With over seventy total researchers during the summer, the Furman University Chemistry Department boasts one of the largest undergraduate research programs in the nation. The summer of 2014 marked the 50th consecutive program in which undergraduates, masters students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty mentors, and visiting faculty from area schools work together over a ten-week period in a wide variety of scientific research projects. The undergraduate students, who receive stipends for the summer, carry out independent investigations in the areas of analytical, inorganic, physical, organic and bio-organic chemistry. This program would not be possible without the support of wide variety of public and private sources.
These student/faculty collaborations produced the following research papers that were published in peer-reviewed journals.
Submissions from 2010
Theoretical Calculations of Acid Dissociation Constants: A Review Article, Kristin S. Alongi and George C. Shields
Modified polyol synthesis of bulk-scale nanostructured bismuth antimony telluride, Mary Elizabeth Anderson, S. S.N. Bharadwaya, and R. E. Schaak
Complementary halogen and hydrogen bonding: sulfur- iodine interactions and thioamide ribbons., Hadi D. Arman, Rebecca L. Gieseking, Timothy W. Hanks, and William T. Pennington
Context dependence of trinucleotide repeat structures, Natalya N. Degtyareva, Courtney A. Barber, Bidisha Sengupta, and Jeffrey T. Petty
An efficient synthesis of (±)-grandisol featuring 1,5-enyne metathesis, Thomas J. A. Graham, Erin E. Gray, James M. Burgess, and Brian C. Goess
A convenient synthesis of isocyclam and [16]aneN4 and the photophysics of their dicyanochromium(III) complexes, David L. Grisenti, Mary Beth Smith, Luxi Fang, Nicholas Bishop, and Paul S. Wagenknecht
A photoreactive crystalline quasiracemate, Rebecca C. Grove, Steven H. Malehorn, Meghan E. Breen, and Kraig A. Wheeler
Development of a Horizontal Peer Mentoring Network for Senior Women Chemists and Physicists at Liberal Arts Colleges, Kerry K. Karukstis, Bridget L. Gourley, Miriam Rossi, Laura L. Wright, and Anne-Barrie Hunter
Mentoring Strategies To Recruit and Advance Women in Science and Engineering, Kerry K. Karukstis, Bridget L. Gourley, Laura L. Wright, and Miriam Rossi
Electrochemistry: Principles and Measurement, J. R. Kirchhoff, John F. Wheeler, C. E. Lunte, S. H. Jenkins, and W. R. Heineman
Biogenic amines in microdissected brain regions of Drosophila melanogaster measured with micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography-electrochemical detection, Nicholas J. Kuklinski, E. C. Berglund, Johan Engelbrektsson, and Andrew G. Ewing
Determination of salsolinol, norsalsolinol, and twenty-one biogenic amines using micellar electrokinetic capillary chromatography-electrochemical detection, Nicholas J. Kuklinski, E. C. Berglund, Johan Engelbrektsson, and Andrew G. Ewing
Micellar capillary electrophoresis--electrochemical detection of neurochemicals from Drosophila, Nicholas J. Kuklinski, E. C. Berglund, and Andrew G. Ewing
Ag+-mediated assembly of 5'-guanosine monophosphate., Kristine M. Loo, Natalya N. Degtyareva, Jihae Park, Bidisha Sengupta, Michael J. Reddish, Christopher C. Rogers, Andrea R. Bryant, and Jeffrey T. Petty
Atmospheric Implications for Formation of Clusters of Ammonium and 1-10 Water Molecules, Thomas E. Morrell and George C. Shields
DNA Encapsulation of Ten Silver Atoms Produces a Bright, Modulatable, Near Infrared-Emitting Cluster, Jeffrey T. Petty, Chaoyang Fan, Sandra P. Story, Bidisha Sengupta, Ashlee St. John Iyer, Zachary D. Prudowsky, and Robert M. Dickson
Creating a Comprehensive Summer Undergraduate Research Program Despite Fiscal Challenges, George C. Shields
Using Pre-College Research to Promote Student Success and Increase the Number of Science Majors, George C. Shields
Accurate Predictions of Water Cluster Formation, (H20)n=2-10, Robert M. Shields, Berhane Temelso, Kaye A. Archer, Thomas E. Morrell, and George C. Shields
Measurement of both the equilibrium constant and rate constant for electronic energy transfer by control of the limiting kinetic regimes, Michael T. Vagnini, W. C. Rutledge, and Paul S. Wagenknecht
Effect of ancillary ligands on the DNA interaction of Cr(diimine)3]3+ complexes containing the intercalating dipyridophenazine ligand, M. S. Vandiver, E. P. Bridges, Ryan L. Koon, Alex N. Kinnaird, Jeff W. Glaeser, Jennifer F. Campbell, Christopher J. Priedemann, William T. Rosenblatt, Brad J. Herbert, Sandra K. Wheeler, John F. Wheeler, and Noel Kane-Maguire
A Major Determinant of Cyclophilin Dependence and Cyclosporine Susceptibility of Hepatitis C Virus Identified by a Genetic Approach, Feng Yang, Jason M. Robotham, Henry Grise, Stephen Frausto, Vanesa Madan, Margarita Zayas, Ralf Bartenschlager, Margaret Robinson, Andrew E. Greenstein, Anita Nag, Timothy M. Logan, Ewa Bienkiewicz, and Hengli Tang
Submissions from 2009
Alpha-fetoprotein peptides and uses thereof, Thomas T. Andersen, James A. Bennett, Herbert Jacobson, George C. Shields, and Karl N. Kirschner
Structural studies of a trinucleotide repeat sequence using 2-aminopurine, Natalya N. Degtyareva, Michael J. Reddish, Bidisha Sengupta, and Jeffrey T. Petty
Long-term and acute effects of zinc contamination of a stream on fish mortality and physiology, Andrea Giardina, Sandra E. Larson, Brian Wisner, John F. Wheeler, and Matthew Chao