Sarah Boyd
Chemical Engineering/Biology
Mentor: Dr. Janis O’Donnell
“The Effects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles on Drosophila Development”
Paige Dexter
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Guy Caldwell
“Epigenetic Regulation of Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease”
David Dozier
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Mentor: Dr. Yuping Bao
“Shape-controlled Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications”
Jessica Duke
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computation Geochemistry: Predicting Metal pKa’s and Reactions of H2O in Models of Supercritical CO2 for the Geological Sequestration of CO2”
Kurt Guynn
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Prediction of the Thermodynamic Properties of Fuels and Chemical Intermediates from Biomass”
Mitchell Hughes
Physics/Mathematics
Mentor: Dr. Andreas Piepke
“Construction of a Gas Purifiation and Analysis System for the EXO Experiment”
Matthew Kelley
Chemistry
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Computational Cataylsis: Single Site Heterogeneous Catalysts and Potential Energy Surfaces of Oxidative Dehydrogenation on Group VI Transition Metal Oxides”
Shannon Lindamood
Dance
Mentor: Dr. Sarah M. Barry
“George Balanchine: Theory and Technique”
Matthew May
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Earley
“The Economics of Social Dominance – From Combat Costs and Neural Circuitry to Manifestation of Cancer”
DJ Outlaw
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Electronic Structure Predictions of the Properties of Metal Ammonia Borane Complexes”
Nathan Roberts
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Kim Caldwell
“Investigating the Genetic Modulators of Cellular Stress and Dystonia”
Pierce Robinson
Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Dr. David Dixon
“Potential Energy Surfaces of the Reactions of Hydrazine with Models of Spent Fuel from Ammonia Borane Dehydrogenation”
Emily Wayman
Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Mentor: Dr. Patrick Frantom
“Biochemical Characterization of Glycosyltransferase Enzyme MshA”
Corinth Young
Music Education
Mentor: Dr. Carl B. Hancock
“The Effect of Instrument Manufactureer and Material on Flute Timbre as Measured by the First Nine Harmonics in the Overtone Series”
Mike Zhang
Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Guy Caldwell
“Molecular Genomic Investigation of the Interface between Aging and Parkinson’s Disease”
