Chemistry

In its Honors Program the Chemistry Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

• James Hunter Ballenger, "Ternary Complexes of BiI3/SbI3 with Thioalkane Ligands" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + Bill McNamara, Kristin Wustholz, Gayle Murchison
• Jacob David Bole, "Molecular Insights into Chiral-Induced Spin Selectivity: Exploring NO:2-Butanol Collision Complexes as Model Systems" (Honors)
  Nathan Kidwell + Tyler Meldrum, J.C. Poutsma, Seth Aubin
• Emily Louise Boyt, "Expanding the Scope of Bioconjugations Using Non-Canonical Amino Acids" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Isaiah Speight, Bill McNamara, Matthew Wawersik
• Olivia Ann Cassara, "Development of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for Single-sided Nuclear Magnetic Resonance" (Honors) 
  Tyler Meldrum + J.C. Poutsma, Katelynn Perrault, Peter Atwater
• Alexandra Chassé Gendreau, "Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics of Microorganisms" (Honors) 
  John Poutsma + Izzy Taylor, Katelynn Perrault, Kurt Williamson
• Rebekah Louise Gresham, "Synthesis of Novel Triynes and Investigation of Their Antibiotic Activity" (Honors) 
  Robert Hinkle + Izzy Taylor, Doug Young, Shanta Hinton
•  Sarah Louise Gresham, "Developing New Fluorescent Sensors for the Detection of Harmful Heavy Metals in Water" (Honors) 
  William McNamara + Doug Young, J.C. Poutsma, Mainak Patel
• Hannah Atlantis Jones, "Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa through the PqsE Active Site" (Honors) 
  Isabelle Taylor + Lisa Landino, Tyler Meldrum, Sarah Anderson
• Katherine Uonjae Kim, "Cascade Aza-Prins Reactions to Access Novel Fused Tetracyclic Heterocycles" (Honors) 
  Robert Hinkle + Jonathan Scheerer, Bob Pike, David Grandis
• Shinjer Li, "Computational Methods in NMR Relaxometry" (Honors) 
  Tyler Meldrum + JC Poutsma, Nathan Kidwell, Daniel Vasiliu 
• Josephine Lin, "Group 12 coordination complexes of a tridentate imidazolyl ligand" (Honors) 
  Deborah Bebout + Chris Abelt, Katelynn Perrault, Mark Forsyth
• Kieran Loftis, "Mononuclear Cobalt (II) Schiff Base Antipyrine Complexes for Catalytic CO2 Reduction" (Honors) 
  William McNamara + Tyler Meldrum, Doug Young, Brent Kaup
• Andrew Kenneth Meyer, "Counterion Dependent Coordination in Complexes of Divalent Group 12 Metals with Organic Ligand Tris[(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)methyl]amine" (Honors) 
  Deborah Bebout + Bob Pike, Lisa Landino, Megan Raddatz
• Samantha Bartlett Orr, "Investigating the potential role of Azabicyclene in the Rhl Quorum Sensing Pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (Honors) 
  Isabelle Taylor + Isaiah Speight, Bev Sher, Mark Forsyth
• Bilalay Victor Tchadi, "Molecular mechanisms of quorum sensing gene regulation via RhlR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" (Honors) 
  Isabelle Taylor + Bill McNamara, Doug Young, Mark Forsyth
• Lynleigh Caroline Thompson, "1,4-Oxazinones as Intermediates in the Construction of Complex Pyridine Products" (Honors)  
  Jonathan Scheerer + Jordan Walk, Chris Abelt, Heather Sasinowska

2023-2024

• Orhan Acikgoz, "Use of Molecular Logic Gates for the Tuning of Chemosensor Dynamic Range" (Honors) 
  Christopher Abelt + Helen Murphy, Tyler Meldrum, Robert Hinkle
• Anna Lynn Clayborn, "Self-Reporting Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles for Superoxide Generation and Detection" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth J. Harbron + Kristin L. Wustholz, John C. Poutsma, Sarah E. McCartney
• Nicole Anna Fritsch, "Metal Antipyrine Complexes for Hydrogen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction" (Honors) 
  William R. McNamara + Christopher J. Abelt, Tyler K. Meldrum, Erin M. Webster
• Robert Kinsman Gourdie, "Non-Canonical Amino Acids for Multivalent Conjugation and Light-Mediated Protein Modulation" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, William McNamara, C. Ryan Vinroot
• Sophia Marie Holincheck,  "Development of Low-Cost, Arduino based, Nephelometric and Back-Scatter Turbidity Sensors for Community-Led Environmental Restoration Monitoring in Rural Alaotra-Mangoro Region, Madagascar and James City County, Virginia" (Honors) 
  Nathanael Kidwell + John C. Poutsma, Deborah C. Bebout, Jonathan Frey
• Isabelle Margalit Kogan, "Understanding and Harnessing the Blinking Behavior of Emitters for Single-Molecule Imaging" (Honors) 
  Kristin Wustholz + J.C. Poutsma, Andrew Tobolowsky, Christopher Abelt
• Sage Marie Kregenow, "Investigation into Amine Polyynes for Antibacterial Properties" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Robert Hinkle, William McNamara, Jessica Paga
• Yun Ma, "A Unified Synthetic Approach to Onychine, Eupolauridine, and 1-Azafluoranthene via A Shared 1,2,4-Triazine Precursor" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Christopher Abelt, Robert Hinkle, Hannes Schniepp
• Julia Catherine Mitchell, "Process Modeling the Neuroprotective Effects of a Plant-Based Diet on Parkinson's Disease" (Honor) 
  Randolph Coleman + Lisa Landino, Douglas Young, Denise Damon Wade
• Amelia Grace Seabury, "Investigating Organic Fluorophores for Blink-Based Multiplexing" (Honor) 
  Kristin Wustholz + Christopher Abelt, Elizabeth Harbron, Alan Braddock 
• Zannatul Shahla, "Synthesis of Pyridine Derivatives: Cycloaddition/Cycloreversion of 1,4-Oxazinone Intermediates" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Christopher Abelt, Tyler Meldrum, Jaclyn Moloney
• Jungmin Shin, "Harnessing the Power of Virtual Reality for Organic Chemistry Education" (Honor) 
  Dana Lashley + Elizabeth J. Harbron, Jordan Walk, Oliver Kerscher
• Jacob Archer Simonpietri, "Molecular Dynamics simulations of Solid-Liquid Interfaces for NMR Relaxometry" (Honor) 
  Tyler Meldrum + J. C. Poutsma, Nathan Kidwell, Irina Novikova
• Emma Natasha Smith, "Optimizing Single-Molecule Blink-Based Multiplexing" (Honors)
   Kristin Wustholz + Jonathan Scheerer, John Poutsma, David Armstrong
• Georgia Cutler Westbrook, "Proton Affinities for Proline and Pipecolic-Acid Containing Dipeptides" (Honors) 
  J. C. Poutsma + Christopher Abelt, Kristin Wustholz,Thomas Marshall
• William Churchill Wilkinson, "IMPACT OF INTERFACIAL SOLVATION ENVIRONMENTS ON NITROPHENOL PHOTOCHEMISRY" (Honor) 
  Nathan Kidwell + Kristin Wustholz, Randolph Coleman, Stephen Trefethen

2022-2023

• Ryan Michael Anderson, "First Row Metal Complexes for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Artificial Photosynthesis" (Honors) 
  William McNamara + Nathan Kidwell, Chris Abelt, Qun Li
• Naya Kartrece Burrow, "Modulation of Protein Function and Synthesis of Bioconjugates using Unnatural Amino Acids" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Elizabeth Harbron, Lisa Landino, Shantá Hinton
• Cody Michael Funk, "A Combinatorial and Solution Phase Approach to the Synthesis of Polyyne Compound Libraries with Therapeutically Relevant Biological Activity." (Honors) 
  Robert Hinkle + Douglas Young, Dana Lashley, Reya Farber
• Grayson Robert Hoy, "Development of Data Science Tools for Photovoltaic Design and Super-Resolution Imaging" (Honors) 
  Kristin Wustholz + Nathan Kidwell, Tyler Meldrum, Ron Smith
• Delaney Aine Kirr, "Examining the Nutritional Quality of Mixotrophic Dinoflagellates Using Elemental Ratios and Total Lipid Content" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Amber Hardison, JC Poutsma, Nicole Millette
• Ruby Walker Neisser, "Solvent-Mediated Photophysical Outcomes of Brown Carbon Chromophores" (Honors) 
  Nathan Kidwell + Tyler Meldrum, Kristin Wustholz, Paul Davies
• Willough Sloan,"Synthesis and Biological Testing of Small-Molecule Mitochondrial Complex I Inhibitors" (Honors) 
  Dana Lashley + Oliver Kerscher, Robert Pike, Randolph Coleman
• Hannah Joy Smith, "Introducing Additional Protein Functionality via Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Chris Abelt, Lisa Landino, David Armstrong

2021-2022

• Alexandra McOsker, "Synthesis and Statistical Analysis of Asymmetric Diynols for E. coli Biological Activity" (Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Doug Young, Elizabeth Harbron, Rob Carman
• Benjamin Travis, "Developing Iron Complexes for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Rachel O'Brien, Heather MacDonald, Douglas Young
• Daniel Costantino, "Spectroscopy and Dynamics of CO-NO: Intermolecular Interactions Drive Photochemical Outcomes" (Honors)
  Nathanael Kidwell + Krisitn Wustholz, Seth Aubin
• Daria Moody, "Differential Protein Expression in Bacteriophages CrimD and Larva" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Lisa Landino, Jennifer Butler
• Erin Tweed, "Indoor Chemistry: The Aging of Cooking Oils Via Autoxidation" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + Chris Abelt, Jessica Stephens
• Gwyneth Pudner, "I. Synthesis of Pyrrolodiketopiperazines from an Intact Diketopiperazine Ring II. A Non-oxidative Method for Synthesizing 1,2-diketones from Aldehyde and Organometallic Building Blocks" (Honors)
  Jonathan Scheerer + Chris Abelt, Adrian Bravo
• Henry Cardwell, "Gas-Phase Proton Affinities for Twenty of the Proline-Containing Dipeptides" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Nathan Kidwell, Stephen Trefethen
• Monica Dibley, "Chemical Analysis of Organic Compounds in Dew Water" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + Bev Sher, Marc Sher
• Natalie Warren, "The Role of Relative Humidity on Biomass Burning Organic Aerosol Photolysis" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + JC Poutsma, Johnathan Frey
• Stephen Yachuw, "Copper(I) Iodide Complexes for the Detection of Aqueous Pyridine" (Honors)
  Robert Pike + Deborah Bebout, Mark Greer
• Titouan Duston, "Quantifying the Formation of Copper(I) Iodide Pyridine Complexes Through the Study of their Vapochromic Response" (Honors)
  Robert Pike + Nathan Kidwell, Eugeniy Mikhailov
• Zhaoyun Zheng, "SERS Analysis of Pretreated Red Lake Colorants in Historical Oil Paintings & Development of a SERS Spectral Analysis Program with Deep Learning" (Honors)
  Kristin Wustholz + Elizabeth Harbron, William McNamara, Nicole McCormick Santiago

2020-2021

• Nicole Carrillo Vallejo, "Construction of Pyridine Derivatives Using 1,4-Oxazin-2-one Precursors through Cycloaddition / Cycloreversion Tandem Sequences" (Honors)
  Jonathan Scheerer + Elizabeth Harbron, Mark Forsyth
• Emily Chappie, "Molecular Cluster Fragment Machine Learning Training Techniques to Predict Energetics of Brown Carbon Aerosol Clusters" (Honors)
  Nathanael Kidwell + Randolph Coleman, Dana Willner, Daniel Tabor
  
• Cameron Goff, "Multivalent Conjugation of Biologically Active Molecules Through use of Unnatural Amino Acids" (Honors)
  Douglas Young + Robert Hinkle, Jennifer Bestman
• David Hood, "Experimental and Computational Electronic Quenching Dynamics of Nitric Oxide by Molecular Collisional Partners" (Honors)
  Nathanael Kidwell + John Poutsma, Joshua Erlich, Andrew Petit
• Neal Marshall, "Alkylpyridinium Iodobismuthate Structural Determination and Analysis" (Honors)
  Robert Pike + Randolph Coleman, Robery Barnet, William McNamara
• William Moeller, "Proteomic Analysis of Mycobacteriophage CrimD" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Rachel O'Brien, Kurt Williamson
• Allison Moyer, "Humic Acids as Sacrificial Electron Donors for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William R. McNamara + Douglas D. Young, Deborah C. Bebout, Sarah Menefee
• Brianna Peterson, "Investigating Charge Transfer Complexes in Brown Carbon Aerosols" (Honors)
  Nathan Kidwell + Rachel O'Brien, Kristin Wustholz, Jonathan Allen
• Yihan Qin, "Synthesis and Biological Testing of Quinone-Based Natural Products" (Honors)
  Dana Lashley + Robert J. Hinkle, Rachel O'Brien, Oliver Kerscher
• Lemai Vo, "Photolysis of Methylglyoxal Brown Carbon" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + Elizabeth Harbron, Nathanael Kidwell, Linda Morse

2019-2020

• Ruth Beaver, "Adaptation of a Low-Cost Hyperpolarization Technique for Use with Single-Sided NMR" (Honors)
  Tyler Meldrum + Christopher Abelt, Kristin Wustholz, David Armstrong
  
• Lydia Dolvin, "Photolytic Aging of 4-Nitrophenol: Effects of Fresh and Aged Secondary Organic Aerosol on Atmospheric Lifetimes" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + Nathan Kidwell, Kristin Wustholz, Mike Jabbur
  
• Benjamin Hauk, "Conformational Changes of Lactate Dehydrogenase Isozymes" (Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Doug Young, Paul Heideman
• Elizabeth King, "Employing Unnatural Amino Acids to Develop Bioconjugations, Multivalent Conjugates, and Protein Modulation Strategies" (Honors)
  Doug Young + Robert Hinkle, Mark Forsyth
• Lauren Mazur, "Synthesis and Investigation of Asymmetric Diyne and Polyyne Compounds for Biological Activity" (Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Doug Young, Lisa Landino, Lizabeth Allison
  
• Emily Peairs, "Using Unnatural Amino Acid Technologies to Immobilize and Regulate Proteins" (Honors)
  Doug Young + Lisa Landino, Katherine Guthrie
• Zach Schiffman, "Iron polypyridyl complexes for electrocatalytic proton reduction" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Nathanial Kidwell, Rachel O'Brien
• Gwendylan Turner, "Determination of Thermodynamic Properties of Non-Protein Amino Acids and Characterization of Multimers of Carbamazepine" (Honors)
  John  Poutsma + Rachel O'Brien, Robert Pike, Jonathan Frey
  
• Jiashu Wang, "Study of the Catalytic Abilities of Methyl-Functionalized & Dimethyl-Functionalized Iron Complexes for Proton Reduction" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Christopher Abelt, Rachel O'Brien, Eric Swartz
  
• Hongmin Yu, "Chemical Transformation of Biomass Burning Organic Aerosols Due to Photolytic Aging" (Honors)
  Rachel O'Brien + Kristin Wustholz, Christopher Abelt, Jon Kay
  

2018-19

• Madeline Brass, "Spatial Encoding with Single-sided NMR" (Honors)
  Tyler Meldrum + John C. Poutsma, Chris Abelt, Jonathan Frey
• Carolyn Farling, "Optimizing Silver Nanoparticles for Pigment Identification in Art"
  Kristen Wustholz + Christy Porter, Nicole Santiago
• Zhenyu Han, "1,4-Benzoquinone and 1,4-Naphthoquinone Natural Products: C-H Functionalization and Enzymatic Activity"
  Dana Lashley + Randolph Coleman, Robert Hinkle, Mainak Patel
• William Lake, "Electrocatalysis for Proton and Oxygen Reduction Reactions"
  William McNamara + John C. Poutsma, Nathanael Kidwell, Maniak Patel
• Danielle Long, "Determinations of Proton Affinities of Methylated Cysteine and Serine Homologs" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Tyler Meldrum, Robert Pike, Joshua Erlich
• Pauline Lynch, "Exploring the Blinking Dynamics of Eosin Y Photosensitizers for Dye-Sensitized Photocatalysis Using Single-Molecule Spectroscopy"
  Kristen Wustholz + James Kaste, Nathanael Kidwell
• Indira Stevens, "Iron Complexes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Kristin Wustholz, Nathanael Kidwell, Judith Hand
• Christopher Travis, "Development and Optimization of Bioconjugations to Probe and Modulate Protein Function"
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, Robert Hinkle, Margaret Saha
  
• Anna Tsutsui, "Characterizing Flame-resistant Polymers using Single-sided NMR"
  Tyler Meldrum + Nathan Kidwell, Robert Pike, Carey Bagdassarian
• Xiye Wang, "Construction of Bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctane Scaffolds via Intermolecular Diels-Alder: Synthesis of (±)-Brevianamide B and Progress Toward (+)-Serantrypinone"
  Jonathan Scheerer + Elizabeth Harbron, Jordan Walk, Mark Forsyth
• Hall Zhang, "Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Interfacial Forces Between Boron Nitride and Polymers for Development of an Optimum Nano-Composite"
  David Kranbuehl + Rex Kincaid, Drew LaMar

2017-18

• Lydia Boike, "An Analysis of Oxidative Damage to Lactate Dehydrogenase in Context of Neurodegeneration and Catechol-based Phenolic Antioxidant Chemistry" (Honors) 
  Lisa Landino + Christopher Abelt, Daniel Cristol, Douglas Young
• Annatram Do, "Gas-Phase Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange and Fragmentation Studies of Tetrapeptides Containing Lysine and Its Homologs" (Honors)
  John C. Poutsma + Rachel O'Brien, Tyler Meldrum, Mark Forsyth 
• Theresa Gozzo, "Towards a Greater Understanding of Post-Translational Modification of Transcription Factor, ArsR, in Helicobacter pylori via Bottom-Up Proteomics: Methods Development for Electrospray and Nanospray Approaches" (Honors) 
  John C. Poutsma + Mark Forsyth, Christopher Abelt, Rachel O'Brien
• William Kim, "Characterizing the Ductile-Brittle Transition of Polyamide-11/Purification and Characterization of Boron Nitride Nanotubes" (Honors) 
  David Kranbuehl + Christopher Abelt, Tyler Meldrum, Hannes Schniepp 
• Tyler Larson, "Photo-Controlled Release of Zinc Ions in Aqueous Solution with Simultaneous Fluorescence Detection" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Christopher Abelt, Nathanael Kidwell, Alexander Angelov
• Zachary Nimmo, "Employing Unnatural Amino Acids Towards Therapeutic Bioconjugates" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, Margaret Saha, William McNamara
• Changen Pan, "Imaging the Dynamics of CH2BrI Photodissociation in the Near Ultraviolet Region" (Honors) 
  Nathan Kidwell + Kristin Wustholz, John C. Poutsma 
• Daniel Speer, "Accessing Light-Sensitive Polycyclic Aromatics through an Alkynyl-Prins Cyclization" (Honors) 
  Robert Hinkle + Jonathan Scheerer, Christopher Abelt, Anne Rasmussen 
• Amelia Wheaton, "Alkyl Arylinium Iodocuprate Clusters: Structural and Spectroscopic Diversity" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + Deborah Bebout, William McNamara, Marc Sher

2016-17

• Jessica Armstrong, "Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation by Cobalt Complexes" (Honors) 
  William McNamara + Brennan Harris, Deborah Bebout, Elizabeth Harbron
• Aaron Bayles, "Photocontrol of pH via Doped Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Robert Hinkle, William McNamara, Jonathan Arries
• Lindsay Chatkewitz, "Investigating Biological Properties Utilizing Synthetic Methods" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, Kristin Wustholz, Lizabeth Allison
• Tao Chen, "Does 5-propionyl-1-dimethylaminonnapthalene Fluoresce through a TICT State?" (Honors) 
  Christopher Abelt + Douglas Young, William McNamara, Mainak Patel
• Ryan DiRisio, "Advancements in the Photocatalysis of Iron Complexes and the Electrocatalysis of Cobalt Complexes for Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Kristin Wustholz, John Poutsma, Timothy Davis 
• Mary Duff, "Metabolism and Oxidative Stress: Understanding the Role of Reactive Cysteines in Pyruvate Kinase" (Honors) 
  Lisa Landino + Christopher Abelt, Matthias Leu, Douglas Young
• Joseph Handy, "Structural Comparison of Copper(II) Thiocyanate Pyridine Complexes" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + Deborah Bebout, David Grandis, William McNamara
• Christina Howard, "Utilization of Unnatural Amino Acids in Novel Bioconjugates and Probing Applications" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, John Poutsma, Oliver Kerscher
• Elizabeth Kelley, "Total Synthesis of Barettin: Model Study of Specialized Aldol Condensation to Directly Access Diketopiperazine Targets" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Elizabeth Harbron, Robert Hinkle, Jonathan Allen
• Sang Hoon Kim, "Improving Water Barrier Properties of Epoxy Coatings with Addition of Graphene Oxide" (Honors) 
  David Kranbuehl + Hannes Schniepp, Christopher Abelt, Dana Lashley
• Teri Liu, "An Iron Amino Polypyridyl Catalyst for Transfer Hydrogenation and Hydrogen Generation Reactions" (Honors) 
  William McNamara + Robert Hinkle, Nathanael Kidwell, Christine Niehaus
• Saloni Patolia, "Fluorescently-Labeled Glutathiones to Quantify Cysteine Reactivity" (Honors) 
  Lisa Landino + Elizabeth Harbron, Randolph Coleman, Lizabeth Allison
• Francis Pham, "Optogenetic Investigations of the PreBötzinger Complex: Support for the Dbx1 Core Hypothesis" (Honors) 
  Christopher Del Negro + Randolph Coleman, Dana Lashley, Douglas Young
• Mikhaila Ritz, "Characterization of Mixed N,S Donor Ligand and Group 12 Metal Complexes with X-Ray Crystallography, ESI-MS, and NMR" (Honors) 
  Deborah Bebout + Sarah Day, William McNamara, Robert Pike
• Sarah Stratton, "Tuning the pKa of Fluorescent Rhodamine pH Probes via Substituent Effects" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Robert Hinkle, John Poutsma, John Conlee
• Diya Uthappa, "Development of Novel Chemical Strategies to Modulate Biological Function" (Honors) 
• Xinzi Zhang, "Visible Light Fluorescence Switching in Dye-Doped Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Jonathan Scheerer, Kristin Wustholz, Gregory Hancock
• Julia Zuercher, "Connecting Energy Metabolism and Neurodegeneration: Pyruvate Kinase and Oxidative Stress" (Honors) 
  Lisa Landino + Douglas Young, Mark Forsyth, Randolph Coleman

2015-16

• Isaac Alty, "Hydrogen-Bonding Control of Solvatochromism and Non-Radiative Decay in the Fluorescence of 3-Aminofluoren-9-one Derivatives" (Honors) 
  Christopher Abelt + Jonathan Scheerer, Kristin Wustholz, Vassiliki Panoussi
• Mark Broderick, "Oligomers and Polymers of Copper(I) With Dicyanobenzene and Cyanopyridine Ligands" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + Gary Rice, Deborah Bebout, Marc Sher
• Josiah Hammack, "Synthesis and Characterization of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks for Applications in Extraterrestrial Radiation Shielding" (Honors) 
  Robert Orwoll + Richard Kiefer, Christopher Abelt, Michael Kelley
• Carolyn Hartley, "Iron Complexes for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Francie Cate-Arries, Christopher Abelt, Kristin Wustholz
• Zachariah Hasan, "Fragmentation Studies of Lysine and Lysine Analog Containing Tetrapeptides" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Randolph Coleman, Douglas Young, Joel Levine
• Taylor Jacobs, "Investigation of Unnatural Amino Acids as a Means to Modulate Protein Function" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Robert Hinkle, William McNamara, Margaret Saha
• Anton Lachowicz, "An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Proton Affinity in Proline-Containing Dipeptides: Exploring the “Proline Effect” (Honors) 
  John Poutsma + Tyler Meldrum, Christopher Abelt, David Armstrong
• Frances Morin, "Studies of the Development of Intermolecular Networks During the Curing of Coatings Using Single-sided Nuclear Magnetic Resonance" (Honors) 
  Tyler Meldrum + Kristin Wustholz, John Poutsma, Michael Kelley
• Matthew Nelli, "Total Synthesis of Peramine, a Defensive Alkaloid Produced by Endophytic Fungi of Cool Season Grasses Possessing Anti-Insect Properties" (Honors)
  Jonathan Scheerer + Robert Hinkle, Lisa Landino, Joshua Puzey
• Marshall Padilla, "Utilizing Synthetic Tools to Address Biological Issues" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, Robert Hinkle, Lizabeth Allison
• Jacob Robins, "Construction of Bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctane Alkaloids via Intermolecular [4+2] Cycloadditions" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Robert Hinkle, John Poutsma, Diane Shakes
• Hannah Smith, "Peptide Fragmentation Studies on Doubly Charged Proline and Pipecolic Acid Containing Pentapeptides and Methods Development for an HPLC/MS Instrument for Proteomics Experiments" (Honors) 
  John Poutsma + Kristin Wustholz, Lisa Landino, Mainak Patel
• Patrick Smith, "The Effect of Ethanol, Methanol, and Water on the Hydrolytic Degradation of Polyamide-11" (Honors) 
  David Kranbuehl + Chrisopher Abelt, Kristin Wustholz, Hannes Schniepp
• Christina Stephens, "Creating A Computational Model of Prion Disease in the Human Neocortex" (Honors) 
  Randolph Coleman + Shanta Hinton, Lisa Landino, Margaret Saha
• Jenna Tan, "Probing Single-Molecule Photophysics of Rhodamines on TiO2" (Honors) 
  Kristin Wustholz + William McNamara, Elizabeth Harbron, Drew LaMar
• Jill Williamson, "Domino Reactions Involving Merged Cycloaddition and Cycloreversion Processes Affording Pyridine Products" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Christopher Abelt, Elizabeth Harbron, Oliver Kerscher

2014-15

• Christian Chamberlayne, "Initiation of Photochemical Reactions via FRET from Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Tyler Meldrum, Robert Orwoll and Chad Vance
• Patrick Crossland, "First-­‐Row Transition Metal Coordination Compounds for the Electrocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen from Organic and Aqueous Solutions" (Honors)
  William McNamara + Robert Pike, Carey Bagdassarian and Kurt Williamson
• Jacob Daniels, "Novel Methodologies to Study Protein S-glutathiolation Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy" (Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Gary Rice, Christopher Abelt and Pamela Hunt
• John Gray, "Diffusion-Based Biomolecular Sensing Using Low-Field NMR" (Honors)
  Tyler Meldrum + Gary Rice, Douglas Young and Shanta Hinton
• Natalie Hudson-Smith, "The Effect of Functionalized Versus Unmodified Graphene Oxide on Polyimide Nanocomposite Properties" (Honors)
  David E. Kranbuehl + John Poutsma, Robert Orwoll and Michael Leruth
• Hae Seong Kim, "Incorporation of Graphene Oxide into Polyacrylic Films for Enhancement of Performance Properties" (Honors) 
  David E. Kranbuehl + Hannes Schniepp, Robert Pike and Randolph Coleman
• Taylor Lain, "Thiols in Glycolysis: Effects of Cysteine Modification on Pyruvate Kinase Activity" (Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Douglas Young, John Poutsma and Mark Forsyth
• Maren Leibowitz, "Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Aristopyridinone A" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Robert Hinkle, Elizabeth Harbron and Harmony Dalgleish
• Kathryn Mayer, "Electro- and Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen by Iron Polypyridyl Complexes" (Honors)
  William R. McNamara + Gary Rice, Robert Hinkle and Randolph Chambers
• Johnathan Maza, "Development of Novel Chemical Techniques to Address Biological Questions" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Lisa Landino, William McNamara and Mark Forsyth
• Benjamin Raliski, "Development of a Site-Selective Protein Immobilization Methodology Using Unnatural Amino Acids" (Honors)
  Douglas Young + Kristin Wustholz, Lisa Landino and Matthew Wawersik
• Jarrell Raper, "High Performance Co-Polyimide Synthesis for Cosmic Radiation Shielding" (Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Robert Hinkle, Richard Kiefer and Robert Scholnick
• Grace Taumoefolau, "Synthesis and Characterization of pH-Sensitive Rhodamine 6G Spirolactam Structures" (Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Deborah Bebout, Robert Hinkle and Gexin Yu
• Jordan Villa, "Unnatural Amino Acids in Proteins for Development of Novel Biochemical Tools" (Honors) 
  Douglas Young + Deborah Bebout, Elizabeth Harbron and Diane Shakes
• Catherine Wise, "The Electro- and Photocatalytic Activity of a Ni-NNSS Schiff-Base Complex for Hydrogen Generation" (Honors)
  William R. McNamara + Robert Pike, Kristin Wustholz and Leslie Waters
• Congqi Yang, "Cu(I) Networks with Polycyanoaromatic Ligands" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + William McNamara, Robert Hinkle and David Armstrong

2013-14

• Gannon Connor, "An Iron Polypyridyl Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Generation in Aqueous Solutions" (Honors)
  William R. McNamara + James P. Barber, Robert D. Pike, Kristin Wustholz
• Christopher Farley, "Synthesis of a Novel Unnatural Amino Acid for Protein Incorporation and Click Mediated Conjugation" (Honors)
  Douglas Young + Christopher Abelt, Robert Hinkle, Matthew Wawersik
• Geoffrey Geberth, "Increasing the Hydrogen Content of Aromatic Polyimides for Radiation Shielding" (Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Paul Bhasin, Richard Kiefer, Kristin Wustholz
• Christopher Komatsu, "Evaluation of the Tensile, Water Diffusion, and Water Hydrolysis Properties of Graphene Oxide/Polyamide-11 Composites and Their Synthesis" (Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Christopher J. Abelt, David W. Thompson, Daniel J. Doherty
• Jaclyn McKenna, "Bioconjugation and Photo-Activation of Small Molecules and Unnatural Amino Acids" (Honors)
  Douglas Young + John Poutsma, Michael Deschenes
  
• Kelsey Miller, "Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Asymmetric Loline Alkaloids" (Honors)
  Jonathan Scheerer + Robert Hinkle, Elizabeth Harbron, Jonathan Swaddle
• Alana Ogata, "Modeling Dispersive Electron-Transfer Dynamics in Single Dye Molecules on TiO₂" (Honors)
  Kristin Wustholz + Elizabeth Harbron, Tyler Meldrum, Tanujit Dey
• Carolina Ramirez, "Synthesis and Characterization of Cadmium(II) Complexes with Biologically Inspired Multidentate Ligands" (Honors ) 
  Deborah Bebout + Robert Pike, John Poutsma, Shanta Hinton, William McNamara
• Anne Rhudy, "Organic Acid Absorption Characteristics of Unplasticized Polyamide-11" (Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Gary Rice, Julie Agnew
• Matthew Dongen, "Cobalt Salen Complexes for Catalytic Hydrogen Production" (Honors)
  William R. McNamara + Robert D. Pike, Kristin L. Wustholz, Scott B. Ickes
• Natalie Wong, "Photophysics of Single Rhodamine Dye Molecules on TiO₂ Substrates" (Honors)
  Kristin Wustholz + Christopher Abelt, William McNamara, Matthew Wawersik

2012-13

• Jacquelyn Blake-Hedges, "Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-Coated Nanoparticles for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" (Honors) 
  Kristin Wustholz + John Poutsma, Kurt Williamson
• Charles Blevins, "Characterization of Polyamide-12; Hydrolysis Kinetics Comparison, and the Study of Crude-Oil Pipeline Applications" (Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Deborah Bebout, Michael Pacella
• Taylor Broome, "A Mathematical Model of Renal Cell Carcinoma" (Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Christopher Abelt, Mark Forsyth
• Alex Chinn, "Methodology Towards the Construction of Bicyclo [2.2.2] diazaoctane Cores and ItsApplication Towards the Total Synthesis of Brevianamide B" (Honors) 
  Jonathan Scheerer + Robert Hinkle, Kurt Williamson
• Gregory Ginsburg, "Characterization of Polyamide-11 Hydrolysis in Acidic Conditions" (Honors) 
  David Kranbuehl + John Poutsma, Jeremy Pope 
• David Hill, "Design and Synthesis of Novel Hydrogen-Rich Polyimides for Radiation Shielding" (Honors) 
  Robert Orwoll + Christopher Abelt, Richard Kiefer, Catherine Koebel
• John Lovette, "Effects of Coal Transportation on Heavy Metal Contamination in Wetland Environments Along the Virginia Peninsula" (Honors) 
   Gary Rice + James Kaste, Randolph Chambers
• Shannon McCullough, "Copper(I) Bromide and Copper(I) Iodide Complexes of Aliphatic Diamine adn Tetramine Ligands" (Honors) 
   Robert Pike + Christopher Abelt, William McNamara, Margaret Saha
• Charlotte Platner, "Mass Spectrometry-based Proteomics Experiments and Peptide Fragmentation Studies of Lysine and its Homologues" (Honors) 
   John Poutsma + Randolph Coleman, Mark Forsyth
• Charles Wang, "Development of Copper(I) Iodide Detection Systems for Volatile Organic Compounds" (Honors)  
  Robert Pike + Deborah Bebout, Kurt Williamson 

2011-12

• Elizabeth Childress, "Fluorescence Sensing of Mercury by Dye-Doped Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles" (Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + John C. Poutsma, Mark Forsyth
• Lars Dunaway, "Fabrication and Evaluation of Copper(I) Iodide Sensor Substrates" (Honors) 
  Robert Pike + Gunter Luepke, John C. Poutsma
• Amy Green, "Synthesis of 1-(6-(dimethylamino)naphthalen-2-yl)-2,2-dimethylpropan-1-one as a Fluorescent Probe of Solvent Acidity in HSA" (Honors)  
  Christopher Abelt + John C. Poutsma, Jianjun Tian 
• Hannah Naughton, "Potential of PRODAN Derivatives as Chemosensors of the Microacidity of Cyclodextrin Host-guest Complexes" (Honors) 
  Christopher Abelt + Kristin Wustholz, Helen Murphy 
• Zachariah Nealy, "Are Twisted Derivatives of PRODAN More Effective than Planar Derivatives as Detectors of Solvent Acidity in Micellar Solutions?" (Honors)
  Christopher Abelt + Lisa Landino, Jianjun Tian  
• Rita Straus, "Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange of Lysine Homologs and Construction of a Nanospray Ionization Source" (Honors) 
  John C. Poutsma + Gary Rice, Mark Forsyth 

2010-11

• Stephen Ammann, "Bismuth Reagents in Organic Chemistry: Structural and Mechanistic Studies" (Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Elizabeth Harbron, Tun-jen Cheng
• Joseph Christesen, "Mechanical Properties of Solvent Cast Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposites" (Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Hannes Schniepp, Robert Orwoll
• Hillary Clark, "Hypothiocyanous Acid Oxidation of Tubulin Cysteines Inhibits Microtubule Polymerization" (Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Lizabeth Allison, Gary Rice
• Matthew Dembo, "Investigationof Copper(I) Cyanide for Use as a Luminescent Sensor Device" (Honors)
  Robert Pike + Gary Rice, John Poutsma, John Griffin
• Ashley Hoover, "Evaluation of Mico-Preconcentrators and Solid Phase Microextraction Fibers for MEMS-based Gas Chromatography Systems" (Honors)
  Gary Rice + John Poutsma, Irina Novikova
• Robert Lambert, "Convenient, Bismuth Mediated, One-pot, Two Component Synthesis of 2, 6-Disubstituted-3,4-Dihydropyrans" (Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Lisa Landino, Julie Galambush
• Clare LeGuyander, "Rhodamine Derivatized Dyes and Detection of Mercury" (Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Christopher Abelt, Catherine Levesque
• Nicholas Lopez, "Synthesis of 1-(5-methylhexyl)-2,3,8,9-tetrahydro-1H-naphtho[2,1-e]indol-6(7H)-one" (Honors)
  Christopher Abelt + Lisa Landino, Christine Westberg
• Kyle Overdeep, "Absorption of Various Small Organic Acid-water and Alcohol-water Solutions into Polyamide-11" (Honors)
  David Thompson + David Kranbuehl, Kim Whitley
• Courtney Roberts, "Kinetic Studies of Rhodamine Spirolactam Ring-Opening" (Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Robert Hinkle, Christopher Ball
• Ellen Hutchins, "The Production of Novel Poly (arylene ethers) for Use as Radiation Shielding in Outer Space" (Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Richard Kiefer, Yanfang Tang
• Pei Wang, "Characterization of Novel d10 Metal Ion Complexes of Multidentate Ligands by X-ray Crystallography and 1H NMR Spectroscopy" (Honors)
  Deborah Bebout + John C. Poutsma, Nicole Santiago
• Vincent Yannello, "Gas-Phase Thermochemistry of Non-Protein Amino Acids by the Extended Kinetic Method" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Christopher Abelt, Rex Kincaid

2009-10

• Douglas Challener, "Investigations of the Fragmentation Spectra of Heptapeptides Containing Lysine and its Non-Protein Amino Acid Homologs" (High Honors)
  John Poutsma + Lisa Landino, Gary Rice, Paul Tian
• Christina Davis, "Photomodulation of Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles via Photochromic Dye Doping" (Highest Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Carey Bagdassarian, Robert Hinkle, Pamela Hunt
• Tara Hagedorn,"The Detection of Methionine Sulfoxide in Tubulin and Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase" (High Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Robert Hinkle, Gary Rice, Margaret Saha
• Rebecca Mikulas-Allred, "Substituent Effects on pH-Responsiveness of Rhodamine Spiramide Dyes" (High Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Robert Orwoll, Lisa Landino, Mark Hinders
• Kathryn Peth, "The Synthesis and Subsequent Flourescence Studies of Spirooxazine-Funtionalized Poly(phenylene vinylene) Using the Gilch Polymerization Technique" (High Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Christopher Albelt, John Poutsma, Robert Horvath
• Tyler Stukenbroeker, "Formation of Highly Electrically Conductive Surface-Silvered Polyimide Films Under Exceptionally Mild Conditions" (High Honors)
  David Thompson + Christopher Abelt, Gary Rice, Clay Clemens
• Thomas Wallin, "Preparation and Study of a Rare Ternary Insulating Magnet" (High Honors)
  Gary Defotis + Robert Orwoll, Lukaszew, Starnes
• Anna Wirth, "Methods to Study Tubulin S-glutathionylation" (Hightest Honors)
  Lisa Landino + Christopher Abelt, Carey Bagdassarian, Margaret Saha

2008-09

• Norah Bate, "Monomer and Polymide Production for Radiation Shielding Purposes in Manned Space Exploration" (High Honors)
  Robert Orwell + Chris Abelt, J. C. Poutsma, Randall Drake
  
• Matthew Bernier, "Investigations of the Fragmentation Spectra of Peptides Containing Lysine and its Non-Protein Amino Acid Homologs" (High Honors)
  John Poutsma + Chris Abelt, Gary Rice, Irina Novikova
  
• Hannah Cohen, "A Computational Investigation of FTY720P-Mediated Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis" (Highest Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Lisa Landino, Debbie Bebout, Patty Zwollo
  
• Elise Dennis, "Non-Covalent Interactions of Amino Acids and their methyl esters with Nucleotides in the Gas Phase" (Honors)
  John Poutsma + Chris Abelt, Gary Rice, Leah Glenn
  
• Jacob Kuperstock, "Synthesis and Luminescent Behavior of Peperazinium Chlorocuprates (I)" and "Copper (I) Iodide and Bromide Complexes of Aliphatic Diamine Ligands" (Highest Honors)
  Robert Pike + Chris Abelt, Carey Bagdassarian, Patty Zwollo
  
• Amanda Ley, "Structure and Luminescence of Copper (I) Cyanide Networks Incorporating Monoamine, Diamine, and Monoimine Ligands" (Highest Honors)
  Robert Pike + J.C. Poutsma, Debbie Bebout, Christine Porter
  
• Sarah Milam, "Spontaneous Amide Bond Formation of Amino Acids in Aqueous Solutions" (Highest Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Chris Abelt, Carey Bagdassarian, Kim Whitley
  
• Najiba Murad, "Characterization of High Coordination Number Mercury Complexes With Biologically Relevant Thiolaters by ESI-MS and X-Ray Crystalography" (High Honors)
  Deborah Bebout + Robert Pike, J.C. Poutsma, Lisa Landino, Tamara Sonn
  
• Brooklynd Saar, "Modular Synthesis of Photoresponsive Polymers using Click Chemistry" (Highest Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Gary Rice, Chris Abelt, Michele King
  
• Lee Speight, "Bismuth (III) Salt Catalyzerd Cyclic Ether Syntheses" (High Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Lisa Landino, David Thompson, Matt Wawersik
  

2007-08

• Jefferson Bates, "Molecular Hydrogen: A Theoretical Investigation into the One Electron Densities of the First Three States" (Honors)
  Steve Knudson + Christopher Abelt, J.C. Poutsma, Josh Erlich
• Justin Connell, "Effect of Interstitial Impurities on the Residual Resistivity of Niobium Thin Films" (High Honors)
  Ronald Outlaw + Gary Rice, Randy Coleman, JC Poutsma, Mike Kelley
• Nicholas Economou, "Modulated Fluorescence in Films of Spiropyran-Functionalized PPV derivatives" (High Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + J.C. Poutsma, Christopher Abelt, James Frusetta
• Colin Fuller, "Stress and MS: A Computational Model of Multiple Sclerosis and Cellular Stress" (High Honors)
  Randolph Coleman + Gary Rice, Deborah Bebout, Brian Hulse
• Alexandra Gade, "Attempted Synthesis of 7-methoxy-3,4-dihydrophenanthren-1-(2H)-one" (High Honors)
  Chris Abelt + David Thompson, Robert Hinkle, Joshua Burk
• Emily Harbert, "Poly(arylene ether) Synthesis and Incorporation of Gadolinium Compounds for Improvement of Radiation Shielding for Use in Outer Space" (High Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Richard Kiefer, Elizabeth Harbron, Barbara Bauer
• Lauren Katkish, "Toward Biologically Active 2,6-Disubstituted Dihydropyran Ring Systems Using an Environmentally Benign Bismuth Catalyst and Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction" (High Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Lisa Landino, Christopher Abelt, Rene Cabral-Daniels
• Jacob Kuperstock, "Synthesis and luminescent behavior of piperazinium chlorocuprates(I) and copper(I) iodide and bromide complexes of aliphatic diamine ligands" (Honors)
  Robert Pike (Spring 2008 - Spring 2009)
• Mary Raulfs, "Investigations of the Mechanisms of the 'Proline Effect'" (High Honors)
  J.C. Poutsma + Christopher Abelt, Robert Pike, Anne Rasmussen (defended December 2007)
• Aakarsh Saxena, "Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(I) Halide and Nitrate Complexes of Heterocyclic Thioureas" (High Honors)
  Robert Pike + Christopher Abelt, Randolph Coleman, Jack Martin
• Jordan Thomas Walk, "Spontaneous Amide Bond Formation of Amines, Carboxylic Acids, and Amino Acids in Aquaeous Solution" (High Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Christopher Abelt, David Thompson, Patricia Toney
• Ian Kilby Webb, "Gas-Phase Acidities and Proton Affinities of Amino Acid Analogs from the Extended Kinetic Method" (High Honors)
  J.C. Poutsma + Robert Pike, Lisa Landino, Marc Sher

2006-07

• Timothy Brown, "Diastereoselective Bi(III)-mediated tandem cyclization-addition reactions leading to 2,6 disubstituted tetrahydropyrans"  (High Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Michael Mehler, Elizabeth Harbron, Chris Abelt
• Emily Dugan, "Synthesis and Characterization of Copper(I) Halide and Nitrate Complexes of Heterocyclic Thioureas" (High Honors)
  Robert Pike + Deborah Bebout, Christopher Abelt, Christine Mowery
• Megan Fikse, (Honors)
• Maria Happel, "Collision Energy Range Effects on Thermochemical Properties Derived from the Kinetic Method" (Highest Honors)
  JC Poutsma + Gary Rice, Christopher Abelt, Mark Forsyth
• Corey Messerschmidt, "Effects of Structure on the Glass Transition Temperature of Aromatic Polymides" (High Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Elizabeth Harbron, Christopher Abelt, Mark Forsyth
• Tyler Owens, "A study of the lower dimensional mixed magnet Mn[subscript 1-x]Ni[subscript x]Clb2s¨Hb2sO across the complete composition range"  (High Honors)
  Gary DeFotis
• Tristan Tronic, "Synthesis and Luminescent Behavior of Copper(I) Cyanide Networks with Diimine and Polyamine Ligands" (High Honors)
  Robert Pike + David Thompson, Elizabeth Harbron, Sarah Day
• Stacy Tse, "Exploring the Photoswitching Capabilities of Azobenzene - Poly-(p-phenylene vinylene) Derivatives in Film" (High Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Gary Rice, JC Poutsma, Xiaobin Jian
• Alexander Zestos, "Effects of Copper-Based Montmorillonite Clay Additives on the Fire Retardance and Smoke Suppression of Poly(vinyl chloride)" (Honors)
  WH Starnes + Robert Pike, Gary Rice, Frederick H. Smith

2005-06

• Christopher Brown, "A Theoretical Approach to Understanding the Evolution of Species Persistence in Ecosystems" (High Honors)
  Carey Bagdassarian + Lisa Landino, David Thompson, Misty McPhee
• Eleanor Browne, "The Kinetics of Amide Bond Hydrolysis" (Highest Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Chris Abelt, Robert Hinkle, Marc Sher
• Steven Calder, "Determination of Semiclassical Wave Function for a Single-Electron Diatomic Molecule" (High Honors)
  Stephen Knudson + Robert Orwoll, Gary Rice, Chris Carone
• Bradley Carra, "The characterization of Zn(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II) complexes with biologically relevant ligands by x-ray diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance" (Highest Honors)
  Deborah Bebout + Lisa Landino, Elizabeth Harbron, Paul Heideman
• Steven Lewis, "Modulated Flurorescence in Films of Azobenzene-Fuctionalized PPV Derivatives" (Highest Honors)
  Elizabeth Harbron + Robert Orwoll, David Thompson, Julie Galambush
• Christopher O'Neill, "Development and Analysis of Polymers for Use in Radiation Shielding in Manned Deep Space Flight" (Highest Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Richard Kiefer, Carey Bagdassarian, Jack Kossler, Steve Blatting
• Sara Orski, "A Study of the Synergistic Effects of Additives and Nanocomposites on the Fire Retardance and Smoke Suppression of Poly(vinyl chloride)" (High Honors)
  William Starnes + Robert Pike, Debbie Bebout, Leisa Meyer
• Melissa Sprachman, "Bismuth Catalyzed Mukiayama Aldol Reactions" (Highest Honors)
  Robert Hinkle + Chris Abelt, Robert Pike, Rowan Lockwood
• Austin Wiles, "Copper(I) and Copper(II) Complexes of Melamine and Copper(I) Chloride Carbonyl Polymers" (High Honors)
  Robert Pike + Randy Coleman, Chris Abelt, Julie Galambush
• Justin Williams, "Determination of Methylmercury in Fish using Microwave Digestion with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry" (High Honors)
  Gary Rice + Lisa Landino, Randy Coleman, Lisa Szykman

2004-05

• Emily Carper, "Experimental and computational investigations of the proton affinities of Pin1 related substrates" (Honors) 
  J.C. Poutsma + Rob Hinkle, Randy Coleman, Mark Forsyth
• Daniel Chan, "Study of Fe[subscript 1-x]Ni[subscript x]Clb2s¨2Hb2sO and preparation of deuterated materials" (Honors) 
  Gary Defotis + Steve Knudson, Bill Starnes, Jan Chaloupka
• Sara Costa, "Determination of methylmercury in fish tissue by derivatization" (Honors)
  Gary Rice + Steve Knudson, Chris Abelt, Alex Prokhorov
• Megan Dellinger, "Synthesis of molecular and network complexes of copper(I), nickel(0), and nickel(II) with phosphite and phospine ligands" (Honors)
  Robert Pike + DSteven Berry, J.C. Poutsma, Julie Galambush
• Jennifer Dertinger, "Coordination of heavy metals to biologically relevant ligands" (Honors)
  Deborah Bebout + Steven Berry, J.C. Poutsma, Katherine Preston
• Ethan Greenblatt, "Kinetics of amide bond hydrolysis in polyamide polymers and small molecules" (Honors)
  David Kranbuehl + Robert Orwoll, Chris Abelt, Mark Forsyth
• Matthew Hassink
  Rob Hinkle + Chris Abelt, Lisa Landino, Stewart Ware
• Courtney Hastings, "Investigation of aromatic stacking interactions through an azobenzene photoswitch" (Honors) 
  Elizabeth Harbron + Rob Hinkle, Chris Abelt, Keith Griffioen
• Hillary Huttenhower, "Development of select polyimides and poly(arylene ether)s for use in outer space radiation shielding" (Honors)
  Robert Orwoll + Bill Starnes, Lisa Landino, Julie Galambush
• Palak Oza, "The photochemistry of thiobenzoates" (Honors)
  Chris Abelt + Robert Orwoll, David Thompson, Tamara Sonn
• Jennifer Roskowski, "Experimental and theoretical determinations of the proton affinity of [alpha, omega]-alkanediols" (Honors) 
  J.C. Poutsma + Elizabeth Harbron, Chris Abelt, Chuck Bailey
• Megan Schulz, "Synthesis and characterization of new aromati" (Honors) 
  Robert Orwoll + Richard Kiefer, Emile Lester, Brian Jensen
• Emily Wischow, "Experimental and theoretical determinations of gas-phase acidities of [alpha]-amino acids and their non-protein amino acid analogs" (Honors) 
  J.C. Poutsma + Robert Orwoll, Chris Abelt, Clay Clemens