Student Research

Student majors in the department participate in at least junior-year and senior-year research projects.

Senior Student Research Projects (2007-2008)

To be announced.

Junior Student Research Projects (2007-2008)

To be announced.

Student Research Projects (Past Years)

Student Research Projects (2004-2005)

Student Research Projects (2005-2006)

Student Research Projects (2006-2007)

Recent Publications (Bethel faculty and students underlined)

L. LaGoo, J. Schwendinger, and B.M. Anose. “Characterization of Androgen Regulation of ZEB-1 and PSA in 22Rv1 Prostate Cancer Cells.” Hormonal Carcinogenesis. Li, J.J. and S.A. Li (eds.) volume 5. New York: Springer-Verlag, (2007).
K. Grove, R.A. King and U. Burger, "Photo-rearrangement of N-substituted pyridinium and meta-alkoxypyridinium ions", Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 807, 25-32 (2007).
T.D. Crawford, M.L. Abrams, R.A. King, J.R. Lane, D.P. Schofield, and H.G. Kjaergaard, "The lowest ²A' excited state of the water-hydroxyl complex", Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 204302-1-6 (2006).
T.D. Crawford, C.D. Sherrill, E.F. Valeev, J.T. Fermann, R.A. King, M.L. Leininger, S.T. Brown, C.L. Janssen, E.T. Seidl, J.P. Kenny, and W.D. Allen, "PSI3: An open-source ab initio electronic structure package", Journal of Computational Chemistry, 28, 1610-1616 (2007).
Jack R. Waas, "Semiempirical and DFT Investigations of the Dissociation of Alkyl Halides," J. Chem. Educ. 83, 1017-1021 (2006).
C. Jones, J. Schwendinger, and D. King, “Analysis of semi-volatile organic compounds from parking lot runoff in nearby wetlands using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry”, Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research 2, 41, (2006).
K.M. Sundaram, W.A. Neiwert, C.L. Hill, I.A. Weinstock, “Relative energies of alpha and beta isomers of Keggin dodecatungstogallate,” Inorganic Chemistry 45, 3, 958-960, (2006).
M. Xie, G.H. Krooshot, J.A.E. Benen, J.A. Atwood III, D. King, C. Bergmann, and R. Orlando, “Post-translational modifications of recombinant B. Cinerea EPG 6”, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19, 3389-3397 (2005).
C.E. Smith, R.A. King, and T.D. Crawford, “Coupled cluster methods including triple excitations for excited states of radicals,” Journal of Chemical Physics 122, 054110-1-8 (2005).
N.J. DeYonker, S. Li, Y. Yamaguchi, H.F. Schaefer, T.D. Crawford, R.A. King, and K.A. Peterson. "Application of equation-of-motion coupled cluster methods to low-lying singlet and triplet electronic states of HBO and BOH," J. Chem. Phys. 122, 234316-1-13 (2005).
T.M. Anderson, R. Cao, E. Slonkina, B. Hedman, K.O. Hodgson, K.I. Hardcastle, W.A. Neiwert, S. Wu, M.L. Kirk, S. Knottenbelt, E.C. Depperman, B. Keita, L. Nadjo, D.G. Musaev, C.L. Hill, “A palladium-oxo complex. Stabilization of this proposed catalytic intermediate by an encapsulating polytungstate ligand,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 11948-11949, (2005).
O.A. Kholdeeva, M.N. Timofeeva, G.M. Maksimov, R.I. Maksimovskaya, W.A. Neiwert, C.L. Hill, “Aerobic oxidation of formaldehyde mediated by a Ce-containing polyoxometalate under mild conditions,” Inorganic Chemistry 44, 3, 666-672, (2005).
J.C. Valentine, F.E. McDonald, W.A. Neiwert, K.I. Hardcastle, “Biomimetic synthesis of trans,syn,trans-fused polyoxepanes: Remarkable substituent effects on the endo-regioselective oxacyclization of polyepoxides,” Journal of the American Chemical Society 127, 4586-4587, (2005).
R.A. King and B. Murrin, “A Computational Study of the Structure and Synthesis of Formazans,” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, 4961-4965 (2004).