Seth Croslow

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

Coffee Project Research Page

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