Undergraduate Research

There are many opportunities for undergraduate research in the department, sometimes starting in the second semester of the freshman year. Students researchers can be paid, earn course credit as an elective, or even write an honors thesis. A sampling of undergraduate student projects and the faculty supervisor is given below:

 Research Title (Supervising Professor)

Nanocrystal Micelle Formation for Water Solubility (Korgel)

Synthesis of Insulating Materials for Use in Step and Flash Imprint Lithography (Willson)

Rnase E: An Essential Enzyme in the RNA Degradation of Escherichia Coli (Georgiou)

Properties of Gold Nanoparticles Cojugated to a Globular Protein on Hydrophobic (Yacaman)

Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Possible Applications in Biosystems (Yacaman)

Hydrophobic Interactions and Solvent Effects at Non-ambient Conditions (Rossky)

Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles by Chemical Reduction and Surfactantless ChE (Yacaman)

Directed Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticles using Engineering M13 Bacterial Virus (Georgiou)

TAME (tert-amyl-methyl-ether) Synthesis (Eldridge)

Impact of Cooling Rate and Formulation on the Solid-State Character of Freeze-Dried Powder ( Johnston)

Growth Properties of SiO2 Films Grown by TEOS/O2 Chemistry for Co-Deposition (Ekerdt)

Kinetics of Dilute Sodium Hydroxide and Carbon Dioxide Reactions (Eldridge)

Silver Nanowires and Glycerine (Yacaman)

Synthesis & Characterization of a Water-Dispersible Electrically Conductive Polymer: PANI-PAAMPSA (Loo)

Increasing the Extent and Duration of Supersaturation of Poorly Soluble Pharmaceuticals ( Johnston)

Using a Thermodynamic Model and the Human Proteome to Understand Protein Stability (Truskett)

Characterization of a Thiophene Oxime Photobase Generator for the Development of Photosensitive Polyimide (Willson)

Iniferter Photopolymerizations for Layered Applications via Kinetic and Adhesion Studies (Peppas)

Effects of Stretching on Microporous Membrane Structure (Lloyd)

Foaming of Amines (Eldridge)

The Effects of Gold Nanoparticles on Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Protein (Yacaman)