2004

Institute of Technology

Summer Undergraduate Research Expo

Thursday, August 12, 2004

4-7 p.m.

Memorial Hall, McNamara Alumni Center

University of Minnesota

2004

Institute of Technology

Summer Undergraduate Research Expo

Poster Presentations

Listed by presenting author.

For abstracts, see http://www.mrsec.umn.edu/itsure.html

1. Anderson, Benjamin, Yiannis Kaznessis

Investigation into the Membrane Association of Residues 1-22 of Cytolytic NK-lysin using Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Bioinfomatics Summer Institute

2. Kumar, Akash, Yiannis Kaznessis

Stochastic Modeling of a Tetracycline-induced Gene Network for Implementation in Gene Therapy Applications

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Bioinfomatics Summer Institute

3. Tavakley, Anita, Ying Chen, T. Andrew Taton

Synthesis of Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymers for Crosslinkable Micelle Assembly

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Chemistry – Heisig

4. Werness, Jenny, Ziyad F. Al-Rashid, Thomas R. Hoye

Synthesis and Computational Analysis of 1-Oxaquinolizidine and its Derivatives

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Chemistry – Heisig

5. Arndt, Erin, Javid Rzayev, Marc Hillmyer

Polymerization of D,L-Lactide with Kraton Liquid to form Triblock Copolymers

Home Institution: Valparaiso University

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

6. Chao, Lynn, Timothy Lodge

Effect of Solvent Selectivity in PEE-PEO-PFPO Morphology

Home Institution: Cornell University

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

7. Coursolle, Dan, Wayland Noland

Synthesis of 3-hydratropoyl-2-methylindole and its Reaction with Phenyl Lithium

Home Institution: University of Minnesota – Morris

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

8. Davis, Allison, Yanshi Zhang, Richard P. Hsung

Acid-Catalyzed Cyclization Reactions Involving Ynamides

Home Institution: Wartburg College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

9. Everaerts, Ken, Xiaoyang Zhu, Ryan Major

The World of Interfacial Force Microscopy

Home Institution: St. Cloud State University

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

10. Funke, Cassie, Ben Duckworth, Mark Distefano

Purification of IFABP and Helixless IFABP Proteins for Eventual Conjugation to Catalists

Home Institution: Carleton College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

11. Gillis, Eric, George Barany

Compounds to Probe the Dts Amino Protecting Group

Home Institution: Grinnell College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

12. Glab, Kristin, Craig J. Forsyth

Improved Synthesis of Phorboxazole C42-C46

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

13. Holm, Nicole, Nermeen Aboelella, William Tolman

Synthesis of Thioether-Diketiminate Ligands for Modeling Monocopper Enzyme Active Sites

Home Institution: University of Wisconsin – River Falls

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

14. Leung, Annie, Philippe Buhlman

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Bisthiourea Host

Host Institution: Grinnell College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

15. Lin, Xiaonan, T. Andrew Taton

Making the I-Domain

Home Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

16. Manojlovic, Marija, Son Nguyen, Craig J. Forsyth

Synthesis of C21-C26 Domain (E-ring) of Azaspiracid

Home Institution: University of Belgrade

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

17. Marti, Erica, Kent Mann

Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium (II) Hexafluoroacetyl-acetonate Compounds with Bidentate Nitrogen Donor Ligands

Host Institution: University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

18. Matzen, Elizabeth, Kristine H. Wammer, Jeffrey J. Werner, Kristopher McNeill

Photochemical Degradation of Flouoroquinolone Antibiotics

Home Institution: Luther College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

19. McElfresh, Patrick, David Blank

Corona Poling as a Probe of Polymer Relaxation Dynamics

Home Institution: University of Wisconsin – River Falls

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

20. Nelsen, Andrea, Marian Stankovich

Characterization of Wild Type and Mutant Human Short Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

21. Peterson, Britt, Chris Whiting, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, Edgar Arriaga

Detection of Superoxide using a Microfluidic Station with Laser-Induced Fluorescence

Home Institution: College of St. Benedict

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

22. Schultze, Mary, Peter Carr

Performance of Cation-Exchange Columns Used in Proteomics

Home Institution: University of Wisconsin – River Falls

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

23. Stone, Elizabeth, Christopher Cramer

A Computational Study of the Vitamin B12-catalyzed, Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethylene

Home Institution: Grinnell College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

24. Studniski, Angela, Jennifer Grzybowski, Gianluigi Veglia

Optimization of the Overexpression of Protein Kinase A

Home Institution: Carthage College

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

25. Wegner, Seraphine, Nicholas Ergang, Andreas Stein

Catalytic Modification of Three-DimensionallyÝOrdered Macroporous (3DOM) Carbon

Home Institution: Middle East Technical University – Ankara, Turkey

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

26. Yik, Wing Yan, Joe Emerson, Lawrence Que Jr.

Catechol dioxygenases-MndD & HPCD

Home Institution: Washington State University

Sponsor: Chemistry – Lando

27. Tung, Kevin, Richard P. Hsung

Total Synthesis of Elenic Acid, An Inhibitor of Topoisomerase II

Sponsor: Chemistry – Pfizer

28. Anderson, Amelia, Brian T. Holmes, Michael D. Ward

The Design and Synthesis of Oligothiophene Substituted Semiconductors

Home Institution: Hamline University

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

29. Chen, Jie Qiong, Mamoun Bader, Michael D. Ward

New Organic Semiconductors

Home Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

30. Fasoli, Joy, Lijun Zu, David Norris

Synthesis of Photoactive Gold and Silver Nanocrystals

Home Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

31. Finstrom, Nick, Pelumi Osoba, Jessica Shu, Matt Panzer, C. Dan Frisbie

Characterization of Perylene Tetra-carboxyl Diimide (PTCDI) Derivatives for Use in Thin Film Transistors

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

32. Holmberg, Vincent, Alhad Phatak, Frank S. Bates

Extrusion of Triblock/Pentablock Copolymers

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

33. Kade, Matthew, Kent Mann

Synthesis of Quinoidal Oligothiophenes for use as n-channel Semiconductors

Home Institution: University of Massachusetts – Amherst

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

34. Krogstad, Matthew, Paul Crowell

Spin Transport in Ferromagnet-Semiconductor Heterostructures

Home Institution: California Institute of Technology

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

35. Lasater, Marta, Chris Macosko

The Effects of Block Copolymers on the Range of Cocontinuity in Polystyrene/Polyethylene Polymer Blends

Home Institution: University of Missouri – Columbia

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

36. Matthews, Kristopher, Tiffany Shih, Swedesh Srivastava, Chris Palmstrøm

Development of a Free-standing Shape Memory Alloy Microsensor

Home Institution: University of California – Berkeley

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

37. Mendez, Gilbert, Nagalingam Balakrishnan, Michael D. Ward

Controlling the Growth and Symmetry of Liquid Crystal Domains

Home Institution: College of Menominee Nation

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

38. Osoba, Olupelumi, Nick Finstrom, Jessica Shu, Matt Panzer, C. Dan Frisbie

Fabrication and Analysis of N-Type Organic Semiconductors for the Development of Thin Film Transistors

Home Institution: University of Southern California

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

39. Renteria, Calvin, Shramik Sengupta, Victor H. Barocas

Studying Electro-kinetic Behavior of Cells and Protein Solutions

Home Institution: Rockhurst University

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

40. Shea, Ryan, Chris Leighton

The Magnetic Properties of PrCaCoO₃

Home Institution: Augsburg College

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

41. Shu, Jessica, Nick Finstrom, Pelumi Osoba, Matt Panzer, C. Dan Frisbie

Fabrication and Characterization of N-Type Organic Semiconducting Thin Films

Home Institution: University of California – Berkeley

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

42. Shacklady, Danielle, Sang Ok Lee, Michael D. Ward

Translational Design in Crystal Engineering

Home Institution: Catawba Valley Community College and University of

North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

43. Skaja, Joseph, Thomas Marsh, C. Dan Frisbie

Development and Characterization of Au Nanoparticle Array employing a G-DNA Molecular Scaffold

Home Institution: University of St. Thomas

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

44. Stone, Douglas, Hyuk-Jae Jang, David Dahl, Dan Dahlberg

Magnetic Reversal in Nanoscopic Ellipsoidal Permalloy Particles

Home Institution: St. Olaf College
Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

45. White, Shantia, Victor H. Barocas

Settling of Large Spheres in a Small Rectangular Channel

Home Institution: Dillard University

Sponsor: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

46. Haydel Robert, Miguel Wong, Gary Parker

Gravel-bed Stream Evolution

Home Institution: Dillard University, Tulane University

Sponsor: National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics

47. Perez, Angel L. Santiago, Matt Carper, Rob Stoll, Fernando PotÈ-Angel

A Wind Tunnel Study of Turbulent Boundary Layer over Heterogeneous Surface Conditions

Home Institution: University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez

Sponsor: National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics

48. Barth-Cohen, Lauren, Prisca Cushman

Study of the Beta Background in CDMS

Home Institution: Smith College

Sponsor: Physics

49. Busch, Michael, Robert L. Lysak

Modeling Ion Motion in the Magnetosphere

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Physics

50. Caven, David, Dan Dahlberg

Exploring Ferromagnetic/Antiferromagnetic Bilayers with AC Susceptometry

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Physics

51. Chitambar, Eric, Kenneth Heller

Experimental Preparations for the Building of the NOvA Far Detector

Home Institution: University of Notre Dame

Sponsor: Physics

52. Christian, Gregory, Jonathan Strand, Paul Crowell

Optical Orientation in GaAs

Home Institution: Georgia Institute of Technology

Sponsor: Physics

53. Johnson, Jolene, Jochaim Mueller

Fluorescent Fluctuation Spectroscopy: An In Vivo Photobleaching Study of EGFP, EYFP, and ECFP

Home Institution: Gustavus Adolphus College

Sponsor: Physics

54. Mecklenburg, Matthew, Woods Halley

Bose-Einstein Condensation in Helium-II

Home Institution: University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Physics

55. Rhone, Trevor David, Allen Goldman

Superconductivity in Indium Oxide Thin Films

Home Institution: Macalester College

Sponsor: Physics

56. Tubman, Emily, Cynthia Cattell

A Collisionless Shock Wave: The Bow Shock

Home Institution: University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Sponsor: Physics

57. Wallace, Colin, Shaul Hanany

Window Testing for the E and B EXperiment (EBEX)

Home Institution: Case Western Reserve University

Sponsor: Physics

58. Wech, Aaron, Michael Larson, John Wygant

Preliminary Investigation into Energetic Particle Acceleration in the Reconnection Region

Home Institution: Kansas State University

Sponsor: Physics