MAPs: By Semester
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Summer 2001

Biology: "Reconstructions of Cretaceous Collembola." Summer Ventis [Professor Kenneth Christiansen]

Biology: "Quantitative Genetics: The Characterization of the Major Genes Controlling Floral Traits in Clarkia xantiana." Elizabeth Cooper [Professor Vince Eckhart]

Biology: "Plant Abundance and Diversity in Reconstructed Prairie Communities." Zainab Shakir [Professor Vince Eckhart]

Biology: "Vertebrate Synapse Physiology." Elizabeth A. Paesch, Kendra Young [Professor Clark Lindgren]

Biology: "Quantitative Genetics of Physiological Traits of Lobelia siphilitica and Lobelia cardinalis." Kjärstin Carlson [Professor Christina Caruso]

Biology: "Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Six Morphological Traits of Lobelia cardinalis and L. siphilitica." Alison Mikulyuk [Professor Christina Caruso]

Biology: "Effects of Medial and Orbital Prefrontal Cortex Damage on Anxiety and Extinction of Conditioned Fear in Rats." Megan Salter [Professor Nancy Rempel-Clower]

Biology: "Identification of Starvation Genes in ADP1." Erin Schmidt [Professor Bruce Voyles]

Biology: "Identification of Starvation-induced Genes in Acinetobacter species strain ADP1." Jessica Schmidt [Professor Bruce Voyles]

Biology: "Identification of Starvation Genes from Acinetobacter strain ADP1." Robin Lindeman [Professor Bruce Voyles]

Biology: "A Study of Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 Under Starvation Conditions." Ruth Emrick [Professor Bruce Voyles]

Chemistry: "Stereochemistry of Platinum Complexes of Sulfur Containing Amino Acids." Todd Kimball [Professor Luther Erickson]

Chemistry: "The Effects of pH on the Kinetics and Mechanisms of the Reaction of Tetrachloroplatinate(II) with Amino Acids Containing Neutral Metal-Coordinating Side Chains." Anna Thelen [Professor Luther Erickson]

Chemistry: "The Investigation of Human Neuronal nAChRs Through Mutagenesis." Jane Chang [Professor Mark Levandoski]

Chemistry: "Purification and Identification of Zebrafish a7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor." Margaret Seater [Professor Mark Levandiski]

Chemistry: "Conductivity Studies on Cross-linked Siloxane Polymers Using Lithium Salt." Felipe Bautista [Professor Leslie Lyons]

Chemistry: "Spectroscopic Studies of Lithium Salts with Three Poly(siloxane) Polymer Electrolytes." Jon Dalgleish [Professor Leslie Lyons

Chemistry: "The Use of Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry to Study Protein Dynamics." Janelle Raborn [Professor Elaine Marzluff]

Chemistry: "A Study of Protein Dynamics Using H/D Exchange with MS and NMR." Leah Blasiak [Professor Elaine Marzluff]

Chemistry: "Using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and H/D Exchange to Investigate Inhibition Sites on Calmodulin and Troponin C." Boram Um [Professor Elaine Marzluff]

Chemistry: "The Synthesis and Characterization of Mo(VI)(N-2,6-C6H3Me2)2(ONEt2)2 and Derivatives." Donald Brown [Professor Martin Minelli]

Chemistry: "Synthesis and Characterization of Coordinatively Unsaturated molybdenum (VI) di-imido Complexes." Frances Namuswe [Professor Martin Minelli]

Chemistry: "Exploration of the characteristics of hydrido-bis-(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten-di-t-butylstannyl chloride in the synthesis of bis-(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten-di-t-butylstannylene." Gamaliel Dominguez, Jr. [Professor Andrew Mobley]

Chemistry: "PHIP-NMR Studies of DuPHOS." Richard Corley [Professor Andrew Mobley]

Chemistry: "The Study of New Organometallic Compounds: Synthesis and Characterization of bis-cyclopentadienyl molybdenum di-t-butylstannylene." John Kramer [Professor Andrew Mobley]

Chemistry: "The Synthesis of bis-(cyclopentadienyl)tungsten di-t-butylstannylene." Rochelle Gandour [Professor Andrew Mobley]

Chemistry: "The Synthesis of Natural Product with Antifungal Properties Isolated from Bucida." Johnathon Smith [Professor Andrew Mobley]

Chemistry: "Investigation of Ionization State of Flavin Hydroquinone in Wild-type and Asp 120 Asn MTHFR." Emily Burke [Professor Elizabeth Trimmer]

Chemistry: "Construction and Characterization of E. coli Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) Mutant, Asp 120Ser." Danielle Brinker [Professor Elizabeth Trimmer]

Chemistry: "The Synthesis of 2-Nitroindole." Nicholas Palmer [Professor Hernando Trujillo]

Economics "The Origin of Marginal Economics in Richard Ely's Textbook Outlines of Economics." Gustavo Torres [Professor Brad Bateman]

Economics: "Educational Quality and Earnings." Katharine Anderson [Professor Mark Montgomery]

Economics: "Equity Valuation Prophecies." Ammar Bandukwala [Professor Paul Munyon]

Education: "Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Theory for Preadolescent Females." Alison Brown, Mary Backes [Professor Kara Lycke]

Education: "Student Interactions in Small Groups." Nancy Pellowski [Professor Martha Voyles]

Education: "Gender Differences in Motivation and Attributions in Technology." Alison Williams [Professor Martha Voyles]

Gender & Women's Studies: "Oral History and Creative Application." Jacob Rhoads [Professor Kathleen Skerrett]

Gender & Women's Studies: "Images of Woman Saints." Sara Barr [Professor Kathleen Skerrett]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Classifying Virtual Knots on the Surface of a Torus." Jared Corduan [Professor Royce Wolf]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Flows on the Sphere." Daisuke Ueno [Professor Marc Chamberland]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Independent Research." John Wray [Professor Marc Chamberland]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Universal Covers." Ari MacKinnon [Professor Charles Jepsen]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "The Game of Life in Finite Arrays." Rajendra Magar [Professor Marc Chamberland]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Dissections of Rectangles." Ming Gu [Professor Charles Jepsen]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Clio: Exploring Web Usage." Joe Simonson, Greg Fuller [Professor Sam Rebelsky]

Mathematics & Computer Science: "Annotating the World Wide Web." Elias Vafiadis, Joshua Vickery, Khong Lovan [Professor Sam Rebelsky]

Music: "Soundscape Composition: Exploring Grinnell." Natalie Kneip [Professor Jon Chenette]

Music: "Iowa Soundscapes: A Multimedia Approach." David McClelland [Professor Jon Chenette]

Philosophy: "Subjectivity and Power: Habermas and Foucault." Erinn Gilson [Professor Johanna Meehan]

Philosophy: "Heidegger's Being and Time." Andrew Gorski [Professor Johanna Meehan]

Physics: "Gamma-Ray Spectral Analysis of Markarian 421." Claire Christensen [Professor Charles Duke]

Physics: "Energy Spectrum Analysis of Markarian 421." Morgan Page [Professor Charles Duke]

Physics: "Magnetic Transitions in REAuCu4 Single Crystals." Heather Thiessen [Professor Charles Cunningham]

Political Science: "Between Black and White: Affirmative Action, Proceduralism, and Habermas." Joseph Nelson [Professor Leonard Feldman]

Psychology: "The Effects of Prefrontal Cortex Lesions on Fear-Potentiated Startle and Anxiety." Megan Hagenauer [Professor Nancy Rempel-Clower]

Psychology: "Neurochemical Modulation of Memory Consolidation." Ania Mikos [Professor Ken Short]

Theatre: "Mask Making and Performance Study." John Catron [Professor Christopher Connelly]

Theatre: "Filming Contemporary Expressionism." Alicia Reid [Professor Christopher Connelly]

Last updated on October 2, 2001