Science Honors Theses 2004

BIOLOGY

Jonah Cool '04
"Identification of candidate regulatory sequences controlling expression of ciliary genes"
Advisor: Bob Morris

Maggie Malsch '04
"The Mechanism of 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid in the Migration of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells and the Expression of Angiogenic Genes"
Advisor: Ed Tong

CHEMISTRY

Katie Boyle '04
"Enantioselective Synthesis of Alpha-Amino Acids in Ionic Liquids'"
Advisor: Chris Kalberg

Liz Cormier '04
"The Effects of Solvent on the Enantioselective Synthesis of beta-Amino Acids"
Advisor: Chris Kalberg

Tom Morgan '04
"Using specific metabolic inhibitors to study mercury methylation in Wheaton's vernal pool"
Advisor: Jani Benoit

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Brian Donorfio '04
"The Politics of 'Free' - Open Source Software in Government"
Advisor: Mark LeBlanc

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Hilary Rogers '04
"Got Crabs? Analysis on the impact of introduced crab species Hemigraspus sanguineus at Mt. Hope Bay, RI"
Advisor: Scott Shumway

MATHEMATICS

Cayla Kuhs '04
"Error-Correcting Codes: Binary BCH Codes and an Extension to the Field of Four Elements"
Advisor: Janice Sklensky

PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY

Jon McBee '04
"Observation and Modeling of Pulsating Variable Stars"
Advisor: John Collins