Undergraduate Symposium XX
Eastern Michigan University

The 20th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held Friday March 31, 2000 at Eastern Michigan University. This is a chance for undergraduate students participating in research projects to show off their work to a large audience from varying backgrounds. This year, the Department of Chemistry had eight groups of students presenting poster sessions and 3 giving oral presentations.

Congratulations to all of our student participants and their faculty research advisors.

Student Presenters - Symposium XX
Hrant Hratchian
Comparison of Theoretical Methods for Calculating 90Ru NMR Shifts
 Advisor - Dr. Maria Milletti 		This was an oral presentation
Lynne Kalmbach
Trace Characterization and Analysis with Gas Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
 Advisor - Dr. Stephen Brewer 		This was an oral presentation
Jason Sonnenberg
Ab initio Treatment of the Synthesis of a Cyclopentadienylalkoxide Titanium Complex
Advisor - Dr. Maria Milletti 		This was an oral presentation
Oluwaseun Adetayo and Jacinda-Marie Lisi
Regulation of Cellular Communication (Signaling) Pathways through Specific Protein-Protein Interactions
Advisor - Dr. Elizabeth Butch 		Butch1
Kevin Anderson, Thomas Horvath and Hrant Hratchian
Laser Spectroscopy Development for Chemical Analysis
Advisor - Dr. Timothy Brewer 		Brewer
Stephen Atkins and Denice Jastrzembski
Metabolism of Dinitrobenzenes and Dinitrotoluenes by Cytochrome P-450 Protects Rat Sertoli Cell Cultures from Cytotoxicity
Advisor - Dr. Michael Brabec 		Brabec
Ashley Flexon and Tomiyo Wemert
Development of Radioactive Markers for Characterization of Human Tumors
Advisor - Dr. Elizabeth Butch 		Butch2
Rebecca Himm and Jennifer Kappler
Peptide Inhibitors of Amylase Based on Tendamistat: Essential Binding Segments Connected by Novel Amino Acid Linkers
Advisor - Dr. Deborah Heyl-Clegg 		Heyl-Clegg
Thomas Horvath and Nicole Trease
Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationships for Gas Chromatography: Using Ab Initio Calculations to Model Chomatographic Retention
Advisor - Dr. Heather Holmes 		Holmes
Heather Khoury
Investigation of the Possible Role of a Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme in Programmed Cell Death of T Lymphocytes
Advisor - Dr. Steve Pernecky 		Pernecky