ScholarWorks@GVSU

Autonomous Machine Vision Software for Botanical Identification and Adulteration Detection, Nathan Stern
Culminating Experience Projects

The Effect of Instructor Feedback on Student Motivation in Undergraduate Chemistry, Lindsey Schmidt
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Predicting Clarity of Michigan’s Inland Lakes Using Landsat 8 Imagery, Michael Stefanou
Honors Projects

Structural and functional characterization of Acinetobacter-Derived Cephalosporinase variants and their ability to bind and inactivate β-lactam antibiotics, Olivia Maurer
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

“The production of eight plasmid expression vectors through Gibson assembly and the optimization of the enzymatic cleavage reaction between tobacco etch virus (TEV) and the model fusion protein, Nus-G”, Elizabeth Kennard
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Improving conceptual understanding of gas behavior through the use of screencasts and simulations, Brianna L. Martinez, Ryan D. Sweeder, Jessica VandenPlas, Deborah Herrington
Peer Reviewed Articles

Structural Investigation of Bacilliredoxins: Enzymes Involved in Bacillithiol Redox Metabolism, Colin McHugh, Paul Cook
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Characterizing college science instruction: The Three-Dimensional Learning Observation Protocol, Kinsley Bain, Lydia Bender, Paul Bergeron, Marcos D. Caballero, Justin H. Carmel, Erin M. Duffy, Diane Ebert-May, Cori L. Fata-Hartley, Deborah Herrington, James T. Laverty, Rebecca L. Matz, Paul C. Nelson, Lynmarie A. Posey, Jon R. Stoltzfus, Ryan L. Stowe, Ryan D. Sweeder, Stuart H. Tessmer, Sonia M. Underwood, Mark Urban-Lurain, Melanie M. Cooper
Peer Reviewed Articles

Structural and Functional Characterization of New Clinically Relevant Enzymes Involved in Antibiotic Resistance, Violet Ruiz
Student Scholars Day Posters

Synthesis of β-c-glycosidic Ketones from Unprotected Sugars and Their Use in Aldol Condensations with Hydroxymethylfurfural, Jon Chiaramonte
Student Scholars Day Posters

Testing the Ancestral Function of Divergent Candida albicans Virulence-associated Proteins via Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutants, Curtis Mack
Student Scholars Day Posters

Structural and Functional Characterization of New Clinically Relevant Enzymes Involved in Antibiotic Resistance, Micah Fernando
Student Scholars Day Posters

Isolation and Purification of Lignin in Willow Wood, Nathaniel Dietlin
Student Scholars Day Posters

Structure-Activity Relationship of Novel Diphenyl Ureas Targeting Mycobacterium, Piper Burghduf
Student Scholars Day Posters

Senior Project: An Investigative Study into the Bacterial Contamination of Little Black Creek, Margaret I. Brenneman
Honors Projects

Mathematical and Physical Description of Conical Intersections, Nicholas Dewey
Honors Projects

Formative assessments using text messages to develop students’ ability to provide causal reasoning in general chemistry, Ryan D. Sweeder, Deborah Herrington
Peer Reviewed Articles

Semi-quantitative Characterization of Secondary Science Teachers’ Use of Three-Dimensional Instruction, Senetta F. Bancroft, Deborah Herrington, Roxana Dumitrache
Peer Reviewed Articles

Pressure broadening of carbon monoxide infrared absorption lines by neon, Tyrese Lillard
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Evaluating the extent of a large-scale transformation in gateway science courses, Rebecca L. Matz, Cori L. Fata-Hartley, Lynmarie A. Posey, James T. Laverty, Sonia M. Underwood, Justin H. Carmel, Deborah Herrington, Ryan L. Stowe, Marcos D. Caballero, Diane Ebert-May, Melanie M. Cooper
Peer Reviewed Articles

Nascent O₂ (a¹Δ_g, v = 0, 1) Rotational Distributions from the Photodissociation of Jet‐Cooled O₃ in the Hartley Band, Michelle L. Warter, Carolyn E. Gunthardt, Wei Wei, George McBane, Simon W. North
Peer Reviewed Articles

Electrochemical Investigation of Facilitated Terbium (III) Ion-Transfer at Micro-Liquid/Liquid Interfaces, Zachariah Vander Tuin
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

An Investigation in the Awareness of Desirable Difficulties in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses, Emily Uhl
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

AIM2 (Absent in Melanoma 2) Gene as Diagnostic Biomarker for Typhoid Fever, Sarah L. Robertson, Brooke A. Armistead
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Food and Energy for All, Bradley Stevens, Stephen Rybczynski, Deborah Herrington
Peer Reviewed Articles

An Eye-Tracking Study of Visual Representation Use for Problem Solving in Organic Chemistry, Megan Plekker, Jessica VandenPlas
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Photodissociation Dynamics of OCS near 214 nm Using Ion Imaging, Wei Wei, Colin J. Wallace, George McBane, Simon W. North
Peer Reviewed Articles

A three-dimensional He–CO potential energy surface with improved long-range behavior, George C. McBane
Peer Reviewed Articles

Tool Trouble: Challenges With Using Self-Report Data to Evaluate Long-Term Chemistry Teacher Professional Development, Deborah Herrington, Ellen J. Yezierski, Senetta F. Bancroft
Peer Reviewed Articles

I Want to be the Inquiry Guy! How Research Experiences for Teachers Change Beliefs, Attitudes, and Values About Teaching Science as Inquiry, Deborah Herrington, Senetta F. Bancroft, Molly M. Edwards, Caroline J. Schairer
Peer Reviewed Articles

I Want to be the Inquiry Guy! How Research Experiences for Teachers Change Beliefs, Attitudes, and Values about Teaching Science as Inquiry, Deborah Herrington, Senetta F. Bancroft, Molly M. Edwards, Caroline J. Schairer
Peer Reviewed Articles

Catching Single Pd Nanoparticles in the Act of Performing Catalysis Using Electrochemistry, Aaron J. Capps, Scott N. Thorgaard
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Mutagenic Studies of a Unique Cysteine Ligase Enzyme, Emily David, Paul Cook
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Using Interviews in CER Projects: Options, Considerations, and Limitations, Deboarh G. Herrington, Patrick L. Daubenmire
Peer Reviewed Articles

Crystal Structure of a Polysamarium (III) Nitrate Chain Crosslinked by a Di-CMPO Ligand, Julie A. Stoscup, Richard J. Staples, Shannon M. Biros
Peer Reviewed Articles

Collaborative Chemical Information Literacy: Is It "Scholarly?", Barbara C. Harvey
Barbara C. Harvey

Identification of a Potent Inhibitor for the Extended Spectrum Class C Beta-Lactamase, ADC-7, Hollister C. Swanson, Rachel Powers, Bradley Wallar
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

BASECOL2012: A collisional database repository and web service within the Virtual Atomic and Molecular Data Centre (VAMDC), M.-L Duberne, M. H. Alexander, Y. A. Ba, N. Balakrishnan, C. Balança, C. Ceccarelli, J. Cernicharo, F. Daniel, F. Dayou, M. Doronin, F. Dumouchel, A. Faure, N. Feautrier, D. R. Flower, A. Grosjean, P. Halvick, J. Kłos, F. Lique, G. C. McBane, S. Marinakis, N. Moreau, R. Moszynsk, D. A. Neufeld, E. Roueff, P Schilke, A. Spielfiedel, P. C. Stancil, T. Stoecklin, J. Tennyson, B. Yang, A.-M. Vasserot, L. Wiesenfeld
Peer Reviewed Articles

Measuring Learning Gains in Chemical Education: A Comparison of Two Methods, Thomas C. Pentecost, Jack Barbera
Peer Reviewed Articles

Do We Need to Analyze Spectra by Hand?, Adam M. Terwilliger, Richard L. Lord
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Acyl-intermediate Structures of an Extended Spectrum Clinically-Derived Class D β-lactamase Variant, OXA-160, in Complex with Cefotaxime, Ceftazidime, and Aztreonam, Jozlyn R. Clasman, Joshua M. Mitchell, Kip-Chumba J. Kaitany, Neil V. Klinger, Vincent L. Baggett, Rachel A. Powers, David A. Leonard
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Probing the Role of Asn 152 in the Class C β-lactamase AmpC, Brianne Docter, Mujahid Anwar, David Leonard, Rachel Powers, Bradley Wallar
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Product Angular Distributions in the Ultraviolet Photodissociation of N₂O, George C. McBane, Reinhard Schinke
Peer Reviewed Articles

Resonance and the Carbon - Silicon Double Bond, Greg Kortman, Randy Winchester
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

The Synthesis and Testing of GV-2 Chemical Derivatives for Antibacterial Activity, Brittany Wildgen, Roderick Morgan, Robert Smart
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Development of Novel MRI Contrast Agents, Kirsten Tissue, Shannon Biros
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Do You Speak Chemistry? Assessing the Degree of Inconsistency Between Expert and Novice Interpretations of Exam questions, Eliscia Fought, Nathan Barrows
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Modified Chromenes as Precursors to TAAR Regulators, Jonathan Lehmann, Matthew Hart
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Photodissociation of ozone in the Hartley band: Product state and angular distributions, George C. McBane, Luan T. Nguyen, Reinhard Schinke
Peer Reviewed Articles

Extraction of Pesticides from Contaminated Soil via Cyclodextrin Complexation, Bertil Nshime, Andrew Lantz
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

An Investigation of Experimental Methods for the Extraction of Pesticides Using Cyclodextrins., Sam De Jong, Andrew Lantz
Honors Projects

Mapping the Reactivity Surface of Metal-Olefin Reactions, Joshua Davis, Stephen A. Matchett
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Progress Toward the Synthesis of a Truncated Ergoline, Ryan D. Enck, Matthew Hart
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Conversion of Cellulose to Value Added-Chemicals, Shane McGrath, Dalila Kovacs, Jim Krikke
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Capillary Electrophoresis Based Microbial Detection and Separation, Ryan Nelson, Andrew Lantz
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Water Evaporation From Atmospheric Aerosols, Patrick Louden, Christopher Lawrence
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Modeling Problem Solving: Creating and Evaluating, Kaitlin M. Downey, Nathan Barrows
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Synthesis of Derivatives of 3-Aminoquinazolinone and 2'-Deoxyguanosine as Potential Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors, Kirk D. Wyatt, Laurie A. Witucki, Felix N. Ngassa
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Mutation of the N^ζ-Carboxylated Lysine of OXA-1 β-Lactamase Results in Deacylation Impaired Enzyme and Build-Up of Acyl-Intermediate, Kyle D. Schneider, David A. Leonard
Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Programs to Compute Distribution Functions and Critical Values for Extreme Value Ratios for Outlier Detection, George McBane
Peer Reviewed Articles

Probing the Mechanisms of Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Simple Olefins with Chiral Rhodium Catalysts in the Presence of Anions, Jillian M. Buriak, Jason C. Klein, Deborah Herrington, John A. Osborn
Peer Reviewed Articles

Chemistry Reform Takes Root in University Settingeforms in Mathematics and Science, Thomas Pentecost
Peer Reviewed Articles

Electron Affinity of Chlorine Dioxide, Lucia M. Babcock, Thomas C. Pentecost, W. H. Koppenol
Peer Reviewed Articles