Research
Mentors for Summer 2006
Research mentors representing the Science and Mathematics & Computer Science Disciplines are available on the Truman campus for students to work with for the 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. The faculty mentors are summarized in the table below alphabetically by discipline. For detailed descriptions about the projects along with information about the mentor, please click on the mentor name and/or the project titles below.
Agricultural Science
Dr. Mark Campbell
- Evaluation of low carbohydrate/resistance starch maize genotypes for specialty food applications
- Use of near-infrared spectra in monitoring the presence of low phytate, high lysine synthetic maize populations
- Utilization of crop biodiversity to alter structural and functional properties of maize starch
- Utilization of molecular markers to identify quantitative trait loci conditioning high starch amylose