School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Georgia Tech

Research Experience for Undergraduates

Summer 2002

 
Jacob Adams of Georgia Tech

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Advisor: Dr. Marcus Weck

Project: Synthesis of Charge-Generating Molecule and Subsequent Self-Assembly via Hydrogen-bonding to a "Universal" Polymer Backbone

 
Ibironke Adams of Emory University

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Advisor: Dr. David Collard

Project:  Regioregular Polythiophene with Perfluoroalkyl Substituents

 
Eric Bunnelle of University of Illinois

Sponsor:  National Science Foundation

Advisor: Dr. Thomas Orlando

Project:  Resonantly Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization as a Method for Detection in Surface Systems

 
Jessie Carrick of Middle Tennessee State University

Advisor/Sponsor: Dr. Haskell Beckham

Project: Progress towad the Inception of a Novel Course: Introduction to Biomacromolecules

 
Debra Doby of State University of West Georgia

Advisors:  Dr. Andrew Leavitt/Dr. Rob Whetten

Sponsor:  Georgia Tech

Project:  Cluster Reactions with Important Atmospheric Gases

 
Meg Doyle of Allegheny College

Advisor: Dr. Larry Bottomley

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project: Building a Multi-Cantilever Based System for the Detection of Various Antigens

 
Christina Ellis of University of North Caroline-Asheville

Advisor: Dr. Sheldon May

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project: Selenium Redox Cycling in the Antioxidant Activity of Organoselenides

 
Chad Hladik of University of Kansas

Advisor: Dr. Rig Hernandez

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project: Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Aperiodic Stochastic Potentials

 
Brian Laing of Benedict College

Advisor/Sponsor: Dr. Gary Schuster

Project: Formation and Stabilization of Triplex DNA using Coralyne

 
Joseph Mahaney of Georgia Southern University

Sponsor: Georgia Tech

Advisor:  Dr. Rick Trebino

Project: White Light Spectral Interferometry

 
Jamie Mangrum of Loyola University

Advisor: Dr. Nick Hud

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Project: Controlling DNA Condensation with Static Loops

 
John Mich of University of Wisconsin-Madison

Advisor: Dr. Sheldon May

Sponsor:  National Science Foundation

Project: Developing a Novel Inhibitor of Neuropeptide Amidation

 
Hannah Nandor of Roger Williams University

Advisor: Dr. Christoph Fahrni

Sponsor:  National Science Foundation

Project: Phosphorescent Iridium Complexes

 
Clyde Purcell of University of South Carolina

Advisor: Dr. Laren Tolbert

Sponsor:  National Science Foundation

Project: Excited State Proton Transfer of 1-Naphthol

 
Ryan Steele of Iowa State University

Advisor: Dr. David Sherrill

Sponsor:  National Science Foundation

Project: Theoretical Models of Cation-p Interactions

 
Amy Vinson of Georgia Tech

Advisor/Sponsor: Dr. Loren Williams

Project: Controlling the Stability of tRNA by the Placement of Tetraloop Motifs

 
For other photos of Summer 2002 REU Students in Action:

http://www.chemistry.gatech.edu/undergraduate/summer/summer2002/actionreu2002.htm