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Research Interns in Science and Engineering (RISE)
Summer 2009 - Student Projects

Student
Major/School
Mentor Faculty Sponsor Department Student Project
Elisa Aguilar
Chemical Engineering
San José State University
Jennifer Getz Patrick Daugherty Department of Chemical Engineering TESTING THE BINDNG AFFINITY OF THROMBIN TO PEPTIDES
Randi-Jo Brown
Forensic Science
Pennsylvania State University
Anh Vu Frederick Dahlquist Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry CHEMOTAXIS: A COMPARISON OF KINASE ACTIVITY BETWEEN RECEPTOR & NON-RECEPTOR REACTIONS
Nicole Carroll
Mathematics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Hugh O’Neill Philip Lubin Physics Department INFRARED AND MILLIMETER CORRELATION OF MOLECULAR EMISSIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE
David Garcia
Chemistry
California State University Humboldt
April Sawvel Galen Stucky Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry SELF-ASSEMBLY OF THROMBIN-LOADED MICROPARTICLES VIA COMPLEX COACERVATION
Abby Goldman
Physics
Mount Holyoke College
Brent Melot Ram Seshadri Materials STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONS IN CoSeO4 , A ONE DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC MATERIAL
Blanca P. Moreno Hernandez
Chemistry
University of California Los Angeles
Katie Feldman & Jasmine Hunt Craig J. Hawker Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry PEG-POLYELECTROLYTE HYBRID COPOLYMERS
Brandon Krull
Chemistry, Biotechnology
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Luis M. Campos Craig Hawker Materials Research Laboratory SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONALIZED DENDRIMERS VIA THIOL-ENE CLICK CHEMISTRY TO AID IN SELF-ASSEMBLY OF PEPTIDE AMPHIPHILES
David Lavelle
Mechanical Engineering
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Noah Philips Anthony Evans Materials MECHANICS OF SOIL BLASTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON MATERIAL BEHAVIOR
Bernice McLaurin
Chemistry
Jackson State University
Joanna Deek Cyrus R. Safinya Department of Cellular, Molecular and Developmental Biology SALT DEPENDENCE OF NEUROFILAMENT GEL PHASE BEHAVIOR
Nicole Ricapito
Chemical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Andrew Dittmore Omar Saleh Materials INVESTIGATING ATTACHMENT STRATEGIES FOR SINGLE BIOMOLECULE MANIPULATION
Christen M. Robinson
Chemical Engineering
Jackson State University
Isaac Riisness Michael J. Gordon Chemical Engineering Department LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! MOLECULAR SURFACE IMAGING VIA ENHANCED LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS
Jason Ross
Physics
University of California Berkeley
Nidhi Nidhi Umesh Mishra Electrical and Computer Engineering IMPROVED TRANSCONDUCTANCE LINEARITY OF GaN/AlGaN HEMTs
Rachel Schoeppner
Materials Engineering
California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo
JJ Cowart Michael Chabinyc Materials MODULATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CONDUCTIVITY WITH MOLECULAR DOPANTS
Alison Schultz
Chemistry
University of Rhode Island
Frank Leibfarth Craig J. Hawker Materials Research Laboratory KETENES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE: EXPANDING THE LIBRARY OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
Sara A. Turner
Department of Chemistry
Williams College
Zeric Hulvey Anthony K. Cheetham Materials Research Laboratory SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FLUORINATED HYBRID INORGANIC-ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR H2 STORAGE
Willie Wesley
Chemistry
Jackson State University
Brent Melot Ram Seshadri Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry MAGNETIC AND DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF Co1-XZnXCr2O4

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