{"id":60,"date":"2012-10-11T19:14:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T00:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2013-02-25T16:36:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T22:36:53","slug":"2012-summer-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/past-projects\/2012-summer-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Summer Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h5><a title=\"CURI Home\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\">CURI Home<\/a>\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/pages\/summer-undergraduate-research\/\">Summer Research<\/a>\u00a0\u2192 Projects for 2012<\/h5>\n<h1>CURI 2012 Summer Research Projects<\/h1>\n<p>You can browse the 2012 project descriptions from this page. See the separate section at the bottom of the page for Environmental Science REU projects.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/\">Fine Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Thalhamm\">Kristina Thalhammer<\/a>, Raizal Identity in Colombia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Hodgson\">Ashley Hodgson<\/a>, The Effects of California&#8217;s Nursing Ratio Law<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Farrell\">Jim Farrell<\/a>, Sustaining St. Olaf: Research and Design for Co-Curricular Sustainability Education<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Qian\">Jun Qian<\/a>, Expanding the Solo Clarinet Repertoire: A Quintessential Resource for Music Educators and Young Performers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Goedde\">Rick Goedde<\/a>, Predicting Revenue Growth Using Financial Ratios: Where Will the Jobs Be?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Mahr\">Timothy Mahr<\/a>, Creating a New Work for the St. Olaf Band<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stolaf.edu\/academics\/curi\/summer-research\/2012-AHSSI.html#Casson\">Doug Casson<\/a>, Civility and Its Discontents: Rudeness and Refinement in Modern Political Thought<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Rohn\">Matthew Rohn<\/a>, Environmental Art at St. Olaf<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Chandran\">Devyani Chandran<\/a>, Exploring the Development and Sustainability of Social Capital in Local Communities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-ahssi\/#Saterstr\">Sherry Saterstrom<\/a>, Somatic Networking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/\">Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Klein\">Jennifer Klein<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Muscle Protein Molecular Dynamics\n<ul>\n<li>(Experimental Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Computational Biochemistry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Allen\">Richard Allen<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; A Research Tool for Digital Humanities<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Muth\">Greg Muth<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Selection and characterization of algal communities toward the development of stable cultures for the production of renewable fuels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Muth\">Greg Muth<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Chemical analysis of probiotic cultures used in organic farming<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Muth\">Greg Muth<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Science Education and Outreach: A Revolution in the Classroom<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Beussman\">Douglas Beussman<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Human Scent Differentiation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Beussman\">Douglas Beussman<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Isotope Ratio Fiber Analysis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Beussman\">Douglas Beussman<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Tetrahymena Proteomics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Hanson\">Robert Hanson<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Molecular Visualization<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Kalyani\">Dipannita Kalyani<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Development of Novel Transition Metal Catalyzed Organometallic Transformations\n<ul>\n<li>(Transition Metal Catalyzed Decarboxylative Allylic Trifluoromethylation; Nickel-Catalyzed C-H Arylation Using Phenolic Electrophiles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Walter\">Anne Walter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Physiological Explorations\n<ul>\n<li>(Kinetic Parameters and Isozymes of Lactate Hydrogenase; Membrane Composition and Membrane Properties; Bio-Math Modules for Animal Physiology Lab Manual)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Borovsky\">Brian Borovsky<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The Molecular Origins of Friction &#8211; A study across velocity regimes of phosphonate monolayers on alternative MEMS-type surfaces<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Swift\">Michael Swift<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Zooplankton in Northern Minnesota Lakes (see additional position under REU projects below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Listenbe2\">Laura<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Listenbe\">Listenberger<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Mechanisims of cellular lipid storage<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Marlier\">Elodie Marlier<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Development of low-valent first-row transition metal complexes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#RAB\">Richard Brown<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; CSinParallel: Parallel computing for all CS students<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#RAB\">Richard Brown<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; HiPerCiC: Making parallel computing available in all disciplines<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Engbrecht\">Jason Engbrecht<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Field Research Robotics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Reisetter\">Angela Reisetter<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; SuperCDMS: Search for Dark Matter<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Kandl\">Kim Kandl<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; RNAi in the worm C. elegans<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Muir\">Gary Muir<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The Neural Basis of Navigation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#DemasDVW\">Jay Demas and David Van Wylen<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Non-visual photoreceptors: Irradiance detection in high contrast environments and sensitivity to hypoxia (see related REU project below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#JacobelKC\">Bob Jacobel and Knut Christianson<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ice and Climate Geophysics Group (CEGSIC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Schwinefus\">Jeff Schwinefus<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Cosolute Interactions with Nucleic Acids<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Freedberg\">Steve Freedberg<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Population Genetics and Behavioral Ecology of the Smooth Softshell Turtle (see related REU project below)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Shea\">Kathleen Shea<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ecology of the St. Olaf Natural and Agricultural Lands (see additional positions under REU projects below)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Environmental Science REU<\/h3>\n<p>These projects involved field research on campus lands at St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/depts\/biology\/weaver_dunes\/index.html\">St. Olaf College Field Station at Weaver Dunes<\/a>, and the Coe College\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.public.coe.edu\/fieldstation\/\">Wilderness Field Station (WFS)<\/a>. Any questions about these projects or other past REU projects should be directed to Diane Angell or Steve Freedberg.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Jackson\">Paul Jackson<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ecosystem assessment of an impaired coldwater brook trout stream<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Freedberg2\">Steve Freedberg<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ecological barriers to interspecific gene flow in freshwater turtles (see related NSM project above)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Shea2\">Kathleen Shea<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ecology of the St. Olaf Natural and Agricultural Lands (see additional positions under NSM projects above)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Demas\">Jay Demas<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Ecological Light Pollution and Circadian Photoreception (see related NSM project above)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#PorterfieldJS\">Jean Porterfield and John Schade<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Linking Genetics and Environmental Science<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Angell\">Diane Angell<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Small Mammals and Prairies<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Angell\">Diane Angell<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Biodiveristy and Sustainable Agriculture<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/2012-summer-projects\/2012-nsm\/#Swift2\">Michael Swift<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Zooplankton in Northern Minnesota Lakes (see additional position under NSM projects above)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURI Home\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Summer Research\u00a0\u2192 Projects for 2012 CURI 2012 Summer Research Projects You can browse the 2012 project descriptions from this page. 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