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Research Projects Available for Summer 2009

Over twenty research projects are available on the Truman campus for students to select from for summer 2009. The projects and faculty mentors are summarized in the table below in disciplinary and interdisciplinary categories. For detailed descriptions about the projects along with information about the mentor, please click on the project title or mentor name.

Agricultural Science

Title Mentor(s)
Utilization of crop biodiversity to alter structural and functional properties of maize starch Dr. Mark Campbell

Biology

Title Mentor(s)
Utilization of crop biodiversity to alter structural and functional properties of maize starch Dr. Mark Campbell
Fecal contamination of local bodies of water Dr. Michael Lockhart
Image Analytic and graph theoretic analysis of networks formed during angiogenesis Dr. Jason Miller
Quantitiative Shape Description Dr. Jason Miller
Changes in protein expression in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Dr. Emily Smith
Embryogenesis and cell migration in nematode worms Dr. Tim Walston

Chemistry

Title Mentor(s)
The Crystal and 3-Dimensional Molecular Structures of Compounds as Determined by X-Ray Diffraction Dr. Russell Baughman
Utilization of crop biodiversity to alter structural and functional properties of maize starch Dr. Mark Campbell
Soil Phytoremediation Dr. Barbara Kramer
Chemical Analysis of Fish and Surface Water Dr. Barbara Kramer
Effect of Ligand Topology on the Structure of Lead Coordination Complexes Dr. James McCormick
The Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes with Ozone Dr. James McCormick
Quantitative Determination of Chromium(VI) Using Sol-Gel Encapsulated Redox Chemistry Dr. David  McCurdy
Synthesis of Tin Organometallic Clusters Dr. John O'Brien
Changes in protein expression in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy Dr. Emily Smith

Computer Science

Title Mentor(s)
Astronomy, Chaos, Strange Attractors, and the Three Body Problem Dr. Todd Hammond
PDE Algorithms for Mathematical Physics and Simulation Dr. Todd Hammond
Image Analytic and graph theoretic analysis of networks formed during angiogenesis Dr. Jason Miller
Geometry of Greyscale Images Dr. Jason Miller

Interdisciplinary

Title Mentor(s)
Calming Anxiety while Learning Mathematics Dr. Scott Alberts,  Ms. Jane Roads
Astronomy, Chaos, Strange Attractors, and the Three Body Problem Dr. Todd Hammond
Image Analytic and graph theoretic analysis of networks formed during angiogenesis Dr. Jason Miller
Geometry of Greyscale Images Dr. Jason Miller

Mathematics

Title Mentor(s)
Calming Anxiety while Learning Mathematics Dr. Scott Alberts,  Ms. Jane Roads
Astronomy, Chaos, Strange Attractors, and the Three Body Problem Dr. Todd Hammond
PDE Algorithms for Mathematical Physics and Simulation Dr. Todd Hammond
Image Analytic and graph theoretic analysis of networks formed during angiogenesis Dr. Jason Miller
Geometry of Greyscale Images Dr. Jason Miller
Quantitiative Shape Description Dr. Jason Miller

Physics

Title Mentor(s)
CCD Photometry of Variable Stars Dr. Matthew Beaky
Variable Star Spectroscopy Dr. Matthew Beaky
Searching for Chaos in Pulsating Red Giant Stars Dr. Matthew Beaky
Simulating the Population of Stars in the Galaxy Dr. Vayujeet Gokhale
Astronomy, Chaos, Strange Attractors, and the Three Body Problem Dr. Todd Hammond
PDE Algorithms for Mathematical Physics and Simulation Dr. Todd Hammond





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