Senior Capstone
All senior students at 缅北强奸 must complete a Senior Capstone Experience (SCE) to graduate. Chemistry majors fulfill the SCE by conducting a year-long research project in collaboration with a chemistry faculty member, which culminates with a thesis and scientific poster presentation.
What is the SCE?
All senior chemistry majors work in collaboration to complete a year-long laboratory or literature-based project. Students who elect to complete a laboratory-based SCE will undertake projects that involve synthetic and preparative procedures and include the use of the department鈥檚 research-grade Inert-Atmosphere Glove Box, UV-VIS, FTIR, AA, NMR, GC, HPLC, LC-MS, GC-MS, ICP-MS, electrochemical analyzer, and polarimeter.
Students pursuing the ACS-certified degree in Chemistry must perform a laboratory-based research project for their SCE to meet the number of laboratory hours required by the ACS. This requirement could be waived if ACS-certified majors have already performed research for credit during the academic year or during the summer.
Seniors present the results of their project in a poster session that is open to the College community. The department has a set of Senior Capstone Experience Guidelines that are distributed to both junior and senior chemistry majors each fall. For those students meeting the College-wide standards of eligibility for departmental honors at graduation, the capstone experience also forms the basis of an oral examination given at the end of the student鈥檚 final semester.
Students must enroll in CHE SCE in their final semester to obtain credit for the Senior Capstone Experience. The Senior Capstone Experience is graded according to the 缅北强奸 College grading system, which involves the use of letter grades (A-F) that may be modified by a minus or a plus.
Recent SCE Projects
RECENT SENIOR CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE (SCE) TOPICS
2021-2022 Theses
Hannah Flayhart 鈥22 鈥淢ercury and Cadmium Testing in Chester River Tributaries鈥 (Advisor: Leslie Sherman Wakely)
Amari Morton 鈥22 鈥淭he Applications of Artificial Chemiluminescence鈥 (Advisor: Sarah Arradondo)
Michael Roseman 鈥22 鈥淥ne-Pot Synthesis of 1,3-Oxazolidines via Formal, Dearomative [3+2] Cycloaddition of Aminophenols鈥 (Advisor: Do)
Mariama Thiam 鈥22 鈥淐omputational Analysis of Nerve Agents and, Possible Treatment Molecules鈥 (Advisor: Sarah Arradondo)
Brody Mann 鈥22 鈥淎 Quest for Lyme Disease Prophylaxis鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel Parrish and Kathleen Verville)
Summer Black 鈥21 鈥淯V Exposure: Effects, Repair, and Prevention鈥 (Advisor: Mindy Reynolds and Sarah Arradondo)
Kellen Hanley 鈥21 鈥淯sage of Hydroxylated Fullerenes as Radioprotectors in the, C60 Prevention of Radiation-Induced Thyroid Carcinoma鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Krochmal and Aaron Amick)
Caroline Braungard 鈥21 鈥淚celand: Fighting Climate Change with Sustainable, Geothermal Systems鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Allison Gallagher 鈥21&苍产蝉辫;鈥淓valuation of the Environmental Prevalence and Toxicity, of Sulfonamides and Their Metabolites鈥 (Advisor: Leslie Sherman Wakeley)
Matthew Gregory 鈥21 鈥淎n Introduction to the Fundamentals of Room Temperature, Ionic Liquids, Computational Chemistry, and their Intersection鈥 (Advisor: Sarah Arradondo)
Mengjiao Li 鈥21 鈥淩emoval of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Groundwater Based , on Biosorption鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Christopher Lollo 鈥21 鈥淎 Comprehensive Review on Metal Catalyzed Reactions to, Create Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Kayla Mehrtens 鈥21 鈥淚nquiry-Based Learning: an education method to support the, chemists of tomorrow鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Nathaniel Neuland 鈥21 鈥淭he Effects of Mutated SOD1 on Amyotrophic Lateral , Sclerosis and how siRNA Treatment Could Lead to a Cure鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock)
Harry Redding 鈥21 鈥淗ow Reaction of Metals with the A? Protein can be Better, Understood Using Computational Methods鈥 (Advisor: Sarah Arradondo)
Ella Samer 鈥21 鈥淎 Review on Spinal Muscular Atrophy and the Three , Available Gene Therapies鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Michaela Creel 鈥21 鈥淭he Effects of Alcoholic Beverages on the, Human Body and the Pathways of Metabolism鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock and Jim Windelbourn)
Haley Wilt 鈥21 鈥淐omparative Analysis of Riboswitch Mechanisms鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock and Kathleen Verville)
Mahin Zaman 鈥21 鈥淎 Sustainable Development Approach to Promoting Water, Security in Eritrea鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Jennifer Shabrach 鈥21 鈥淭he Effect of Excess Metal Exposure on Alzheimer's Disease and Possible Treatments鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock)
2020 Theses
Sean Garin 鈥20 鈥淓xamining the Structural Requirements for Dot1, Mediated Senescence鈥 (Advisor: Jennifer Wanat and James Lipchock)
Alexandria Hegeman 鈥20 鈥淭he Significance of NUP170 in Delayed Cellular Senescence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae鈥 (Advisor: Jennifer Wanat and Anna Smith)
Larisa Okshewsky 鈥20 鈥淧revention and Treatment for Clostridium, difficile infection鈥 (Advisor: Kathleen Verville)
Savannah Ross 鈥20 鈥淭he Investigation of Fullerenes as a, Potential Therapeutic for Ischemic Stroke鈥 (Advisor: Jim Windelbourn and Aaron Amick)
Erin Asman 鈥20 鈥淩eview of Osteoarthritis in Equines and the Treatments Available鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock)
Eleanor Byers 鈥20 鈥淏iomimetic Preen Oil from Waste Cooking Oil: A Green Chemistry Laboratory for Secondary Students鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
David Gonzalez 鈥20 鈥 Synthesis of a Novel Acenaphthylene, Semiconducting Polymer鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Autumn Hoffman 鈥20 鈥淪ynthesis of 5-bromobenzo[c]phenanthrene, an, Intermediate of the Missing Fullerene C72鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Corbin Hudson 鈥20 鈥淚onic Liquids: The Designer Solvent鈥 (Advisor: Sarah Arradondo)
Jessica Melson 鈥20 鈥淭he Effects of Microplastics on Water and Soil, Samples Around the Chester River鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Alexandra Searles 鈥20 鈥淐omparison of Phosphate Levels in Water, Samples of Impaired Creeks off of the Chester River and, Evaluation of Surrounding Land鈥 (Advisor: Leslie Sherman Wakeley)
Felicia Atton 鈥20 鈥淪ynthesis of flavonoids for anti-aging Research鈥 (Advisor: Anna Smith)
Melissa Whittington 鈥20 鈥淐haracterizing small water clusters with ab, initio Methods and Terahertz Spectroscopy鈥 (Advisor: George Keiser)
2019
Dominic Giandonato 鈥19 鈥淚nduced Blockage of Ring Closures within, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Edgardo Hernandez 鈥19 鈥淒etermining pH Using Acid-Base Indicators and, Smartphone Colorimetry鈥 (Advisor: Rick Locker)
Parakram Karki 鈥19 鈥淢echanistic study of protein histidine, phosphatase 1 and the effects of the elongation of the, c-terminus on protein function and dynamics鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock
Beatrice Keller 鈥19 鈥淎 Cross-disciplinary Study Between Green, Chemistry and Public Health: Comparative Analysis of Cooking, Methods and Effects on Food Composition and Health in Rural China鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Meredith Kenton 鈥19 鈥淚ntroducing Green Chemistry Principles into, an Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry Course鈥 (Advisor: Anne Marteel-Parrish)
Collin Vincent 鈥19 鈥淓fficient Synthesis of New Aromatic, Structural Scaffolds鈥 (Advisor: Aaron Amick)
Tyler Buchanan 鈥19 鈥淓ffects of Vortex Generators on a Sedan Model Car鈥 (Advisor: James Lipchock)