Brandon C. Allen

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Personal Information

Senior Chemistry/Physics Major From Marengo, IL

Undergraduate Research Activities

SOFIA

Chemistry of Baking (August 2016)

Chemistry Archives - Returning Student (August 2017)

Monmouth Coffee Project

Installation of Bluetooth Adapter into Sonofresco Coffee Roaster and Advanced Definition Roasting (ADR) Software (Fall 2016)

Development of SmartCarafe - Using the Internet of Things (IOT) to Monitor Thermal Efficiency (Temperature) of a Coffee Carafe and Liquid Level (Spring 2017/Fall 2017)

CHEM 430

"How to Use a Kibron Trough for Analysis of Langmuir Monolayers" Advised by Dr. Audra G. Sostarecz (Fall 2016)

"Investigation of a Model for Neurodegeneration" Advised by Dr. Audra G. Sostarecz (Spring 2017)

"LabVIEW Software Development for a Brewster Angle Microscope and Python Software Development for Data Processing/Analysis" Advised by Dr. Audra G. Sostarecz and Dr. Bradley E. Sturgeon (Fall 2017)

"Construction of a Brewster Angle Microscope for the Visualization of Langmuir Monolayer Films" Advised by Dr. Audra G. Sostarecz and Dr. Bradley E. Sturgeon (Spring 2018)

Python Program Demonstrations Available Here!

Doc Kieft Summer Research Program

Langmuir Monolayers and Brewster Angle Microscopy: Construction of an Instrument and Basic Software Development (Summer 2017)

Presentations

The Chemistry of Baking (August 2016)

Langmuir Monolayers and Brewster Angle Microscopy: Construction of an Instrument and Basic Software Development (July 2017)

The Chemistry Archives (August 2017)

Langmuir Monolayers and Brewster Angle Microscopy: Construction of an Instrument and Basic Software Development (Fall 2017 - Science Seminar)

Application of a Fabricated Brewster Angle Microscope to the Visualization of Langmuir Monolayers (November 2017 - IL-IA Local ACS Section Undergraduate Research Conference)

Brewster Angle Microscopy for Visualization Langmuir Monolayer Films (Spring 2018 - Science Seminar)

Brewster Angle Microscopy and Langmuir Monolayer Films for Visualization of Lipid Domains and Lipid Raft Formation (Poster Presentation - April 2018 - American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego)

Construction of a Brewster Angle Microscope for the Visualization of Lipid Domains in Langmuir Monolayer Films (April 2018 - American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting in San Diego - Spotlight Session as part of the Lipid Domains and Lipid Rafts Session)

Interests

Science, Coffee, Programming, Building Things, 3D printing.

Career Goals

I would love to have a job doing research in medical imaging.