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Revision as of 16:05, 18 April 2019
Personal Information
- Year: Sophomore
- Major: Chemistry/Physics
- From: Lawrenceville, IL
Undergraduate Research Experiences
SOfIA (Summer Opportunities for Intellectual Activities)
Summer 2017
- SOfIA Project: The Chemistry of Baking
- Learned various baking techniques
- Analyzed volatile chemicals in bread/dough samples using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS)
Summer 2018
- SOfIA Project: Visualization Using a Ceramic 3D Printer
- Calibrated and adjusted the ceramic 3D printer
- Learned the CAD design software, Fustion 360
- Created several unique 3D designs and prints
Richard "Doc" Kieft Summer Research
Advisor: Dr. Audra Goach Sostarecz
- Summer 2018
- Used Langmuir Trough to study the effects of divalent metal cations on insulin aggregation
- Studied insulin’s interactions with lipids commonly found in the cell membrane
- Worked with other research members to begin construction of a fluorescence microscope
- Used Python to create a Graphical User Interface for data processing programs
Coffee Project
- Analyzed aromatic molecules in roasted coffee using GC-MS
Undergraduate Chemistry Research (CHEM 340)
Advisor: Dr. Audra Goach Sostarecz
- Studies aspects of insulin’s aggregation/interactions using the Langmuir monolayer technique
- Beginning construction of a fluorescence microscope to use alongside a trough for data acquisition
Presentations
- 2018 SOfIA Program - Visualization Using a Ceramic 3D Printer (Oral and Poster Presentations)
- 2018 Richard "Doc" Kieft Summer Research Program - Insulin Aggregation at the Air Water Interface (Oral Presentation)
- 2017 SOfIA Program - The Chemistry of Baking (Oral and Poster Presentations)
Classes
Advanced Physical Chemistry
Events
Bettendorf Jr. High School STEM Expo:
- Setup 3D printers(Ceramic, FDM, and SLA) to demonstrate the creation of 3D elements
- This also inlcuded a Coffee station, 2D to 3D paper folding station, and a drone station
Setting Up the Raspberry Pi
- The operating system of the RPi(Raspbian) was setup and the instruction can be found at the following link:
Raspberry Pi Instructional Page
Growing Crystals
Towards the end of the class, we started to grow crystals. My crystal, the potassium ferricyanide crystal, along with the instructions used to make it, can be found at this link: Ferricyanide Crystal