of an Aziridinium Ion, Benjamin Gartrell
Department: Chemistry
An Evaluation of Three Commonly Used Methods for the Determination of Nitrate Ion Concentration in Water Supplies, Ryan J. S. Kerr
Department: Chemistry
An Ab Initio Investigation of the Internal Rotation of Ethane Derivatives, Jennifer A. Leete
Department: Chemistry
An Ab Initio Investigation of Halogenated Cyclobutanes and Analogous Cyclopentenes, Jay M. MacGregor
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis of 1,4-Diphosphoserinecyclohexane Compounds as Phospholipid Analog Components of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion Ternary-Complex, Crystal Lynn Mayle
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis of cis- and trans- 1,3-cyclohexyl(bis)phosphoserine Compounds as Phospholipid Analogs of the Ternary Complex, Jessica Leigh Miller
Department: Chemistry
Catalysis of Cis-Trans Isomerization in Quinoline Precursors, Brian K. Mirous
Department: Chemistry
An Ab Initio Investigation into Pseudorotation in Cyclopentane, Smita Narayan
Department: Chemistry
Reduction and Condensation of Nitro-Compounds to Quinolines Using an Iron Reagent, William Nethero
Department: Chemistry
Potential Environmental Contamination by Coking Residues with an Emphasis on Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Jennifer Penrod
Department: Chemistry
Variation of Reaction Conditions In the Prediction of Azindinium Ion Chemistry, Kristy Schavolt
Department: Chemistry
The High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separation of Monosaccharides Present in a Marine Oligosaccharide, Michael P. Suszter
Department: Chemistry
The Molecular Chaperone Function of SmHSP 18-9 from Zea Mays, Amy M. Tsacoumangos
Department: Chemistry
Examination of the Structural Requirements for Functional Calmodulin and Paramecium tetraurelia: An attempt to Construct CaM NN, Mark Unroe
Department: Chemistry
Characterization of Porous Bis (trimethoxysilylpropyl) amine (tri-MSPA) Sol-Gel Materials, Aleashia Siobhan Washington
Department: Chemistry
The Synthesis and Characterization of (Cyclohexyl)-(CBZ-ser-Bzl) Phosphodiester, Jennifer White
Department: Chemistry
Expression and Purification of a sHSP18-9, a Small Heat Shock Protein from Zea mays, Julie A. Zeller
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1999
A Computational Investigation of Hydrogen Bonding in the Formic Acid Dimer, Nicole Brinkmann
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclohexyl Phosphoserine Compunds as Phospholipid Analogs of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion Binding Site, Jacob Carmany
Department: Chemistry
The Investigation of the Nitrate Concentration in Surface Waters in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Carrie Coutts
Department: Chemistry
Olefin Hydrogenation Using a Cationic Ruthenium Catalyst, Jennifer Ferguson
Department: Chemistry
An Analytical Comparison of Municipal Tap Water and Various Bottled Waters, Andrew Hamilton
Department: Chemistry
An Examination of the Capabilities of Spartan and MacSpartan and the Interpretation of the High Pressure Spectrum of trans- 1,3-Bromochlorocyclobutane and the Low Temperature Spectrum of trans-1,3-Dibromocyclobutane Using ab initio Calculations, Farhan Hashim
Department: Chemistry
The Binding to Tooth Enamel of Phospholipid Vesicles Containing Entrapped Oral Medication, Jason Holton
Department: Chemistry
Nitrate-Nitrogen Concentrations in Surface Water of Selected Areas in Wayne County, Ohio, Laura Markley
Department: Chemistry
The Effects of Local Population and Brook Height on the Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations in Addams Brook(NY) During the Course of the Summer Vacation Season, Sarah Mengers
Department: Chemistry
Examination and Detection of Drug Samples Using Microscopic Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Krystal Louise Mohn
Department: Chemistry
The Identification of Aldehydes as Their 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone Derivatives by High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Using Personal Aldehyde Monitors and Air Cartridge Tubes as Sampling Techniques., Bradley Pierce
Department: Chemistry
Use of Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy in the Analysis of Polymeric Degredation, Brenten D. Robson
Department: Chemistry
The Isolation and Characterization of Fire Ant Antifeedants from Florida Betony, Andrew Schaeffer
Department: Chemistry
Investigation of Catalytic Hydrogenation and Isomerization Using [(COD)Ru(CH2Cl2)2(PPh3)2][BF4]2, Jill Schieda
Department: Chemistry
An Ab Initio Investigation into the Puckering of Cyclobutanes, C. Elliot Strimbu
Department: Chemistry
Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Active Site Residues of Rabbit Muscle Creatine Kinase Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction, Michael Thomenius
Department: Chemistry
Expression, Purification and Crystallization of a Small Heat Shock Protein from Maize, Douglas Weiser
Department: Chemistry
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998
Synthesis of Cis-1,2-Cyclohexyl Phosphatidylserine as a Small Molecule Analog Component of the Phospholipid-Metal Ion-Protein Ternary Complex, Sharon Austin
Department: Chemistry
Synthesis of Highly-Functionalized Quinoline Derivatives Using Hydridotetracarbonylferrate (0) Monoanion as a Highly Selective Reducing Agent, Melissa Cerny
Department: Chemistry
Clarification of Rate Constants of N-Heterocyclic Ligands in Pentacyanoferrtae (2) Complexes, Matthew Clapham
Department: Chemistry
Tracking the Fates of Pentane Extractable Compounds Through the Wooster Sewage Treatment Plant, Michael Dean
Department: Chemistry