PROJECTS DAY - West Point

Molecular Extraction Techniques and Growth Response of a Michael Dolan,
Model Organism: Dictyostelium discoideum Frederick
Heitjan, Corbin
Helis,
Kelly MacDonald
Preventing Facial Injuries in Boxing: Laura Chachula,
Designing Headgear for Fighters Marie Timm
Quantitative Analysis of Quinine Using an Inexpensive, Jeffrey Jang
Self-Designed Fluorometer
Research on Oxidative Stress and the Effects of RDX in Barret Halgas
Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis
Using Hyperspectral Imagery Analysis to Assess Biological Samples Avinash
Chaurasia,
Kerry Mian,
Christopher
Wagner
Inter-Academy Chemistry Symposium Presentations
Project Title Cadets
High Surface Area Carbon Aerogels: Modifying Preparation to Jennie Wood
Optimize Structure and Porosity (USAFA)
Production of CIGS Thin Films by Electrodeposition For Use Katie Schuler
In Solar Cells (USAFA)
Synthesis and Characterization of Aluminum Perfluoropolyether Scott Pierson Jr.
Blended Materials (USAFA)
Synthesis and Characterization of Perfluoropolyether Segmented Casey Hawkins
Poly(urethane)s (USAFA)
Validation of Tissue-Specific Enhancers in Xenopus laevis (USAFA) Robert Lystrup
Effect of Solvents on the Degradation of the Sulfur Mustard Jasmine Elliott,
Analog 2-chloroethyl Ethyl Sulfide (USCGA) Sarah Colmenero
Glucose Enhances Menadione Toxicity in Beta Cells (USCGA) Trayce Womack,
Meridith Palo
Multivariate Selection of Mass Ions for Prediction of Weathering Tiffany Vegter
Endpoint of a 30 Year Old Oil Spill (USCGA)
Development of Novel Protein Crystallization Precipitants (USNA) Patrick Wiedorn
Extracytoplasmic Cellular Stress Responses Induced by Blaine Lander
Cationic Polyethylenimines (USNA)
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